Documentation Skills Job Trends in England

Documentation Skills
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 506 382
Rank change year-on-year +220 -124 +117
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 390 212 314
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.81% 0.37% 0.70%
As % of the General category 1.31% 0.60% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 257 111 270
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,442 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +14.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%

All General Skills
England

Documentation Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 29,877 35,390 28,937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 61.67% 62.41% 64.71%
Number of salaries quoted 17,216 17,135 21,636
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Documentation Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Documentation Skills job vacancy trend in England

Documentation Skills
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Documentation Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Documentation Skills

Documentation Skills
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in England over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in England

Documentation Skills
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Documentation Skills within the England region over the 6 months to 5 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +98 135 £77,500 +6.90% 68
South East +101 77 £50,500 +26.25% 111
Midlands +76 73 £45,000 - 63
North of England +68 55 £47,500 -9.52% 74
West Midlands +48 40 £52,500 -17.65% 40
East Midlands +22 32 £42,500 +3.03% 21
North West +50 27 £42,500 -16.67% 37
East of England +48 27 £32,500 -19.25% 41
Yorkshire +17 26 £47,500 -9.52% 32
South West +26 18 £55,000 +48.65% 37
North East +10 2 - - 6
Documentation Skills
UK

Documentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 27 (6.92%) SharePoint
2 24 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.33%) Confluence
4 2 (0.51%) WordPress
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 60 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.59%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (2.05%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.28%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.03%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.77%) Bloomberg AIM
5 3 (0.77%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.51%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.26%) Endur
7 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 128 (32.82%) Azure
2 66 (16.92%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (9.23%) AWS
4 35 (8.97%) SaaS
5 33 (8.46%) Power Platform
6 24 (6.15%) Entra ID
7 20 (5.13%) IaaS
8 18 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (4.36%) PaaS
10 13 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (2.82%) GCP
11 11 (2.82%) GitHub
12 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (2.05%) Power Automate
12 8 (2.05%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.54%) ChatGPT
13 6 (1.54%) iPaaS
13 6 (1.54%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.28%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (11.28%) Firewall
2 32 (8.21%) DNS
3 27 (6.92%) DHCP
4 25 (6.41%) VPN
5 24 (6.15%) TCP/IP
6 21 (5.38%) LAN
7 17 (4.36%) Network Security
8 16 (4.10%) VLAN
9 12 (3.08%) BGP
10 10 (2.56%) WAN
11 9 (2.31%) OSPF
11 9 (2.31%) SAN
12 7 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (1.54%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.54%) DMZ
13 6 (1.54%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (1.54%) SD-WAN
13 6 (1.54%) VoIP
13 6 (1.54%) Wireshark
14 5 (1.28%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.95%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.90%) Power BI
3 16 (4.10%) Tableau
4 15 (3.85%) BigQuery
5 8 (2.05%) Metadata
6 6 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.03%) Metabase
8 4 (1.03%) Metadata Repository
8 4 (1.03%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.51%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.26%) Big Data
11 1 (0.26%) DB2
11 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.26%) MySQL
11 1 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 16 (4.10%) JIRA
2 6 (1.54%) Git
3 5 (1.28%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.03%) Postman
5 3 (0.77%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.51%) GitLab
6 2 (0.51%) Selenium
6 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.51%) Subversion
6 2 (0.51%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 195 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 94 (24.10%) Finance
3 75 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.28%) Legal
5 26 (6.67%) Banking
6 24 (6.15%) Law
7 23 (5.90%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (5.13%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.13%) Retail
9 15 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (3.33%) Telecoms
11 12 (3.08%) Advertising
11 12 (3.08%) Back Office
12 11 (2.82%) Public Sector
13 10 (2.56%) German Language
14 8 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.79%) Marketing
16 5 (1.28%) Publishing
17 4 (1.03%) Electronics
17 4 (1.03%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 102 (26.15%) Analyst
2 62 (15.90%) Senior
3 32 (8.21%) Business Analyst
4 29 (7.44%) Architect
5 28 (7.18%) Lead
6 23 (5.90%) Network Engineer
7 21 (5.38%) Support Engineer
8 20 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (4.87%) Data Analyst
9 19 (4.87%) Service Analyst
10 18 (4.62%) IT Support
11 17 (4.36%) Data Quality Analyst
11 17 (4.36%) IT Analyst
11 17 (4.36%) Quality Analyst
12 16 (4.10%) Developer
13 14 (3.59%) Consultant
13 14 (3.59%) Infrastructure Support
13 14 (3.59%) Service Desk Analyst
13 14 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
14 13 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.08%) XML
2 8 (2.05%) .NET
3 5 (1.28%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.28%) HTML
3 5 (1.28%) REST
4 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.03%) OAuth
4 4 (1.03%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.03%) OpenID
4 4 (1.03%) React
4 4 (1.03%) SAML
5 3 (0.77%) CSS
5 3 (0.77%) JSON
5 3 (0.77%) PySpark
6 2 (0.51%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.51%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.51%) Kafka
6 2 (0.51%) Middleware
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.62%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.10%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (3.59%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.33%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (3.08%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.08%) NHS
6 12 (3.08%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.82%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.56%) CMDB
8 10 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.31%) Life Science
9 9 (2.31%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.79%) Clustering
12 5 (1.28%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.28%) IoT
13 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (1.03%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 67 (17.18%) Windows
2 31 (7.95%) Windows Server
3 25 (6.41%) Linux
4 5 (1.28%) Debian
4 5 (1.28%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.28%) Unix
5 4 (1.03%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.51%) VMS
7 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (18.21%) Agile
3 62 (15.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 53 (13.59%) ITIL
5 51 (13.08%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (12.31%) Validation
7 41 (10.51%) Migration
8 38 (9.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 36 (9.23%) DevOps
10 32 (8.21%) Business Intelligence
11 30 (7.69%) Change Management
11 30 (7.69%) Project Delivery
12 29 (7.44%) Incident Response
12 29 (7.44%) Roadmaps
12 29 (7.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (7.18%) Analytics
14 27 (6.92%) Business Analysis
14 27 (6.92%) Computer Science
14 27 (6.92%) Customer Service
15 26 (6.67%) AI
Programming Languages
1 63 (16.15%) SQL
2 32 (8.21%) Python
3 31 (7.95%) PowerShell
4 18 (4.62%) C#
5 12 (3.08%) Java
6 9 (2.31%) C
7 8 (2.05%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.54%) VBA
9 5 (1.28%) Bash
9 5 (1.28%) PHP
10 4 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.77%) Bicep
11 3 (0.77%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.51%) C++
12 2 (0.51%) Go
12 2 (0.51%) Perl
13 1 (0.26%) R
13 1 (0.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 99 (25.38%) Degree
2 47 (12.05%) Security Cleared
3 32 (8.21%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.92%) CISSP
5 26 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (6.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (5.38%) CCNP
8 18 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (4.10%) CISM
10 15 (3.85%) DV Cleared
10 15 (3.85%) Numerate Degree
11 13 (3.33%) CCIE
12 11 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (2.05%) Azure Certification
13 8 (2.05%) CCSA
13 8 (2.05%) CCSE
13 8 (2.05%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (1.79%) CEH
14 7 (1.79%) HNC
15 5 (1.28%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.77%) Data Quality
2 35 (8.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.10%) NIST
4 15 (3.85%) GDPR
4 15 (3.85%) SLA
5 13 (3.33%) ISO 9001
6 12 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (3.08%) QA
7 9 (2.31%) SOC 2
8 8 (2.05%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (1.79%) MiFID
10 5 (1.28%) GRC
10 5 (1.28%) PMO
11 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (1.03%) JSP 440
11 4 (1.03%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.51%) COBIT
13 2 (0.51%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.51%) UCITS
System Software
1 54 (13.85%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.38%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.54%) Firmware
5 5 (1.28%) Kamailio
5 5 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.03%) Docker
7 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.26%) Ceph
8 1 (0.26%) Lustre
8 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.26%) vCloud
8 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (4.10%) SCCM
2 14 (3.59%) Terraform
3 12 (3.08%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.28%) Ansible
6 5 (1.28%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (1.03%) CSIRT
7 4 (1.03%) Dell DRAC
7 4 (1.03%) Grafana
8 3 (0.77%) cPanel
8 3 (0.77%) Nessus
8 3 (0.77%) Plesk
9 1 (0.26%) Nagios
9 1 (0.26%) Netcool
9 1 (0.26%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.26%) SCOM
9 1 (0.26%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 133 (34.10%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.92%) Cisco
3 24 (6.15%) VMware
4 14 (3.59%) CheckPoint
4 14 (3.59%) F5
4 14 (3.59%) Oracle
5 9 (2.31%) Fortinet
5 9 (2.31%) iManage
6 8 (2.05%) Palo Alto
6 8 (2.05%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.05%) SolarWinds
6 8 (2.05%) Veeam
7 7 (1.79%) Blue Prism
7 7 (1.79%) Intapp
7 7 (1.79%) Pega
7 7 (1.79%) Qualys
7 7 (1.79%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.54%) Juniper
9 5 (1.28%) Citrix
9 5 (1.28%) Dell