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 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 429 419
Rank change year-on-year +68 -10 +36
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 371 203 473
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.53% 0.56%
As % of the General category 0.92% 0.73% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 254 135 405
10th Percentile £31,775 £29,850 £26,100
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,375 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,188 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,625 £85,000 £85,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,474 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.81% -0.05% -12.50%

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 general skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 40,272 27,946 50,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 48.89% 72.80% 59.39%
Number of salaries quoted 23,415 13,630 35,629
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 22 May 2026.

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 22 May 2026. 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 -13 102 £75,000 +19.05% 55
North of England +13 79 £45,000 +7.14% 21
South East +18 73 £52,500 -30.00% 50
Midlands -19 50 £55,500 +0.96% 16
North West +21 37 £45,000 -28.00% 15
Yorkshire -25 35 £34,000 -18.07% 4
East of England 0 33 £40,000 -17.95% 17
South West -45 30 £37,500 -6.25% 22
East Midlands -16 27 £55,000 +25.71%
West Midlands -28 23 £60,000 +2.13% 16
North East -30 7 £45,000 +42.86% 2
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 21 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.58%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.62%) IIS
4 5 (1.35%) Confluence
5 3 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.81%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 41 (11.05%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.54%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.27%) Abaqus
Business Applications
1 5 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.54%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.54%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.54%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.54%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.54%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.54%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.27%) C-CURE
4 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.27%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.27%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 111 (29.92%) Azure
2 82 (22.10%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (10.24%) Power Platform
4 34 (9.16%) Entra ID
5 25 (6.74%) AWS
6 24 (6.47%) Power Automate
6 24 (6.47%) SaaS
7 16 (4.31%) dbt
8 11 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (2.96%) PaaS
8 11 (2.96%) PowerApps
9 9 (2.43%) IaaS
9 9 (2.43%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (2.16%) ChatGPT
10 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (1.89%) GitHub
12 6 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.62%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 40 (10.78%) DNS
2 39 (10.51%) Firewall
3 31 (8.36%) DHCP
3 31 (8.36%) VPN
4 24 (6.47%) TCP/IP
5 23 (6.20%) VLAN
6 17 (4.58%) WAN
7 16 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (2.96%) Network Security
8 11 (2.96%) VoIP
9 9 (2.43%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (1.89%) LAN
11 6 (1.62%) BGP
11 6 (1.62%) NAS
11 6 (1.62%) OSPF
12 5 (1.35%) DMZ
12 5 (1.35%) Reverse Proxy
12 5 (1.35%) SAN
12 5 (1.35%) SD-WAN
12 5 (1.35%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.63%) Power BI
2 21 (5.66%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.70%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.43%) Metabase
6 7 (1.89%) Metadata
7 6 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.62%) Looker
7 6 (1.62%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.81%) Big Data
9 3 (0.81%) MySQL
9 3 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.81%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.54%) Power Query
11 1 (0.27%) Flink
11 1 (0.27%) Metadata Repository
11 1 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 21 (5.66%) JIRA
2 15 (4.04%) Git
3 12 (3.23%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.96%) GitLab
5 6 (1.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (1.35%) Subversion
7 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.81%) Selenium
8 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.54%) Postman
8 2 (0.54%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.27%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.27%) JMeter
9 1 (0.27%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.27%) Terragrunt
General
1 200 (53.91%) Social Skills
2 80 (21.56%) Analytical Skills
3 74 (19.95%) Finance
4 30 (8.09%) Manufacturing
5 25 (6.74%) Retail
6 23 (6.20%) Law
6 23 (6.20%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.58%) Telecoms
9 16 (4.31%) Electronics
10 15 (4.04%) Banking
10 15 (4.04%) Legal
11 14 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.16%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.89%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.89%) Front Office
13 7 (1.89%) Marketing
14 6 (1.62%) Billing
15 5 (1.35%) Automotive
15 5 (1.35%) German Language
Job Titles
1 76 (20.49%) Analyst
2 42 (11.32%) IT Support
3 40 (10.78%) Support Analyst
4 31 (8.36%) Senior
5 29 (7.82%) Architect
6 24 (6.47%) Lead
7 23 (6.20%) Systems Engineer
8 20 (5.39%) IT Analyst
8 20 (5.39%) Security Engineer
8 20 (5.39%) Systems Analyst
9 18 (4.85%) Consultant
9 18 (4.85%) Support Engineer
10 17 (4.58%) Business Analyst
11 16 (4.31%) Systems Support
11 16 (4.31%) Systems Support Analyst
12 15 (4.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (4.04%) IT Support Analyst
13 14 (3.77%) Network Engineer
14 12 (3.23%) Applications Support
14 12 (3.23%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.16%) REST
2 6 (1.62%) ARM Templates
3 5 (1.35%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.35%) Jinja
3 5 (1.35%) JSON
3 5 (1.35%) YAML
4 4 (1.08%) .NET
4 4 (1.08%) Middleware
4 4 (1.08%) SOAP
5 3 (0.81%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.81%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.81%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.81%) CSS
5 3 (0.81%) HTML
5 3 (0.81%) Node.js
5 3 (0.81%) PySpark
6 2 (0.54%) WPF
7 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.27%) jQuery
7 1 (0.27%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.47%) Driving Licence
2 17 (4.58%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.31%) Analytical Mindset
3 16 (4.31%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.04%) CCTV
5 13 (3.50%) Low-Code
6 12 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.16%) CMDB
8 7 (1.89%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.62%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.62%) Blog
9 6 (1.62%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.62%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.62%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.62%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.62%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.35%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.35%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 70 (18.87%) Windows
2 49 (13.21%) Windows Server
3 33 (8.89%) Linux
4 8 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.62%) CentOS
5 6 (1.62%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.35%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.35%) Debian
6 5 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.08%) VMS
7 4 (1.08%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.27%) Android
8 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (26.95%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (25.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 50 (13.48%) Agile
4 47 (12.67%) ITIL
5 42 (11.32%) Project Delivery
5 42 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (10.24%) Analytics
7 37 (9.97%) Business Intelligence
8 36 (9.70%) Incident Management
9 35 (9.43%) AI
9 35 (9.43%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (9.16%) Change Management
11 32 (8.63%) CI/CD
12 31 (8.36%) ERP
13 25 (6.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 23 (6.20%) Roadmaps
15 22 (5.93%) Asset Management
15 22 (5.93%) Data Modelling
15 22 (5.93%) DevOps
16 21 (5.66%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 67 (18.06%) SQL
2 46 (12.40%) Python
3 43 (11.59%) PowerShell
4 15 (4.04%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.50%) Bash
6 8 (2.16%) C#
7 7 (1.89%) Java
8 5 (1.35%) C++
8 5 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.08%) PHP
10 2 (0.54%) ABAP
10 2 (0.54%) Bicep
10 2 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.54%) Groovy
10 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.27%) C
11 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.27%) VB
11 1 (0.27%) VB6
11 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (17.79%) Degree
2 47 (12.67%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.93%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.43%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.16%) CISSP
6 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.89%) Numerate Degree
8 6 (1.62%) CEH
8 6 (1.62%) IIBA
8 6 (1.62%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.62%) PMP
9 5 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.08%) CCNP
10 4 (1.08%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.08%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.08%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.20%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (5.39%) SLA
3 15 (4.04%) QA
4 7 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.89%) GRC
4 7 (1.89%) NIST
5 6 (1.62%) GDPR
5 6 (1.62%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.35%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (1.08%) JSP 440
7 4 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.81%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.81%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.81%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.54%) NCSC
System Software
1 62 (16.71%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.23%) Docker
4 9 (2.43%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.62%) Firmware
5 6 (1.62%) vSphere
6 5 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.81%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.81%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.54%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.27%) KVM
Systems Management
1 16 (4.31%) Terraform
2 15 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.23%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.16%) Ansible
4 8 (2.16%) Nagios
4 8 (2.16%) SCCM
5 7 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.62%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.62%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.35%) Backup Exec
7 5 (1.35%) ZABBIX
8 4 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.08%) SolarWinds Orion
9 3 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.81%) Podman
10 2 (0.54%) Argo
10 2 (0.54%) CASB
10 2 (0.54%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.54%) VxRail
Vendors
1 121 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.36%) Cisco
3 30 (8.09%) VMware
4 20 (5.39%) SAP
5 18 (4.85%) Citrix
5 18 (4.85%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.70%) SolarWinds
7 9 (2.43%) iManage
7 9 (2.43%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.16%) Fortinet
8 8 (2.16%) UiPath
9 7 (1.89%) Alteryx
9 7 (1.89%) Veeam
10 6 (1.62%) Anaplan
10 6 (1.62%) Databricks
10 6 (1.62%) Google
10 6 (1.62%) Pega
10 6 (1.62%) Splunk
11 5 (1.35%) Epicor
11 5 (1.35%) Red Hat