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 2 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 386 449
Rank change year-on-year +18 +63 +4
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 415 284 458
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.68% 0.49%
As % of the General category 1.03% 0.97% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 279 198 379
10th Percentile £32,650 £32,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,772 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.87% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,188 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,750 £89,125 £86,470
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,200
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.42% -10.18%

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 40,309 29,379 53,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.96% 70.84% 57.38%
Number of salaries quoted 25,763 14,987 36,088
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 2 July 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 2 July 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
South East +45 98 £47,750 -31.79% 56
London -59 87 £71,250 +12.20% 63
North of England -16 86 £45,000 +7.14% 37
Midlands -10 56 £55,000 +10.00% 29
North West +32 52 £53,386 -2.93% 25
South West -36 43 £42,500 +6.25% 15
East of England +2 41 £50,000 - 11
West Midlands -26 33 £52,500 +3.50% 15
Yorkshire -44 26 £42,500 +1.19% 9
East Midlands -2 23 £60,000 +84.62% 14
North East -47 8 £45,000 +66.67% 3
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 35 (8.43%) SharePoint
2 29 (6.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.13%) IIS
4 7 (1.69%) Confluence
5 5 (1.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.72%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 44 (10.60%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.20%) CorelDRAW
5 4 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.48%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.20%) SAP CO
1 5 (1.20%) SAP FI
1 5 (1.20%) SAP FI/CO
1 5 (1.20%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.48%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.48%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.48%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) C-CURE
4 1 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 123 (29.64%) Azure
2 94 (22.65%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (10.60%) AWS
4 43 (10.36%) Entra ID
5 42 (10.12%) Power Platform
6 24 (5.78%) SaaS
7 20 (4.82%) Power Automate
8 15 (3.61%) dbt
9 11 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (2.41%) GitHub
11 9 (2.17%) IaaS
11 9 (2.17%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.93%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (1.93%) PaaS
13 7 (1.69%) Azure Stack
13 7 (1.69%) GCP
14 6 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (1.45%) OpenShift
15 5 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 61 (14.70%) Firewall
2 54 (13.01%) DNS
3 50 (12.05%) VPN
4 39 (9.40%) DHCP
5 36 (8.67%) TCP/IP
6 30 (7.23%) VLAN
7 27 (6.51%) WAN
8 17 (4.10%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (3.61%) LAN
9 15 (3.61%) Network Security
9 15 (3.61%) Wireless
10 12 (2.89%) VoIP
11 9 (2.17%) Intrusion Detection
11 9 (2.17%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.69%) SAN
13 6 (1.45%) NAS
14 5 (1.20%) DMZ
14 5 (1.20%) OSPF
14 5 (1.20%) Reverse Proxy
14 5 (1.20%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.67%) Power BI
2 31 (7.47%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.93%) Metabase
5 6 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.45%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.45%) Looker
6 5 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.20%) Metadata
7 4 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.72%) Big Data
8 3 (0.72%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.72%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.48%) MySQL
9 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.48%) Power Query
10 1 (0.24%) Flink
10 1 (0.24%) Parquet
10 1 (0.24%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (5.06%) JIRA
2 15 (3.61%) Git
3 13 (3.13%) GitLab
4 10 (2.41%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.48%) Postman
6 2 (0.48%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.24%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.24%) Hudson
7 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.24%) JMeter
7 1 (0.24%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 228 (54.94%) Social Skills
2 79 (19.04%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (17.59%) Finance
4 40 (9.64%) Manufacturing
5 36 (8.67%) Organisational Skills
6 26 (6.27%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (6.02%) Retail
8 21 (5.06%) Law
9 18 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (4.10%) Telecoms
11 16 (3.86%) Legal
12 13 (3.13%) Banking
13 12 (2.89%) Electronics
14 10 (2.41%) Marketing
15 8 (1.93%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.69%) Front Office
16 7 (1.69%) Public Sector
17 5 (1.20%) Advertising
17 5 (1.20%) Military
17 5 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 86 (20.72%) Analyst
2 50 (12.05%) IT Support
3 48 (11.57%) Support Analyst
4 38 (9.16%) Support Engineer
5 37 (8.92%) Consultant
6 35 (8.43%) Senior
7 25 (6.02%) Lead
8 23 (5.54%) Architect
9 22 (5.30%) Systems Analyst
10 21 (5.06%) Applications Support
10 21 (5.06%) Systems Engineer
10 21 (5.06%) Systems Support
11 20 (4.82%) Security Engineer
12 19 (4.58%) IT Analyst
13 18 (4.34%) Systems Support Analyst
14 17 (4.10%) IT Engineer
15 16 (3.86%) Business Analyst
15 16 (3.86%) IT Support Analyst
16 15 (3.61%) Applications Support Analyst
16 15 (3.61%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.41%) Middleware
2 9 (2.17%) ARM Templates
3 6 (1.45%) JSON
3 6 (1.45%) Node.js
3 6 (1.45%) REST
4 5 (1.20%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.20%) CSS
4 5 (1.20%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.20%) HTML
4 5 (1.20%) Jinja
4 5 (1.20%) YAML
5 4 (0.96%) .NET
6 3 (0.72%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.72%) PySpark
6 3 (0.72%) SOAP
7 2 (0.48%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.48%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (0.48%) Kafka
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.48%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.95%) Driving Licence
2 30 (7.23%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (3.37%) CCTV
4 14 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.65%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.17%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.93%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.93%) CMDB
10 7 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.69%) PKI
10 7 (1.69%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.45%) Blog
11 6 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.45%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.20%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (1.20%) Mobile Computing
13 4 (0.96%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 108 (26.02%) Windows
2 68 (16.39%) Windows Server
3 39 (9.40%) Linux
4 13 (3.13%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (2.17%) CentOS
7 8 (1.93%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.20%) Debian
9 5 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.96%) VMS
11 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.72%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.24%) Android
13 1 (0.24%) Rocky
13 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (27.71%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (26.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (13.25%) ITIL
4 47 (11.33%) Agile
5 45 (10.84%) ERP
6 43 (10.36%) Change Management
7 42 (10.12%) Project Delivery
8 41 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
9 36 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (8.43%) Analytics
10 35 (8.43%) CI/CD
11 34 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (7.71%) Customer Service
12 32 (7.71%) Incident Management
13 31 (7.47%) AI
13 31 (7.47%) Business Analysis
13 31 (7.47%) Root Cause Analysis
14 28 (6.75%) DevOps
14 28 (6.75%) Disaster Recovery
15 26 (6.27%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 91 (21.93%) SQL
2 53 (12.77%) Python
3 51 (12.29%) PowerShell
4 20 (4.82%) JavaScript
5 17 (4.10%) Bash
6 7 (1.69%) C#
6 7 (1.69%) C++
6 7 (1.69%) Java
7 6 (1.45%) PHP
8 4 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.72%) C
9 3 (0.72%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.48%) ABAP
10 2 (0.48%) Bicep
10 2 (0.48%) Groovy
10 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.24%) RPG III
11 1 (0.24%) RPG IV
11 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (16.63%) Degree
2 48 (11.57%) Security Cleared
3 19 (4.58%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.89%) Azure Certification
4 12 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.89%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.41%) HND
5 10 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (1.93%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (1.69%) CISSP
8 5 (1.20%) CCNA
8 5 (1.20%) CCNP
8 5 (1.20%) HNC
8 5 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (1.20%) Numerate Degree
8 5 (1.20%) SAP Certification
9 4 (0.96%) CEH
9 4 (0.96%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (0.96%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (4.82%) QA
3 18 (4.34%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.61%) SLA
5 12 (2.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (2.65%) GDPR
7 9 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.45%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.45%) ISO 9001
8 6 (1.45%) NIST
9 5 (1.20%) GRC
9 5 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.96%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.72%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.72%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.48%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 79 (19.04%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.75%) Hyper-V
3 25 (6.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.61%) Docker
5 6 (1.45%) Firmware
5 6 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.45%) vSphere
6 3 (0.72%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.72%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.24%) KVM
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (5.06%) Terraform
3 15 (3.61%) Kubernetes
4 11 (2.65%) Ansible
5 10 (2.41%) Nagios
6 8 (1.93%) SCCM
7 7 (1.69%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.20%) Backup Exec
9 5 (1.20%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (1.20%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.20%) Podman
9 5 (1.20%) ZABBIX
10 4 (0.96%) SolarWinds Orion
11 3 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.48%) Argo
12 2 (0.48%) Grafana
12 2 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.48%) Puppet
13 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 153 (36.87%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.64%) Cisco
3 35 (8.43%) VMware
4 20 (4.82%) SAP
5 16 (3.86%) Fortinet
6 15 (3.61%) ServiceNow
7 13 (3.13%) Citrix
8 10 (2.41%) SolarWinds
9 9 (2.17%) Google
9 9 (2.17%) Veeam
10 8 (1.93%) Aruba
10 8 (1.93%) JD Edwards
10 8 (1.93%) Juniper
10 8 (1.93%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.93%) Sophos
11 7 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.69%) Splunk
12 6 (1.45%) iManage
12 6 (1.45%) Pega
13 5 (1.20%) Nexthink