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 16 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 323 520
Rank change year-on-year -44 +197 -109
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 473 341 216
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.80% 0.34%
As % of the General category 0.99% 1.17% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 318 237 118
10th Percentile £32,300 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £44,158
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £54,000 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -17.56% +11.97%
75th Percentile £61,250 £77,500 £76,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £87,800
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -7.41% -15.29% +11.84%

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 47,929 29,046 36,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.72% 68.22% 58.28%
Number of salaries quoted 30,963 15,760 18,137
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,800 £31,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -10.26% -2.50%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -85 99 £61,000 -21.29% 32
South East -24 98 £50,000 -7.83% 26
North of England -36 92 £52,136 +22.67% 24
South West +3 85 £43,000 +7.50% 17
Midlands -46 62 £51,500 +14.44% 15
North West +4 59 £55,000 +48.65% 16
West Midlands -36 41 £51,500 -11.97% 9
East of England -36 34 £55,000 +0.92% 4
Yorkshire -43 24 £57,500 +21.05% 7
East Midlands -45 21 £52,500 +23.53% 6
North East -66 9 £29,500 +18.00% 1
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 (7.40%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.07%) Confluence
3 19 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.33%) IIS
5 5 (1.06%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 36 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.38%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.06%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.42%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.42%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.48%) SAP CO
1 7 (1.48%) SAP FI
1 7 (1.48%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (1.06%) Infor CloudSuite
2 5 (1.06%) Infor LN
2 5 (1.06%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.63%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.63%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.42%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.21%) C-CURE
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 134 (28.33%) Azure
2 71 (15.01%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (11.63%) Power Platform
4 49 (10.36%) AWS
5 45 (9.51%) Entra ID
6 35 (7.40%) SaaS
7 22 (4.65%) Power Automate
8 14 (2.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 13 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (2.75%) GitHub
10 12 (2.54%) GCP
11 11 (2.33%) n8n
11 11 (2.33%) Zapier
12 10 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (1.90%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.69%) Azure Stack
15 7 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (1.48%) Boomi
15 7 (1.48%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 57 (12.05%) Firewall
2 49 (10.36%) VPN
3 44 (9.30%) DNS
4 36 (7.61%) TCP/IP
5 28 (5.92%) DHCP
6 25 (5.29%) Network Security
6 25 (5.29%) Wireless
7 23 (4.86%) VLAN
8 20 (4.23%) WAN
9 16 (3.38%) LAN
10 15 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (2.54%) BGP
11 12 (2.54%) SD-WAN
12 11 (2.33%) SAN
13 9 (1.90%) HTTP
13 9 (1.90%) Intrusion Detection
13 9 (1.90%) OSPF
14 4 (0.85%) VoIP
14 4 (0.85%) VSAN
15 3 (0.63%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (10.36%) Power BI
2 19 (4.02%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.90%) Big Data
3 9 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.48%) Metadata
5 6 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.27%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.85%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.63%) Looker
8 2 (0.42%) EDMS
8 2 (0.42%) Redis
9 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.21%) GIS
9 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.21%) Parquet
9 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (7.19%) JIRA
2 8 (1.69%) Git
3 5 (1.06%) GitLab
4 4 (0.85%) Postman
5 2 (0.42%) PowerBuilder
5 2 (0.42%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.21%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.21%) Hudson
6 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
General
1 268 (56.66%) Social Skills
2 99 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
3 74 (15.64%) Finance
4 49 (10.36%) Manufacturing
5 38 (8.03%) Organisational Skills
6 31 (6.55%) Presentation Skills
7 30 (6.34%) Legal
8 20 (4.23%) Law
9 19 (4.02%) Aerospace
10 18 (3.81%) Banking
11 14 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.96%) Retail
12 13 (2.75%) Marketing
12 13 (2.75%) Public Sector
13 11 (2.33%) Electronics
14 10 (2.11%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.48%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.48%) Military
16 6 (1.27%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 99 (20.93%) Analyst
2 48 (10.15%) Senior
3 47 (9.94%) Support Engineer
4 43 (9.09%) Consultant
5 40 (8.46%) Business Analyst
6 29 (6.13%) Support Analyst
7 26 (5.50%) Applications Support
8 25 (5.29%) IT Support
9 24 (5.07%) IT Engineer
10 23 (4.86%) Architect
11 22 (4.65%) Lead
12 20 (4.23%) Security Engineer
13 19 (4.02%) Test Engineer
14 18 (3.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (3.81%) IT Support Engineer
14 18 (3.81%) Systems Support
15 16 (3.38%) IT Analyst
16 15 (3.17%) Developer
17 14 (2.96%) Systems Analyst
17 14 (2.96%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.44%) REST
2 20 (4.23%) Terraform
3 11 (2.33%) Playwright
4 9 (1.90%) JSON
4 9 (1.90%) XML
5 8 (1.69%) Middleware
6 7 (1.48%) .NET
6 7 (1.48%) CSS
6 7 (1.48%) HTML
7 6 (1.27%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.27%) ARM Templates
7 6 (1.27%) Node.js
7 6 (1.27%) SOAP
8 5 (1.06%) EDI
9 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
10 3 (0.63%) Matplotlib
10 3 (0.63%) NumPy
10 3 (0.63%) Pandas
10 3 (0.63%) SAML
10 3 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.57%) Driving Licence
2 33 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.81%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.38%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.17%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.96%) CCTV
6 14 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.69%) PKI
8 8 (1.69%) Replication
9 7 (1.48%) IoT
9 7 (1.48%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.27%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.06%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (1.06%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 89 (18.82%) Windows
2 49 (10.36%) Windows Server
3 31 (6.55%) Linux
4 13 (2.75%) Apple iOS
5 11 (2.33%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.90%) CentOS
7 8 (1.69%) macOS
7 8 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.06%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.85%) Rocky
11 3 (0.63%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.42%) Android
12 2 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.42%) VMS
12 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.21%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.21%) Solaris
13 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (22.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 73 (15.43%) Agile
4 67 (14.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (12.47%) Business Analysis
6 52 (10.99%) Business Intelligence
7 51 (10.78%) AI
7 51 (10.78%) Requirements Gathering
8 46 (9.73%) Migration
8 46 (9.73%) Workflow
9 45 (9.51%) DevOps
10 44 (9.30%) Process Improvement
10 44 (9.30%) Root Cause Analysis
11 43 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
11 43 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 43 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
11 43 (9.09%) Validation
12 42 (8.88%) ITIL
12 42 (8.88%) Project Delivery
13 41 (8.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 93 (19.66%) SQL
2 52 (10.99%) PowerShell
3 40 (8.46%) Python
4 15 (3.17%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.54%) Bash
6 10 (2.11%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.27%) C#
9 5 (1.06%) C
9 5 (1.06%) C++
9 5 (1.06%) Java
10 4 (0.85%) Ladder Logic
10 4 (0.85%) PHP
10 4 (0.85%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.42%) ABAP
11 2 (0.42%) Bicep
11 2 (0.42%) Go
11 2 (0.42%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.42%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (12.05%) Security Cleared
2 53 (11.21%) Degree
3 38 (8.03%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.75%) CCNP
7 11 (2.33%) CCNA
8 9 (1.90%) HND
8 9 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.69%) SAP Certification
10 7 (1.48%) CISSP
11 6 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.06%) ACCA
12 5 (1.06%) HNC
13 4 (0.85%) CIMA
14 3 (0.63%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.88%) QA
2 36 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (6.13%) GDPR
4 24 (5.07%) Data Quality
5 17 (3.59%) NIST
6 15 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.90%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.69%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.27%) ISO 9001
9 6 (1.27%) SLA
10 5 (1.06%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.85%) GRC
11 4 (0.85%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.85%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.21%) COBIT
13 1 (0.21%) GMP
System Software
1 51 (10.78%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.71%) Hyper-V
3 21 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.96%) Docker
5 11 (2.33%) Firmware
6 8 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.06%) vSphere
8 4 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.85%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.21%) KVM
9 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (5.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.59%) Ansible
3 16 (3.38%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (2.96%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.90%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (1.48%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (0.85%) Nagios
7 4 (0.85%) NetBackup
7 4 (0.85%) Podman
7 4 (0.85%) VxRail
8 2 (0.42%) Puppet
9 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.21%) Argo
9 1 (0.21%) Grafana
9 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.21%) QRadar
9 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 150 (31.71%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.61%) Cisco
3 28 (5.92%) VMware
4 24 (5.07%) SAP
5 21 (4.44%) Fortinet
6 19 (4.02%) ServiceNow
7 17 (3.59%) Google
8 15 (3.17%) Salesforce
9 14 (2.96%) Veeam
10 13 (2.75%) Dell
11 12 (2.54%) JD Edwards
11 12 (2.54%) Palo Alto
12 9 (1.90%) Aruba
13 8 (1.69%) Juniper
14 7 (1.48%) Oracle
15 6 (1.27%) EMC
15 6 (1.27%) MuleSoft
16 5 (1.06%) Adobe
16 5 (1.06%) Okta
16 5 (1.06%) Splunk