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 6 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 501 401
Rank change year-on-year +203 -100 +68
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 365 177 294
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.70% 0.36% 0.63%
As % of the General category 1.17% 0.55% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 245 90 261
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,063 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,661 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +11.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £54,750 £64,000 £55,148
% change year-on-year -14.45% +16.05% -8.09%

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 31,181 32,262 29,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.65% 66.26% 62.06%
Number of salaries quoted 17,206 14,860 21,514
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,234 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.28% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.44%

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 6 January 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 6 January 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 +94 124 £76,750 +5.86% 51
South East +87 77 £49,000 -12.89% 44
Midlands +48 70 £50,250 -3.37% 19
North of England +40 44 £42,500 -19.05% 34
West Midlands +34 35 £59,500 -4.80% 16
East Midlands +20 34 £45,000 - 3
East of England +51 29 £30,370 -24.55% 9
Yorkshire +7 22 £42,500 -19.05% 17
North West +26 21 £42,500 -25.11% 13
South West +16 17 £55,000 +74.60% 8
North East +5 1 - - 4
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 23 (6.30%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.47%) Confluence
4 2 (0.55%) WordPress
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) IIS
5 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 63 (17.26%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.29%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.27%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.27%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.37%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (1.37%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.82%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.55%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.55%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.27%) Postilion
7 1 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 119 (32.60%) Azure
2 64 (17.53%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (8.49%) AWS
4 29 (7.95%) Power Platform
5 25 (6.85%) SaaS
6 22 (6.03%) Entra ID
7 18 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (3.56%) Power Automate
9 12 (3.29%) IaaS
9 12 (3.29%) PowerApps
10 11 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (3.01%) PaaS
11 10 (2.74%) GCP
11 10 (2.74%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (2.19%) ChatGPT
12 8 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (1.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 6 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.64%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (10.68%) Firewall
2 31 (8.49%) DNS
3 26 (7.12%) DHCP
4 25 (6.85%) VPN
5 22 (6.03%) TCP/IP
6 19 (5.21%) LAN
7 17 (4.66%) VLAN
8 14 (3.84%) Network Security
9 11 (3.01%) BGP
9 11 (3.01%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (2.74%) SAN
10 10 (2.74%) WAN
11 8 (2.19%) OSPF
12 6 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (1.64%) DMZ
12 6 (1.64%) SD-WAN
12 6 (1.64%) VoIP
12 6 (1.64%) Wireshark
13 5 (1.37%) STUN
13 5 (1.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.58%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.93%) Power BI
3 12 (3.29%) Tableau
4 11 (3.01%) BigQuery
5 10 (2.74%) Metadata
6 8 (2.19%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.37%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.10%) Metabase
9 4 (1.10%) Metadata Repository
10 3 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.55%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.55%) MySQL
11 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.27%) Big Data
12 1 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.27%) DB2
12 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 13 (3.56%) JIRA
2 6 (1.64%) Git
3 5 (1.37%) Subversion
3 5 (1.37%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.10%) Postman
5 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.55%) Selenium
5 2 (0.55%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.27%) GitLab
6 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 190 (52.05%) Social Skills
2 82 (22.47%) Finance
3 75 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.41%) Legal
5 28 (7.67%) Banking
6 24 (6.58%) Retail
7 22 (6.03%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (5.75%) Law
9 18 (4.93%) Manufacturing
10 13 (3.56%) German Language
11 11 (3.01%) Advertising
11 11 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.47%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.92%) Electronics
14 7 (1.92%) Marketing
15 6 (1.64%) Back Office
15 6 (1.64%) Public Sector
16 5 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 87 (23.84%) Analyst
2 56 (15.34%) Senior
3 30 (8.22%) Architect
4 27 (7.40%) Business Analyst
4 27 (7.40%) Lead
5 25 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (6.58%) IT Support
7 21 (5.75%) Support Engineer
8 20 (5.48%) Network Engineer
9 18 (4.93%) Service Analyst
10 16 (4.38%) IT Analyst
11 14 (3.84%) Service Desk Analyst
11 14 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.56%) Data Analyst
12 13 (3.56%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (3.01%) Consultant
13 11 (3.01%) Data Quality Analyst
13 11 (3.01%) Project Manager
13 11 (3.01%) Quality Analyst
14 10 (2.74%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.19%) .NET
2 6 (1.64%) REST
2 6 (1.64%) XML
3 5 (1.37%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.37%) HTML
4 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.10%) OAuth
4 4 (1.10%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.10%) OpenID
4 4 (1.10%) PySpark
4 4 (1.10%) React
4 4 (1.10%) SAML
5 3 (0.82%) CSS
6 2 (0.55%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.55%) JSON
6 2 (0.55%) Kafka
6 2 (0.55%) Laravel
6 2 (0.55%) Middleware
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.66%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.38%) Data Centre
3 15 (4.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (3.84%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.29%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.29%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.01%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.47%) Life Science
7 9 (2.47%) Low-Code
7 9 (2.47%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.19%) Clustering
8 8 (2.19%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.92%) NHS
10 6 (1.64%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.64%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (1.37%) CMDB
11 5 (1.37%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 61 (16.71%) Windows
2 29 (7.95%) Windows Server
3 24 (6.58%) Linux
4 5 (1.37%) Debian
4 5 (1.37%) Unix
5 4 (1.10%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.10%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.55%) VMS
8 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (19.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 64 (17.53%) Agile
4 53 (14.52%) ITIL
5 44 (12.05%) Cybersecurity
6 40 (10.96%) Validation
7 38 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 32 (8.77%) AI
8 32 (8.77%) Change Management
8 32 (8.77%) Migration
9 29 (7.95%) Analytics
10 28 (7.67%) DevOps
11 27 (7.40%) Customer Service
11 27 (7.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (7.12%) Incident Response
12 26 (7.12%) Roadmaps
12 26 (7.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (6.85%) Business Analysis
14 24 (6.58%) Data Analysis
14 24 (6.58%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (13.42%) SQL
2 29 (7.95%) PowerShell
2 29 (7.95%) Python
3 13 (3.56%) C#
4 8 (2.19%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.92%) Java
6 6 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (1.64%) VBA
7 4 (1.10%) Bash
7 4 (1.10%) C
7 4 (1.10%) PHP
8 3 (0.82%) Bicep
8 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.55%) C++
9 2 (0.55%) Go
9 2 (0.55%) Perl
10 1 (0.27%) R
10 1 (0.27%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 89 (24.38%) Degree
2 40 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.85%) CISSP
3 25 (6.85%) SC Cleared
4 23 (6.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (6.30%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (5.21%) CCNP
6 15 (4.11%) CISM
7 13 (3.56%) Numerate Degree
8 12 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (3.01%) CCIE
9 11 (3.01%) DV Cleared
10 10 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.19%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.19%) CCSA
11 8 (2.19%) CCSE
12 7 (1.92%) CEH
12 7 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (1.92%) HNC
13 6 (1.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.14%) Data Quality
2 27 (7.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (5.21%) SLA
4 15 (4.11%) GDPR
5 12 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (3.29%) NIST
5 12 (3.29%) QA
6 8 (2.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 8 (2.19%) ISO 9001
7 7 (1.92%) GRC
7 7 (1.92%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.64%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.37%) MiFID
9 5 (1.37%) PMO
9 5 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.55%) COBIT
11 2 (0.55%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
System Software
1 53 (14.52%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.84%) Hyper-V
2 14 (3.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.37%) Firmware
3 5 (1.37%) Kamailio
4 4 (1.10%) Docker
4 4 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.55%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.27%) Ceph
6 1 (0.27%) Lustre
6 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.27%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 16 (4.38%) SCCM
2 13 (3.56%) Terraform
3 9 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.19%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (1.37%) Dell DRAC
7 5 (1.37%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.10%) Ansible
9 3 (0.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.82%) cPanel
9 3 (0.82%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.82%) Grafana
9 3 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.82%) Nessus
9 3 (0.82%) Plesk
10 2 (0.55%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.55%) VxRail
11 1 (0.27%) CASB
11 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 122 (33.42%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.85%) Cisco
3 23 (6.30%) VMware
4 13 (3.56%) Oracle
5 12 (3.29%) CheckPoint
5 12 (3.29%) F5
5 12 (3.29%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.01%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.74%) Citrix
7 10 (2.74%) Fortinet
8 9 (2.47%) Veeam
9 8 (2.19%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.19%) Pega
10 7 (1.92%) Blue Prism
10 7 (1.92%) iManage
10 7 (1.92%) SAP
10 7 (1.92%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.64%) Alteryx
11 6 (1.64%) Dell
11 6 (1.64%) Qualys