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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 499 387
Rank change year-on-year +207 -112 +96
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 373 183 293
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.72% 0.37% 0.65%
As % of the General category 1.19% 0.56% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 250 95 260
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,000 £56,324
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +11.85% -6.13%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £75,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £63,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.70% +14.55% -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 general skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 31,369 32,798 28,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 60.33% 65.88% 62.53%
Number of salaries quoted 17,250 15,354 21,065
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £101,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.36%

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 31 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 31 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 +102 128 £77,125 +6.38% 116
South East +95 78 £50,500 -10.22% 229
Midlands +58 73 £46,500 -10.58% 180
North of England +30 43 £42,500 -19.05% 204
West Midlands +41 37 £59,000 -5.60% 98
East Midlands +12 35 £45,000 - 70
East of England +44 29 £30,370 -24.55% 131
North West +27 21 £42,500 -16.67% 99
Yorkshire +12 20 £47,500 -9.52% 91
South West +24 18 £55,000 +74.60% 91
North East +10 2 - - 15
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 (6.17%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.68%) Confluence
4 2 (0.54%) WordPress
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) IIS
5 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 62 (16.62%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.22%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.27%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.88%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.34%) Oracle Cash Management
2 5 (1.34%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.54%) Bloomberg AIM
5 2 (0.54%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.54%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.27%) Postilion
6 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 119 (31.90%) Azure
2 61 (16.35%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (8.58%) AWS
4 28 (7.51%) Power Platform
4 28 (7.51%) SaaS
5 22 (5.90%) Entra ID
6 18 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (3.49%) Power Automate
8 12 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (3.22%) IaaS
8 12 (3.22%) PowerApps
9 10 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (2.68%) GCP
9 10 (2.68%) PaaS
10 9 (2.41%) GitHub
10 9 (2.41%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (1.88%) ChatGPT
11 7 (1.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 6 (1.61%) iPaaS
12 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.19%) Firewall
2 29 (7.77%) DNS
3 25 (6.70%) VPN
4 24 (6.43%) DHCP
5 20 (5.36%) TCP/IP
6 19 (5.09%) LAN
7 16 (4.29%) VLAN
8 13 (3.49%) Network Security
9 11 (2.95%) BGP
10 10 (2.68%) SAN
10 10 (2.68%) WAN
10 10 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (2.14%) OSPF
12 6 (1.61%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (1.61%) DMZ
12 6 (1.61%) SD-WAN
12 6 (1.61%) VoIP
12 6 (1.61%) Wireshark
13 5 (1.34%) STUN
13 5 (1.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.51%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.56%) Power BI
3 14 (3.75%) Tableau
4 13 (3.49%) BigQuery
5 10 (2.68%) Metadata
6 7 (1.88%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.34%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.07%) Metabase
9 4 (1.07%) Metadata Repository
10 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.54%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.54%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
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%) MySQL
12 1 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 14 (3.75%) JIRA
2 6 (1.61%) Git
3 5 (1.34%) Subversion
3 5 (1.34%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.07%) Postman
5 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.54%) Selenium
5 2 (0.54%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.27%) GitLab
6 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 193 (51.74%) Social Skills
2 84 (22.52%) Finance
3 77 (20.64%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.46%) Legal
5 28 (7.51%) Banking
6 22 (5.90%) Retail
7 21 (5.63%) Law
7 21 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (4.56%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.49%) German Language
10 12 (3.22%) Advertising
11 11 (2.95%) Back Office
11 11 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.41%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (2.14%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.88%) Electronics
14 7 (1.88%) Marketing
15 5 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 91 (24.40%) Analyst
2 55 (14.75%) Senior
3 31 (8.31%) Architect
4 28 (7.51%) Business Analyst
5 27 (7.24%) Lead
6 24 (6.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (5.90%) IT Support
8 21 (5.63%) Network Engineer
8 21 (5.63%) Support Engineer
9 18 (4.83%) Service Analyst
10 16 (4.29%) IT Analyst
11 15 (4.02%) Data Analyst
12 14 (3.75%) Developer
12 14 (3.75%) Service Desk Analyst
12 14 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (3.49%) Data Quality Analyst
13 13 (3.49%) Quality Analyst
13 13 (3.49%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (3.22%) Consultant
15 10 (2.68%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.68%) XML
2 8 (2.14%) .NET
3 6 (1.61%) REST
4 5 (1.34%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.34%) HTML
5 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (1.07%) OAuth
5 4 (1.07%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.07%) OpenID
5 4 (1.07%) PySpark
5 4 (1.07%) React
5 4 (1.07%) SAML
6 3 (0.80%) CSS
7 2 (0.54%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.54%) JSON
7 2 (0.54%) Kafka
7 2 (0.54%) Laravel
7 2 (0.54%) Middleware
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.54%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.29%) Data Centre
1 16 (4.29%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.02%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (3.49%) Driving Licence
4 12 (3.22%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.22%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.22%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.95%) NHS
5 11 (2.95%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.41%) Life Science
6 9 (2.41%) Low-Code
6 9 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.14%) Clustering
7 8 (2.14%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.88%) CMDB
9 6 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.34%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.34%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.34%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 60 (16.09%) Windows
2 27 (7.24%) Windows Server
3 24 (6.43%) Linux
4 5 (1.34%) Debian
4 5 (1.34%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.34%) Unix
5 4 (1.07%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.54%) VMS
8 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (18.23%) Agile
2 68 (18.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (14.75%) ITIL
4 46 (12.33%) Cybersecurity
5 42 (11.26%) Validation
6 38 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 34 (9.12%) DevOps
7 34 (9.12%) Migration
8 32 (8.58%) Change Management
9 31 (8.31%) AI
10 28 (7.51%) Analytics
10 28 (7.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 27 (7.24%) Customer Service
12 26 (6.97%) Computer Science
12 26 (6.97%) Incident Response
12 26 (6.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (6.97%) Roadmaps
13 25 (6.70%) Business Analysis
13 25 (6.70%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 52 (13.94%) SQL
2 31 (8.31%) Python
3 27 (7.24%) PowerShell
4 17 (4.56%) C#
5 11 (2.95%) Java
6 8 (2.14%) C
6 8 (2.14%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.61%) VBA
8 4 (1.07%) Bash
8 4 (1.07%) PHP
9 3 (0.80%) Bicep
9 3 (0.80%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.54%) C++
10 2 (0.54%) Go
10 2 (0.54%) Perl
11 1 (0.27%) R
11 1 (0.27%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 95 (25.47%) Degree
2 42 (11.26%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.97%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.70%) CISSP
5 23 (6.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (6.17%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (5.09%) CCNP
7 17 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (4.02%) CISM
9 13 (3.49%) DV Cleared
9 13 (3.49%) Numerate Degree
10 11 (2.95%) CCIE
10 11 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.14%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.14%) CCSA
11 8 (2.14%) CCSE
12 7 (1.88%) CEH
12 7 (1.88%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (1.88%) HNC
13 6 (1.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (10.72%) Data Quality
2 30 (8.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (5.09%) SLA
4 14 (3.75%) GDPR
5 12 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (3.22%) ISO 9001
5 12 (3.22%) NIST
5 12 (3.22%) QA
6 8 (2.14%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.88%) GRC
7 7 (1.88%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.61%) MiFID
8 6 (1.61%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.34%) PMO
9 5 (1.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.54%) COBIT
11 2 (0.54%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.54%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 50 (13.40%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.49%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.34%) Firmware
4 5 (1.34%) Kamailio
5 4 (1.07%) Docker
5 4 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.54%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.27%) Ceph
7 1 (0.27%) Lustre
7 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.27%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 16 (4.29%) SCCM
2 13 (3.49%) Terraform
3 9 (2.41%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.61%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (1.34%) Dell DRAC
6 5 (1.34%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.07%) Ansible
8 3 (0.80%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.80%) cPanel
8 3 (0.80%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.80%) Grafana
8 3 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.80%) Nessus
8 3 (0.80%) Plesk
9 2 (0.54%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.54%) VxRail
10 1 (0.27%) CASB
10 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 125 (33.51%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.70%) Cisco
3 21 (5.63%) VMware
4 13 (3.49%) Oracle
5 12 (3.22%) CheckPoint
5 12 (3.22%) F5
5 12 (3.22%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.95%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.68%) Citrix
7 10 (2.68%) Fortinet
8 9 (2.41%) Veeam
9 8 (2.14%) iManage
9 8 (2.14%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.14%) Pega
9 8 (2.14%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.88%) Blue Prism
11 6 (1.61%) Dell
11 6 (1.61%) Intapp
11 6 (1.61%) Qualys
11 6 (1.61%) UiPath