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 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 348 468
Rank change year-on-year -21 +120 -32
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 436 346 312
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 0.79% 0.43%
As % of the General category 1.00% 1.15% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 280 240 236
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,425 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £76,563
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,625 £88,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -3.93%

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 43,454 30,126 41,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.13% 68.86% 57.25%
Number of salaries quoted 27,764 15,984 25,148
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +30 102 £50,000 -31.03% 55
London -81 94 £70,000 +7.69% 86
North of England -33 82 £55,000 +29.41% 31
Midlands -16 62 £55,000 +29.41% 24
North West +24 56 £55,000 +29.41% 19
South West -22 56 £42,500 +6.25% 17
West Midlands -22 39 £54,500 +11.22% 16
East of England -10 38 £52,500 -1.41% 16
East Midlands -19 23 £60,000 +54.84% 8
Yorkshire -54 21 £57,500 +35.29% 8
North East -60 5 £45,000 +80.00% 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 37 (8.49%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.75%) Confluence
3 12 (2.75%) IIS
4 5 (1.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 36 (8.26%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (7.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.06%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.15%) CorelDRAW
6 4 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.46%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.83%) SAP CO
1 8 (1.83%) SAP FI
1 8 (1.83%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (1.15%) Infor CloudSuite
2 5 (1.15%) Infor LN
2 5 (1.15%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.69%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.69%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.46%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.23%) C-CURE
6 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 116 (26.61%) Azure
2 84 (19.27%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (9.86%) AWS
3 43 (9.86%) Entra ID
4 41 (9.40%) Power Platform
5 28 (6.42%) SaaS
6 15 (3.44%) Power Automate
7 13 (2.98%) GitHub
8 12 (2.75%) dbt
9 11 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (2.06%) PowerApps
11 8 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.83%) Azure Stack
12 7 (1.61%) Boomi
12 7 (1.61%) Lucidchart
13 6 (1.38%) iPaaS
13 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (1.38%) Mimecast
13 6 (1.38%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 56 (12.84%) Firewall
2 45 (10.32%) DNS
3 43 (9.86%) VPN
4 29 (6.65%) TCP/IP
5 26 (5.96%) DHCP
6 25 (5.73%) WAN
7 19 (4.36%) Network Security
7 19 (4.36%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (4.13%) VLAN
9 16 (3.67%) Wireless
10 15 (3.44%) LAN
11 10 (2.29%) SD-WAN
12 9 (2.06%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (2.06%) VoIP
13 8 (1.83%) BGP
13 8 (1.83%) OSPF
13 8 (1.83%) SAN
14 7 (1.61%) HTTP
15 6 (1.38%) NAS
16 4 (0.92%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.57%) Power BI
2 22 (5.05%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.61%) Metadata
4 6 (1.38%) Looker
5 4 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.92%) Metabase
6 3 (0.69%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.46%) EDMS
7 2 (0.46%) Power Query
7 2 (0.46%) Redis
8 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.23%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (5.96%) JIRA
2 14 (3.21%) Git
3 12 (2.75%) GitLab
4 5 (1.15%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.92%) Postman
6 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.46%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.23%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.23%) Hudson
7 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.23%) JMeter
7 1 (0.23%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 234 (53.67%) Social Skills
2 85 (19.50%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (16.74%) Finance
4 48 (11.01%) Manufacturing
5 38 (8.72%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (6.65%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (5.73%) Retail
8 23 (5.28%) Law
9 20 (4.59%) Legal
10 19 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (3.67%) Telecoms
12 15 (3.44%) Electronics
13 13 (2.98%) Marketing
14 11 (2.52%) Aerospace
15 10 (2.29%) Public Sector
16 9 (2.06%) Banking
17 7 (1.61%) Front Office
18 6 (1.38%) Military
19 5 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
20 4 (0.92%) Billing
Job Titles
1 98 (22.48%) Analyst
2 49 (11.24%) Support Analyst
3 42 (9.63%) Senior
3 42 (9.63%) Support Engineer
4 38 (8.72%) Consultant
5 36 (8.26%) IT Support
6 28 (6.42%) Lead
7 26 (5.96%) Applications Support
7 26 (5.96%) Architect
8 23 (5.28%) Business Analyst
9 21 (4.82%) Systems Engineer
10 20 (4.59%) IT Engineer
11 18 (4.13%) IT Support Engineer
11 18 (4.13%) Security Engineer
11 18 (4.13%) Systems Analyst
12 17 (3.90%) Applications Support Analyst
12 17 (3.90%) IT Analyst
12 17 (3.90%) Systems Support
13 14 (3.21%) IT Support Analyst
13 14 (3.21%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.98%) REST
2 8 (1.83%) ARM Templates
2 8 (1.83%) Middleware
3 7 (1.61%) SOAP
4 6 (1.38%) Node.js
5 5 (1.15%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.15%) CSS
5 5 (1.15%) EDI
5 5 (1.15%) HTML
5 5 (1.15%) JSON
6 4 (0.92%) Jinja
6 4 (0.92%) YAML
7 3 (0.69%) .NET
7 3 (0.69%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.69%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.69%) Playwright
8 2 (0.46%) FreeSWITCH
8 2 (0.46%) Kafka
8 2 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.03%) Onboarding
2 34 (7.80%) Driving Licence
3 17 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (3.67%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.21%) CCTV
5 14 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.75%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.52%) Data Centre
7 11 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.06%) PKI
9 8 (1.83%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.83%) CMDB
9 8 (1.83%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.61%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.38%) Blog
12 5 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.15%) IoT
12 5 (1.15%) Online Gambling
12 5 (1.15%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 94 (21.56%) Windows
2 50 (11.47%) Windows Server
3 32 (7.34%) Linux
4 14 (3.21%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.75%) Apple iOS
6 11 (2.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (2.29%) CentOS
8 8 (1.83%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.92%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.69%) Android
11 3 (0.69%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.46%) Debian
12 2 (0.46%) Rocky
12 2 (0.46%) Unix
13 1 (0.23%) Solaris
13 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (26.61%) Continuous Improvement
2 113 (25.92%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (13.30%) Agile
4 52 (11.93%) ITIL
5 45 (10.32%) ERP
6 43 (9.86%) Business Analysis
6 43 (9.86%) Change Management
6 43 (9.86%) Project Delivery
7 42 (9.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (9.40%) Root Cause Analysis
9 38 (8.72%) Customer Service
9 38 (8.72%) DevOps
10 36 (8.26%) AI
10 36 (8.26%) Business Intelligence
11 34 (7.80%) Analytics
12 33 (7.57%) Disaster Recovery
13 32 (7.34%) CI/CD
14 31 (7.11%) Information Security
15 30 (6.88%) Process Improvement
15 30 (6.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 95 (21.79%) SQL
2 47 (10.78%) PowerShell
3 46 (10.55%) Python
4 19 (4.36%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.21%) Bash
6 10 (2.29%) C++
7 6 (1.38%) C
7 6 (1.38%) C#
7 6 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (1.15%) Java
8 5 (1.15%) PHP
9 4 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.46%) Bicep
10 2 (0.46%) Go
10 2 (0.46%) Groovy
10 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.46%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.46%) VBA
11 1 (0.23%) VB6
Qualifications
1 61 (13.99%) Degree
2 49 (11.24%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.05%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (2.98%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.75%) HND
6 9 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.83%) CCNA
7 8 (1.83%) CCNP
7 8 (1.83%) CISSP
7 8 (1.83%) SAP Certification
8 7 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.15%) ACCA
9 5 (1.15%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.15%) HNC
10 4 (0.92%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.92%) CIMA
10 4 (0.92%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (5.28%) QA
3 19 (4.36%) Data Quality
4 14 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (3.21%) GDPR
5 11 (2.52%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (2.29%) SLA
7 7 (1.61%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.38%) NIST
9 5 (1.15%) GRC
9 5 (1.15%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.15%) Software Quality Assurance
10 4 (0.92%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.92%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.69%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.46%) NCSC
12 2 (0.46%) NIST 800
System Software
1 58 (13.30%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.73%) Hyper-V
3 21 (4.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.98%) Docker
5 11 (2.52%) Firmware
6 5 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.92%) vSphere
8 3 (0.69%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.69%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.46%) KVM
9 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.46%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (6.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (4.59%) Terraform
3 14 (3.21%) Kubernetes
4 12 (2.75%) Ansible
5 10 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.83%) FortiGate
7 7 (1.61%) Nagios
8 6 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.15%) SCCM
9 5 (1.15%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.92%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.92%) Podman
11 3 (0.69%) Argo
11 3 (0.69%) Puppet
11 3 (0.69%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.46%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.46%) VxRail
13 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
13 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 145 (33.26%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.49%) Cisco
3 28 (6.42%) VMware
4 23 (5.28%) SAP
5 21 (4.82%) Fortinet
6 15 (3.44%) ServiceNow
7 14 (3.21%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.52%) JD Edwards
8 11 (2.52%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.06%) Google
10 8 (1.83%) Aruba
10 8 (1.83%) Dell
10 8 (1.83%) Juniper
10 8 (1.83%) Sophos
11 7 (1.61%) Citrix
11 7 (1.61%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.61%) Veeam
12 6 (1.38%) iManage
12 6 (1.38%) Oracle
12 6 (1.38%) Splunk