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 11 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	375	304	494
Rank change year-on-year	-71	+190	-88
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills	504	379	203
As % of all permanent jobs in England	0.47%	0.84%	0.34%
As % of the General category	1.01%	1.28%	0.57%
Number of salaries quoted	342	254	105
10^th Percentile	£33,625	£32,500	£37,500
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£41,250	£47,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,522	£54,000	£65,000
Median % change year-on-year	-4.59%	-16.92%	+18.18%
75^th Percentile	£63,750	£75,000	£73,750
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£87,500	£86,909
UK median annual salary	£51,000	£54,000	£64,000
% change year-on-year	-5.56%	-15.63%	+16.36%

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 citing general skills in England.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	50,136	29,639	35,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England	46.37%	65.55%	58.86%
Number of salaries quoted	31,593	16,958	16,956
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£39,000	£35,000	£43,227
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£52,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+4.76%	-12.50%	-
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£75,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£96,250	£96,250	£100,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£51,275	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+7.26%	-14.54%	-

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 Salary Trend in England

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 11 November 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 11 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
London	-67	130	£60,000	-22.58%	133
South East	-57	97	£50,000	-3.85%	66
South West	-14	85	£45,000	-18.18%	20
North of England	-73	82	£47,000	+10.59%	53
Midlands	-79	70	£52,000	+15.56%	51
North West	-29	58	£49,500	+24.53%	32
West Midlands	-49	46	£52,000	-0.95%	35
East of England	-42	37	£55,000	+4.76%	27
East Midlands	-59	24	£52,500	+23.53%	16
Yorkshire	-59	15	£57,500	+21.05%	17
North East	-69	9	£29,500	+18.00%	4
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Documentation Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, job vacancies citing Documentation Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region citing Documentation Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	36.1%	182
2	Problem-Solving	34.9%	176
3	Azure	31.2%	157
4	Continuous Improvement	24.4%	123
5	Windows	21.2%	107
6	Microsoft 365	19.0%	96
7	SQL	18.1%	91
8	Stakeholder Management	17.3%	87
9	Agile	16.7%	84
10	Business Analysis	14.3%	72
11	Active Directory	14.1%	71
12	Power Platform	13.9%	70
13	Requirements Gathering	13.3%	67
14	AI	13.1%	66
15	Entra ID	12.7%	64
16	Firewall	12.1%	61
17	Business Intelligence	11.9%	60
17	Degree	11.9%	60
17	Stakeholder Engagement	11.9%	60
20	Power BI	11.7%	59
20	PowerShell	11.7%	59
22	DNS	10.5%	53
22	Process Improvement	10.5%	53
24	Validation	10.3%	52
24	Windows Server	10.3%	52
26	AWS	10.1%	51
27	ITIL	9.9%	50
27	Security Cleared	9.9%	50
29	Cybersecurity	9.7%	49
29	SharePoint	9.7%	49

Documentation Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	57.5%	290
2	Analytical Skills	21.4%	108
3	Finance	14.9%	75
4	Manufacturing	10.3%	52
5	Organisational Skills	9.1%	46
6	Presentation Skills	6.7%	34
7	Legal	6.5%	33
8	Law	5.4%	27
9	Aerospace	4.0%	20
10	Banking	3.8%	19
11	Inclusion and Diversity	3.6%	18
12	Public Sector	3.4%	17
13	Retail	3.2%	16
14	Electronics	2.4%	12
15	Marketing	2.0%	10
16	Influencing Skills	1.8%	9
17	Investment Banking	1.6%	8
18	Automotive	1.4%	7
18	Military	1.4%	7
18	Telecoms	1.4%	7