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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 493 394
Rank change year-on-year +186 -99 +57
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 356 177 383
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 0.37% 0.64%
As % of the General category 1.12% 0.56% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 241 87 345
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,995 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,939 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £54,250 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.20% +13.64% -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 31,812 31,798 36,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.68% 67.09% 60.78%
Number of salaries quoted 17,577 14,381 27,709
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £97,292
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.41%

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 26 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 26 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 +85 122 £77,500 +6.90% 51
South East +86 75 £47,750 +0.53% 65
Midlands +45 63 £55,000 +5.77% 28
North of England +33 45 £45,000 -6.62% 39
West Midlands +37 32 £60,000 -4.00% 20
East Midlands +6 30 £45,000 -7.22% 7
East of England +34 28 £30,370 -23.25% 19
Yorkshire +6 22 £34,000 -19.05% 12
North West +32 21 £45,000 -6.62% 21
South West +11 21 £55,000 +74.60% 20
North East 0 2 £61,750 +51.53% 6
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 26 (7.30%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.53%) Confluence
4 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.56%) WordPress
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.28%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 61 (17.13%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.37%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.28%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.56%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.28%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.28%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.28%) Postilion
3 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 129 (36.24%) Azure
2 74 (20.79%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (9.55%) AWS
4 30 (8.43%) Power Platform
5 27 (7.58%) Entra ID
6 25 (7.02%) SaaS
7 18 (5.06%) Power Automate
8 14 (3.93%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (3.93%) PowerApps
9 13 (3.65%) PaaS
10 11 (3.09%) GCP
10 11 (3.09%) IaaS
10 11 (3.09%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (2.81%) ChatGPT
12 9 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.69%) dbt
14 6 (1.69%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 49 (13.76%) Firewall
2 39 (10.96%) DNS
3 34 (9.55%) DHCP
4 31 (8.71%) VPN
5 29 (8.15%) TCP/IP
6 22 (6.18%) VLAN
7 21 (5.90%) LAN
8 15 (4.21%) Network Security
8 15 (4.21%) WAN
9 14 (3.93%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (3.09%) BGP
11 10 (2.81%) SAN
12 8 (2.25%) OSPF
12 8 (2.25%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.97%) Wireless
14 6 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.69%) Wireshark
15 5 (1.40%) DMZ
15 5 (1.40%) VoIP
16 4 (1.12%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.58%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.34%) Power BI
3 11 (3.09%) Metadata
4 10 (2.81%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.69%) Metabase
6 6 (1.69%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.12%) Metadata Repository
7 4 (1.12%) MySQL
8 3 (0.84%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.84%) Tableau
9 2 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.56%) Big Data
9 2 (0.56%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 13 (3.65%) JIRA
2 8 (2.25%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.69%) Git
4 5 (1.40%) Subversion
5 4 (1.12%) Postman
6 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.56%) Selenium
6 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.56%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.28%) GitLab
7 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 193 (54.21%) Social Skills
2 76 (21.35%) Finance
3 75 (21.07%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.11%) Legal
5 30 (8.43%) Banking
6 27 (7.58%) Retail
7 20 (5.62%) Law
7 20 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (5.34%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.65%) German Language
10 10 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.25%) Automotive
11 8 (2.25%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.97%) Electronics
13 5 (1.40%) Back Office
13 5 (1.40%) Billing
13 5 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.40%) Publishing
14 4 (1.12%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 75 (21.07%) Analyst
2 59 (16.57%) Senior
3 34 (9.55%) IT Support
4 31 (8.71%) Architect
5 25 (7.02%) Business Analyst
5 25 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (6.74%) Lead
7 20 (5.62%) Network Engineer
7 20 (5.62%) Support Engineer
8 18 (5.06%) IT Analyst
9 16 (4.49%) Service Analyst
10 15 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.65%) Security Engineer
11 13 (3.65%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (3.37%) Service Desk Analyst
13 11 (3.09%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (3.09%) Infrastructure Support
13 11 (3.09%) Project Manager
14 10 (2.81%) IT Engineer
14 10 (2.81%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.53%) REST
2 7 (1.97%) .NET
3 6 (1.69%) PySpark
4 5 (1.40%) Middleware
5 4 (1.12%) FreeSWITCH
5 4 (1.12%) HTML
5 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (1.12%) OAuth
5 4 (1.12%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.12%) OpenID
5 4 (1.12%) React
5 4 (1.12%) SAML
5 4 (1.12%) XML
6 3 (0.84%) CSS
6 3 (0.84%) SOAP
7 2 (0.56%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.56%) JSON
7 2 (0.56%) Laravel
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.06%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (4.49%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.49%) Driving Licence
3 14 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (3.65%) Low-Code
5 11 (3.09%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.09%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.09%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.81%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.53%) Life Science
7 9 (2.53%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.25%) AI Agents
8 8 (2.25%) Clustering
8 8 (2.25%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.40%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.40%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 66 (18.54%) Windows
2 38 (10.67%) Windows Server
3 18 (5.06%) Linux
4 4 (1.12%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.12%) Debian
4 4 (1.12%) VMS
4 4 (1.12%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.84%) Unix
5 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (23.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 59 (16.57%) Agile
4 56 (15.73%) ITIL
5 46 (12.92%) Cybersecurity
6 43 (12.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 33 (9.27%) AI
7 33 (9.27%) Change Management
8 31 (8.71%) Analytics
9 29 (8.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 29 (8.15%) Validation
10 28 (7.87%) Roadmaps
11 27 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (7.30%) Data Analysis
12 26 (7.30%) Process Improvement
13 25 (7.02%) Incident Response
13 25 (7.02%) Project Management
14 24 (6.74%) Business Analysis
14 24 (6.74%) Generative AI
14 24 (6.74%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 44 (12.36%) SQL
2 33 (9.27%) PowerShell
3 26 (7.30%) Python
4 12 (3.37%) C#
5 10 (2.81%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (1.69%) VBA
7 5 (1.40%) Java
8 4 (1.12%) Bash
8 4 (1.12%) PHP
9 2 (0.56%) Bicep
9 2 (0.56%) C
9 2 (0.56%) C++
9 2 (0.56%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) Perl
10 1 (0.28%) R
10 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (24.16%) Degree
2 36 (10.11%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.74%) CISSP
4 22 (6.18%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (5.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (5.90%) SC Cleared
6 18 (5.06%) CCNP
7 15 (4.21%) CISM
8 12 (3.37%) Numerate Degree
9 11 (3.09%) Azure Certification
10 10 (2.81%) CCIE
10 10 (2.81%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (2.25%) CEH
12 8 (2.25%) IIBA
12 8 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (2.25%) PMI Certification
12 8 (2.25%) PMP
13 7 (1.97%) CCSA
13 7 (1.97%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.43%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (5.34%) SLA
4 18 (5.06%) GDPR
5 17 (4.78%) QA
6 12 (3.37%) NIST
7 10 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.25%) GRC
8 8 (2.25%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.97%) SOC 2
10 6 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (1.40%) MiFID
11 5 (1.40%) PMO
12 4 (1.12%) ISO 9001
12 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.84%) COBIT
14 2 (0.56%) ISO 20022
15 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 61 (17.13%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.49%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.40%) Firmware
4 5 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.12%) Docker
6 3 (0.84%) Kamailio
7 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.56%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.56%) vSphere
8 1 (0.28%) Ceph
8 1 (0.28%) Lustre
8 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.28%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 15 (4.21%) SCCM
2 12 (3.37%) Terraform
3 10 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.81%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (1.40%) Dell DRAC
5 5 (1.40%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.40%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.12%) Ansible
6 4 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.12%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.84%) cPanel
7 3 (0.84%) Grafana
7 3 (0.84%) Nagios
7 3 (0.84%) Nessus
7 3 (0.84%) Plesk
8 2 (0.56%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.56%) CASB
8 2 (0.56%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 128 (35.96%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.58%) Cisco
3 25 (7.02%) VMware
4 18 (5.06%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.37%) Citrix
5 12 (3.37%) Salesforce
5 12 (3.37%) SAP
6 11 (3.09%) CheckPoint
6 11 (3.09%) F5
6 11 (3.09%) SolarWinds
6 11 (3.09%) Veeam
7 10 (2.81%) Fortinet
7 10 (2.81%) Pega
8 9 (2.53%) Alteryx
9 8 (2.25%) Anaplan
9 8 (2.25%) Oracle
9 8 (2.25%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.25%) UiPath
10 7 (1.97%) Blue Prism
10 7 (1.97%) iManage