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 12 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 482 400
Rank change year-on-year +180 -82 +75
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 362 177 408
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 0.39% 0.62%
As % of the General category 1.09% 0.58% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 251 87 367
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,697 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,625 £42,720 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +11.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,875 £60,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.32% +10.45% -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 33,274 30,364 39,790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 56.74% 67.60% 60.65%
Number of salaries quoted 18,524 14,044 30,276
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
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 £83,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -10.57%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +64 118 £75,875 +8.39% 60
South East +80 79 £47,500 +2.70% 55
Midlands +22 61 £55,000 +10.00% 29
North of England +20 47 £43,750 +1.29% 38
West Midlands +26 33 £60,000 +6.67% 20
East of England +35 31 £30,370 -23.25% 10
East Midlands +1 27 £45,000 - 9
South West +2 25 £51,500 +63.49% 23
North West +20 22 £45,000 -0.84% 18
Yorkshire -16 21 £34,000 -19.05% 15
North East -1 4 £45,000 +55.17% 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 27 (7.46%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.93%) Confluence
4 4 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.83%) IIS
6 2 (0.55%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 58 (16.02%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.31%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.28%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.55%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.28%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.28%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.28%) Postilion
5 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 135 (37.29%) Azure
2 77 (21.27%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (9.67%) AWS
4 32 (8.84%) Entra ID
5 30 (8.29%) Power Platform
6 23 (6.35%) SaaS
7 20 (5.52%) Power Automate
8 14 (3.87%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.87%) PaaS
9 13 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (3.31%) GCP
10 12 (3.31%) PowerApps
11 11 (3.04%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (2.76%) ChatGPT
12 10 (2.76%) IaaS
13 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (2.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (2.21%) dbt
15 6 (1.66%) iPaaS
15 6 (1.66%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 49 (13.54%) Firewall
2 43 (11.88%) DNS
3 39 (10.77%) DHCP
4 31 (8.56%) TCP/IP
4 31 (8.56%) VPN
5 27 (7.46%) VLAN
6 19 (5.25%) LAN
7 15 (4.14%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (3.87%) Network Security
8 14 (3.87%) WAN
9 11 (3.04%) BGP
10 10 (2.76%) SAN
11 8 (2.21%) OSPF
12 7 (1.93%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.93%) Wireless
13 6 (1.66%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.66%) Wireshark
14 4 (1.10%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.10%) DMZ
14 4 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.46%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.80%) Power BI
3 11 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.04%) Metadata
4 10 (2.76%) Data Lake
5 8 (2.21%) Metabase
6 6 (1.66%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.10%) Big Data
8 4 (1.10%) Metadata Repository
8 4 (1.10%) MySQL
9 3 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.55%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.55%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 12 (3.31%) JIRA
2 10 (2.76%) Visual Studio
3 7 (1.93%) Git
4 5 (1.38%) Subversion
5 4 (1.10%) Postman
5 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.55%) GitLab
6 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.55%) Selenium
6 2 (0.55%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 201 (55.52%) Social Skills
2 84 (23.20%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (20.99%) Finance
4 36 (9.94%) Legal
5 29 (8.01%) Banking
6 27 (7.46%) Retail
7 22 (6.08%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.52%) Law
9 18 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (3.59%) German Language
11 12 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.21%) Automotive
13 8 (2.21%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.93%) Electronics
15 5 (1.38%) Billing
15 5 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (1.10%) Avionics
16 4 (1.10%) Marketing
16 4 (1.10%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 71 (19.61%) Analyst
2 60 (16.57%) Senior
3 42 (11.60%) IT Support
4 31 (8.56%) Architect
5 25 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (6.63%) Business Analyst
6 24 (6.63%) Lead
7 19 (5.25%) IT Analyst
7 19 (5.25%) Network Engineer
8 18 (4.97%) Support Engineer
9 15 (4.14%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (4.14%) Support Analyst
10 13 (3.59%) Infrastructure Support
10 13 (3.59%) Security Engineer
11 12 (3.31%) Senior Analyst
11 12 (3.31%) Service Analyst
12 11 (3.04%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (3.04%) Consultant
12 11 (3.04%) Data Engineer
12 11 (3.04%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.49%) REST
2 7 (1.93%) .NET
3 6 (1.66%) PySpark
4 5 (1.38%) Middleware
5 4 (1.10%) HTML
5 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (1.10%) OAuth
5 4 (1.10%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.10%) OpenID
5 4 (1.10%) React
5 4 (1.10%) SAML
6 3 (0.83%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.83%) CSS
6 3 (0.83%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (0.83%) SOAP
6 3 (0.83%) XML
7 2 (0.55%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.55%) JSON
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.97%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (4.70%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.42%) Data Centre
4 15 (4.14%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.59%) Low-Code
6 12 (3.31%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.31%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.31%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.76%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.76%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.49%) Life Science
8 9 (2.49%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.21%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.21%) Clustering
9 8 (2.21%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.66%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.38%) Fixed Income
13 4 (1.10%) iPad
13 4 (1.10%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 68 (18.78%) Windows
2 47 (12.98%) Windows Server
3 20 (5.52%) Linux
4 5 (1.38%) VMS
4 5 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.10%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.83%) Debian
6 3 (0.83%) Unix
7 2 (0.55%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.28%) CentOS
8 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (25.41%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (23.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 59 (16.30%) Agile
4 55 (15.19%) ITIL
5 47 (12.98%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (12.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (9.94%) AI
8 33 (9.12%) Change Management
9 31 (8.56%) Analytics
9 31 (8.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 28 (7.73%) Data Analysis
10 28 (7.73%) Roadmaps
11 27 (7.46%) ERP
11 27 (7.46%) Process Improvement
12 26 (7.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (7.18%) Project Delivery
13 24 (6.63%) Business Analysis
13 24 (6.63%) Generative AI
13 24 (6.63%) Validation
14 23 (6.35%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 46 (12.71%) SQL
2 36 (9.94%) PowerShell
3 29 (8.01%) Python
4 11 (3.04%) C#
5 10 (2.76%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.93%) Bash
7 6 (1.66%) Java
7 6 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.66%) VBA
8 5 (1.38%) PHP
9 2 (0.55%) Bicep
9 2 (0.55%) C++
9 2 (0.55%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) ABAP
10 1 (0.28%) C
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 88 (24.31%) Degree
2 35 (9.67%) Security Cleared
3 22 (6.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (6.08%) CISSP
4 21 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (5.80%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.70%) CCNP
6 15 (4.14%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.87%) CISM
8 13 (3.59%) Numerate Degree
9 9 (2.49%) CCIE
9 9 (2.49%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.21%) CEH
10 8 (2.21%) IIBA
10 8 (2.21%) PMI Certification
10 8 (2.21%) PMP
11 7 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.93%) HNC
12 6 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.56%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (5.25%) QA
3 19 (5.25%) SLA
4 18 (4.97%) GDPR
5 11 (3.04%) NIST
6 8 (2.21%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.93%) GRC
8 6 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (1.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (1.66%) SOC 2
9 5 (1.38%) MiFID
10 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.55%) COBIT
11 2 (0.55%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.55%) PMO
12 1 (0.28%) GxP
12 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 67 (18.51%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.70%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.66%) Docker
4 6 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.38%) Firmware
6 4 (1.10%) vSphere
7 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.55%) VMware NSX
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 13 (3.59%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (3.59%) Terraform
2 12 (3.31%) SCCM
3 10 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.93%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.66%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (1.66%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.38%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.38%) Dell DRAC
6 5 (1.38%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.10%) Ansible
7 4 (1.10%) Grafana
7 4 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.10%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.83%) cPanel
8 3 (0.83%) Nagios
8 3 (0.83%) Nessus
8 3 (0.83%) Plesk
9 2 (0.55%) Netcool
Vendors
1 127 (35.08%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.01%) VMware
3 27 (7.46%) Cisco
4 18 (4.97%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.14%) Citrix
5 15 (4.14%) SAP
6 14 (3.87%) SolarWinds
6 14 (3.87%) Veeam
7 11 (3.04%) Pega
8 9 (2.49%) Alteryx
8 9 (2.49%) CheckPoint
8 9 (2.49%) F5
8 9 (2.49%) Fortinet
8 9 (2.49%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.49%) UiPath
9 8 (2.21%) Anaplan
9 8 (2.21%) Blue Prism
9 8 (2.21%) Databricks
9 8 (2.21%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.93%) iManage