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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 337 479
Rank change year-on-year -38 +142 -56
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 426 342 303
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.78% 0.41%
As % of the General category 0.97% 1.14% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 274 238 215
10th Percentile £34,825 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,063 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%

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 43,990 29,988 41,664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.46% 68.39% 57.02%
Number of salaries quoted 28,314 16,044 24,270
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,611 £76,250 £75,949
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 27 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 27 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 +24 98 £50,000 -23.08% 77
London -80 92 £67,500 - 163
North of England -37 77 £55,000 +29.41% 56
Midlands -24 60 £55,000 +29.41% 33
South West -30 58 £42,500 +6.25% 28
North West +13 53 £55,000 +29.41% 35
East of England -18 38 £55,000 +0.92% 27
West Midlands -34 38 £54,000 +8.00% 22
East Midlands -14 22 £60,000 +41.18% 11
Yorkshire -52 21 £57,500 +35.29% 16
North East -60 3 £37,250 +49.00% 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 38 (8.92%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.52%) Confluence
4 11 (2.58%) IIS
5 5 (1.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 35 (8.22%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (7.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.58%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.17%) CorelDRAW
6 4 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.47%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.64%) SAP CO
1 7 (1.64%) SAP FI
1 7 (1.64%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (1.17%) Infor CloudSuite
2 5 (1.17%) Infor LN
2 5 (1.17%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.70%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.70%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.47%) 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 Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 116 (27.23%) Azure
2 82 (19.25%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (10.56%) Entra ID
4 44 (10.33%) AWS
5 43 (10.09%) Power Platform
6 28 (6.57%) SaaS
7 13 (3.05%) Power Automate
8 12 (2.82%) GitHub
9 11 (2.58%) dbt
9 11 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (2.35%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (2.11%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.88%) Azure Stack
13 7 (1.64%) Boomi
13 7 (1.64%) Lucidchart
14 6 (1.41%) GCP
14 6 (1.41%) iPaaS
14 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (1.41%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 56 (13.15%) Firewall
2 47 (11.03%) DNS
3 44 (10.33%) VPN
4 30 (7.04%) TCP/IP
5 28 (6.57%) DHCP
6 24 (5.63%) WAN
7 19 (4.46%) Network Security
7 19 (4.46%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (4.23%) VLAN
8 18 (4.23%) Wireless
9 15 (3.52%) LAN
10 10 (2.35%) SD-WAN
11 9 (2.11%) Intrusion Detection
11 9 (2.11%) SAN
12 8 (1.88%) BGP
12 8 (1.88%) HTTP
12 8 (1.88%) OSPF
13 7 (1.64%) VoIP
14 6 (1.41%) NAS
15 5 (1.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.22%) Power BI
2 18 (4.23%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.88%) Metadata
4 7 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.41%) Looker
6 4 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.47%) EDMS
7 2 (0.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.47%) Metabase
7 2 (0.47%) Power Query
7 2 (0.47%) Redis
8 1 (0.23%) Airbyte
8 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.23%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.23%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.23%) Flink
8 1 (0.23%) Parquet
8 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (6.10%) JIRA
2 12 (2.82%) Git
3 9 (2.11%) GitLab
4 4 (0.94%) Postman
5 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.47%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
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
General
1 233 (54.69%) Social Skills
2 84 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (17.14%) Finance
4 43 (10.09%) Manufacturing
5 37 (8.69%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (6.81%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (5.40%) Law
7 23 (5.40%) Retail
8 22 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (5.16%) Legal
9 17 (3.99%) Telecoms
10 13 (3.05%) Electronics
10 13 (3.05%) Marketing
11 12 (2.82%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.58%) Banking
13 9 (2.11%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.64%) Front Office
15 6 (1.41%) Military
16 4 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.70%) Games
Job Titles
1 94 (22.07%) Analyst
2 45 (10.56%) Support Analyst
3 41 (9.62%) Senior
3 41 (9.62%) Support Engineer
4 37 (8.69%) Consultant
5 34 (7.98%) IT Support
6 27 (6.34%) Lead
7 26 (6.10%) Applications Support
8 25 (5.87%) Business Analyst
9 24 (5.63%) Architect
10 21 (4.93%) IT Engineer
11 19 (4.46%) Systems Engineer
12 18 (4.23%) IT Support Engineer
13 17 (3.99%) Security Engineer
13 17 (3.99%) Systems Analyst
14 16 (3.76%) Applications Support Analyst
15 15 (3.52%) IT Analyst
15 15 (3.52%) Systems Support
16 13 (3.05%) Developer
16 13 (3.05%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.99%) Terraform
2 16 (3.76%) REST
3 8 (1.88%) Middleware
4 6 (1.41%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.41%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.41%) CSS
4 6 (1.41%) HTML
4 6 (1.41%) JSON
4 6 (1.41%) Node.js
4 6 (1.41%) SOAP
5 5 (1.17%) EDI
6 4 (0.94%) .NET
6 4 (0.94%) Playwright
7 3 (0.70%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.70%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.70%) Jinja
7 3 (0.70%) YAML
8 2 (0.47%) React
8 2 (0.47%) WebSockets
8 2 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.45%) Driving Licence
2 35 (8.22%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.76%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (3.52%) CCTV
5 13 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.82%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.58%) Data Centre
7 11 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.35%) PKI
9 9 (2.11%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.88%) CMDB
10 8 (1.88%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.88%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.64%) IoT
12 6 (1.41%) Blog
12 6 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (1.17%) Online Gambling
13 5 (1.17%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 92 (21.60%) Windows
2 49 (11.50%) Windows Server
3 29 (6.81%) Linux
4 14 (3.29%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.82%) Apple iOS
6 10 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (2.11%) CentOS
8 6 (1.41%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.94%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.70%) Android
11 3 (0.70%) Rocky
11 3 (0.70%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.47%) Unix
13 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.23%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.23%) Solaris
13 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (26.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 108 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (13.38%) Agile
4 53 (12.44%) ITIL
5 47 (11.03%) Business Analysis
6 45 (10.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (10.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 43 (10.09%) ERP
9 42 (9.86%) Change Management
10 40 (9.39%) Project Delivery
11 39 (9.15%) DevOps
12 38 (8.92%) Business Intelligence
13 37 (8.69%) Customer Service
14 36 (8.45%) Validation
15 35 (8.22%) Disaster Recovery
16 33 (7.75%) AI
16 33 (7.75%) Analytics
17 31 (7.28%) Process Improvement
17 31 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 31 (7.28%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 93 (21.83%) SQL
2 48 (11.27%) PowerShell
3 37 (8.69%) Python
4 19 (4.46%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.35%) Bash
6 8 (1.88%) C++
6 8 (1.88%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.41%) C
7 6 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.17%) C#
8 5 (1.17%) Java
8 5 (1.17%) PHP
9 2 (0.47%) Bicep
9 2 (0.47%) Go
9 2 (0.47%) Groovy
9 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.47%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.47%) VBA
10 1 (0.23%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 55 (12.91%) Degree
2 52 (12.21%) Security Cleared
3 25 (5.87%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (3.05%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.82%) HND
6 11 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.11%) CCNA
7 9 (2.11%) CCNP
7 9 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.88%) SAP Certification
9 7 (1.64%) CISSP
9 7 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.17%) ACCA
10 5 (1.17%) HNC
11 4 (0.94%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.94%) CIMA
11 4 (0.94%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 29 (6.81%) QA
2 18 (4.23%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.52%) GDPR
4 13 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (2.35%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (1.88%) SLA
8 7 (1.64%) NIST
8 7 (1.64%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.17%) GRC
9 5 (1.17%) Software Quality Assurance
10 4 (0.94%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.94%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.94%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 2 (0.47%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.47%) NCSC
12 2 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 55 (12.91%) Active Directory
2 26 (6.10%) Hyper-V
3 24 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.52%) Firmware
5 11 (2.58%) Docker
6 7 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.41%) vSphere
8 4 (0.94%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.70%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.70%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.47%) KVM
11 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (6.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.82%) Ansible
3 11 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.35%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.88%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.64%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.17%) Nagios
9 4 (0.94%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.94%) Podman
9 4 (0.94%) SCCM
9 4 (0.94%) VxRail
10 3 (0.70%) NetBackup
10 3 (0.70%) Puppet
11 2 (0.47%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.23%) Argo
12 1 (0.23%) Grafana
12 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 143 (33.57%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.98%) Cisco
3 31 (7.28%) VMware
4 22 (5.16%) SAP
5 20 (4.69%) Fortinet
6 14 (3.29%) ServiceNow
7 13 (3.05%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.82%) JD Edwards
8 12 (2.82%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.35%) Dell
9 10 (2.35%) Veeam
10 9 (2.11%) Aruba
10 9 (2.11%) Google
11 8 (1.88%) Juniper
12 7 (1.64%) Citrix
12 7 (1.64%) Sophos
13 6 (1.41%) MuleSoft
14 5 (1.17%) Infor
14 5 (1.17%) NetApp
14 5 (1.17%) Sage