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 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 437 412
Rank change year-on-year +89 -25 +48
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 384 197 481
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.50% 0.57%
As % of the General category 0.96% 0.70% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 259 128 410
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,925 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,563 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +1.90% -12.50%
75th Percentile £70,375 £70,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,750 £82,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £51,850
% change year-on-year +2.80% +3.18% -13.58%

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 39,895 28,324 50,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 49.05% 72.32% 59.60%
Number of salaries quoted 23,036 14,225 35,575
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,445
25th Percentile £39,520 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +8 105 £75,000 +19.05% 64
North of England +25 79 £45,000 +7.14% 23
South East +37 76 £52,500 -19.23% 60
Midlands 0 53 £58,000 +12.74% 18
North West +31 38 £48,386 -17.64% 18
East of England +6 35 £40,000 -15.79% 17
Yorkshire -32 34 £34,000 -19.05% 4
South West -34 31 £37,500 -6.25% 22
East Midlands -8 26 £55,000 +25.71% 3
West Midlands -35 26 £60,000 +2.56% 15
North East -34 7 £45,000 +42.86% 1
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 22 (5.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.43%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.30%) Confluence
3 5 (1.30%) IIS
4 3 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.52%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.26%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.52%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.52%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.52%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.26%) C-CURE
4 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 117 (30.47%) Azure
2 83 (21.61%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (10.42%) Power Platform
4 33 (8.59%) Entra ID
5 25 (6.51%) AWS
5 25 (6.51%) Power Automate
5 25 (6.51%) SaaS
6 17 (4.43%) dbt
7 14 (3.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (3.39%) PaaS
9 11 (2.86%) PowerApps
10 10 (2.60%) IaaS
10 10 (2.60%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (2.34%) ChatGPT
12 8 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (1.82%) GCP
13 7 (1.82%) GitHub
14 6 (1.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 40 (10.42%) DNS
2 39 (10.16%) Firewall
3 32 (8.33%) VPN
4 31 (8.07%) DHCP
5 24 (6.25%) TCP/IP
6 23 (5.99%) VLAN
7 17 (4.43%) WAN
8 16 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (3.39%) Network Security
10 11 (2.86%) VoIP
11 9 (2.34%) Intrusion Detection
12 8 (2.08%) LAN
13 6 (1.56%) BGP
13 6 (1.56%) DMZ
13 6 (1.56%) NAS
13 6 (1.56%) OSPF
14 5 (1.30%) Reverse Proxy
14 5 (1.30%) SAN
14 5 (1.30%) SD-WAN
14 5 (1.30%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.85%) Power BI
2 25 (6.51%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.86%) Data Lake
5 10 (2.60%) Metabase
6 9 (2.34%) Metadata
7 6 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.56%) Looker
7 6 (1.56%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.78%) Big Data
10 3 (0.78%) MySQL
10 3 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.78%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.52%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (0.52%) Power Query
12 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 20 (5.21%) JIRA
2 17 (4.43%) Git
3 13 (3.39%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.86%) GitLab
5 6 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (1.30%) Subversion
7 3 (0.78%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.78%) Selenium
8 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.52%) Postman
8 2 (0.52%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.26%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.26%) JMeter
9 1 (0.26%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
General
1 207 (53.91%) Social Skills
2 81 (21.09%) Analytical Skills
3 75 (19.53%) Finance
4 31 (8.07%) Manufacturing
5 25 (6.51%) Law
6 24 (6.25%) Retail
7 20 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (4.69%) Telecoms
10 16 (4.17%) Banking
10 16 (4.17%) Electronics
10 16 (4.17%) Legal
11 12 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.34%) Marketing
13 8 (2.08%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.82%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.82%) Automotive
14 7 (1.82%) Front Office
15 6 (1.56%) Billing
15 6 (1.56%) German Language
Job Titles
1 75 (19.53%) Analyst
2 44 (11.46%) IT Support
3 42 (10.94%) Senior
4 41 (10.68%) Support Analyst
5 28 (7.29%) Architect
6 25 (6.51%) Lead
7 23 (5.99%) Systems Engineer
8 22 (5.73%) IT Analyst
8 22 (5.73%) Security Engineer
9 20 (5.21%) Systems Analyst
10 19 (4.95%) Support Engineer
11 17 (4.43%) Business Analyst
11 17 (4.43%) Consultant
11 17 (4.43%) IT Support Analyst
11 17 (4.43%) Systems Support
11 17 (4.43%) Systems Support Analyst
12 15 (3.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (3.91%) Network Engineer
13 13 (3.39%) Financial Analyst
13 13 (3.39%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.08%) REST
2 6 (1.56%) ARM Templates
3 5 (1.30%) CSS
3 5 (1.30%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.30%) HTML
3 5 (1.30%) Jinja
3 5 (1.30%) JSON
3 5 (1.30%) PySpark
3 5 (1.30%) YAML
4 4 (1.04%) .NET
4 4 (1.04%) Middleware
4 4 (1.04%) SOAP
5 3 (0.78%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.78%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.78%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.78%) Node.js
6 2 (0.52%) React
6 2 (0.52%) WPF
7 1 (0.26%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.26%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.51%) Driving Licence
2 18 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (3.91%) CCTV
4 15 (3.91%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.39%) Low-Code
6 12 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.08%) CMDB
7 8 (2.08%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.82%) AI Agents
8 7 (1.82%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.56%) Blog
9 6 (1.56%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.56%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.56%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.30%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.30%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 69 (17.97%) Windows
2 49 (12.76%) Windows Server
3 33 (8.59%) Linux
4 8 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.56%) CentOS
5 6 (1.56%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.30%) Debian
7 4 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.04%) VMS
7 4 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.78%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.26%) Android
9 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 53 (13.80%) Agile
4 50 (13.02%) ITIL
5 44 (11.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 42 (10.94%) Project Delivery
7 41 (10.68%) Analytics
8 39 (10.16%) Business Intelligence
8 39 (10.16%) Change Management
9 37 (9.64%) Incident Management
10 36 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
11 35 (9.11%) AI
12 34 (8.85%) CI/CD
13 31 (8.07%) ERP
14 26 (6.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (5.99%) DevOps
15 23 (5.99%) Roadmaps
16 22 (5.73%) Asset Management
16 22 (5.73%) Data Modelling
17 21 (5.47%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (17.71%) SQL
2 48 (12.50%) Python
3 43 (11.20%) PowerShell
4 17 (4.43%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.39%) Bash
6 8 (2.08%) C#
7 7 (1.82%) Java
8 6 (1.56%) PHP
9 5 (1.30%) C++
9 5 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.78%) Bicep
11 2 (0.52%) ABAP
11 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.52%) Groovy
11 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.26%) C
12 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.26%) VB
12 1 (0.26%) VB6
12 1 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (19.27%) Degree
2 49 (12.76%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.13%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.60%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.34%) CISSP
7 9 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.08%) Numerate Degree
9 7 (1.82%) CEH
9 7 (1.82%) IIBA
9 7 (1.82%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.82%) PMP
10 6 (1.56%) Chartered Engineer
11 5 (1.30%) CCNP
11 5 (1.30%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.30%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.77%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.47%) SLA
3 20 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (3.91%) QA
5 8 (2.08%) NIST
6 7 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.82%) GRC
7 6 (1.56%) GDPR
7 6 (1.56%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (1.04%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.04%) JSP 440
9 4 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.78%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.78%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 3 (0.78%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 61 (15.89%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.39%) Docker
4 10 (2.60%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.56%) Firmware
5 6 (1.56%) vSphere
6 4 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.78%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.78%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.26%) KVM
9 1 (0.26%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 17 (4.43%) Terraform
2 14 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.34%) Ansible
4 8 (2.08%) Nagios
4 8 (2.08%) SCCM
4 8 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.56%) FortiGate
5 6 (1.56%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.30%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.30%) ZABBIX
7 4 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.04%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.78%) Podman
9 2 (0.52%) Argo
9 2 (0.52%) CASB
9 2 (0.52%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.52%) VxRail
Vendors
1 121 (31.51%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.07%) Cisco
2 31 (8.07%) VMware
3 19 (4.95%) SAP
4 18 (4.69%) Citrix
4 18 (4.69%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.60%) SolarWinds
6 9 (2.34%) iManage
6 9 (2.34%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.08%) Alteryx
7 8 (2.08%) Databricks
7 8 (2.08%) Fortinet
7 8 (2.08%) UiPath
8 7 (1.82%) Anaplan
8 7 (1.82%) Veeam
9 6 (1.56%) Google
9 6 (1.56%) Pega
9 6 (1.56%) Splunk
10 5 (1.30%) Epicor
10 5 (1.30%) NetApp