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 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 436 376
Rank change year-on-year +111 -60 +108
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 375 172 493
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 0.46% 0.64%
As % of the General category 1.03% 0.66% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 250 102 431
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £39,188 £42,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,438 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £51,200
% change year-on-year -0.91% +7.42% -14.67%

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 36,264 25,996 46,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 53.35% 70.23% 60.16%
Number of salaries quoted 20,372 14,035 34,233
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.74%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +57 127 £75,000 +19.05% 46
South East +39 76 £47,750 +3.24% 54
Midlands -10 56 £55,000 +7.84% 39
North of England -13 50 £45,000 +7.14% 30
East of England +12 38 £31,435 -37.13% 25
West Midlands -6 28 £60,000 -4.00% 25
South West -14 27 £45,000 +38.46% 12
East Midlands -20 27 £45,000 - 13
North West -6 24 £45,000 -18.18% 20
Yorkshire -33 20 £34,000 -19.05% 6
North East -18 6 £45,000 +42.86% 4
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 23 (6.13%) SharePoint
2 22 (5.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.07%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.07%) Confluence
3 4 (1.07%) IIS
4 3 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.53%) WordPress
6 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 50 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.60%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.53%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.27%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.53%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.27%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.27%) Postilion
4 1 (0.27%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.27%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.27%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 138 (36.80%) Azure
2 78 (20.80%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (9.60%) AWS
4 35 (9.33%) Power Platform
5 34 (9.07%) Entra ID
6 25 (6.67%) SaaS
7 24 (6.40%) Power Automate
8 15 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (3.73%) PaaS
10 13 (3.47%) dbt
11 12 (3.20%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (2.93%) GCP
12 11 (2.93%) IaaS
13 10 (2.67%) ChatGPT
13 10 (2.67%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (2.67%) PowerApps
14 9 (2.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (1.60%) OpenShift
17 4 (1.07%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 40 (10.67%) DNS
1 40 (10.67%) Firewall
2 33 (8.80%) DHCP
3 27 (7.20%) TCP/IP
4 26 (6.93%) VPN
5 22 (5.87%) VLAN
6 13 (3.47%) LAN
6 13 (3.47%) WAN
6 13 (3.47%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (2.93%) Network Security
8 9 (2.40%) SAN
9 7 (1.87%) VoIP
10 6 (1.60%) DMZ
10 6 (1.60%) NAS
11 5 (1.33%) NetScaler
11 5 (1.33%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (1.33%) STUN
12 4 (1.07%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (1.07%) Wireless
13 3 (0.80%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.80%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.20%) Power BI
3 14 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.20%) Data Lake
4 12 (3.20%) Metabase
4 12 (3.20%) Metadata
5 6 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.60%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.07%) Big Data
7 4 (1.07%) Metadata Repository
7 4 (1.07%) MySQL
8 3 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.53%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.53%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.27%) Looker
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (4.27%) Git
2 15 (4.00%) JIRA
2 15 (4.00%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.40%) GitLab
4 6 (1.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (1.33%) Subversion
6 3 (0.80%) Selenium
7 2 (0.53%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.53%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.27%) Postman
8 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 218 (58.13%) Social Skills
2 84 (22.40%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (18.93%) Finance
4 35 (9.33%) Legal
5 30 (8.00%) Retail
6 28 (7.47%) Manufacturing
7 27 (7.20%) Banking
8 22 (5.87%) Law
9 17 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (3.73%) Electronics
11 14 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (3.47%) German Language
12 13 (3.47%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.13%) Automotive
13 8 (2.13%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.87%) Advertising
15 6 (1.60%) Billing
15 6 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (1.07%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 72 (19.20%) Analyst
2 55 (14.67%) Senior
3 46 (12.27%) IT Support
4 31 (8.27%) Architect
4 31 (8.27%) Lead
5 27 (7.20%) Support Analyst
6 22 (5.87%) Business Analyst
6 22 (5.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (5.60%) IT Analyst
8 18 (4.80%) Support Engineer
9 16 (4.27%) IT Support Analyst
9 16 (4.27%) Security Engineer
10 15 (4.00%) Financial Analyst
11 14 (3.73%) Consultant
11 14 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.47%) Project Manager
12 13 (3.47%) Systems Analyst
12 13 (3.47%) Systems Support
12 13 (3.47%) Systems Support Analyst
13 12 (3.20%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.40%) REST
2 7 (1.87%) .NET
2 7 (1.87%) JSON
3 6 (1.60%) PySpark
4 5 (1.33%) ARM Templates
4 5 (1.33%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.33%) Jinja
4 5 (1.33%) Middleware
4 5 (1.33%) YAML
5 4 (1.07%) SOAP
6 3 (0.80%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.80%) CSS
6 3 (0.80%) HTML
6 3 (0.80%) React
6 3 (0.80%) XML
7 2 (0.53%) Laravel
7 2 (0.53%) WPF
8 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.27%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.27%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.07%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (4.80%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.00%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.73%) Low-Code
5 13 (3.47%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.20%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.67%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.67%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.40%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.40%) Life Science
10 8 (2.13%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.13%) Cloud Native
10 8 (2.13%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.87%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.33%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.33%) CCTV
12 5 (1.33%) Mobile Computing
13 4 (1.07%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 68 (18.13%) Windows
2 51 (13.60%) Windows Server
3 30 (8.00%) Linux
4 6 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.33%) Debian
5 5 (1.33%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.33%) VMS
5 5 (1.33%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.07%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.07%) CentOS
6 4 (1.07%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) Android
7 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (27.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 101 (26.93%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (17.60%) Agile
4 52 (13.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (12.53%) ITIL
6 46 (12.27%) Cybersecurity
7 41 (10.93%) AI
8 40 (10.67%) Change Management
9 36 (9.60%) Project Delivery
10 33 (8.80%) Analytics
11 29 (7.73%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 28 (7.47%) ERP
12 28 (7.47%) Process Improvement
13 27 (7.20%) Data Analysis
13 27 (7.20%) Incident Management
13 27 (7.20%) Roadmaps
14 26 (6.93%) CI/CD
14 26 (6.93%) Project Management
15 23 (6.13%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 51 (13.60%) SQL
2 40 (10.67%) Python
3 39 (10.40%) PowerShell
4 12 (3.20%) Bash
5 11 (2.93%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.40%) C#
7 6 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.60%) PHP
7 6 (1.60%) VBA
8 5 (1.33%) C++
8 5 (1.33%) Java
9 2 (0.53%) C
9 2 (0.53%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.27%) ABAP
10 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.27%) Go
10 1 (0.27%) R
10 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.27%) VB
10 1 (0.27%) VB6
Qualifications
1 85 (22.67%) Degree
2 36 (9.60%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.87%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (5.87%) CISSP
3 22 (5.87%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.47%) Azure Certification
4 13 (3.47%) CISM
5 12 (3.20%) Numerate Degree
6 11 (2.93%) CEH
7 9 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.13%) IIBA
8 8 (2.13%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.13%) PMP
9 7 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.87%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.60%) CCIE
10 6 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.60%) HNC
10 6 (1.60%) HND
11 5 (1.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.07%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (5.07%) SLA
4 13 (3.47%) QA
5 9 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.40%) GDPR
5 9 (2.40%) NIST
6 7 (1.87%) GRC
6 7 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (1.60%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.07%) MiFID
8 4 (1.07%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.80%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.80%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.53%) COBIT
10 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 2 (0.53%) PMO
System Software
1 65 (17.33%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.73%) Hyper-V
3 13 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.87%) Docker
5 6 (1.60%) vSphere
6 5 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.07%) Firmware
8 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.53%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.27%) Ceph
9 1 (0.27%) KVM
9 1 (0.27%) Lustre
9 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.27%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 13 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.93%) Terraform
3 10 (2.67%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.40%) SCCM
5 6 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.60%) Ansible
5 6 (1.60%) Nagios
5 6 (1.60%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.33%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.33%) ZABBIX
7 4 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.07%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.80%) cPanel
8 3 (0.80%) Grafana
8 3 (0.80%) Plesk
9 2 (0.53%) CASB
9 2 (0.53%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.53%) VxRail
Vendors
1 123 (32.80%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.00%) VMware
3 22 (5.87%) Cisco
4 20 (5.33%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.80%) Citrix
6 16 (4.27%) SAP
7 13 (3.47%) SolarWinds
8 12 (3.20%) Pega
9 10 (2.67%) iManage
9 10 (2.67%) Veeam
10 9 (2.40%) Alteryx
10 9 (2.40%) Salesforce
10 9 (2.40%) UiPath
11 8 (2.13%) Anaplan
11 8 (2.13%) Blue Prism
11 8 (2.13%) Databricks
12 6 (1.60%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.33%) Epicor
13 5 (1.33%) MuleSoft
13 5 (1.33%) NetApp