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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 523 406
Rank change year-on-year +185 -117 +167
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 354 241 367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.82% 0.35% 0.68%
As % of the General category 1.19% 0.61% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 246 146 289
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,000 £31,950
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.69% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.00% +8.70% -

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 common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 29,634 39,591 35,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 68.57% 57.37% 65.40%
Number of salaries quoted 15,710 20,701 25,371
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,873 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £53,700 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% -6.67% -

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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 +72 121 £67,250 -7.24% 59
North of England +53 67 £42,500 +20.14% 43
South East +74 61 £60,000 +41.18% 61
Midlands +75 57 £44,500 +8.54% 28
Yorkshire +52 36 £42,500 +34.92% 13
West Midlands +61 35 £51,447 -6.46% 12
North West +16 27 £39,750 -0.63% 26
East of England +2 24 £54,000 +86.21% 23
East Midlands +42 22 £42,500 +6.25% 16
South West +81 16 £40,000 -5.88% 22
North East +21 4 £25,000 -30.56% 4
Documentation Skills
UK

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 25 (7.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.67%) Confluence
4 2 (0.56%) Apache
4 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.56%) Liferay
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 51 (14.41%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.95%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.26%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (1.98%) Oracle Cash Management
3 7 (1.98%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.69%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (1.41%) Oracle Assets
5 5 (1.41%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (1.41%) SAP IBP
5 5 (1.41%) SAP PP
6 4 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.13%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (1.13%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.85%) SAP EHS
7 3 (0.85%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.56%) Bloomberg AIM
8 2 (0.56%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 110 (31.07%) Azure
2 55 (15.54%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (11.86%) AWS
4 39 (11.02%) Power Platform
5 29 (8.19%) SaaS
6 20 (5.65%) Entra ID
7 18 (5.08%) IaaS
8 17 (4.80%) Azure Data Factory
9 16 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (3.67%) GCP
12 12 (3.39%) PaaS
12 12 (3.39%) Power Automate
12 12 (3.39%) PowerApps
13 10 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (2.82%) GitHub
14 7 (1.98%) Boomi
14 7 (1.98%) OCI
15 5 (1.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 4 (1.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 49 (13.84%) Firewall
2 31 (8.76%) VPN
3 27 (7.63%) DNS
3 27 (7.63%) TCP/IP
4 25 (7.06%) BGP
4 25 (7.06%) DHCP
5 23 (6.50%) LAN
6 17 (4.80%) OSPF
7 16 (4.52%) Network Security
8 14 (3.95%) MPLS
9 13 (3.67%) VLAN
10 11 (3.11%) WAN
11 8 (2.26%) Ethernet VPN
12 7 (1.98%) VoIP
13 5 (1.41%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (1.41%) DMZ
13 5 (1.41%) SD-WAN
13 5 (1.41%) STUN
13 5 (1.41%) Wireshark
14 4 (1.13%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (9.89%) SQL Server
2 28 (7.91%) Power BI
3 16 (4.52%) Tableau
4 15 (4.24%) BigQuery
5 12 (3.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (2.82%) MySQL
6 10 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.41%) MariaDB
10 4 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.13%) FileMaker
11 3 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.85%) CockroachDB
11 3 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.85%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.85%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 17 (4.80%) JIRA
2 4 (1.13%) Git
2 4 (1.13%) Postman
3 2 (0.56%) GitLab
3 2 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 170 (48.02%) Social Skills
2 89 (25.14%) Finance
3 54 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.63%) Law
5 26 (7.34%) Legal
6 24 (6.78%) Banking
7 23 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (5.93%) Manufacturing
9 15 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (3.95%) Advertising
11 13 (3.67%) Telecoms
12 12 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (2.82%) Back Office
13 10 (2.82%) Public Sector
13 10 (2.82%) Retail
14 7 (1.98%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.13%) Marketing
16 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.85%) Publishing
17 2 (0.56%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 92 (25.99%) Analyst
2 43 (12.15%) Senior
3 36 (10.17%) Network Engineer
4 32 (9.04%) Developer
5 24 (6.78%) Architect
6 23 (6.50%) Business Analyst
7 21 (5.93%) Data Analyst
8 20 (5.65%) Consultant
8 20 (5.65%) Lead
8 20 (5.65%) Quality Analyst
9 19 (5.37%) Data Quality Analyst
10 17 (4.80%) Service Analyst
11 16 (4.52%) Service Desk Analyst
11 16 (4.52%) Support Engineer
12 15 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (3.67%) Infrastructure Support
14 12 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (3.11%) IT Analyst
15 11 (3.11%) IT Support
15 11 (3.11%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.95%) XML
2 9 (2.54%) .NET
2 9 (2.54%) REST
3 7 (1.98%) HTML
3 7 (1.98%) React
4 6 (1.69%) Kafka
5 5 (1.41%) ASP.NET
5 5 (1.41%) FreeSWITCH
6 4 (1.13%) SOAP
7 3 (0.85%) EDI
7 3 (0.85%) Spring
7 3 (0.85%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.56%) Flask
8 2 (0.56%) Middleware
8 2 (0.56%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.56%) Pandas
8 2 (0.56%) pytest
8 2 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.56%) SAML
8 2 (0.56%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.24%) Data Centre
2 14 (3.95%) Product Ownership
2 14 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.67%) Driving Licence
4 11 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.82%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.82%) CMDB
5 10 (2.82%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.26%) NHS
7 7 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.98%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.13%) Clustering
9 4 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.13%) IoT
9 4 (1.13%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.13%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.13%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.85%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 68 (19.21%) Windows
2 32 (9.04%) Windows Server
3 20 (5.65%) Linux
4 5 (1.41%) Debian
4 5 (1.41%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.56%) Unix
6 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.28%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (24.01%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (14.97%) Agile
3 50 (14.12%) ITIL
3 50 (14.12%) Migration
4 41 (11.58%) Business Intelligence
5 40 (11.30%) Validation
6 37 (10.45%) Project Delivery
7 34 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (9.32%) Computer Science
8 33 (9.32%) DevOps
8 33 (9.32%) Incident Management
9 32 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (7.63%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (7.06%) Inventory Management
11 25 (7.06%) Project Management
12 23 (6.50%) Business Analysis
12 23 (6.50%) Data Cleansing
12 23 (6.50%) Time Management
13 21 (5.93%) ERP
13 21 (5.93%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 70 (19.77%) SQL
2 41 (11.58%) Python
3 29 (8.19%) PowerShell
4 23 (6.50%) C#
5 15 (4.24%) Bash
6 13 (3.67%) T-SQL
7 11 (3.11%) Java
8 10 (2.82%) JavaScript
9 8 (2.26%) C
10 5 (1.41%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.13%) PHP
12 3 (0.85%) Perl
12 3 (0.85%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.56%) Bicep
13 2 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.28%) ABAP
14 1 (0.28%) Go
14 1 (0.28%) SPARQL
14 1 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 78 (22.03%) Degree
2 53 (14.97%) Security Cleared
3 34 (9.60%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (9.04%) SC Cleared
5 28 (7.91%) CCNP
6 21 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (4.80%) DV Cleared
8 16 (4.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (3.95%) CCNA
10 13 (3.67%) Numerate Degree
11 10 (2.82%) CCIE
11 10 (2.82%) CISSP
12 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.69%) CCSA
13 6 (1.69%) CCSE
13 6 (1.69%) CISM
13 6 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (1.41%) AWS Certification
14 5 (1.41%) MCSA
14 5 (1.41%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.50%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.80%) GDPR
4 13 (3.67%) ISO 9001
5 12 (3.39%) NIST
6 11 (3.11%) SLA
7 10 (2.82%) QA
8 9 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.98%) SOC 2
10 6 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.69%) GRC
11 5 (1.41%) PMO
12 4 (1.13%) Accessibility
12 4 (1.13%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.85%) MiFID
13 3 (0.85%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.56%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.56%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.56%) UCITS
System Software
1 51 (14.41%) Active Directory
2 22 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.08%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.69%) Docker
5 5 (1.41%) Firmware
5 5 (1.41%) Kamailio
6 4 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (3.67%) Kubernetes
1 13 (3.67%) SCCM
2 12 (3.39%) Terraform
3 10 (2.82%) Nagios
4 5 (1.41%) Ansible
4 5 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (1.41%) FortiGate
4 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (1.13%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.56%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (0.56%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.56%) Kibana
7 1 (0.28%) Grafana
Vendors
1 125 (35.31%) Microsoft
2 37 (10.45%) Cisco
3 30 (8.47%) VMware
4 22 (6.21%) Oracle
5 14 (3.95%) CheckPoint
5 14 (3.95%) F5
5 14 (3.95%) Fortinet
5 14 (3.95%) SAP
6 13 (3.67%) Citrix
6 13 (3.67%) SolarWinds
7 9 (2.54%) Dell
8 8 (2.26%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.98%) Juniper
10 6 (1.69%) Google
10 6 (1.69%) Meraki
11 5 (1.41%) Arista
11 5 (1.41%) Intapp
12 4 (1.13%) Carbon Black
12 4 (1.13%) Darktrace
12 4 (1.13%) Palo Alto