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 31 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 496 384
Rank change year-on-year +181 -112 +78
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 354 177 403
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.63% 0.38% 0.65%
As % of the General category 1.10% 0.56% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 242 84 366
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,995 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,563 £42,829 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,250 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 32,256 31,454 37,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.48% 67.18% 60.78%
Number of salaries quoted 17,860 14,297 28,735
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,500
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 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £106,250 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.31%

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 31 January 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 31 January 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 +82 120 £76,750 +5.86% 56
South East +89 76 £49,000 +3.16% 56
Midlands +38 60 £55,000 +5.77% 27
North of England +20 45 £45,000 +4.19% 38
West Midlands +32 32 £60,000 -4.00% 19
East of England +44 28 £30,370 -23.25% 13
East Midlands +10 27 £45,000 -7.22% 7
South West +16 23 £55,000 +74.60% 21
North West +23 21 £45,000 -0.84% 20
Yorkshire +6 21 £34,000 -19.05% 11
North East +2 3 £45,000 +55.17% 7
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 25 (7.06%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.26%) Confluence
4 4 (1.13%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.56%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) IIS
7 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 57 (16.10%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.11%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.28%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.56%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.28%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.28%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.28%) Postilion
4 1 (0.28%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 132 (37.29%) Azure
2 74 (20.90%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (9.89%) AWS
4 29 (8.19%) Entra ID
4 29 (8.19%) Power Platform
5 24 (6.78%) SaaS
6 18 (5.08%) Power Automate
7 14 (3.95%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (3.67%) GCP
8 13 (3.67%) PaaS
8 13 (3.67%) PowerApps
9 11 (3.11%) IaaS
9 11 (3.11%) Microsoft Copilot
10 10 (2.82%) ChatGPT
11 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (2.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.69%) dbt
13 6 (1.69%) iPaaS
13 6 (1.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 51 (14.41%) Firewall
2 40 (11.30%) DNS
3 35 (9.89%) DHCP
4 30 (8.47%) TCP/IP
4 30 (8.47%) VPN
5 23 (6.50%) VLAN
6 20 (5.65%) LAN
7 15 (4.24%) Network Security
7 15 (4.24%) WAN
8 14 (3.95%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (3.11%) BGP
10 10 (2.82%) SAN
11 8 (2.26%) OSPF
11 8 (2.26%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.98%) Wireless
13 6 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.69%) Wireshark
14 5 (1.41%) DMZ
14 5 (1.41%) VoIP
15 4 (1.13%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.63%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.37%) Power BI
3 11 (3.11%) Metadata
4 10 (2.82%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.69%) Metabase
6 6 (1.69%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.13%) Big Data
7 4 (1.13%) Metadata Repository
7 4 (1.13%) MySQL
8 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.56%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.56%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (3.39%) JIRA
2 8 (2.26%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.69%) Git
4 5 (1.41%) Subversion
5 4 (1.13%) Postman
6 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.56%) Selenium
7 2 (0.56%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.28%) GitLab
8 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 193 (54.52%) Social Skills
2 79 (22.32%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (21.47%) Finance
4 35 (9.89%) Legal
5 32 (9.04%) Banking
6 27 (7.63%) Retail
7 20 (5.65%) Law
8 19 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (5.08%) Manufacturing
10 13 (3.67%) German Language
11 11 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (2.54%) Telecoms
14 8 (2.26%) Automotive
15 7 (1.98%) Electronics
16 5 (1.41%) Back Office
16 5 (1.41%) Billing
16 5 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.41%) Publishing
17 4 (1.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 71 (20.06%) Analyst
2 57 (16.10%) Senior
3 35 (9.89%) IT Support
4 32 (9.04%) Architect
5 26 (7.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (7.06%) Business Analyst
7 23 (6.50%) Lead
8 19 (5.37%) Network Engineer
8 19 (5.37%) Support Engineer
9 18 (5.08%) IT Analyst
10 16 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (4.24%) Service Analyst
12 13 (3.67%) Security Engineer
12 13 (3.67%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (3.11%) Data Engineer
13 11 (3.11%) Infrastructure Support
13 11 (3.11%) Service Desk Analyst
14 10 (2.82%) IT Engineer
14 10 (2.82%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.54%) REST
2 7 (1.98%) .NET
3 6 (1.69%) PySpark
4 5 (1.41%) Middleware
5 4 (1.13%) FreeSWITCH
5 4 (1.13%) HTML
5 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (1.13%) OAuth
5 4 (1.13%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.13%) OpenID
5 4 (1.13%) React
5 4 (1.13%) SAML
5 4 (1.13%) XML
6 3 (0.85%) CSS
6 3 (0.85%) SOAP
7 2 (0.56%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.56%) JSON
7 2 (0.56%) Laravel
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.08%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (4.52%) Data Centre
3 14 (3.95%) Driving Licence
3 14 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (3.67%) Low-Code
5 12 (3.39%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.11%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.82%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.82%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.54%) Life Science
8 9 (2.54%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.26%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.26%) Clustering
9 8 (2.26%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.41%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.41%) NHS
11 5 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 66 (18.64%) Windows
2 40 (11.30%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.37%) Linux
4 5 (1.41%) VMS
5 4 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.13%) Debian
5 4 (1.13%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.85%) Unix
7 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (23.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 58 (16.38%) Agile
4 57 (16.10%) ITIL
5 46 (12.99%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (12.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 34 (9.60%) AI
8 32 (9.04%) Analytics
8 32 (9.04%) Change Management
9 30 (8.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 28 (7.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 28 (7.91%) Roadmaps
11 27 (7.63%) Process Improvement
12 26 (7.34%) Data Analysis
13 25 (7.06%) Incident Response
13 25 (7.06%) Project Delivery
14 24 (6.78%) Business Analysis
14 24 (6.78%) Generative AI
14 24 (6.78%) Validation
15 23 (6.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (12.15%) SQL
2 35 (9.89%) PowerShell
3 27 (7.63%) Python
4 12 (3.39%) C#
5 10 (2.82%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.69%) Java
6 6 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (1.69%) VBA
7 5 (1.41%) Bash
8 4 (1.13%) PHP
9 2 (0.56%) Bicep
9 2 (0.56%) C
9 2 (0.56%) C++
9 2 (0.56%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) ABAP
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 83 (23.45%) Degree
2 34 (9.60%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.78%) CISSP
4 21 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (5.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (5.65%) SC Cleared
6 17 (4.80%) CCNP
7 15 (4.24%) CISM
8 13 (3.67%) Azure Certification
9 11 (3.11%) Numerate Degree
10 10 (2.82%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.54%) CCIE
12 8 (2.26%) CEH
12 8 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (2.26%) IIBA
12 8 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (2.26%) PMI Certification
12 8 (2.26%) PMP
13 7 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.98%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.19%) Data Quality
2 23 (6.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (5.37%) SLA
4 18 (5.08%) GDPR
4 18 (5.08%) QA
5 12 (3.39%) NIST
6 9 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (2.26%) GRC
7 8 (2.26%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.98%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (1.41%) MiFID
11 4 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.85%) COBIT
12 3 (0.85%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.85%) PMO
13 2 (0.56%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 64 (18.08%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.24%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.41%) Firmware
6 4 (1.13%) Docker
7 3 (0.85%) vSphere
8 2 (0.56%) Kamailio
8 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.56%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.28%) Ceph
9 1 (0.28%) Lustre
9 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.28%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 15 (4.24%) SCCM
2 12 (3.39%) Terraform
3 11 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.41%) Dell DRAC
6 5 (1.41%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.41%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.41%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.13%) Ansible
7 4 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.85%) cPanel
8 3 (0.85%) Grafana
8 3 (0.85%) Nagios
8 3 (0.85%) Nessus
8 3 (0.85%) Plesk
8 3 (0.85%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.56%) Netcool
9 2 (0.56%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 126 (35.59%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.63%) Cisco
2 27 (7.63%) VMware
3 18 (5.08%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.95%) SAP
5 13 (3.67%) Citrix
6 12 (3.39%) SolarWinds
7 11 (3.11%) Pega
7 11 (3.11%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.11%) Veeam
8 10 (2.82%) CheckPoint
8 10 (2.82%) F5
8 10 (2.82%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.54%) Alteryx
9 9 (2.54%) UiPath
10 8 (2.26%) Anaplan
10 8 (2.26%) Blue Prism
10 8 (2.26%) Databricks
10 8 (2.26%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.98%) iManage