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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 362 462
Rank change year-on-year -10 +100 -31
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 430 333 351
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.76% 0.46%
As % of the General category 1.03% 1.11% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 279 234 274
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £41,125 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £75,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -10.71%

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 41,690 30,130 44,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.40% 69.19% 57.32%
Number of salaries quoted 26,617 15,984 28,193
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £74,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,084
% change year-on-year - +1.69% -9.86%

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 July 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 July 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 +54 111 £50,000 -31.03% 52
London -51 91 £70,000 +7.69% 57
North of England -15 80 £52,136 +22.67% 23
Midlands -21 60 £55,000 +29.41% 17
North West +21 52 £55,000 +29.41% 14
South West -32 47 £42,500 +6.25% 18
East of England -4 38 £50,000 -6.10% 10
West Midlands -23 38 £53,250 +6.50% 9
East Midlands -20 22 £60,000 +41.18% 8
Yorkshire -47 22 £56,250 +32.35% 8
North East -49 6 £45,000 +80.00% 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 37 (8.60%) SharePoint
2 30 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.26%) IIS
4 11 (2.56%) Confluence
5 5 (1.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 39 (9.07%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (7.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.86%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.16%) CorelDRAW
6 2 (0.47%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.63%) SAP CO
1 7 (1.63%) SAP FI
1 7 (1.63%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (1.16%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.70%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (0.70%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.23%) C-CURE
6 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.23%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 117 (27.21%) Azure
2 87 (20.23%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (10.23%) AWS
4 42 (9.77%) Entra ID
5 39 (9.07%) Power Platform
6 25 (5.81%) SaaS
7 16 (3.72%) Power Automate
8 14 (3.26%) GitHub
9 13 (3.02%) dbt
10 12 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.86%) Azure Stack
12 8 (1.86%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.63%) GCP
14 6 (1.40%) IaaS
14 6 (1.40%) OpenShift
15 5 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (1.16%) Lucidchart
15 5 (1.16%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 59 (13.72%) Firewall
2 52 (12.09%) DNS
3 46 (10.70%) VPN
4 34 (7.91%) DHCP
5 33 (7.67%) TCP/IP
6 26 (6.05%) VLAN
7 25 (5.81%) WAN
8 19 (4.42%) Network Security
9 18 (4.19%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (3.72%) Wireless
11 15 (3.49%) LAN
12 11 (2.56%) VoIP
13 10 (2.33%) SD-WAN
14 9 (2.09%) Intrusion Detection
15 8 (1.86%) BGP
15 8 (1.86%) OSPF
15 8 (1.86%) SAN
16 6 (1.40%) NAS
17 4 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
17 4 (0.93%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.44%) Power BI
2 26 (6.05%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.63%) Metadata
5 6 (1.40%) Looker
5 6 (1.40%) Metabase
6 4 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.47%) Big Data
8 2 (0.47%) Power Query
9 1 (0.23%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.23%) Flink
9 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.23%) Parquet
9 1 (0.23%) Redis
9 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (5.81%) JIRA
2 16 (3.72%) Git
3 14 (3.26%) GitLab
4 7 (1.63%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.70%) Postman
7 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.47%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.23%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.23%) Hudson
8 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.23%) JMeter
8 1 (0.23%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 240 (55.81%) Social Skills
2 86 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (17.67%) Finance
4 44 (10.23%) Manufacturing
5 34 (7.91%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (6.28%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (6.05%) Retail
8 22 (5.12%) Law
9 21 (4.88%) Legal
10 18 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (4.19%) Telecoms
11 13 (3.02%) Electronics
11 13 (3.02%) Marketing
12 11 (2.56%) Banking
13 10 (2.33%) Aerospace
13 10 (2.33%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.63%) Front Office
15 6 (1.40%) Military
16 5 (1.16%) Advertising
16 5 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 97 (22.56%) Analyst
2 51 (11.86%) Support Analyst
3 43 (10.00%) IT Support
4 40 (9.30%) Support Engineer
5 39 (9.07%) Senior
6 38 (8.84%) Consultant
7 30 (6.98%) Lead
8 23 (5.35%) Applications Support
8 23 (5.35%) Architect
9 22 (5.12%) Business Analyst
10 21 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
11 20 (4.65%) IT Engineer
11 20 (4.65%) Systems Analyst
12 19 (4.42%) Systems Support
13 18 (4.19%) IT Analyst
13 18 (4.19%) IT Support Engineer
13 18 (4.19%) Security Engineer
14 17 (3.95%) Applications Support Analyst
15 16 (3.72%) Systems Support Analyst
16 15 (3.49%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.09%) ARM Templates
1 9 (2.09%) REST
2 8 (1.86%) Middleware
3 6 (1.40%) JSON
3 6 (1.40%) Node.js
4 5 (1.16%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.16%) CSS
4 5 (1.16%) HTML
4 5 (1.16%) Jinja
4 5 (1.16%) SOAP
4 5 (1.16%) YAML
5 4 (0.93%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (0.70%) .NET
6 3 (0.70%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.70%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (0.47%) Kafka
7 2 (0.47%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.23%) Web Services
8 1 (0.23%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.67%) Onboarding
2 30 (6.98%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.02%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.79%) CCTV
5 12 (2.79%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.09%) PKI
8 8 (1.86%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.86%) CMDB
8 8 (1.86%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.40%) Blog
10 5 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.16%) Mobile Computing
11 4 (0.93%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 101 (23.49%) Windows
2 59 (13.72%) Windows Server
3 37 (8.60%) Linux
4 14 (3.26%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (2.56%) CentOS
7 9 (2.09%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.86%) Apple iOS
9 6 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.93%) Debian
11 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.70%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.47%) Android
12 2 (0.47%) Rocky
12 2 (0.47%) Unix
12 2 (0.47%) VMS
13 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
2 112 (26.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 59 (13.72%) Agile
4 55 (12.79%) ITIL
5 46 (10.70%) Change Management
6 45 (10.47%) Project Delivery
7 44 (10.23%) ERP
8 40 (9.30%) Root Cause Analysis
9 39 (9.07%) DevOps
10 37 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (8.37%) Business Analysis
11 36 (8.37%) Customer Service
12 35 (8.14%) AI
12 35 (8.14%) Analytics
12 35 (8.14%) Business Intelligence
13 34 (7.91%) CI/CD
14 31 (7.21%) Cybersecurity
15 30 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
15 30 (6.98%) Incident Management
15 30 (6.98%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 93 (21.63%) SQL
2 50 (11.63%) PowerShell
2 50 (11.63%) Python
3 19 (4.42%) JavaScript
4 17 (3.95%) Bash
5 10 (2.33%) C++
6 6 (1.40%) C
6 6 (1.40%) C#
6 6 (1.40%) Java
6 6 (1.40%) PHP
7 5 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.47%) ABAP
9 2 (0.47%) Bicep
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 66 (15.35%) Degree
2 49 (11.40%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (3.02%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.56%) HND
7 10 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.09%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.86%) CCNA
9 8 (1.86%) CCNP
9 8 (1.86%) CISSP
10 7 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.63%) SAP Certification
11 5 (1.16%) HNC
11 5 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.93%) ACCA
12 4 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.93%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (5.12%) QA
3 20 (4.65%) Data Quality
4 13 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (3.02%) SLA
5 11 (2.56%) GDPR
6 10 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (2.09%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.63%) ISO 9001
9 6 (1.40%) NIST
10 5 (1.16%) GRC
10 5 (1.16%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.93%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.93%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.93%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.70%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.47%) NCSC
13 2 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 69 (16.05%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.51%) Hyper-V
3 22 (5.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.49%) Docker
5 9 (2.09%) Firmware
6 5 (1.16%) vSphere
7 4 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.70%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.70%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.47%) KVM
10 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (6.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.12%) Terraform
3 16 (3.72%) Kubernetes
4 13 (3.02%) Ansible
5 8 (1.86%) FortiGate
5 8 (1.86%) Nagios
6 7 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.40%) SCCM
7 6 (1.40%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.16%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (1.16%) Podman
8 5 (1.16%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.70%) Argo
9 3 (0.70%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.70%) Puppet
10 2 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.47%) Grafana
10 2 (0.47%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.47%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 149 (34.65%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.30%) Cisco
3 30 (6.98%) VMware
4 20 (4.65%) Fortinet
4 20 (4.65%) SAP
5 13 (3.02%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.02%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.56%) Palo Alto
7 10 (2.33%) Citrix
7 10 (2.33%) Google
8 9 (2.09%) JD Edwards
8 9 (2.09%) Veeam
9 8 (1.86%) Aruba
9 8 (1.86%) Juniper
9 8 (1.86%) Sophos
10 7 (1.63%) Splunk
11 6 (1.40%) Dell
11 6 (1.40%) iManage
11 6 (1.40%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.40%) SolarWinds