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 25 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 515 402
Rank change year-on-year +225 -113 +105
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 393 212 306
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.85% 0.35% 0.66%
As % of the General category 1.35% 0.58% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 262 110 263
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £78,125
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,348 £90,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.92% +18.18% -7.56%

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 29,157 36,317 29,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 62.86% 60.36% 64.92%
Number of salaries quoted 17,176 17,544 22,209
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,625 £101,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 25 November 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 25 November 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 +90 133 £77,500 +6.90% 71
South East +102 78 £48,000 +20.00% 66
Midlands +86 71 £45,000 - 19
North of England +75 60 £47,500 -9.52% 30
West Midlands +69 40 £52,500 -17.65% 17
East Midlands +43 30 £42,500 +6.25% 1
North West +63 29 £42,500 -16.67% 18
East of England +42 28 £32,500 -19.25% 10
Yorkshire +38 27 £47,500 -9.52% 9
South West +44 18 £55,000 +29.41% 16
North East +21 4 £25,000 -42.20% 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 30 (7.63%) SharePoint
2 24 (6.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.31%) Confluence
4 2 (0.51%) WordPress
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.25%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
Applications
1 60 (15.27%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.82%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.25%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (2.04%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.53%) Oracle Cash Management
2 6 (1.53%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.02%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.02%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.02%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.76%) Bloomberg AIM
5 3 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.51%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.25%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.25%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.25%) Postilion
7 1 (0.25%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 125 (31.81%) Azure
2 64 (16.28%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (9.67%) AWS
4 33 (8.40%) Power Platform
4 33 (8.40%) SaaS
5 25 (6.36%) Entra ID
6 20 (5.09%) IaaS
7 15 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (3.82%) PaaS
8 14 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (3.05%) GCP
10 11 (2.80%) GitHub
11 10 (2.54%) PowerApps
12 9 (2.29%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (1.53%) iPaaS
14 6 (1.53%) OCI
14 6 (1.53%) OneDrive
15 5 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 46 (11.70%) Firewall
2 34 (8.65%) DNS
3 29 (7.38%) DHCP
4 26 (6.62%) VPN
5 25 (6.36%) TCP/IP
6 22 (5.60%) LAN
7 17 (4.33%) Network Security
8 16 (4.07%) VLAN
9 14 (3.56%) BGP
10 11 (2.80%) WAN
11 10 (2.54%) OSPF
12 8 (2.04%) SAN
13 7 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (1.53%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.53%) DMZ
14 6 (1.53%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (1.53%) MPLS
14 6 (1.53%) SD-WAN
14 6 (1.53%) VoIP
14 6 (1.53%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.63%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.60%) Power BI
3 16 (4.07%) Tableau
4 15 (3.82%) BigQuery
5 7 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (1.78%) Metadata
6 5 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.76%) Metabase
8 3 (0.76%) Metadata Repository
8 3 (0.76%) MySQL
8 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.51%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.51%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.25%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.25%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 15 (3.82%) JIRA
2 4 (1.02%) Git
2 4 (1.02%) Postman
3 3 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.51%) GitLab
4 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.25%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.25%) Zephyr
General
1 197 (50.13%) Social Skills
2 95 (24.17%) Finance
3 71 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.20%) Legal
5 29 (7.38%) Banking
6 28 (7.12%) Law
7 25 (6.36%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (5.09%) Retail
9 19 (4.83%) Manufacturing
10 18 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (3.56%) Telecoms
12 12 (3.05%) Advertising
12 12 (3.05%) Back Office
13 10 (2.54%) Public Sector
14 9 (2.29%) German Language
14 9 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.78%) Marketing
16 6 (1.53%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.27%) Publishing
18 4 (1.02%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 107 (27.23%) Analyst
2 65 (16.54%) Senior
3 29 (7.38%) Business Analyst
4 26 (6.62%) Lead
4 26 (6.62%) Network Engineer
5 25 (6.36%) Architect
6 22 (5.60%) Data Analyst
7 21 (5.34%) Service Analyst
7 21 (5.34%) Support Engineer
8 20 (5.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (4.83%) Developer
9 19 (4.83%) Quality Analyst
10 18 (4.58%) Data Quality Analyst
10 18 (4.58%) IT Support
11 16 (4.07%) Service Desk Analyst
12 15 (3.82%) Consultant
12 15 (3.82%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (3.56%) Infrastructure Support
13 14 (3.56%) IT Analyst
14 13 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.05%) XML
2 8 (2.04%) .NET
3 6 (1.53%) React
4 5 (1.27%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.27%) HTML
4 5 (1.27%) REST
5 4 (1.02%) Kafka
5 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (1.02%) OAuth
5 4 (1.02%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.02%) OpenID
5 4 (1.02%) SAML
6 3 (0.76%) CSS
6 3 (0.76%) JSON
6 3 (0.76%) PySpark
7 2 (0.51%) Laravel
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.51%) Spring
7 2 (0.51%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.58%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.07%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.56%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.56%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (3.31%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.05%) NHS
6 11 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.54%) CMDB
7 10 (2.54%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.54%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.29%) Life Science
8 9 (2.29%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.53%) Clustering
11 5 (1.27%) IoT
11 5 (1.27%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 70 (17.81%) Windows
2 32 (8.14%) Windows Server
3 24 (6.11%) Linux
4 5 (1.27%) Debian
4 5 (1.27%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.27%) Unix
5 4 (1.02%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.51%) VMS
7 1 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (16.79%) Agile
3 57 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 53 (13.49%) ITIL
5 50 (12.72%) Validation
6 48 (12.21%) Cybersecurity
7 41 (10.43%) Migration
8 33 (8.40%) DevOps
9 32 (8.14%) Project Delivery
9 32 (8.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (7.63%) Business Intelligence
10 30 (7.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 29 (7.38%) Customer Service
12 28 (7.12%) Change Management
12 28 (7.12%) Incident Response
13 27 (6.87%) Computer Science
14 26 (6.62%) ERP
14 26 (6.62%) Project Management
15 25 (6.36%) Inventory Management
16 24 (6.11%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 67 (17.05%) SQL
2 33 (8.40%) Python
3 29 (7.38%) PowerShell
4 18 (4.58%) C#
5 12 (3.05%) Java
6 10 (2.54%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.29%) C
8 8 (2.04%) PHP
9 6 (1.53%) Bash
9 6 (1.53%) VBA
10 3 (0.76%) Bicep
10 3 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.76%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.51%) C++
11 2 (0.51%) Go
11 2 (0.51%) Perl
12 1 (0.25%) R
12 1 (0.25%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 95 (24.17%) Degree
2 48 (12.21%) Security Cleared
3 33 (8.40%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.87%) Cisco Certification
5 26 (6.62%) CISSP
6 24 (6.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 22 (5.60%) CCNP
8 18 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (4.07%) CISM
10 15 (3.82%) DV Cleared
11 14 (3.56%) Numerate Degree
12 13 (3.31%) CCIE
13 11 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (2.04%) Azure Certification
14 8 (2.04%) CCSA
14 8 (2.04%) CCSE
15 7 (1.78%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (1.78%) HNC
16 5 (1.27%) MCP
16 5 (1.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (10.18%) Data Quality
2 36 (9.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.07%) GDPR
4 15 (3.82%) NIST
5 14 (3.56%) SLA
6 13 (3.31%) ISO 9001
7 12 (3.05%) QA
8 11 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (2.04%) SOC 2
10 7 (1.78%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (1.78%) PMO
11 6 (1.53%) MiFID
12 5 (1.27%) GRC
13 4 (1.02%) JSP 440
14 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.51%) ISO 20022
15 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
15 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.51%) UCITS
16 1 (0.25%) COBIT
System Software
1 55 (13.99%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.60%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.78%) Firmware
5 6 (1.53%) Docker
6 5 (1.27%) Kamailio
6 5 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.25%) Ceph
8 1 (0.25%) Lustre
8 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 17 (4.33%) SCCM
2 15 (3.82%) Terraform
3 14 (3.56%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.78%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.27%) Ansible
5 5 (1.27%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (1.02%) CSIRT
6 4 (1.02%) Grafana
6 4 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.76%) cPanel
7 3 (0.76%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.76%) Nessus
7 3 (0.76%) Plesk
8 2 (0.51%) Nagios
9 1 (0.25%) Argo
9 1 (0.25%) Kibana
9 1 (0.25%) SCOM
9 1 (0.25%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 132 (33.59%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.38%) Cisco
3 25 (6.36%) VMware
4 17 (4.33%) Oracle
5 14 (3.56%) CheckPoint
5 14 (3.56%) F5
6 9 (2.29%) Fortinet
6 9 (2.29%) SolarWinds
7 8 (2.04%) iManage
7 8 (2.04%) Juniper
7 8 (2.04%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.04%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.78%) Blue Prism
8 7 (1.78%) Intapp
8 7 (1.78%) Pega
8 7 (1.78%) Qualys
8 7 (1.78%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.78%) Veeam
9 5 (1.27%) Arista
9 5 (1.27%) Citrix