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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 321 514
Rank change year-on-year -48 +193 -103
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 460 360 231
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.83% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.97% 1.22% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 310 252 135
10th Percentile £34,975 £32,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -18.46% +13.04%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £78,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £51,772 £53,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -14.40% +11.46%

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 47,294 29,589 38,816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.55% 68.56% 58.13%
Number of salaries quoted 30,449 15,529 19,287
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -76 100 £65,000 -7.14% 176
South East -28 98 £50,000 -8.26% 91
North of England -57 83 £53,750 +26.47% 57
South West -12 80 £43,000 +7.50% 34
Midlands -42 62 £52,500 +16.67% 44
North West -2 55 £55,000 +38.36% 37
West Midlands -42 42 £51,500 +0.10% 34
East of England -18 33 £55,000 +3.29% 33
Yorkshire -47 22 £57,500 +27.78% 13
East Midlands -36 20 £60,000 +41.18% 10
North East -64 6 £29,500 +18.00% 8
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 35 (7.61%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.57%) Confluence
3 20 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.39%) IIS
5 5 (1.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 33 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 33 (7.17%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.48%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.09%) CorelDRAW
5 4 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.22%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.52%) SAP CO
1 7 (1.52%) SAP FI
1 7 (1.52%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (1.09%) Infor CloudSuite
2 5 (1.09%) Infor LN
2 5 (1.09%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.87%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.65%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.65%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.43%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.22%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 123 (26.74%) Azure
2 75 (16.30%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (12.39%) Power Platform
4 48 (10.43%) AWS
5 45 (9.78%) Entra ID
6 33 (7.17%) SaaS
7 23 (5.00%) Power Automate
8 13 (2.83%) GitHub
9 12 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (2.61%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (2.17%) GCP
10 10 (2.17%) n8n
10 10 (2.17%) Zapier
11 9 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.96%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.74%) Azure Stack
12 8 (1.74%) dbt
13 7 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (1.52%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 57 (12.39%) Firewall
2 48 (10.43%) VPN
3 44 (9.57%) DNS
4 32 (6.96%) TCP/IP
5 27 (5.87%) DHCP
6 24 (5.22%) Network Security
7 23 (5.00%) VLAN
8 22 (4.78%) Wireless
9 20 (4.35%) WAN
10 16 (3.48%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (3.04%) LAN
12 11 (2.39%) BGP
13 10 (2.17%) SD-WAN
14 9 (1.96%) HTTP
14 9 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
14 9 (1.96%) SAN
15 8 (1.74%) OSPF
16 7 (1.52%) VoIP
17 4 (0.87%) ATM
17 4 (0.87%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (11.09%) Power BI
2 17 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.96%) Metadata
4 8 (1.74%) Big Data
4 8 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.09%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.09%) Looker
7 4 (0.87%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.43%) EDMS
8 2 (0.43%) Redis
9 1 (0.22%) Airbyte
9 1 (0.22%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.22%) Flink
9 1 (0.22%) GIS
9 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.22%) Parquet
9 1 (0.22%) Power Query
9 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (6.74%) JIRA
2 8 (1.74%) Git
3 5 (1.09%) GitLab
4 4 (0.87%) Postman
5 2 (0.43%) PowerBuilder
5 2 (0.43%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.22%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.22%) Hudson
6 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.22%) JMeter
6 1 (0.22%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
General
1 251 (54.57%) Social Skills
2 93 (20.22%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (17.17%) Finance
4 45 (9.78%) Manufacturing
5 38 (8.26%) Organisational Skills
6 33 (7.17%) Presentation Skills
7 27 (5.87%) Legal
8 22 (4.78%) Law
9 17 (3.70%) Banking
9 17 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.70%) Retail
10 16 (3.48%) Aerospace
11 13 (2.83%) Marketing
11 13 (2.83%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.39%) Public Sector
13 9 (1.96%) Electronics
14 8 (1.74%) Military
15 6 (1.30%) Front Office
15 6 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.30%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 100 (21.74%) Analyst
2 49 (10.65%) Support Engineer
3 44 (9.57%) Consultant
3 44 (9.57%) Senior
4 40 (8.70%) Business Analyst
5 34 (7.39%) Support Analyst
6 30 (6.52%) IT Support
7 26 (5.65%) Applications Support
7 26 (5.65%) IT Engineer
8 23 (5.00%) Lead
9 22 (4.78%) Architect
10 20 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
11 19 (4.13%) Systems Support
12 17 (3.70%) Test Engineer
13 16 (3.48%) IT Analyst
13 16 (3.48%) Security Engineer
14 15 (3.26%) Systems Analyst
15 14 (3.04%) Developer
15 14 (3.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (3.04%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.35%) Terraform
2 19 (4.13%) REST
3 9 (1.96%) Playwright
4 8 (1.74%) Middleware
4 8 (1.74%) XML
5 7 (1.52%) CSS
5 7 (1.52%) HTML
5 7 (1.52%) JSON
6 6 (1.30%) .NET
6 6 (1.30%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.30%) ARM Templates
6 6 (1.30%) Node.js
6 6 (1.30%) SOAP
7 5 (1.09%) EDI
8 3 (0.65%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.65%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 3 (0.65%) Matplotlib
8 3 (0.65%) NumPy
8 3 (0.65%) Pandas
8 3 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.13%) Driving Licence
2 35 (7.61%) Onboarding
3 17 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (3.04%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.83%) CCTV
6 12 (2.61%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.74%) CMDB
8 8 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.74%) PKI
9 7 (1.52%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.52%) IoT
9 7 (1.52%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.52%) Replication
10 5 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.09%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.09%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.09%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 88 (19.13%) Windows
2 48 (10.43%) Windows Server
3 28 (6.09%) Linux
4 13 (2.83%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.83%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.96%) CentOS
6 8 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.30%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.09%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.87%) Rocky
10 3 (0.65%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.43%) Android
11 2 (0.43%) VMS
12 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.22%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.22%) Solaris
12 1 (0.22%) Unix
12 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (30.22%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (22.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 71 (15.43%) Agile
4 64 (13.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (12.83%) Business Analysis
6 54 (11.74%) Business Intelligence
7 50 (10.87%) Requirements Gathering
8 49 (10.65%) AI
8 49 (10.65%) ITIL
9 46 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
10 45 (9.78%) DevOps
11 44 (9.57%) ERP
11 44 (9.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 43 (9.35%) Migration
13 42 (9.13%) Process Improvement
13 42 (9.13%) User Acceptance Testing
13 42 (9.13%) Workflow
14 41 (8.91%) Project Delivery
15 40 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
15 40 (8.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 101 (21.96%) SQL
2 53 (11.52%) PowerShell
3 41 (8.91%) Python
4 17 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.39%) Bash
6 10 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.30%) C#
8 6 (1.30%) C++
9 5 (1.09%) C
9 5 (1.09%) Java
10 4 (0.87%) PHP
11 3 (0.65%) Bicep
11 3 (0.65%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.43%) ABAP
12 2 (0.43%) Go
12 2 (0.43%) Groovy
12 2 (0.43%) Ladder Logic
12 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (11.96%) Security Cleared
2 52 (11.30%) Degree
3 33 (7.17%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.04%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.61%) CCNP
7 10 (2.17%) CCNA
7 10 (2.17%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.96%) HND
8 9 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.74%) SAP Certification
10 7 (1.52%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.30%) CISSP
11 6 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.09%) ACCA
12 5 (1.09%) HNC
13 4 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (0.87%) CIMA
13 4 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.65%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.48%) QA
2 30 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (6.09%) GDPR
4 26 (5.65%) Data Quality
5 14 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (2.39%) NIST
7 9 (1.96%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.96%) SLA
8 8 (1.74%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.09%) ISO 9001
10 5 (1.09%) JSP 440
10 5 (1.09%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.87%) GRC
11 4 (0.87%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.22%) COBIT
13 1 (0.22%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 48 (10.43%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.43%) Hyper-V
3 22 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.83%) Docker
5 11 (2.39%) Firmware
6 7 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.87%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.87%) vSphere
8 2 (0.43%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.43%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.22%) KVM
9 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (6.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.26%) Ansible
3 13 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (2.61%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.74%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.52%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.87%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.87%) Nagios
8 4 (0.87%) NetBackup
8 4 (0.87%) Podman
8 4 (0.87%) VxRail
9 2 (0.43%) Grafana
9 2 (0.43%) Puppet
9 2 (0.43%) SCCM
10 1 (0.22%) Argo
10 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.22%) QRadar
10 1 (0.22%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 149 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.39%) Cisco
3 29 (6.30%) VMware
4 24 (5.22%) SAP
5 20 (4.35%) Fortinet
6 17 (3.70%) ServiceNow
7 14 (3.04%) Salesforce
8 13 (2.83%) Veeam
9 12 (2.61%) Dell
9 12 (2.61%) Google
9 12 (2.61%) JD Edwards
9 12 (2.61%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.96%) Aruba
11 8 (1.74%) Juniper
12 7 (1.52%) Oracle
13 6 (1.30%) MuleSoft
13 6 (1.30%) Sophos
14 5 (1.09%) Infor
14 5 (1.09%) Sage
14 5 (1.09%) Splunk