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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 341 495
Rank change year-on-year -39 +154 -84
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 424 345 272
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.80% 0.39%
As % of the General category 0.96% 1.18% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 271 240 180
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,425 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -10.83% +2.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% -10.00% +4.35%

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 44,101 29,273 39,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.26% 68.18% 56.89%
Number of salaries quoted 28,451 15,547 22,183
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -79 94 £67,500 - 168
South East -4 92 £50,000 -23.08% 66
North of England -49 76 £55,000 +29.41% 55
Midlands -30 61 £55,000 +29.41% 36
South West -28 60 £42,500 +6.25% 37
North West +6 52 £55,000 +29.41% 30
West Midlands -23 40 £53,250 +4.98% 24
East of England -12 38 £55,000 +4.76% 27
East Midlands -31 21 £60,000 +41.18% 12
Yorkshire -57 21 £57,500 +35.29% 18
North East -63 3 £37,250 +49.00% 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 38 (8.96%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.30%) Confluence
4 11 (2.59%) IIS
5 5 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 34 (8.02%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (7.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.59%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.18%) CorelDRAW
6 4 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.47%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.65%) SAP CO
1 7 (1.65%) SAP FI
1 7 (1.65%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (1.18%) Infor CloudSuite
2 5 (1.18%) Infor LN
2 5 (1.18%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.71%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.71%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.47%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.24%) C-CURE
6 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.24%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 117 (27.59%) Azure
2 79 (18.63%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (10.85%) Entra ID
3 46 (10.85%) Power Platform
4 44 (10.38%) AWS
5 28 (6.60%) SaaS
6 15 (3.54%) Power Automate
7 12 (2.83%) GitHub
8 11 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (2.36%) dbt
9 10 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (2.36%) PowerApps
10 9 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.89%) Azure Stack
12 7 (1.65%) Boomi
12 7 (1.65%) GCP
12 7 (1.65%) Lucidchart
13 6 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.42%) iPaaS
13 6 (1.42%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 57 (13.44%) Firewall
2 46 (10.85%) DNS
2 46 (10.85%) VPN
3 30 (7.08%) TCP/IP
4 27 (6.37%) DHCP
5 24 (5.66%) WAN
6 20 (4.72%) Network Security
6 20 (4.72%) VLAN
7 19 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (4.25%) Wireless
9 15 (3.54%) LAN
10 10 (2.36%) SD-WAN
11 9 (2.12%) BGP
11 9 (2.12%) HTTP
11 9 (2.12%) Intrusion Detection
11 9 (2.12%) SAN
12 8 (1.89%) OSPF
13 7 (1.65%) VoIP
14 5 (1.18%) Internet
15 4 (0.94%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.96%) Power BI
2 18 (4.25%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.89%) Metadata
4 6 (1.42%) Looker
5 5 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.94%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.47%) EDMS
7 2 (0.47%) Redis
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.24%) Big Data
8 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.24%) Flink
8 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.24%) Parquet
8 1 (0.24%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (5.90%) JIRA
2 11 (2.59%) Git
3 8 (1.89%) GitLab
4 4 (0.94%) Postman
5 2 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.47%) Terragrunt
5 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.24%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.24%) Hudson
6 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.24%) JMeter
6 1 (0.24%) LoadRunner
General
1 230 (54.25%) Social Skills
2 82 (19.34%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (17.22%) Finance
4 45 (10.61%) Manufacturing
5 35 (8.25%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (6.60%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (6.13%) Legal
8 24 (5.66%) Law
9 22 (5.19%) Retail
10 21 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (4.01%) Telecoms
12 14 (3.30%) Aerospace
13 13 (3.07%) Banking
13 13 (3.07%) Electronics
13 13 (3.07%) Marketing
14 11 (2.59%) Public Sector
15 7 (1.65%) Front Office
16 6 (1.42%) Military
17 4 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.94%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (20.99%) Analyst
2 44 (10.38%) Senior
3 42 (9.91%) Support Analyst
4 41 (9.67%) Support Engineer
5 39 (9.20%) Consultant
6 33 (7.78%) IT Support
7 26 (6.13%) Lead
8 25 (5.90%) Business Analyst
9 24 (5.66%) Applications Support
9 24 (5.66%) Architect
10 21 (4.95%) IT Engineer
11 19 (4.48%) Systems Engineer
12 18 (4.25%) IT Support Engineer
13 17 (4.01%) Systems Analyst
14 16 (3.77%) Developer
14 16 (3.77%) Security Engineer
15 15 (3.54%) Systems Support
16 14 (3.30%) Applications Support Analyst
17 13 (3.07%) IT Analyst
18 12 (2.83%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.48%) REST
2 17 (4.01%) Terraform
3 8 (1.89%) JSON
3 8 (1.89%) Middleware
4 7 (1.65%) CSS
4 7 (1.65%) HTML
5 6 (1.42%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.42%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.42%) Node.js
5 6 (1.42%) SOAP
6 5 (1.18%) .NET
6 5 (1.18%) EDI
6 5 (1.18%) XML
7 4 (0.94%) Playwright
8 3 (0.71%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.71%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 2 (0.47%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.47%) HTML5
9 2 (0.47%) RESTful
9 2 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.25%) Driving Licence
2 34 (8.02%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.54%) CCTV
3 15 (3.54%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (3.07%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.59%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.12%) Client/Server
7 9 (2.12%) PKI
8 8 (1.89%) CMDB
8 8 (1.89%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.65%) IoT
9 7 (1.65%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.42%) Blog
10 6 (1.42%) Replication
11 5 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.18%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 90 (21.23%) Windows
2 48 (11.32%) Windows Server
3 28 (6.60%) Linux
4 14 (3.30%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.83%) Apple iOS
6 9 (2.12%) CentOS
6 9 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.18%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.94%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.94%) Rocky
9 3 (0.71%) Android
9 3 (0.71%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.24%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.24%) Solaris
10 1 (0.24%) Unix
10 1 (0.24%) VMS
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (25.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 107 (25.24%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (12.97%) Agile
4 52 (12.26%) ITIL
5 47 (11.08%) Business Analysis
6 45 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (10.38%) Root Cause Analysis
8 42 (9.91%) ERP
9 41 (9.67%) Business Intelligence
9 41 (9.67%) DevOps
10 39 (9.20%) Change Management
11 37 (8.73%) AI
11 37 (8.73%) Project Delivery
12 36 (8.49%) Customer Service
12 36 (8.49%) Disaster Recovery
12 36 (8.49%) Validation
13 35 (8.25%) Requirements Gathering
14 33 (7.78%) Process Improvement
15 32 (7.55%) Analytics
15 32 (7.55%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 94 (22.17%) SQL
2 49 (11.56%) PowerShell
3 35 (8.25%) Python
4 20 (4.72%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.12%) Bash
6 8 (1.89%) C++
6 8 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.42%) C
8 6 (1.42%) C#
9 5 (1.18%) Java
9 5 (1.18%) PHP
10 3 (0.71%) VBA
11 2 (0.47%) Bicep
11 2 (0.47%) Go
11 2 (0.47%) Groovy
11 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.47%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.24%) RPG III
12 1 (0.24%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 57 (13.44%) Degree
2 51 (12.03%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.13%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (2.83%) HND
6 11 (2.59%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.12%) CCNA
7 9 (2.12%) CCNP
7 9 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.89%) SAP Certification
9 6 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.18%) ACCA
10 5 (1.18%) CISSP
10 5 (1.18%) HNC
11 4 (0.94%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.94%) CIMA
11 4 (0.94%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.71%) CCIE
12 3 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.60%) QA
2 27 (6.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (4.72%) Data Quality
4 18 (4.25%) GDPR
5 12 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.36%) Accessibility
7 9 (2.12%) SLA
8 8 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (1.89%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.65%) NIST
10 5 (1.18%) GRC
10 5 (1.18%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.94%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.94%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.94%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.47%) NCSC
14 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.90%) Hyper-V
3 23 (5.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.54%) Firmware
5 10 (2.36%) Docker
6 7 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.18%) vSphere
8 4 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.94%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.71%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.71%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.24%) KVM
10 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (6.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.83%) Ansible
3 11 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.36%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.89%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.65%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.42%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.94%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.94%) Nagios
8 4 (0.94%) NetBackup
8 4 (0.94%) Podman
8 4 (0.94%) VxRail
9 3 (0.71%) SCCM
10 2 (0.47%) Puppet
11 1 (0.24%) Argo
11 1 (0.24%) Grafana
11 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.24%) QRadar
11 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.24%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 145 (34.20%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.02%) Cisco
3 30 (7.08%) VMware
4 22 (5.19%) SAP
5 20 (4.72%) Fortinet
6 15 (3.54%) ServiceNow
7 13 (3.07%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.83%) JD Edwards
8 12 (2.83%) Palo Alto
8 12 (2.83%) Veeam
9 11 (2.59%) Dell
10 9 (2.12%) Aruba
11 8 (1.89%) Google
11 8 (1.89%) Juniper
12 7 (1.65%) Sophos
13 6 (1.42%) Citrix
13 6 (1.42%) MuleSoft
14 5 (1.18%) Adobe
14 5 (1.18%) NetApp
14 5 (1.18%) Splunk