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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 377 452
Rank change year-on-year +23 +75 -12
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 430 302 454
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 0.70% 0.51%
As % of the General category 1.05% 1.01% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 286 209 375
10th Percentile £32,125 £32,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,375 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -11.89%

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 40,847 30,026 52,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 47.09% 69.72% 57.89%
Number of salaries quoted 26,068 15,524 35,228
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 9 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 9 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 +35 101 £49,000 -30.00% 51
London -53 91 £70,000 +10.24% 46
North of England -10 86 £48,000 +14.29% 30
Midlands -11 60 £55,000 +10.00% 24
North West +29 54 £55,000 - 21
South West -32 47 £42,500 +6.25% 13
East of England +4 41 £50,000 - 7
West Midlands -23 36 £52,500 +5.00% 13
East Midlands -10 24 £60,000 +77.78% 11
Yorkshire -42 24 £53,000 +26.19% 5
North East -42 8 £45,000 +66.67% 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 39 (9.07%) SharePoint
2 31 (7.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.26%) IIS
4 7 (1.63%) Confluence
5 5 (1.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 42 (9.77%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (7.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.16%) CorelDRAW
4 5 (1.16%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.47%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.40%) SAP CO
1 6 (1.40%) SAP FI
1 6 (1.40%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (1.16%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.47%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.47%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.23%) C-CURE
5 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 125 (29.07%) Azure
2 95 (22.09%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (10.93%) Entra ID
4 46 (10.70%) AWS
5 43 (10.00%) Power Platform
6 24 (5.58%) SaaS
7 20 (4.65%) Power Automate
8 15 (3.49%) dbt
9 12 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (2.56%) GitHub
11 9 (2.09%) IaaS
11 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (2.09%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.86%) GCP
13 7 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.63%) Azure Stack
13 7 (1.63%) PaaS
14 6 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (1.40%) OpenShift
15 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 62 (14.42%) Firewall
2 56 (13.02%) DNS
3 49 (11.40%) VPN
4 40 (9.30%) DHCP
5 37 (8.60%) TCP/IP
6 29 (6.74%) VLAN
7 26 (6.05%) WAN
8 17 (3.95%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (3.49%) Wireless
10 14 (3.26%) LAN
10 14 (3.26%) Network Security
11 12 (2.79%) VoIP
12 9 (2.09%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (2.09%) SD-WAN
13 8 (1.86%) SAN
14 6 (1.40%) NAS
15 5 (1.16%) BGP
15 5 (1.16%) DMZ
15 5 (1.16%) Reverse Proxy
15 5 (1.16%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.37%) Power BI
2 32 (7.44%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.86%) Metabase
5 6 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.40%) Looker
6 5 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.16%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.16%) Metadata
7 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.70%) Big Data
8 3 (0.70%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.70%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.47%) Power Query
10 1 (0.23%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.23%) Flink
10 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.23%) Parquet
10 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (4.88%) JIRA
2 16 (3.72%) Git
3 13 (3.02%) GitLab
4 10 (2.33%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.47%) Postman
6 2 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.47%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.23%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.23%) Hudson
7 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.23%) JMeter
7 1 (0.23%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 239 (55.58%) Social Skills
2 83 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (17.67%) Finance
4 41 (9.53%) Manufacturing
5 35 (8.14%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (6.28%) Retail
7 26 (6.05%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (5.12%) Law
9 19 (4.42%) Legal
10 18 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (4.19%) Telecoms
11 13 (3.02%) Banking
12 12 (2.79%) Electronics
13 10 (2.33%) Aerospace
13 10 (2.33%) Marketing
14 9 (2.09%) Public Sector
15 7 (1.63%) Front Office
16 6 (1.40%) Military
17 5 (1.16%) Advertising
17 5 (1.16%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 90 (20.93%) Analyst
2 50 (11.63%) Support Analyst
3 49 (11.40%) IT Support
4 40 (9.30%) Support Engineer
5 37 (8.60%) Consultant
5 37 (8.60%) Senior
6 26 (6.05%) Lead
7 24 (5.58%) Architect
8 22 (5.12%) Applications Support
8 22 (5.12%) Systems Analyst
9 21 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
9 21 (4.88%) Systems Support
10 20 (4.65%) Security Engineer
11 19 (4.42%) IT Analyst
11 19 (4.42%) IT Engineer
12 18 (4.19%) Business Analyst
12 18 (4.19%) Systems Support Analyst
13 17 (3.95%) IT Support Engineer
14 16 (3.72%) Applications Support Analyst
14 16 (3.72%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.56%) Middleware
2 9 (2.09%) ARM Templates
3 7 (1.63%) REST
4 6 (1.40%) JSON
4 6 (1.40%) Node.js
5 5 (1.16%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.16%) CSS
5 5 (1.16%) FreeSWITCH
5 5 (1.16%) HTML
5 5 (1.16%) Jinja
5 5 (1.16%) YAML
6 4 (0.93%) .NET
6 4 (0.93%) SOAP
7 3 (0.70%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.70%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.70%) PySpark
8 2 (0.47%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.47%) Kafka
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.47%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.44%) Driving Licence
2 31 (7.21%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (3.02%) CCTV
5 13 (3.02%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.79%) Data Centre
7 11 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.09%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.86%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.86%) CMDB
9 8 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.86%) PKI
9 8 (1.86%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.40%) Blog
10 6 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.16%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.16%) Mobile Computing
11 5 (1.16%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 111 (25.81%) Windows
2 68 (15.81%) Windows Server
3 41 (9.53%) 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 6 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.16%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.16%) Debian
9 5 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.93%) VMS
11 3 (0.70%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.47%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.47%) Rocky
12 2 (0.47%) Unix
13 1 (0.23%) Android
13 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (26.28%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (25.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 57 (13.26%) ITIL
4 51 (11.86%) Agile
5 46 (10.70%) Change Management
6 45 (10.47%) ERP
7 44 (10.23%) Project Delivery
8 40 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
9 37 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (8.14%) CI/CD
11 34 (7.91%) Analytics
11 34 (7.91%) Customer Service
11 34 (7.91%) Root Cause Analysis
11 34 (7.91%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (7.44%) AI
12 32 (7.44%) Incident Management
13 31 (7.21%) Business Analysis
14 30 (6.98%) DevOps
14 30 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
15 27 (6.28%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 94 (21.86%) SQL
2 56 (13.02%) Python
3 54 (12.56%) PowerShell
4 21 (4.88%) JavaScript
5 18 (4.19%) Bash
6 9 (2.09%) C++
7 7 (1.63%) C#
7 7 (1.63%) Java
8 6 (1.40%) PHP
9 5 (1.16%) C
10 4 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.70%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.47%) ABAP
12 2 (0.47%) Bicep
12 2 (0.47%) Groovy
12 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.47%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.23%) RPG III
13 1 (0.23%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 72 (16.74%) Degree
2 50 (11.63%) Security Cleared
3 21 (4.88%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.79%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.79%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.56%) HND
7 10 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.86%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (1.63%) CISSP
10 6 (1.40%) SAP Certification
11 5 (1.16%) CCNA
11 5 (1.16%) CCNP
11 5 (1.16%) HNC
11 5 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.93%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (4.65%) QA
3 18 (4.19%) Data Quality
4 14 (3.26%) SLA
5 13 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (2.56%) GDPR
7 10 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.63%) ISO 9001
8 7 (1.63%) NIST
9 6 (1.40%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.40%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.16%) GRC
11 4 (0.93%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.93%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.70%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.47%) NCSC
13 2 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 79 (18.37%) Active Directory
2 30 (6.98%) Hyper-V
3 26 (6.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.49%) Docker
5 6 (1.40%) Firmware
5 6 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.40%) vSphere
6 3 (0.70%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.70%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.47%) KVM
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (5.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (4.88%) Terraform
3 15 (3.49%) Kubernetes
4 13 (3.02%) Ansible
5 10 (2.33%) Nagios
6 8 (1.86%) SCCM
7 7 (1.63%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.16%) Backup Exec
9 5 (1.16%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (1.16%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.16%) Podman
9 5 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.16%) ZABBIX
10 4 (0.93%) SolarWinds Orion
11 3 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.70%) Puppet
12 2 (0.47%) Argo
12 2 (0.47%) Grafana
12 2 (0.47%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 158 (36.74%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.30%) Cisco
3 35 (8.14%) VMware
4 22 (5.12%) SAP
5 16 (3.72%) Fortinet
6 14 (3.26%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.79%) Citrix
8 10 (2.33%) SolarWinds
8 10 (2.33%) Veeam
9 9 (2.09%) Google
9 9 (2.09%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.86%) Aruba
10 8 (1.86%) JD Edwards
10 8 (1.86%) Juniper
10 8 (1.86%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.86%) Sophos
11 7 (1.63%) Splunk
12 6 (1.40%) iManage
12 6 (1.40%) Pega
12 6 (1.40%) Red Hat