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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 519 398
Rank change year-on-year +218 -121 +118
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 382 204 307
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.84% 0.34% 0.65%
As % of the General category 1.28% 0.57% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 257 106 256
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £65,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.56% +19.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,348 £90,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.92% +18.18% -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 common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 29,764 35,538 30,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 65.35% 58.87% 65.21%
Number of salaries quoted 17,059 17,040 22,728
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,250 £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 £96,250 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% - -

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 12 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 12 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 +82 125 £77,500 +6.90% 160
South East +87 76 £52,000 +30.00% 88
Midlands +88 71 £45,000 - 29
North of England +42 62 £42,500 -17.87% 43
West Midlands +64 40 £52,500 -20.45% 24
East Midlands +40 31 £42,500 +6.25% 4
Yorkshire +30 31 £47,500 -9.52% 11
North West +34 27 £39,750 -22.06% 31
East of England +28 24 £52,500 +30.43% 19
South West +36 19 £55,000 +29.41% 33
North East +10 4 £25,000 -26.47% 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 32 (8.38%) SharePoint
2 25 (6.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.40%) Confluence
4 2 (0.52%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (15.45%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.66%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (2.09%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (1.83%) Oracle Cash Management
2 7 (1.83%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.31%) Oracle Assets
4 5 (1.31%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (1.31%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.05%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.79%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.79%) SAP EHS
6 3 (0.79%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.79%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.52%) Bloomberg AIM
7 2 (0.52%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.26%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 119 (31.15%) Azure
2 61 (15.97%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (10.47%) AWS
4 31 (8.12%) Power Platform
4 31 (8.12%) SaaS
5 27 (7.07%) Entra ID
6 19 (4.97%) IaaS
7 16 (4.19%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.40%) GCP
10 12 (3.14%) PaaS
11 11 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (2.88%) GitHub
12 10 (2.62%) PowerApps
13 8 (2.09%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.83%) OCI
14 7 (1.83%) OneDrive
14 7 (1.83%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.57%) iPaaS
16 5 (1.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (12.57%) Firewall
2 35 (9.16%) DNS
3 30 (7.85%) DHCP
4 28 (7.33%) VPN
5 26 (6.81%) TCP/IP
6 21 (5.50%) LAN
7 17 (4.45%) BGP
8 16 (4.19%) VLAN
9 14 (3.66%) Network Security
10 13 (3.40%) OSPF
11 11 (2.88%) WAN
12 9 (2.36%) MPLS
13 8 (2.09%) SAN
14 7 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (1.57%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (1.57%) Ethernet VPN
15 6 (1.57%) SD-WAN
15 6 (1.57%) VoIP
15 6 (1.57%) Wireshark
16 5 (1.31%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.54%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.97%) Power BI
3 16 (4.19%) Tableau
4 15 (3.93%) BigQuery
5 7 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.57%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.31%) Metadata
7 5 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.05%) MySQL
9 3 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.79%) CockroachDB
9 3 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.79%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.52%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.52%) Metadata Repository
11 1 (0.26%) Big Data
11 1 (0.26%) Metabase
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (4.19%) JIRA
2 4 (1.05%) Postman
3 2 (0.52%) Git
3 2 (0.52%) GitLab
3 2 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 191 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 95 (24.87%) Finance
3 67 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (11.78%) Legal
5 32 (8.38%) Banking
6 29 (7.59%) Law
7 27 (7.07%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (6.02%) Manufacturing
9 20 (5.24%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (5.24%) Retail
10 13 (3.40%) Telecoms
11 12 (3.14%) Advertising
11 12 (3.14%) Back Office
12 10 (2.62%) Public Sector
13 9 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.83%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.83%) German Language
15 5 (1.31%) Marketing
15 5 (1.31%) Publishing
16 4 (1.05%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 103 (26.96%) Analyst
2 56 (14.66%) Senior
3 28 (7.33%) Business Analyst
4 27 (7.07%) Lead
4 27 (7.07%) Network Engineer
5 26 (6.81%) Architect
6 23 (6.02%) Data Analyst
7 20 (5.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (5.24%) Quality Analyst
7 20 (5.24%) Service Analyst
7 20 (5.24%) Support Engineer
8 19 (4.97%) Data Quality Analyst
9 17 (4.45%) Consultant
9 17 (4.45%) IT Support
10 16 (4.19%) Developer
10 16 (4.19%) Service Desk Analyst
11 15 (3.93%) Infrastructure Support
11 15 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.40%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (2.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.14%) XML
2 8 (2.09%) .NET
3 5 (1.31%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.31%) React
4 4 (1.05%) Kafka
4 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.05%) OAuth
4 4 (1.05%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.05%) OpenID
4 4 (1.05%) REST
4 4 (1.05%) SAML
5 3 (0.79%) HTML
5 3 (0.79%) JSON
5 3 (0.79%) Spring
5 3 (0.79%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.26%) Laravel
7 1 (0.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.71%) Data Centre
2 17 (4.45%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.19%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.93%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.40%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.62%) CMDB
7 10 (2.62%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.62%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.36%) NHS
9 8 (2.09%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.83%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.57%) Clustering
11 6 (1.57%) Life Science
12 5 (1.31%) IoT
12 5 (1.31%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.05%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 72 (18.85%) Windows
2 34 (8.90%) Windows Server
3 23 (6.02%) Linux
4 5 (1.31%) Debian
4 5 (1.31%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.31%) Unix
4 5 (1.31%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.52%) VMS
6 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.26%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (20.42%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (17.28%) Agile
3 57 (14.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (14.14%) ITIL
5 48 (12.57%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (12.57%) Validation
6 43 (11.26%) Migration
7 34 (8.90%) DevOps
8 33 (8.64%) Project Delivery
9 29 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (7.33%) Customer Service
11 27 (7.07%) Business Intelligence
11 27 (7.07%) Project Management
11 27 (7.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (6.81%) Incident Management
13 25 (6.54%) Computer Science
13 25 (6.54%) ERP
14 24 (6.28%) Business Analysis
14 24 (6.28%) Incident Response
14 24 (6.28%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (16.49%) SQL
2 34 (8.90%) Python
3 27 (7.07%) PowerShell
4 18 (4.71%) C#
5 12 (3.14%) Java
6 11 (2.88%) Bash
7 9 (2.36%) C
7 9 (2.36%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.57%) PHP
8 6 (1.57%) VBA
9 3 (0.79%) Perl
9 3 (0.79%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.52%) Bicep
10 2 (0.52%) C++
10 2 (0.52%) Go
11 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.26%) R
11 1 (0.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 88 (23.04%) Degree
2 51 (13.35%) Security Cleared
3 35 (9.16%) SC Cleared
4 29 (7.59%) Cisco Certification
5 24 (6.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (6.28%) CCNP
6 23 (6.02%) CISSP
7 18 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (4.19%) CISM
8 16 (4.19%) DV Cleared
8 16 (4.19%) Numerate Degree
9 12 (3.14%) CCIE
10 10 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.09%) CCNA
12 7 (1.83%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.83%) CCSA
12 7 (1.83%) CCSE
12 7 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (1.83%) HNC
13 5 (1.31%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.69%) Data Quality
2 35 (9.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.45%) GDPR
4 15 (3.93%) NIST
5 13 (3.40%) ISO 9001
5 13 (3.40%) SLA
6 12 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (3.14%) QA
7 8 (2.09%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (2.09%) SOC 2
8 7 (1.83%) MiFID
8 7 (1.83%) PMO
9 5 (1.31%) GRC
10 4 (1.05%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.52%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.52%) UCITS
12 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 59 (15.45%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.76%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.83%) Firmware
5 6 (1.57%) Docker
6 5 (1.31%) Kamailio
6 5 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.26%) Ceph
8 1 (0.26%) Lustre
8 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 17 (4.45%) SCCM
2 14 (3.66%) Terraform
3 13 (3.40%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.83%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (1.31%) Ansible
6 5 (1.31%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.31%) Nagios
7 4 (1.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (1.05%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.79%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.79%) Grafana
8 3 (0.79%) Nessus
9 2 (0.52%) Kibana
9 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.26%) Argo
10 1 (0.26%) cPanel
10 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 130 (34.03%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.33%) Cisco
2 28 (7.33%) VMware
3 18 (4.71%) Oracle
4 13 (3.40%) CheckPoint
4 13 (3.40%) F5
5 12 (3.14%) SolarWinds
6 9 (2.36%) Fortinet
7 8 (2.09%) Juniper
7 8 (2.09%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.83%) Blue Prism
8 7 (1.83%) Citrix
8 7 (1.83%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.83%) Pega
8 7 (1.83%) Qualys
8 7 (1.83%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.83%) Veeam
9 6 (1.57%) Intapp
10 5 (1.31%) Carbon Black
10 5 (1.31%) Darktrace