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 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 513 417
Rank change year-on-year +197 -96 +114
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 358 209 307
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.83% 0.34% 0.63%
As % of the General category 1.24% 0.58% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 244 113 250
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,975
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £65,000 £55,148
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +17.87% -4.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,348 £90,125
UK median annual salary £54,000 £64,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.63% +16.36% -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 28,912 35,810 31,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 67.06% 58.61% 65.04%
Number of salaries quoted 16,292 17,505 23,383
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,750 £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 £97,500 £101,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £52,200 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% - -

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 +75 114 £76,250 +5.17% 91
South East +82 71 £53,500 +12.63% 95
Midlands +73 65 £45,000 - 24
North of England +40 64 £42,500 -17.87% 31
West Midlands +60 35 £50,000 -23.08% 17
Yorkshire +28 33 £47,500 -9.52% 8
East Midlands +30 30 £42,500 +6.25% 6
North West +11 27 £39,750 -17.52% 19
East of England +34 22 £54,000 +34.16% 25
South West +46 16 £56,000 +31.76% 22
North East +19 4 £25,000 -26.47% 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 29 (8.10%) SharePoint
2 24 (6.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.63%) Confluence
4 2 (0.56%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 57 (15.92%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.91%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.28%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (2.23%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (1.96%) Oracle Cash Management
2 7 (1.96%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.40%) Oracle Assets
4 5 (1.40%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.12%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.84%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.84%) SAP EHS
6 3 (0.84%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.84%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.56%) Bloomberg AIM
7 2 (0.56%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.28%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 107 (29.89%) Azure
2 57 (15.92%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (9.78%) AWS
4 32 (8.94%) SaaS
5 27 (7.54%) Power Platform
6 21 (5.87%) Entra ID
7 19 (5.31%) IaaS
8 16 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (3.35%) GCP
10 12 (3.35%) PaaS
11 11 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.07%) GitHub
12 9 (2.51%) PowerApps
13 8 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.96%) OCI
15 6 (1.68%) iPaaS
15 6 (1.68%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.68%) Power Automate
16 5 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (12.57%) Firewall
2 32 (8.94%) DNS
3 30 (8.38%) DHCP
4 25 (6.98%) TCP/IP
4 25 (6.98%) VPN
5 20 (5.59%) LAN
6 17 (4.75%) BGP
7 16 (4.47%) VLAN
8 15 (4.19%) Network Security
9 13 (3.63%) OSPF
10 10 (2.79%) WAN
11 9 (2.51%) MPLS
12 7 (1.96%) Ethernet VPN
12 7 (1.96%) SAN
13 6 (1.68%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.68%) SD-WAN
13 6 (1.68%) VoIP
13 6 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (1.68%) Wireshark
14 5 (1.40%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.70%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.75%) Power BI
3 16 (4.47%) Tableau
4 15 (4.19%) BigQuery
5 7 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.68%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.12%) MySQL
9 3 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.84%) CockroachDB
9 3 (0.84%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.56%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.28%) DB2
11 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.28%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 16 (4.47%) JIRA
2 4 (1.12%) Postman
3 2 (0.56%) Git
3 2 (0.56%) GitLab
3 2 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 171 (47.77%) Social Skills
2 86 (24.02%) Finance
3 61 (17.04%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.34%) Legal
5 29 (8.10%) Law
6 28 (7.82%) Banking
7 26 (7.26%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (6.15%) Manufacturing
9 19 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (4.47%) Retail
11 13 (3.63%) Advertising
11 13 (3.63%) Telecoms
12 11 (3.07%) Back Office
13 10 (2.79%) Public Sector
14 8 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.96%) Financial Institution
16 5 (1.40%) German Language
16 5 (1.40%) Marketing
16 5 (1.40%) Publishing
17 4 (1.12%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 99 (27.65%) Analyst
2 52 (14.53%) Senior
3 27 (7.54%) Network Engineer
4 26 (7.26%) Architect
4 26 (7.26%) Business Analyst
5 23 (6.42%) Data Analyst
6 22 (6.15%) Lead
7 20 (5.59%) Quality Analyst
8 19 (5.31%) Data Quality Analyst
8 19 (5.31%) Service Analyst
9 18 (5.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 18 (5.03%) Support Engineer
10 17 (4.75%) Consultant
11 16 (4.47%) Developer
11 16 (4.47%) Service Desk Analyst
12 15 (4.19%) Infrastructure Support
13 14 (3.91%) IT Support
14 13 (3.63%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (3.07%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.07%) XML
2 8 (2.23%) .NET
3 5 (1.40%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.40%) React
4 4 (1.12%) Kafka
4 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.12%) OAuth
4 4 (1.12%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.12%) OpenID
4 4 (1.12%) SAML
5 3 (0.84%) HTML
5 3 (0.84%) REST
5 3 (0.84%) Spring
5 3 (0.84%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.56%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.28%) Laravel
7 1 (0.28%) WebRTC
7 1 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.31%) Data Centre
2 15 (4.19%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.91%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.35%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.79%) CMDB
6 10 (2.79%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.79%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.51%) NHS
7 9 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.68%) Clustering
10 5 (1.40%) IoT
10 5 (1.40%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.12%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.12%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 71 (19.83%) Windows
2 33 (9.22%) Windows Server
3 23 (6.42%) Linux
4 5 (1.40%) Debian
4 5 (1.40%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.40%) Unix
5 3 (0.84%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (17.04%) Agile
3 47 (13.13%) ITIL
3 47 (13.13%) Validation
4 46 (12.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (11.73%) Migration
6 41 (11.45%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (9.50%) DevOps
7 34 (9.50%) Project Delivery
8 27 (7.54%) Incident Management
8 27 (7.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (7.26%) Project Management
10 25 (6.98%) Business Intelligence
11 24 (6.70%) Computer Science
11 24 (6.70%) Customer Service
11 24 (6.70%) ERP
11 24 (6.70%) Inventory Management
12 23 (6.42%) Business Analysis
12 23 (6.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (6.15%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (16.48%) SQL
2 33 (9.22%) Python
3 25 (6.98%) PowerShell
4 18 (5.03%) C#
5 12 (3.35%) Java
6 10 (2.79%) Bash
7 9 (2.51%) C
7 9 (2.51%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.68%) PHP
8 6 (1.68%) VBA
9 3 (0.84%) Perl
9 3 (0.84%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.56%) Bicep
10 2 (0.56%) Go
11 1 (0.28%) C++
11 1 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 75 (20.95%) Degree
2 52 (14.53%) Security Cleared
3 35 (9.78%) SC Cleared
4 29 (8.10%) Cisco Certification
5 24 (6.70%) CCNP
6 23 (6.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (5.03%) DV Cleared
8 17 (4.75%) CISSP
8 17 (4.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (4.19%) Numerate Degree
10 12 (3.35%) CISM
11 11 (3.07%) CCIE
12 8 (2.23%) CCNA
12 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.96%) HNC
14 6 (1.68%) CCSA
14 6 (1.68%) CCSE
15 5 (1.40%) CISA
15 5 (1.40%) MCP
15 5 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (7.82%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.75%) GDPR
4 13 (3.63%) ISO 9001
4 13 (3.63%) NIST
5 12 (3.35%) QA
6 11 (3.07%) SLA
7 9 (2.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.51%) SOC 2
8 7 (1.96%) PMO
9 6 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.68%) GRC
10 5 (1.40%) MiFID
11 4 (1.12%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.56%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.56%) UCITS
13 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (15.36%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.87%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.96%) Firmware
5 6 (1.68%) Docker
6 5 (1.40%) Kamailio
6 5 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.28%) Ceph
8 1 (0.28%) Lustre
8 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (4.19%) SCCM
2 13 (3.63%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.63%) Terraform
3 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.96%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (1.40%) Ansible
5 5 (1.40%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.40%) Nagios
6 4 (1.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (1.12%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.84%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.84%) Grafana
8 2 (0.56%) Kibana
9 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.28%) Argo
9 1 (0.28%) cPanel
9 1 (0.28%) Netcool
9 1 (0.28%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.28%) Plesk
9 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 123 (34.36%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.10%) VMware
3 28 (7.82%) Cisco
4 18 (5.03%) Oracle
5 13 (3.63%) CheckPoint
5 13 (3.63%) F5
6 11 (3.07%) SolarWinds
7 10 (2.79%) Fortinet
8 8 (2.23%) Citrix
8 8 (2.23%) Juniper
8 8 (2.23%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.96%) Blue Prism
9 7 (1.96%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.96%) Pega
9 7 (1.96%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.96%) Veeam
10 5 (1.40%) Arista
10 5 (1.40%) Darktrace
10 5 (1.40%) Intapp
10 5 (1.40%) Meraki