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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 516 394
Rank change year-on-year +237 -122 +118
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 398 208 320
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.87% 0.35% 0.69%
As % of the General category 1.35% 0.58% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 265 109 269
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,950
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,383 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.49% +14.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,348 £90,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.60% +13.64% -7.56%

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 29,443 35,622 30,274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 64.05% 59.26% 64.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,238 16,963 22,403
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £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 £96,250 £101,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £52,388 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.69% - -

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 19 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 19 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 +96 136 £77,500 +6.90% 172
South East +96 79 £52,000 +30.00% 86
Midlands +84 71 £45,000 - 35
North of England +86 61 £42,500 -17.87% 44
West Midlands +61 41 £52,500 -17.65% 31
East Midlands +38 30 £42,500 +6.25% 3
Yorkshire +32 30 £47,500 -9.52% 11
North West +39 27 £39,750 -22.06% 31
East of England +37 26 £52,500 +30.43% 16
South West +40 19 £55,000 +29.41% 24
North East +5 4 £25,000 -26.47% 3
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 (8.04%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.27%) Confluence
4 2 (0.50%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 61 (15.33%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.77%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.25%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (2.01%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (1.76%) Oracle Cash Management
2 7 (1.76%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.26%) Oracle Assets
4 5 (1.26%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.01%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.75%) Bloomberg AIM
6 3 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.75%) SAP EHS
6 3 (0.75%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.75%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.50%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 123 (30.90%) Azure
2 63 (15.83%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (10.05%) AWS
4 33 (8.29%) Power Platform
5 32 (8.04%) SaaS
6 27 (6.78%) Entra ID
7 20 (5.03%) IaaS
8 16 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (3.52%) PaaS
10 12 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (3.02%) GCP
11 11 (2.76%) GitHub
12 10 (2.51%) PowerApps
13 8 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (2.01%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.76%) OCI
14 7 (1.76%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.51%) iPaaS
16 5 (1.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 49 (12.31%) Firewall
2 35 (8.79%) DNS
3 29 (7.29%) DHCP
4 28 (7.04%) VPN
5 25 (6.28%) TCP/IP
6 22 (5.53%) LAN
7 16 (4.02%) BGP
7 16 (4.02%) VLAN
8 15 (3.77%) Network Security
9 12 (3.02%) OSPF
10 11 (2.76%) WAN
11 8 (2.01%) MPLS
11 8 (2.01%) SAN
12 7 (1.76%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (1.51%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.51%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (1.51%) SD-WAN
13 6 (1.51%) VoIP
13 6 (1.51%) Wireshark
14 5 (1.26%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.78%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.28%) Power BI
3 16 (4.02%) Tableau
4 15 (3.77%) BigQuery
5 8 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.76%) Metadata
7 6 (1.51%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.01%) MySQL
10 3 (0.75%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.75%) CockroachDB
10 3 (0.75%) Metadata Repository
10 3 (0.75%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.50%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.50%) Metabase
11 2 (0.50%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.25%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 16 (4.02%) JIRA
2 4 (1.01%) Postman
3 2 (0.50%) Git
3 2 (0.50%) GitLab
3 2 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.25%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.25%) Zephyr
General
1 201 (50.50%) Social Skills
2 99 (24.87%) Finance
3 72 (18.09%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (11.31%) Legal
5 32 (8.04%) Banking
6 31 (7.79%) Law
7 27 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (5.53%) Manufacturing
9 20 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (5.03%) Retail
10 14 (3.52%) Advertising
10 14 (3.52%) Telecoms
11 12 (3.02%) Back Office
12 10 (2.51%) Public Sector
13 9 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (2.01%) German Language
15 7 (1.76%) Financial Institution
16 5 (1.26%) Marketing
16 5 (1.26%) Publishing
17 4 (1.01%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 108 (27.14%) Analyst
2 60 (15.08%) Senior
3 31 (7.79%) Business Analyst
4 29 (7.29%) Lead
5 27 (6.78%) Architect
5 27 (6.78%) Network Engineer
6 23 (5.78%) Data Analyst
7 21 (5.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (5.28%) Service Analyst
8 20 (5.03%) Quality Analyst
8 20 (5.03%) Support Engineer
9 19 (4.77%) Data Quality Analyst
10 17 (4.27%) Consultant
10 17 (4.27%) Developer
10 17 (4.27%) IT Support
11 16 (4.02%) Service Desk Analyst
12 15 (3.77%) Infrastructure Support
12 15 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (3.27%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.02%) XML
2 8 (2.01%) .NET
3 5 (1.26%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.26%) Kafka
3 5 (1.26%) React
3 5 (1.26%) REST
4 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.01%) OAuth
4 4 (1.01%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.01%) OpenID
4 4 (1.01%) SAML
5 3 (0.75%) HTML
5 3 (0.75%) JSON
5 3 (0.75%) Spring
5 3 (0.75%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.25%) NumPy
7 1 (0.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.52%) Data Centre
2 17 (4.27%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.02%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.02%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (3.27%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.51%) CMDB
6 10 (2.51%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.51%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.51%) NHS
6 10 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.26%) Life Science
8 8 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.01%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.51%) Clustering
10 5 (1.26%) IoT
10 5 (1.26%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.01%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 72 (18.09%) Windows
2 33 (8.29%) Windows Server
3 24 (6.03%) Linux
4 5 (1.26%) Debian
4 5 (1.26%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.26%) Unix
4 5 (1.26%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.50%) VMS
6 1 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.25%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (18.09%) Agile
3 60 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (14.07%) ITIL
5 50 (12.56%) Validation
6 49 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
7 44 (11.06%) Migration
8 35 (8.79%) DevOps
9 34 (8.54%) Project Delivery
10 33 (8.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (7.29%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (7.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 28 (7.04%) Customer Service
12 28 (7.04%) Project Management
13 27 (6.78%) Incident Response
14 26 (6.53%) Change Management
14 26 (6.53%) Computer Science
14 26 (6.53%) ERP
14 26 (6.53%) Incident Management
15 25 (6.28%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 68 (17.09%) SQL
2 35 (8.79%) Python
3 29 (7.29%) PowerShell
4 18 (4.52%) C#
5 13 (3.27%) Java
6 10 (2.51%) Bash
7 9 (2.26%) C
7 9 (2.26%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.51%) PHP
8 6 (1.51%) VBA
9 3 (0.75%) Bicep
9 3 (0.75%) Perl
9 3 (0.75%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.50%) C++
10 2 (0.50%) Go
10 2 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.25%) R
11 1 (0.25%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 93 (23.37%) Degree
2 50 (12.56%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.54%) SC Cleared
4 29 (7.29%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (6.28%) CISSP
6 24 (6.03%) CCNP
7 23 (5.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (4.02%) CISM
9 16 (4.02%) DV Cleared
10 15 (3.77%) Numerate Degree
11 13 (3.27%) CCIE
12 10 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (2.01%) CCSA
13 8 (2.01%) CCSE
14 7 (1.76%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.76%) CCNA
14 7 (1.76%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (1.76%) HNC
15 5 (1.26%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (10.05%) Data Quality
2 36 (9.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.27%) GDPR
4 15 (3.77%) NIST
5 14 (3.52%) SLA
6 13 (3.27%) ISO 9001
7 12 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (3.02%) QA
8 8 (2.01%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (2.01%) SOC 2
9 7 (1.76%) MiFID
9 7 (1.76%) PMO
10 5 (1.26%) GRC
11 4 (1.01%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.50%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.50%) UCITS
13 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 58 (14.57%) Active Directory
2 24 (6.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (5.78%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.76%) Firmware
5 6 (1.51%) Docker
6 5 (1.26%) Kamailio
6 5 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.25%) Ceph
8 1 (0.25%) Lustre
8 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 17 (4.27%) SCCM
2 15 (3.77%) Terraform
3 14 (3.52%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.76%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (1.51%) Ansible
7 5 (1.26%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.01%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (1.01%) CSIRT
8 4 (1.01%) Grafana
8 4 (1.01%) Nagios
9 3 (0.75%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.75%) Nessus
9 3 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.50%) Kibana
11 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.25%) Argo
11 1 (0.25%) cPanel
11 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 134 (33.67%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.29%) Cisco
3 28 (7.04%) VMware
4 19 (4.77%) Oracle
5 14 (3.52%) CheckPoint
5 14 (3.52%) F5
6 11 (2.76%) SolarWinds
7 9 (2.26%) Fortinet
8 8 (2.01%) Juniper
8 8 (2.01%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.01%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.76%) Blue Prism
9 7 (1.76%) Pega
9 7 (1.76%) Qualys
9 7 (1.76%) Veeam
10 6 (1.51%) Citrix
10 6 (1.51%) iManage
10 6 (1.51%) Intapp
11 5 (1.26%) Darktrace