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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 322 504
Rank change year-on-year -73 +182 -97
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 436 356 245
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.43% 0.83% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.93% 1.20% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 285 249 148
10th Percentile £34,850 £32,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -17.69% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £79,000 £87,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £52,250 £54,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.24% -13.60% +9.65%

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 46,846 29,547 39,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.73% 68.57% 57.51%
Number of salaries quoted 29,905 15,683 20,547
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,831
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £56,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.13% -6.67%

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 20 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 20 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
South East -14 96 £50,000 -16.67% 95
London -93 94 £65,000 -5.45% 211
North of England -59 80 £52,500 +23.53% 65
South West -18 70 £42,500 +6.25% 32
Midlands -47 59 £55,000 +22.22% 48
North West +2 54 £55,000 +38.36% 35
West Midlands -43 40 £51,500 +0.10% 34
East of England -24 34 £55,000 +1.85% 37
Yorkshire -52 22 £57,500 +35.29% 22
East Midlands -38 19 £60,000 +41.18% 14
North East -61 4 £42,500 +70.00% 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 36 (8.26%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (4.13%) Confluence
4 11 (2.52%) IIS
5 5 (1.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 34 (7.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.44%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.15%) CorelDRAW
6 4 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.61%) SAP CO
1 7 (1.61%) SAP FI
1 7 (1.61%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (1.15%) Infor CloudSuite
2 5 (1.15%) Infor LN
2 5 (1.15%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.69%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.69%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.46%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.23%) C-CURE
6 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 118 (27.06%) Azure
2 76 (17.43%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (11.93%) Power Platform
4 45 (10.32%) AWS
5 44 (10.09%) Entra ID
6 31 (7.11%) SaaS
7 20 (4.59%) Power Automate
8 13 (2.98%) GitHub
9 12 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (2.29%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (2.29%) PowerApps
11 9 (2.06%) dbt
12 8 (1.83%) Azure Stack
12 8 (1.83%) GCP
13 7 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (1.61%) Boomi
13 7 (1.61%) Lucidchart
13 7 (1.61%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 59 (13.53%) Firewall
2 48 (11.01%) VPN
3 46 (10.55%) DNS
4 31 (7.11%) TCP/IP
5 28 (6.42%) DHCP
6 24 (5.50%) Network Security
6 24 (5.50%) VLAN
7 22 (5.05%) Wireless
8 21 (4.82%) WAN
9 18 (4.13%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (3.21%) LAN
11 11 (2.52%) BGP
12 10 (2.29%) SD-WAN
13 9 (2.06%) HTTP
13 9 (2.06%) Intrusion Detection
13 9 (2.06%) SAN
14 8 (1.83%) OSPF
14 8 (1.83%) VoIP
15 5 (1.15%) Internet
16 4 (0.92%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (10.32%) Power BI
2 17 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.06%) Metadata
4 7 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.38%) Looker
6 5 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.15%) Big Data
7 4 (0.92%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.92%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.46%) EDMS
8 2 (0.46%) Redis
9 1 (0.23%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.23%) Flink
9 1 (0.23%) GIS
9 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.23%) Parquet
9 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (6.42%) JIRA
2 8 (1.83%) Git
3 5 (1.15%) GitLab
4 4 (0.92%) Postman
5 2 (0.46%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.23%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.23%) Hudson
6 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.23%) JMeter
6 1 (0.23%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.23%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
General
1 236 (54.13%) Social Skills
2 86 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
3 75 (17.20%) Finance
4 44 (10.09%) Manufacturing
5 37 (8.49%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (6.65%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (5.73%) Legal
8 22 (5.05%) Law
9 20 (4.59%) Retail
10 18 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (3.44%) Aerospace
11 15 (3.44%) Banking
12 13 (2.98%) Marketing
13 12 (2.75%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.29%) Public Sector
15 9 (2.06%) Electronics
16 8 (1.83%) Military
17 7 (1.61%) Front Office
18 5 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
19 4 (0.92%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 94 (21.56%) Analyst
2 47 (10.78%) Support Engineer
3 45 (10.32%) Senior
4 40 (9.17%) Consultant
5 37 (8.49%) Support Analyst
6 32 (7.34%) Business Analyst
7 31 (7.11%) IT Support
8 25 (5.73%) Applications Support
8 25 (5.73%) IT Engineer
9 24 (5.50%) Lead
10 23 (5.28%) Architect
11 19 (4.36%) IT Support Engineer
12 17 (3.90%) Systems Support
13 16 (3.67%) Security Engineer
13 16 (3.67%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (3.44%) IT Analyst
14 15 (3.44%) Systems Analyst
14 15 (3.44%) Test Engineer
15 14 (3.21%) Developer
16 13 (2.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.13%) REST
1 18 (4.13%) Terraform
2 8 (1.83%) Middleware
3 7 (1.61%) CSS
3 7 (1.61%) HTML
3 7 (1.61%) Playwright
4 6 (1.38%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.38%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.38%) JSON
4 6 (1.38%) Node.js
4 6 (1.38%) SOAP
4 6 (1.38%) XML
5 5 (1.15%) .NET
5 5 (1.15%) EDI
6 3 (0.69%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.69%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (0.46%) Kafka
7 2 (0.46%) Matplotlib
7 2 (0.46%) React
7 2 (0.46%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.94%) Driving Licence
2 35 (8.03%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.44%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (3.21%) CCTV
4 14 (3.21%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.29%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.83%) Client/Server
6 8 (1.83%) CMDB
6 8 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.83%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.83%) PKI
7 7 (1.61%) IoT
7 7 (1.61%) Replication
8 6 (1.38%) Blog
8 6 (1.38%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.15%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 89 (20.41%) Windows
2 49 (11.24%) Windows Server
3 27 (6.19%) Linux
4 14 (3.21%) Windows 10
5 13 (2.98%) Apple iOS
6 9 (2.06%) CentOS
7 8 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.15%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.15%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.92%) Rocky
10 3 (0.69%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.46%) Android
11 2 (0.46%) VMS
12 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.23%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.23%) Solaris
12 1 (0.23%) Unix
12 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (27.52%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (23.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 63 (14.45%) Agile
4 55 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 54 (12.39%) Business Analysis
6 50 (11.47%) ITIL
7 48 (11.01%) Business Intelligence
8 45 (10.32%) AI
8 45 (10.32%) Root Cause Analysis
9 44 (10.09%) DevOps
10 43 (9.86%) ERP
11 41 (9.40%) Requirements Gathering
12 39 (8.94%) Disaster Recovery
13 38 (8.72%) Project Delivery
13 38 (8.72%) Validation
14 37 (8.49%) Change Management
14 37 (8.49%) Migration
14 37 (8.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 36 (8.26%) Process Improvement
15 36 (8.26%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 97 (22.25%) SQL
2 51 (11.70%) PowerShell
3 37 (8.49%) Python
4 18 (4.13%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.52%) Bash
6 9 (2.06%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (1.61%) C++
7 7 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.15%) C
8 5 (1.15%) C#
8 5 (1.15%) Java
9 4 (0.92%) PHP
10 3 (0.69%) VBA
11 2 (0.46%) ABAP
11 2 (0.46%) Bicep
11 2 (0.46%) Go
11 2 (0.46%) Groovy
11 2 (0.46%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.23%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.23%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 54 (12.39%) Degree
2 51 (11.70%) Security Cleared
3 29 (6.65%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.75%) CCNP
6 10 (2.29%) CCNA
6 10 (2.29%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.06%) HND
8 8 (1.83%) SAP Certification
9 6 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.15%) ACCA
10 5 (1.15%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.15%) CISSP
10 5 (1.15%) HNC
11 4 (0.92%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.92%) CIMA
11 4 (0.92%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.03%) QA
2 26 (5.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (5.50%) Data Quality
4 22 (5.05%) GDPR
5 11 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.29%) SLA
7 9 (2.06%) Accessibility
7 9 (2.06%) NIST
8 8 (1.83%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.15%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.92%) GRC
11 4 (0.92%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.92%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.92%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.23%) COBIT
13 1 (0.23%) NCSC
13 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (10.78%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.73%) Hyper-V
3 23 (5.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.75%) Docker
4 12 (2.75%) Firmware
5 7 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.92%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.92%) vSphere
7 3 (0.69%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.69%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.23%) KVM
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (6.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (3.21%) Ansible
3 12 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (2.52%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.83%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.61%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.92%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.92%) Nagios
8 4 (0.92%) NetBackup
8 4 (0.92%) Podman
8 4 (0.92%) VxRail
9 3 (0.69%) SCCM
10 2 (0.46%) Grafana
10 2 (0.46%) Puppet
11 1 (0.23%) Argo
11 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.23%) QRadar
11 1 (0.23%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 146 (33.49%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.80%) Cisco
3 30 (6.88%) VMware
4 24 (5.50%) SAP
5 20 (4.59%) Fortinet
6 17 (3.90%) ServiceNow
7 14 (3.21%) Salesforce
8 13 (2.98%) Veeam
9 12 (2.75%) Dell
9 12 (2.75%) JD Edwards
9 12 (2.75%) Palo Alto
10 9 (2.06%) Aruba
10 9 (2.06%) Google
11 8 (1.83%) Juniper
12 7 (1.61%) Sophos
13 6 (1.38%) MuleSoft
13 6 (1.38%) Oracle
14 5 (1.15%) Adobe
14 5 (1.15%) Sage
14 5 (1.15%) Splunk