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 15 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 446 411
Rank change year-on-year +95 -35 +49
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 380 197 484
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.51% 0.58%
As % of the General category 0.96% 0.70% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 255 128 413
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,925 £26,050
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,563 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +1.90% -12.50%
75th Percentile £70,375 £70,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% +1.90% -12.50%

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 39,749 28,213 50,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 49.10% 72.42% 59.60%
Number of salaries quoted 22,920 14,203 35,551
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £27,445
25th Percentile £39,422 £40,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 15 May 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 15 May 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
London -9 104 £75,000 +19.05% 61
North of England +19 78 £45,000 +7.14% 24
South East +35 76 £52,500 -19.23% 53
Midlands -10 52 £56,000 +8.85% 18
North West +25 37 £45,000 -23.40% 18
East of England +6 35 £40,000 -15.79% 18
Yorkshire -32 34 £34,000 -19.05% 5
South West -38 30 £37,500 -6.25% 21
West Midlands -26 26 £60,000 +2.56% 16
East Midlands -2 25 £55,000 +25.71% 2
North East -31 7 £45,000 +42.86% 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 22 (5.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.47%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.32%) Confluence
3 5 (1.32%) IIS
4 3 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (11.05%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.53%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.26%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.53%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.53%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.53%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.26%) C-CURE
4 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 117 (30.79%) Azure
2 82 (21.58%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 33 (8.68%) Entra ID
5 25 (6.58%) Power Automate
6 24 (6.32%) AWS
6 24 (6.32%) SaaS
7 17 (4.47%) dbt
8 14 (3.68%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (3.42%) PaaS
10 11 (2.89%) PowerApps
11 10 (2.63%) IaaS
11 10 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (2.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (2.37%) ChatGPT
13 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (1.84%) GCP
15 6 (1.58%) GitHub
15 6 (1.58%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 40 (10.53%) DNS
2 39 (10.26%) Firewall
3 31 (8.16%) DHCP
3 31 (8.16%) VPN
4 24 (6.32%) TCP/IP
5 23 (6.05%) VLAN
6 16 (4.21%) WAN
6 16 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (3.42%) Network Security
8 11 (2.89%) VoIP
9 9 (2.37%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (2.11%) LAN
11 6 (1.58%) BGP
11 6 (1.58%) DMZ
11 6 (1.58%) NAS
11 6 (1.58%) OSPF
12 5 (1.32%) Reverse Proxy
12 5 (1.32%) SAN
12 5 (1.32%) SD-WAN
12 5 (1.32%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.95%) Power BI
2 25 (6.58%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.89%) Data Lake
5 10 (2.63%) Metabase
6 9 (2.37%) Metadata
7 6 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.58%) Looker
7 6 (1.58%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.79%) Big Data
10 3 (0.79%) MySQL
10 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.79%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.53%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (0.53%) Power Query
12 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 20 (5.26%) JIRA
2 17 (4.47%) Git
3 13 (3.42%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.89%) GitLab
5 6 (1.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (1.32%) Subversion
7 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.79%) Selenium
8 2 (0.53%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.53%) Postman
8 2 (0.53%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.26%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.26%) JMeter
9 1 (0.26%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
General
1 204 (53.68%) Social Skills
2 78 (20.53%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (19.21%) Finance
4 30 (7.89%) Manufacturing
5 25 (6.58%) Law
6 24 (6.32%) Retail
7 19 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (4.74%) Telecoms
9 16 (4.21%) Banking
9 16 (4.21%) Electronics
10 15 (3.95%) Legal
11 12 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.11%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.84%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.84%) Automotive
13 7 (1.84%) Front Office
13 7 (1.84%) Marketing
14 6 (1.58%) Billing
14 6 (1.58%) German Language
Job Titles
1 74 (19.47%) Analyst
2 43 (11.32%) IT Support
3 42 (11.05%) Senior
4 40 (10.53%) Support Analyst
5 28 (7.37%) Architect
6 24 (6.32%) Lead
7 23 (6.05%) Systems Engineer
8 22 (5.79%) Security Engineer
9 21 (5.53%) IT Analyst
10 20 (5.26%) Systems Analyst
11 19 (5.00%) Support Engineer
12 17 (4.47%) Business Analyst
12 17 (4.47%) Consultant
12 17 (4.47%) Systems Support
12 17 (4.47%) Systems Support Analyst
13 16 (4.21%) IT Support Analyst
14 15 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (3.95%) Network Engineer
15 13 (3.42%) Financial Analyst
15 13 (3.42%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.11%) REST
2 6 (1.58%) ARM Templates
3 5 (1.32%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.32%) Jinja
3 5 (1.32%) JSON
3 5 (1.32%) PySpark
3 5 (1.32%) YAML
4 4 (1.05%) .NET
4 4 (1.05%) CSS
4 4 (1.05%) HTML
4 4 (1.05%) Middleware
4 4 (1.05%) SOAP
5 3 (0.79%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.79%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.53%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.53%) Node.js
6 2 (0.53%) React
6 2 (0.53%) WPF
7 1 (0.26%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.26%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.58%) Driving Licence
2 16 (4.21%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (4.21%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.95%) CCTV
3 15 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.42%) Low-Code
5 12 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.11%) CMDB
7 7 (1.84%) AI Agents
7 7 (1.84%) Enterprise Cloud
7 7 (1.84%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.58%) Blog
8 6 (1.58%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.58%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (1.58%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.32%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.32%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.32%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 68 (17.89%) Windows
2 49 (12.89%) Windows Server
3 33 (8.68%) Linux
4 8 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.58%) CentOS
5 6 (1.58%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.32%) Debian
7 4 (1.05%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.05%) VMS
7 4 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.79%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.26%) Android
9 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (13.68%) Agile
4 50 (13.16%) ITIL
5 43 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 42 (11.05%) Project Delivery
7 40 (10.53%) Analytics
8 39 (10.26%) Change Management
9 38 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (9.74%) Incident Management
11 36 (9.47%) Cybersecurity
12 35 (9.21%) AI
13 33 (8.68%) CI/CD
14 30 (7.89%) ERP
15 26 (6.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 23 (6.05%) DevOps
17 22 (5.79%) Asset Management
17 22 (5.79%) Data Modelling
17 22 (5.79%) Roadmaps
18 21 (5.53%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (17.37%) SQL
2 47 (12.37%) Python
3 43 (11.32%) PowerShell
4 15 (3.95%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.42%) Bash
6 8 (2.11%) C#
7 6 (1.58%) Java
7 6 (1.58%) PHP
8 5 (1.32%) C++
8 5 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.79%) Bicep
10 2 (0.53%) ABAP
10 2 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.53%) Groovy
10 2 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.26%) C
11 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.26%) VB
11 1 (0.26%) VB6
11 1 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (19.47%) Degree
2 49 (12.89%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.16%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.63%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.11%) CISSP
8 8 (2.11%) Numerate Degree
9 7 (1.84%) CEH
9 7 (1.84%) IIBA
9 7 (1.84%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.84%) PMP
10 6 (1.58%) Chartered Engineer
11 5 (1.32%) CCNP
11 5 (1.32%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.32%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.05%) CCNA
12 4 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.84%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.53%) SLA
3 19 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (3.95%) QA
5 7 (1.84%) NIST
6 6 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.58%) GDPR
6 6 (1.58%) GRC
6 6 (1.58%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (1.05%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.05%) JSP 440
8 4 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.79%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.79%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (0.79%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.53%) NCSC
System Software
1 61 (16.05%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.42%) Docker
4 10 (2.63%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.58%) Firmware
5 6 (1.58%) vSphere
6 4 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.79%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.79%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.53%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.26%) KVM
9 1 (0.26%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 17 (4.47%) Terraform
2 14 (3.68%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.37%) Ansible
4 8 (2.11%) Nagios
4 8 (2.11%) SCCM
4 8 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.58%) FortiGate
5 6 (1.58%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.32%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.32%) ZABBIX
7 4 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.05%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.79%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.79%) Podman
9 2 (0.53%) Argo
9 2 (0.53%) CASB
9 2 (0.53%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.53%) VxRail
Vendors
1 119 (31.32%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.16%) Cisco
2 31 (8.16%) VMware
3 19 (5.00%) SAP
4 18 (4.74%) Citrix
4 18 (4.74%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.63%) SolarWinds
6 9 (2.37%) iManage
6 9 (2.37%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.11%) Alteryx
7 8 (2.11%) Databricks
7 8 (2.11%) Fortinet
7 8 (2.11%) UiPath
8 7 (1.84%) Anaplan
8 7 (1.84%) Veeam
9 6 (1.58%) Pega
9 6 (1.58%) Splunk
10 5 (1.32%) Epicor
10 5 (1.32%) Google
10 5 (1.32%) NetApp