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 9 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 348 469
Rank change year-on-year -25 +121 -43
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 442 344 314
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.79% 0.44%
As % of the General category 1.02% 1.14% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 286 241 238
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £64,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -3.51%

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 43,377 30,215 41,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.45% 69.02% 57.19%
Number of salaries quoted 27,727 16,124 25,308
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +28 108 £50,000 -33.33% 64
London -86 94 £70,000 +7.69% 99
North of England -30 81 £55,000 +29.41% 43
Midlands -16 63 £55,000 +29.41% 24
South West -24 54 £42,500 +6.25% 21
North West +19 53 £55,000 +29.41% 27
East of England -19 39 £52,500 -1.41% 19
West Midlands -25 39 £54,500 +9.00% 14
East Midlands -17 24 £60,000 +54.84% 10
Yorkshire -53 23 £55,000 +29.41% 12
North East -52 5 £45,000 +80.00% 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 39 (8.82%) SharePoint
2 30 (6.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.94%) IIS
4 12 (2.71%) Confluence
5 5 (1.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 39 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.13%) CorelDRAW
6 4 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.45%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.45%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.81%) SAP CO
1 8 (1.81%) SAP FI
1 8 (1.81%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (1.13%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.90%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.90%) Infor CloudSuite
3 4 (0.90%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.45%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.45%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.23%) C-CURE
5 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 119 (26.92%) Azure
2 88 (19.91%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (9.95%) Entra ID
4 43 (9.73%) AWS
5 40 (9.05%) Power Platform
6 29 (6.56%) SaaS
7 15 (3.39%) Power Automate
8 14 (3.17%) GitHub
9 12 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (2.49%) dbt
11 9 (2.04%) Azure Stack
11 9 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (2.04%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.58%) Boomi
13 7 (1.58%) Lucidchart
14 6 (1.36%) iPaaS
14 6 (1.36%) Mimecast
14 6 (1.36%) OpenShift
14 6 (1.36%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 57 (12.90%) Firewall
2 49 (11.09%) DNS
3 45 (10.18%) VPN
4 31 (7.01%) TCP/IP
5 30 (6.79%) DHCP
6 25 (5.66%) WAN
7 20 (4.52%) VLAN
8 19 (4.30%) Network Security
8 19 (4.30%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (3.62%) Wireless
10 15 (3.39%) LAN
11 10 (2.26%) SD-WAN
12 9 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (2.04%) VoIP
13 8 (1.81%) BGP
13 8 (1.81%) OSPF
13 8 (1.81%) SAN
14 6 (1.36%) HTTP
14 6 (1.36%) NAS
15 4 (0.90%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.24%) Power BI
2 22 (4.98%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.58%) Metadata
4 6 (1.36%) Looker
5 4 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.90%) Metabase
6 3 (0.68%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.45%) EDMS
7 2 (0.45%) Power Query
7 2 (0.45%) Redis
8 1 (0.23%) Flink
8 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.23%) Parquet
8 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.23%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 26 (5.88%) JIRA
2 16 (3.62%) Git
3 14 (3.17%) GitLab
4 5 (1.13%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.90%) Postman
6 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.45%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.23%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.23%) Hudson
7 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.23%) JMeter
7 1 (0.23%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 241 (54.52%) Social Skills
2 87 (19.68%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (16.52%) Finance
4 46 (10.41%) Manufacturing
5 36 (8.14%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (5.88%) Retail
8 23 (5.20%) Law
9 20 (4.52%) Legal
10 18 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (3.85%) Telecoms
12 15 (3.39%) Electronics
13 13 (2.94%) Marketing
14 11 (2.49%) Aerospace
14 11 (2.49%) Public Sector
15 9 (2.04%) Banking
16 7 (1.58%) Front Office
17 6 (1.36%) Military
18 5 (1.13%) Advertising
18 5 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 96 (21.72%) Analyst
2 49 (11.09%) Support Analyst
3 41 (9.28%) Senior
3 41 (9.28%) Support Engineer
4 40 (9.05%) IT Support
5 38 (8.60%) Consultant
6 31 (7.01%) Lead
7 26 (5.88%) Architect
8 25 (5.66%) Applications Support
9 23 (5.20%) Business Analyst
10 21 (4.75%) Systems Engineer
11 20 (4.52%) IT Engineer
12 18 (4.07%) IT Support Engineer
12 18 (4.07%) Security Engineer
12 18 (4.07%) Systems Analyst
13 17 (3.85%) Applications Support Analyst
13 17 (3.85%) IT Analyst
13 17 (3.85%) Systems Support
14 15 (3.39%) Network Engineer
15 14 (3.17%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.94%) REST
2 9 (2.04%) ARM Templates
3 8 (1.81%) Middleware
4 7 (1.58%) SOAP
5 6 (1.36%) JSON
5 6 (1.36%) Node.js
6 5 (1.13%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.13%) CSS
6 5 (1.13%) HTML
6 5 (1.13%) Jinja
6 5 (1.13%) YAML
7 4 (0.90%) EDI
8 3 (0.68%) .NET
8 3 (0.68%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.68%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 2 (0.45%) FreeSWITCH
9 2 (0.45%) Kafka
9 2 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.45%) Playwright
9 2 (0.45%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.92%) Onboarding
2 34 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 16 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (3.39%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.17%) CCTV
6 12 (2.71%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.71%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.04%) PKI
9 8 (1.81%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.81%) CMDB
9 8 (1.81%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.58%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.36%) Blog
12 5 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.13%) IoT
12 5 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (1.13%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 99 (22.40%) Windows
2 55 (12.44%) Windows Server
3 34 (7.69%) Linux
4 14 (3.17%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.71%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (2.49%) CentOS
7 9 (2.04%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.90%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.68%) Android
10 3 (0.68%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.45%) Debian
11 2 (0.45%) Rocky
11 2 (0.45%) Unix
12 1 (0.23%) Solaris
12 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (26.70%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (26.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 60 (13.57%) Agile
4 53 (11.99%) ITIL
5 47 (10.63%) Project Delivery
6 44 (9.95%) Change Management
6 44 (9.95%) ERP
7 42 (9.50%) Business Analysis
8 41 (9.28%) Root Cause Analysis
8 41 (9.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 40 (9.05%) DevOps
10 38 (8.60%) Customer Service
11 36 (8.14%) AI
12 35 (7.92%) Business Intelligence
12 35 (7.92%) CI/CD
13 33 (7.47%) Analytics
13 33 (7.47%) Disaster Recovery
14 30 (6.79%) Cybersecurity
14 30 (6.79%) Information Security
14 30 (6.79%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 93 (21.04%) SQL
2 48 (10.86%) PowerShell
3 47 (10.63%) Python
4 19 (4.30%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.39%) Bash
6 10 (2.26%) C++
7 6 (1.36%) C
7 6 (1.36%) C#
7 6 (1.36%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.36%) PHP
8 5 (1.13%) Java
9 4 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.45%) Bicep
10 2 (0.45%) Go
10 2 (0.45%) Groovy
10 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.45%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.45%) VBA
11 1 (0.23%) VB6
Qualifications
1 63 (14.25%) Degree
2 50 (11.31%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.43%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (2.94%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.71%) HND
6 9 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.81%) CCNA
7 8 (1.81%) CCNP
7 8 (1.81%) CISSP
7 8 (1.81%) SAP Certification
8 7 (1.58%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.13%) ACCA
9 5 (1.13%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.13%) HNC
10 4 (0.90%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.90%) CIMA
10 4 (0.90%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (5.43%) QA
3 18 (4.07%) Data Quality
4 14 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (2.94%) GDPR
6 10 (2.26%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (2.26%) SLA
7 6 (1.36%) ISO 9001
7 6 (1.36%) NIST
7 6 (1.36%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.13%) GRC
8 5 (1.13%) Software Quality Assurance
9 4 (0.90%) ISO 22301
9 4 (0.90%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.68%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.45%) NCSC
11 2 (0.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 62 (14.03%) Active Directory
2 27 (6.11%) Hyper-V
3 21 (4.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.39%) Docker
5 11 (2.49%) Firmware
6 5 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.90%) vSphere
8 3 (0.68%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.68%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.45%) KVM
9 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (6.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.98%) Terraform
3 16 (3.62%) Kubernetes
4 13 (2.94%) Ansible
5 9 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.81%) FortiGate
6 8 (1.81%) Nagios
7 6 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.13%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (1.13%) Podman
8 5 (1.13%) SCCM
8 5 (1.13%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.90%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.68%) Argo
10 3 (0.68%) Puppet
11 2 (0.45%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.45%) Grafana
11 2 (0.45%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.45%) VxRail
12 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 147 (33.26%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.60%) Cisco
3 29 (6.56%) VMware
4 22 (4.98%) SAP
5 21 (4.75%) Fortinet
6 15 (3.39%) ServiceNow
7 14 (3.17%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.49%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.26%) JD Edwards
10 9 (2.04%) Citrix
10 9 (2.04%) Google
10 9 (2.04%) Veeam
11 8 (1.81%) Aruba
11 8 (1.81%) Dell
11 8 (1.81%) Juniper
11 8 (1.81%) Sophos
12 7 (1.58%) MuleSoft
12 7 (1.58%) Splunk
13 6 (1.36%) iManage
13 6 (1.36%) Red Hat