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 11 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 331 526
Rank change year-on-year -45 +195 -115
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 466 347 217
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.81% 0.34%
As % of the General category 0.98% 1.18% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 314 239 123
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £54,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -16.92% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £88,300
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -16.92% +14.04%

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 47,449 29,508 37,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.64% 68.57% 58.52%
Number of salaries quoted 30,385 15,734 18,520
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £59,063
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -9.10% -1.56%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 -69 98 £62,000 -20.00% 163
South East -17 96 £50,000 -7.83% 80
North of England -43 89 £51,772 +21.82% 58
South West -4 84 £43,000 +7.50% 35
Midlands -46 62 £52,000 +15.56% 45
North West +10 59 £55,000 +48.65% 39
West Midlands -41 41 £51,500 -5.07% 33
East of England -30 34 £55,000 - 31
Yorkshire -55 22 £57,500 +21.05% 13
East Midlands -34 21 £55,000 +29.41% 12
North East -63 8 £29,500 +18.00% 6
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 34 (7.30%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.15%) Confluence
3 18 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.36%) IIS
5 5 (1.07%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 34 (7.30%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (6.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.43%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.07%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.43%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.50%) SAP CO
1 7 (1.50%) SAP FI
1 7 (1.50%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (1.07%) Infor CloudSuite
2 5 (1.07%) Infor LN
2 5 (1.07%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.64%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.64%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.43%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.21%) C-CURE
6 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.21%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 129 (27.68%) Azure
2 71 (15.24%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (12.02%) Power Platform
4 48 (10.30%) AWS
5 44 (9.44%) Entra ID
6 34 (7.30%) SaaS
7 22 (4.72%) Power Automate
8 13 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (2.79%) GitHub
9 12 (2.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (2.36%) GCP
10 11 (2.36%) n8n
10 11 (2.36%) Zapier
11 9 (1.93%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.93%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.72%) Azure Stack
13 7 (1.50%) Boomi
13 7 (1.50%) Lucidchart
13 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 57 (12.23%) Firewall
2 49 (10.52%) VPN
3 45 (9.66%) DNS
4 35 (7.51%) TCP/IP
5 29 (6.22%) DHCP
6 25 (5.36%) Network Security
6 25 (5.36%) Wireless
7 24 (5.15%) VLAN
8 21 (4.51%) WAN
9 16 (3.43%) LAN
10 15 (3.22%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (2.58%) BGP
11 12 (2.58%) SD-WAN
12 11 (2.36%) SAN
13 9 (1.93%) HTTP
13 9 (1.93%) Intrusion Detection
13 9 (1.93%) OSPF
14 4 (0.86%) VoIP
14 4 (0.86%) VSAN
15 3 (0.64%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (10.73%) Power BI
2 18 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.93%) Big Data
4 8 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.50%) Metadata
6 6 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.07%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.86%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.64%) Looker
10 2 (0.43%) EDMS
10 2 (0.43%) Redis
11 1 (0.21%) Airbyte
11 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.21%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.21%) GIS
11 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.21%) Power Query
11 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (7.30%) JIRA
2 8 (1.72%) Git
3 5 (1.07%) GitLab
4 4 (0.86%) Postman
5 2 (0.43%) PowerBuilder
5 2 (0.43%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.21%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.21%) Hudson
6 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
General
1 260 (55.79%) Social Skills
2 96 (20.60%) Analytical Skills
3 74 (15.88%) Finance
4 48 (10.30%) Manufacturing
5 38 (8.15%) Organisational Skills
6 31 (6.65%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (6.01%) Legal
8 19 (4.08%) Law
9 18 (3.86%) Aerospace
10 17 (3.65%) Banking
11 15 (3.22%) Retail
12 14 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (2.79%) Marketing
14 12 (2.58%) Public Sector
15 10 (2.15%) Electronics
15 10 (2.15%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.50%) Military
17 6 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (1.29%) Investment Banking
18 5 (1.07%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 99 (21.24%) Analyst
2 48 (10.30%) Support Engineer
3 45 (9.66%) Senior
4 43 (9.23%) Consultant
5 39 (8.37%) Business Analyst
6 31 (6.65%) Support Analyst
7 27 (5.79%) Applications Support
8 26 (5.58%) IT Support
9 24 (5.15%) IT Engineer
10 22 (4.72%) Architect
10 22 (4.72%) Lead
11 19 (4.08%) Security Engineer
11 19 (4.08%) Systems Support
11 19 (4.08%) Test Engineer
12 18 (3.86%) IT Support Engineer
13 16 (3.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (3.43%) IT Analyst
14 15 (3.22%) Systems Analyst
15 14 (3.00%) Developer
16 13 (2.79%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.29%) REST
2 19 (4.08%) Terraform
3 11 (2.36%) Playwright
4 8 (1.72%) JSON
4 8 (1.72%) Middleware
4 8 (1.72%) XML
5 7 (1.50%) .NET
5 7 (1.50%) CSS
5 7 (1.50%) HTML
6 6 (1.29%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.29%) ARM Templates
6 6 (1.29%) Node.js
6 6 (1.29%) SOAP
7 5 (1.07%) EDI
8 3 (0.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 3 (0.64%) Matplotlib
8 3 (0.64%) NumPy
8 3 (0.64%) Pandas
8 3 (0.64%) SAML
8 3 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 48 (10.30%) Driving Licence
2 34 (7.30%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.86%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.22%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (3.00%) CCTV
5 14 (3.00%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.72%) PKI
8 8 (1.72%) Replication
9 7 (1.50%) IoT
9 7 (1.50%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.29%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.07%) CMDB
11 5 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.07%) Online Gambling
11 5 (1.07%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 88 (18.88%) Windows
2 48 (10.30%) Windows Server
3 29 (6.22%) Linux
4 13 (2.79%) Apple iOS
5 11 (2.36%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.93%) CentOS
7 8 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.50%) macOS
9 6 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (1.07%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.86%) Rocky
12 3 (0.64%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.43%) Android
13 2 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.43%) VMS
13 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.21%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.21%) Solaris
14 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (32.40%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (22.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 72 (15.45%) Agile
4 65 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (12.66%) Business Analysis
6 53 (11.37%) Business Intelligence
7 50 (10.73%) AI
7 50 (10.73%) Requirements Gathering
8 46 (9.87%) Migration
8 46 (9.87%) Workflow
9 45 (9.66%) DevOps
9 45 (9.66%) ITIL
10 44 (9.44%) Root Cause Analysis
11 43 (9.23%) User Acceptance Testing
11 43 (9.23%) Validation
12 42 (9.01%) Disaster Recovery
12 42 (9.01%) ERP
12 42 (9.01%) Process Improvement
13 41 (8.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 40 (8.58%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 96 (20.60%) SQL
2 52 (11.16%) PowerShell
3 39 (8.37%) Python
4 16 (3.43%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.36%) Bash
6 10 (2.15%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.29%) C#
9 5 (1.07%) C
9 5 (1.07%) C++
9 5 (1.07%) Java
10 4 (0.86%) Ladder Logic
10 4 (0.86%) PHP
10 4 (0.86%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.43%) ABAP
11 2 (0.43%) Bicep
11 2 (0.43%) Go
11 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 56 (12.02%) Security Cleared
2 52 (11.16%) Degree
3 36 (7.73%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.79%) CCNP
7 11 (2.36%) CCNA
8 9 (1.93%) HND
8 9 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.72%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.72%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.72%) SAP Certification
10 6 (1.29%) CISSP
10 6 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.07%) ACCA
11 5 (1.07%) HNC
12 4 (0.86%) CIMA
13 3 (0.64%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.01%) QA
2 34 (7.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (6.22%) GDPR
4 25 (5.36%) Data Quality
5 15 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (3.22%) NIST
6 9 (1.93%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.72%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.29%) SLA
9 5 (1.07%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.07%) Software Quality Assurance
10 4 (0.86%) GRC
10 4 (0.86%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.86%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.21%) COBIT
12 1 (0.21%) GMP
12 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 49 (10.52%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.79%) Hyper-V
3 21 (4.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.79%) Docker
5 11 (2.36%) Firmware
6 8 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.07%) vSphere
8 4 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.86%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.21%) KVM
9 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (6.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.43%) Ansible
3 14 (3.00%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (2.79%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.93%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (1.50%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.86%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (0.86%) Nagios
7 4 (0.86%) NetBackup
7 4 (0.86%) Podman
7 4 (0.86%) VxRail
8 2 (0.43%) Puppet
8 2 (0.43%) SCCM
9 1 (0.21%) Autotask
9 1 (0.21%) Grafana
9 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.21%) QRadar
9 1 (0.21%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 148 (31.76%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.73%) Cisco
3 28 (6.01%) VMware
4 24 (5.15%) SAP
5 21 (4.51%) Fortinet
6 17 (3.65%) ServiceNow
7 16 (3.43%) Google
8 14 (3.00%) Salesforce
8 14 (3.00%) Veeam
9 13 (2.79%) Dell
10 12 (2.58%) JD Edwards
10 12 (2.58%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.93%) Aruba
12 8 (1.72%) Juniper
13 7 (1.50%) Oracle
14 6 (1.29%) MuleSoft
15 5 (1.07%) Adobe
15 5 (1.07%) EMC
15 5 (1.07%) Infor
15 5 (1.07%) Splunk