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

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	361	330	509
Rank change year-on-year	-31	+179	-97
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills	496	342	210
As % of all permanent jobs in England	0.47%	0.80%	0.34%
As % of the General category	1.02%	1.18%	0.58%
Number of salaries quoted	338	236	114
10^th Percentile	£34,925	£32,750	£37,500
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£41,250	£45,912
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,886	£54,000	£64,000
Median % change year-on-year	-3.91%	-15.63%	+11.30%
75^th Percentile	£63,438	£75,625	£73,750
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£87,500	£87,348
UK median annual salary	£51,500	£54,000	£62,500
% change year-on-year	-4.63%	-13.60%	+13.64%

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 citing general skills in England.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	48,750	28,971	35,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England	45.80%	67.44%	58.60%
Number of salaries quoted	31,329	16,033	17,565
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£32,000
25^th Percentile	£39,000	£35,000	£42,608
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£52,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+4.76%	-12.50%	-
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£75,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£96,450	£97,500	£101,250
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,000	£59,563
% change year-on-year	+5.77%	-12.70%	-0.73%

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 Salary Trend in England

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 26 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 26 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
London	-68	112	£61,000	-21.29%	30
South East	-21	100	£50,000	-7.41%	29
North of England	-45	95	£51,636	+21.50%	21
South West	-6	85	£45,000	-18.18%	15
Midlands	-61	65	£52,500	+16.67%	22
North West	-6	63	£55,000	+48.65%	16
West Midlands	-38	43	£51,500	+3.00%	15
East of England	-29	35	£55,000	+0.92%	9
Yorkshire	-39	24	£57,500	+21.05%	4
East Midlands	-44	22	£57,500	+35.29%	7
North East	-69	8	£29,500	+18.00%	1
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Documentation Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 October 2026, job vacancies citing Documentation Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region citing Documentation Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	34.1%	169
2	Problem-Solving	33.3%	165
3	Azure	30.0%	149
4	Continuous Improvement	23.8%	118
5	Windows	19.4%	96
6	SQL	19.2%	95
7	Microsoft 365	17.3%	86
8	Agile	16.7%	83
9	Stakeholder Management	15.9%	79
10	Business Analysis	13.3%	66
11	Power Platform	12.3%	61
12	AI	12.1%	60
12	Requirements Gathering	12.1%	60
14	Active Directory	11.9%	59
14	Firewall	11.9%	59
14	PowerShell	11.9%	59
17	Business Intelligence	11.1%	55
17	Degree	11.1%	55
17	Security Cleared	11.1%	55
20	Entra ID	10.9%	54
21	Stakeholder Engagement	10.7%	53
22	Power BI	10.5%	52
22	Process Improvement	10.5%	52
24	AWS	10.3%	51
25	Windows Server	10.1%	50
26	DevOps	9.7%	48
26	VPN	9.7%	48
28	DNS	9.5%	47
28	Migration	9.5%	47
28	User Acceptance Testing	9.5%	47

Documentation Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	57.7%	286
2	Analytical Skills	21.6%	107
3	Finance	14.9%	74
4	Manufacturing	9.9%	49
5	Organisational Skills	8.7%	43
6	Legal	6.7%	33
7	Presentation Skills	6.5%	32
8	Law	4.2%	21
9	Aerospace	4.0%	20
10	Banking	3.6%	18
11	Public Sector	3.4%	17
12	Inclusion and Diversity	3.2%	16
13	Retail	3.0%	15
14	Marketing	2.8%	14
15	Electronics	2.2%	11
16	Influencing Skills	1.8%	9
17	Investment Banking	1.6%	8
17	Telecoms	1.6%	8
19	Military	1.4%	7
20	Automotive	1.2%	6