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 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 492 383
Rank change year-on-year +183 -109 +71
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 357 177 413
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.63% 0.38% 0.64%
As % of the General category 1.10% 0.57% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 244 85 374
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,995 £29,575
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,939 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £54,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.80% +13.64% -8.33%

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 32,552 30,993 39,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.23% 67.37% 60.78%
Number of salaries quoted 18,077 14,092 30,203
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.29%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +80 120 £75,875 +4.66% 58
South East +84 78 £49,000 +3.16% 61
Midlands +34 61 £55,000 +5.77% 30
North of England +17 44 £45,000 +4.19% 35
West Midlands +38 33 £60,000 -4.00% 24
East of England +38 28 £30,370 -23.25% 15
East Midlands +13 27 £45,000 -7.22% 6
South West +16 24 £55,000 +74.60% 22
North West +17 21 £45,000 -0.84% 19
Yorkshire 0 20 £34,000 -19.05% 10
North East -4 3 £45,000 +55.17% 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 26 (7.28%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.24%) Confluence
4 4 (1.12%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.56%) IIS
6 2 (0.56%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 57 (15.97%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.08%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.28%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.56%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.28%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.28%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.28%) Postilion
5 1 (0.28%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 132 (36.97%) Azure
2 75 (21.01%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (9.80%) AWS
4 30 (8.40%) Entra ID
4 30 (8.40%) Power Platform
5 23 (6.44%) SaaS
6 19 (5.32%) Power Automate
7 14 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (3.64%) GCP
8 13 (3.64%) PaaS
8 13 (3.64%) PowerApps
9 11 (3.08%) Microsoft Copilot
10 10 (2.80%) ChatGPT
10 10 (2.80%) IaaS
11 9 (2.52%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (2.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.96%) dbt
14 6 (1.68%) iPaaS
14 6 (1.68%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 50 (14.01%) Firewall
2 41 (11.48%) DNS
3 36 (10.08%) DHCP
4 30 (8.40%) TCP/IP
4 30 (8.40%) VPN
5 23 (6.44%) VLAN
6 20 (5.60%) LAN
7 15 (4.20%) WAN
8 14 (3.92%) Network Security
8 14 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (3.08%) BGP
10 10 (2.80%) SAN
11 8 (2.24%) OSPF
11 8 (2.24%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.96%) Wireless
13 6 (1.68%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.68%) Wireshark
14 4 (1.12%) DMZ
14 4 (1.12%) MPLS
14 4 (1.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.28%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.60%) Power BI
3 11 (3.08%) Metadata
4 10 (2.80%) Data Lake
4 10 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.96%) Metabase
6 6 (1.68%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.12%) Big Data
7 4 (1.12%) Metadata Repository
7 4 (1.12%) MySQL
7 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.56%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.56%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (3.36%) JIRA
2 9 (2.52%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.68%) Git
4 5 (1.40%) Subversion
5 4 (1.12%) Postman
6 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.56%) Selenium
7 2 (0.56%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.28%) GitLab
8 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 193 (54.06%) Social Skills
2 80 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (21.57%) Finance
4 36 (10.08%) Legal
5 31 (8.68%) Banking
6 27 (7.56%) Retail
7 20 (5.60%) Law
7 20 (5.60%) Manufacturing
8 19 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.64%) German Language
10 11 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.52%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.24%) Automotive
14 7 (1.96%) Electronics
15 5 (1.40%) Billing
15 5 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.40%) Publishing
16 4 (1.12%) Marketing
16 4 (1.12%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 73 (20.45%) Analyst
2 58 (16.25%) Senior
3 37 (10.36%) IT Support
4 31 (8.68%) Architect
5 25 (7.00%) Business Analyst
5 25 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 23 (6.44%) Lead
7 19 (5.32%) IT Analyst
7 19 (5.32%) Network Engineer
8 18 (5.04%) Support Engineer
9 15 (4.20%) Service Analyst
9 15 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.64%) Security Engineer
10 13 (3.64%) Senior Analyst
11 12 (3.36%) Support Analyst
12 11 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (3.08%) Data Engineer
12 11 (3.08%) Infrastructure Support
12 11 (3.08%) Service Desk Analyst
13 10 (2.80%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.52%) REST
2 7 (1.96%) .NET
3 6 (1.68%) PySpark
4 5 (1.40%) Middleware
5 4 (1.12%) HTML
5 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (1.12%) OAuth
5 4 (1.12%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.12%) OpenID
5 4 (1.12%) React
5 4 (1.12%) SAML
6 3 (0.84%) CSS
6 3 (0.84%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (0.84%) SOAP
6 3 (0.84%) XML
7 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.56%) JSON
7 2 (0.56%) Kafka
7 2 (0.56%) Laravel
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.04%) Onboarding
2 17 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 16 (4.48%) Data Centre
4 15 (4.20%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.64%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.64%) Low-Code
6 12 (3.36%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.08%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.80%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.80%) Mobile App
9 9 (2.52%) Life Science
9 9 (2.52%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.24%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.24%) Clustering
10 8 (2.24%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.68%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.40%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.12%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 65 (18.21%) Windows
2 40 (11.20%) Windows Server
3 17 (4.76%) Linux
4 5 (1.40%) VMS
5 4 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.12%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.84%) Debian
6 3 (0.84%) Unix
7 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (24.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 59 (16.53%) Agile
4 58 (16.25%) ITIL
5 46 (12.89%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
7 34 (9.52%) AI
8 32 (8.96%) Analytics
8 32 (8.96%) Change Management
9 31 (8.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 28 (7.84%) Process Improvement
10 28 (7.84%) Roadmaps
11 27 (7.56%) Data Analysis
11 27 (7.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 25 (7.00%) Project Delivery
13 24 (6.72%) Business Analysis
13 24 (6.72%) ERP
13 24 (6.72%) Generative AI
13 24 (6.72%) Incident Response
13 24 (6.72%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 44 (12.32%) SQL
2 35 (9.80%) PowerShell
3 28 (7.84%) Python
4 11 (3.08%) C#
5 10 (2.80%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.68%) Java
6 6 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (1.68%) VBA
7 5 (1.40%) Bash
8 4 (1.12%) PHP
9 2 (0.56%) Bicep
9 2 (0.56%) C++
9 2 (0.56%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) ABAP
10 1 (0.28%) C
10 1 (0.28%) Perl
10 1 (0.28%) R
10 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (23.53%) Degree
2 34 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 23 (6.44%) CISSP
4 21 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (5.60%) SC Cleared
6 17 (4.76%) CCNP
7 15 (4.20%) CISM
8 13 (3.64%) Azure Certification
9 12 (3.36%) Numerate Degree
10 10 (2.80%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.52%) CCIE
12 8 (2.24%) CEH
12 8 (2.24%) IIBA
12 8 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (2.24%) PMI Certification
12 8 (2.24%) PMP
13 7 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.96%) HNC
14 6 (1.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.40%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.60%) SLA
4 18 (5.04%) GDPR
4 18 (5.04%) QA
5 12 (3.36%) NIST
6 8 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (2.24%) GRC
6 8 (2.24%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.96%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.40%) MiFID
10 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.84%) COBIT
11 3 (0.84%) PMO
12 2 (0.56%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 64 (17.93%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.48%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.40%) Firmware
6 4 (1.12%) Docker
7 3 (0.84%) vSphere
8 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.56%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.28%) Ceph
9 1 (0.28%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.28%) Lustre
9 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.28%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 15 (4.20%) SCCM
2 12 (3.36%) Terraform
3 11 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.68%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.40%) Dell DRAC
6 5 (1.40%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.40%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.40%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.12%) Ansible
7 4 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.84%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.84%) cPanel
8 3 (0.84%) Grafana
8 3 (0.84%) Nagios
8 3 (0.84%) Nessus
8 3 (0.84%) Plesk
8 3 (0.84%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.56%) Netcool
Vendors
1 127 (35.57%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.56%) Cisco
2 27 (7.56%) VMware
3 18 (5.04%) ServiceNow
4 15 (4.20%) SAP
5 13 (3.64%) Citrix
6 12 (3.36%) SolarWinds
6 12 (3.36%) Veeam
7 11 (3.08%) Pega
8 10 (2.80%) CheckPoint
8 10 (2.80%) F5
8 10 (2.80%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.80%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.52%) Alteryx
9 9 (2.52%) UiPath
10 8 (2.24%) Anaplan
10 8 (2.24%) Blue Prism
10 8 (2.24%) Databricks
10 8 (2.24%) Oracle
10 8 (2.24%) Palo Alto