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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 414 392
Rank change year-on-year +77 -22 +81
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 392 189 506
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.53% 0.52% 0.63%
As % of the General category 1.01% 0.74% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 259 121 438
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year - +6.28% -13.75%
75th Percentile £71,875 £67,500 £71,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,250 £51,200
% change year-on-year +1.38% +5.96% -14.67%

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 38,631 25,686 47,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 52.03% 70.13% 59.61%
Number of salaries quoted 21,651 14,239 35,199
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,375 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.93%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 11 April 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 April 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 +37 130 £75,000 +19.05% 49
South East +29 82 £49,000 -10.91% 56
Midlands -26 58 £55,000 +6.91% 39
North of England -33 53 £45,000 +7.14% 29
East of England -5 40 £32,500 -33.33% 25
West Midlands -14 33 £60,000 +16.62% 26
South West -37 28 £45,000 +12.50% 12
North West -14 27 £45,000 -18.18% 19
East Midlands -33 24 £55,000 +13.40% 12
Yorkshire -45 20 £34,000 -19.05% 6
North East -23 6 £45,000 +42.86% 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 23 (5.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (5.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.02%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.02%) IIS
4 3 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.77%) Confluence
5 2 (0.51%) WordPress
6 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 47 (11.99%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.51%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.26%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.51%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.26%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.26%) C-CURE
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
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%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 139 (35.46%) Azure
2 86 (21.94%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (10.46%) Power Platform
4 38 (9.69%) Entra ID
5 36 (9.18%) AWS
6 26 (6.63%) Power Automate
7 24 (6.12%) SaaS
8 16 (4.08%) dbt
9 15 (3.83%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (3.57%) PaaS
11 12 (3.06%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (2.81%) IaaS
12 11 (2.81%) PowerApps
13 10 (2.55%) ChatGPT
13 10 (2.55%) GCP
13 10 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
14 9 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (1.53%) OpenShift
17 4 (1.02%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 44 (11.22%) DNS
2 43 (10.97%) Firewall
3 33 (8.42%) DHCP
4 29 (7.40%) VPN
5 25 (6.38%) TCP/IP
6 22 (5.61%) VLAN
7 17 (4.34%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (3.83%) WAN
9 12 (3.06%) LAN
9 12 (3.06%) Network Security
10 10 (2.55%) VoIP
11 8 (2.04%) NAS
12 7 (1.79%) SAN
13 6 (1.53%) DMZ
14 5 (1.28%) NetScaler
14 5 (1.28%) Reverse Proxy
14 5 (1.28%) STUN
15 4 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (1.02%) Wireless
16 3 (0.77%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.42%) Power BI
2 32 (8.16%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (3.57%) Metadata
4 12 (3.06%) Data Lake
4 12 (3.06%) Metabase
5 6 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.53%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.02%) Big Data
7 4 (1.02%) Metadata Repository
7 4 (1.02%) MySQL
8 3 (0.77%) Looker
8 3 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.51%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.26%) Flink
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (4.08%) Git
2 15 (3.83%) Visual Studio
3 14 (3.57%) JIRA
4 9 (2.30%) GitLab
5 6 (1.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (1.28%) Subversion
7 3 (0.77%) Selenium
8 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.51%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.26%) JMeter
9 1 (0.26%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.26%) Postman
9 1 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
General
1 219 (55.87%) Social Skills
2 80 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (19.39%) Finance
4 35 (8.93%) Retail
5 33 (8.42%) Legal
6 30 (7.65%) Banking
6 30 (7.65%) Manufacturing
7 23 (5.87%) Law
8 19 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (4.34%) Electronics
11 16 (4.08%) Telecoms
12 14 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (2.81%) German Language
14 8 (2.04%) Automotive
14 8 (2.04%) Public Sector
15 7 (1.79%) Advertising
16 6 (1.53%) Billing
17 5 (1.28%) Aerospace
17 5 (1.28%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 78 (19.90%) Analyst
2 53 (13.52%) Senior
3 50 (12.76%) IT Support
4 34 (8.67%) Lead
5 33 (8.42%) Support Analyst
6 31 (7.91%) Architect
7 23 (5.87%) IT Analyst
8 22 (5.61%) Business Analyst
8 22 (5.61%) Support Engineer
9 20 (5.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (4.59%) IT Support Analyst
11 17 (4.34%) Security Engineer
12 16 (4.08%) Financial Analyst
13 15 (3.83%) Systems Analyst
13 15 (3.83%) Systems Engineer
13 15 (3.83%) Systems Support
13 15 (3.83%) Systems Support Analyst
14 14 (3.57%) Consultant
14 14 (3.57%) Project Manager
14 14 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.30%) REST
2 7 (1.79%) .NET
2 7 (1.79%) JSON
3 6 (1.53%) PySpark
4 5 (1.28%) ARM Templates
4 5 (1.28%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.28%) Jinja
4 5 (1.28%) Middleware
4 5 (1.28%) YAML
5 4 (1.02%) SOAP
6 3 (0.77%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.77%) CSS
6 3 (0.77%) HTML
6 3 (0.77%) React
7 2 (0.51%) Kafka
7 2 (0.51%) Laravel
7 2 (0.51%) WPF
7 2 (0.51%) XML
8 1 (0.26%) jQuery
8 1 (0.26%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (4.59%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.08%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.57%) Low-Code
5 13 (3.32%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.32%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.81%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.81%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.30%) Life Science
9 8 (2.04%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.04%) Cloud Native
9 8 (2.04%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.04%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.53%) CCTV
10 6 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.53%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.28%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.28%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 72 (18.37%) Windows
2 51 (13.01%) Windows Server
3 31 (7.91%) Linux
4 7 (1.79%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.28%) Debian
6 5 (1.28%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.28%) VMS
6 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.02%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.02%) CentOS
7 4 (1.02%) Unix
8 1 (0.26%) Android
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (28.32%) Continuous Improvement
2 103 (26.28%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (15.82%) Agile
4 58 (14.80%) ITIL
5 53 (13.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 48 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (10.97%) Change Management
8 42 (10.71%) AI
9 38 (9.69%) Analytics
10 36 (9.18%) Project Delivery
11 35 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
12 32 (8.16%) Incident Management
12 32 (8.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (7.40%) Data Analysis
13 29 (7.40%) ERP
13 29 (7.40%) Process Improvement
14 27 (6.89%) CI/CD
14 27 (6.89%) Customer Service
15 26 (6.63%) Roadmaps
16 25 (6.38%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (15.31%) SQL
2 44 (11.22%) PowerShell
2 44 (11.22%) Python
3 14 (3.57%) Bash
4 12 (3.06%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.55%) C#
6 7 (1.79%) VBA
7 6 (1.53%) C++
7 6 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.53%) PHP
8 5 (1.28%) Java
9 3 (0.77%) Bicep
10 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.26%) ABAP
11 1 (0.26%) C
11 1 (0.26%) Groovy
11 1 (0.26%) R
11 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.26%) VB
11 1 (0.26%) VB6
Qualifications
1 88 (22.45%) Degree
2 42 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.61%) CISSP
5 19 (4.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (3.32%) Azure Certification
6 13 (3.32%) CISM
7 11 (2.81%) CEH
7 11 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.55%) Numerate Degree
9 8 (2.04%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.04%) IIBA
9 8 (2.04%) PMI Certification
9 8 (2.04%) PMP
10 7 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.79%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.28%) CCIE
12 5 (1.28%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.28%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.18%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (5.87%) SLA
4 13 (3.32%) QA
5 9 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.30%) NIST
6 7 (1.79%) GDPR
6 7 (1.79%) GRC
6 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (1.53%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (1.02%) MiFID
9 4 (1.02%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.77%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.77%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.51%) NCSC
System Software
1 68 (17.35%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.06%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.04%) Docker
5 6 (1.53%) vSphere
6 5 (1.28%) Firmware
6 5 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.77%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.77%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.51%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.26%) Ceph
9 1 (0.26%) KVM
9 1 (0.26%) Lustre
9 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.26%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 14 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (3.57%) Terraform
2 11 (2.81%) SCCM
2 11 (2.81%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (2.55%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (1.53%) Ansible
4 6 (1.53%) Nagios
4 6 (1.53%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.28%) Backup Exec
5 5 (1.28%) ZABBIX
6 4 (1.02%) Grafana
6 4 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.02%) SolarWinds Orion
7 3 (0.77%) cPanel
7 3 (0.77%) Plesk
8 2 (0.51%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.51%) Nessus
8 2 (0.51%) Netcool
8 2 (0.51%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 129 (32.91%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.16%) VMware
3 22 (5.61%) Cisco
4 19 (4.85%) Citrix
4 19 (4.85%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.08%) SAP
6 13 (3.32%) Pega
6 13 (3.32%) SolarWinds
7 10 (2.55%) iManage
8 9 (2.30%) Alteryx
8 9 (2.30%) Blue Prism
8 9 (2.30%) Databricks
8 9 (2.30%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.30%) UiPath
9 8 (2.04%) Anaplan
9 8 (2.04%) Veeam
10 6 (1.53%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.28%) Epicor
11 5 (1.28%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.28%) NetApp