Documentation Skills Job Trends in London

Documentation Skills
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 343 340
Rank change year-on-year +81 -3 +48
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 119 82 145
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.80% 0.54% 0.68%
As % of the General category 1.22% 0.73% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 71 42 126
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,625 £41,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,500 £58,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,750 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.86% +3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £94,235 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,784 11,268 14,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 65.63% 73.92% 65.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5,987 5,862 10,926
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,827 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,495 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,450 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% +4.07% -2.68%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Documentation Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Documentation Skills job vacancy trend in London

Documentation Skills
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Documentation Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Documentation Skills

Documentation Skills
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in London over the 6 months to 3 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in London

Documentation Skills
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Documentation Skills within the London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Central London +45 29 £82,500 +15.79% 12
East London - 4 £77,500 - 2
South London +28 3 £38,500 -46.90% 4
West London - 1 £52,500 - 5
Documentation Skills
England

Documentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 9 (7.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.52%) Confluence
2 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.84%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (8.40%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.84%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.84%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.84%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.84%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 53 (44.54%) Azure
2 23 (19.33%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (16.81%) Power Platform
4 15 (12.61%) AWS
5 14 (11.76%) Power Automate
6 11 (9.24%) Microsoft Copilot
7 10 (8.40%) ChatGPT
8 9 (7.56%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (6.72%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (6.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 8 (6.72%) PaaS
9 8 (6.72%) PowerApps
9 8 (6.72%) SaaS
10 7 (5.88%) dbt
10 7 (5.88%) Entra ID
11 5 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (2.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 2 (1.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (1.68%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.76%) Firewall
1 14 (11.76%) LAN
2 6 (5.04%) Network Security
3 5 (4.20%) WAN
4 4 (3.36%) BGP
4 4 (3.36%) Ethernet VPN
4 4 (3.36%) OSPF
4 4 (3.36%) VPN
4 4 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.52%) NX-OS
6 2 (1.68%) DNS
6 2 (1.68%) Intranet
6 2 (1.68%) Multicast
6 2 (1.68%) Wireless
7 1 (0.84%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.84%) DHCP
7 1 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.84%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.84%) VLAN
7 1 (0.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (15.13%) Power BI
2 10 (8.40%) Data Lake
3 8 (6.72%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (5.88%) Metabase
4 7 (5.88%) SQL Server
5 5 (4.20%) Metadata
6 3 (2.52%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.84%) Big Data
7 1 (0.84%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.84%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.84%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.84%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.84%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.88%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.68%) Git
2 2 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.68%) Selenium
2 2 (1.68%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.84%) Burp Suite
General
1 67 (56.30%) Social Skills
2 55 (46.22%) Finance
3 26 (21.85%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (18.49%) Banking
5 19 (15.97%) Legal
6 14 (11.76%) Retail
7 7 (5.88%) Law
8 4 (3.36%) Back Office
8 4 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.52%) Advertising
9 3 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.52%) Publishing
9 3 (2.52%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.68%) Billing
10 2 (1.68%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.84%) Front Office
11 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.84%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (29.41%) Analyst
2 16 (13.45%) Business Analyst
3 15 (12.61%) Lead
4 14 (11.76%) Architect
4 14 (11.76%) IT Analyst
5 13 (10.92%) Network Engineer
5 13 (10.92%) Senior
6 9 (7.56%) Project Manager
6 9 (7.56%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (6.72%) Designer
7 8 (6.72%) Financial Analyst
7 8 (6.72%) Lead Designer
7 8 (6.72%) Solutions Designer
7 8 (6.72%) Support Analyst
8 7 (5.88%) IT Business Analyst
8 7 (5.88%) IT Support Analyst
8 7 (5.88%) Support Manager
8 7 (5.88%) Systems Analyst
8 7 (5.88%) Systems Support
8 7 (5.88%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.52%) Middleware
2 2 (1.68%) JSON
2 2 (1.68%) Kafka
2 2 (1.68%) REST
3 1 (0.84%) EDI
3 1 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.84%) Google JAX
3 1 (0.84%) HTML
3 1 (0.84%) JAX
3 1 (0.84%) JMS
3 1 (0.84%) NumPy
3 1 (0.84%) Pandas
3 1 (0.84%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.84%) XGBoost
3 1 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.40%) Analytical Mindset
1 10 (8.40%) Low-Code
1 10 (8.40%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.72%) AI Agents
2 8 (6.72%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (4.20%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.20%) Fixed Income
3 5 (4.20%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.36%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.52%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.52%) Digital Media
5 3 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.68%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.68%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.68%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.84%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.84%) IoT
7 1 (0.84%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.20%) Windows
2 3 (2.52%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.68%) Linux
4 1 (0.84%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.84%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (37.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (24.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (18.49%) Agile
5 21 (17.65%) Project Management
6 20 (16.81%) Change Management
6 20 (16.81%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (15.97%) Analytics
7 19 (15.97%) Business Analysis
7 19 (15.97%) Business Intelligence
7 19 (15.97%) Data Analysis
8 17 (14.29%) AI
8 17 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 16 (13.45%) Process Improvement
9 16 (13.45%) Roadmaps
10 14 (11.76%) Decision-Making
11 13 (10.92%) Security Architecture
11 13 (10.92%) User Stories
12 12 (10.08%) Data Modelling
12 12 (10.08%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.29%) SQL
2 9 (7.56%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.04%) Kusto Query Language
3 6 (5.04%) Python
4 4 (3.36%) Java
4 4 (3.36%) VBA
5 1 (0.84%) C#
5 1 (0.84%) C++
5 1 (0.84%) Go
5 1 (0.84%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.84%) PHP
5 1 (0.84%) R
5 1 (0.84%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (30.25%) Degree
2 18 (15.13%) CISSP
3 12 (10.08%) CISM
4 11 (9.24%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (8.40%) CCNP
6 8 (6.72%) CCIE
6 8 (6.72%) IIBA
6 8 (6.72%) PMI Certification
6 8 (6.72%) PMP
7 6 (5.04%) CCSA
7 6 (5.04%) CCSE
8 4 (3.36%) CEH
8 4 (3.36%) CISA
8 4 (3.36%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.52%) MBA
10 2 (1.68%) CCNA
10 2 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.68%) SAP Certification
10 2 (1.68%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.88%) SLA
3 6 (5.04%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (4.20%) GRC
4 5 (4.20%) MiFID
4 5 (4.20%) NIST
5 4 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (3.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (2.52%) GDPR
6 3 (2.52%) PMO
6 3 (2.52%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.68%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.84%) QA
System Software
1 6 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.20%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (1.68%) Grafana
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.68%) SCCM
3 1 (0.84%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.84%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.84%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.24%) Cisco
2 11 (9.24%) ServiceNow
3 9 (7.56%) CheckPoint
3 9 (7.56%) F5
4 8 (6.72%) Alteryx
4 8 (6.72%) Anaplan
5 7 (5.88%) iManage
5 7 (5.88%) UiPath
6 5 (4.20%) GoldenSource
7 4 (3.36%) Blue Prism
7 4 (3.36%) Intapp
7 4 (3.36%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.36%) Pega
7 4 (3.36%) Qualys
7 4 (3.36%) SAP
8 3 (2.52%) Arista
8 3 (2.52%) Carbon Black
8 3 (2.52%) CyberArk
8 3 (2.52%) Darktrace