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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 332 345
Rank change year-on-year +65 +13 +29
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 122 84 134
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.76% 0.58% 0.62%
As % of the General category 1.19% 0.78% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 75 42 115
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,625 £40,700
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,313 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £89,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% -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 10,220 10,760 14,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 63.64% 74.74% 66.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,282 5,780 10,984
10th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £36,898
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +4.83% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,700
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 1 March 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 1 March 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 +43 32 £85,000 +21.43% 23
South London +33 3 £38,500 -46.90% 2
East London - 3 £78,750 - 4
West London - 1 £52,500 - 4
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 8 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.82%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.82%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.92%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.82%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.82%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.82%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.82%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.82%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.82%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.82%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 56 (45.90%) Azure
2 24 (19.67%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (19.67%) Power Platform
3 17 (13.93%) Power Automate
4 15 (12.30%) AWS
5 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Copilot
6 10 (8.20%) ChatGPT
6 10 (8.20%) dbt
7 9 (7.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (7.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (7.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (6.56%) PaaS
8 8 (6.56%) PowerApps
8 8 (6.56%) SaaS
9 6 (4.92%) Entra ID
10 4 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (2.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 2 (1.64%) GCP
12 2 (1.64%) OneDrive
12 2 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.02%) Firewall
2 10 (8.20%) LAN
3 6 (4.92%) Network Security
3 6 (4.92%) WAN
4 5 (4.10%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.46%) VPN
6 2 (1.64%) BGP
6 2 (1.64%) DHCP
6 2 (1.64%) DNS
6 2 (1.64%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (1.64%) Intranet
6 2 (1.64%) Multicast
6 2 (1.64%) OSPF
6 2 (1.64%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.64%) VLAN
6 2 (1.64%) Wireless
7 1 (0.82%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.82%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.82%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.82%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (18.03%) Power BI
2 11 (9.02%) Data Lake
2 11 (9.02%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (8.20%) Metabase
3 10 (8.20%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.10%) Metadata
5 3 (2.46%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.82%) Big Data
6 1 (0.82%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.82%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.82%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.82%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.82%) Power Query
6 1 (0.82%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.82%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (8.20%) Visual Studio
2 4 (3.28%) Git
3 2 (1.64%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.64%) Selenium
3 2 (1.64%) WebDriver
General
1 72 (59.02%) Social Skills
2 51 (41.80%) Finance
3 29 (23.77%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (17.21%) Banking
5 19 (15.57%) Legal
6 14 (11.48%) Retail
7 8 (6.56%) Law
8 4 (3.28%) Back Office
8 4 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.46%) Advertising
9 3 (2.46%) Billing
9 3 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.46%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.64%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.64%) Publishing
11 1 (0.82%) Front Office
11 1 (0.82%) Marketing
11 1 (0.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (30.33%) Analyst
2 16 (13.11%) Business Analyst
2 16 (13.11%) IT Analyst
2 16 (13.11%) Lead
3 15 (12.30%) Architect
4 14 (11.48%) Senior
5 11 (9.02%) Financial Analyst
5 11 (9.02%) Support Analyst
6 10 (8.20%) Finance Systems Analyst
6 10 (8.20%) IT Support
6 10 (8.20%) IT Support Analyst
6 10 (8.20%) Systems Analyst
6 10 (8.20%) Systems Support
6 10 (8.20%) Systems Support Analyst
7 9 (7.38%) Designer
7 9 (7.38%) Project Manager
8 8 (6.56%) Lead Designer
8 8 (6.56%) Network Engineer
8 8 (6.56%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (6.56%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.46%) Middleware
2 2 (1.64%) JSON
2 2 (1.64%) Kafka
2 2 (1.64%) REST
3 1 (0.82%) EDI
3 1 (0.82%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.82%) Google JAX
3 1 (0.82%) HTML
3 1 (0.82%) JAX
3 1 (0.82%) JMS
3 1 (0.82%) NumPy
3 1 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.82%) Pandas
3 1 (0.82%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.82%) XGBoost
3 1 (0.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (9.02%) Product Ownership
3 10 (8.20%) Low-Code
4 8 (6.56%) AI Agents
4 8 (6.56%) Enterprise Cloud
5 5 (4.10%) Fixed Income
5 5 (4.10%) Mobile App
5 5 (4.10%) Security Posture
6 4 (3.28%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.46%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.64%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.64%) Digital Media
8 2 (1.64%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.64%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.64%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.82%) AS400
9 1 (0.82%) iPhone
9 1 (0.82%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.28%) Windows
2 3 (2.46%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.64%) Linux
4 1 (0.82%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.82%) CentOS
4 1 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.82%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (38.52%) Continuous Improvement
2 31 (25.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (18.85%) Business Intelligence
5 22 (18.03%) Agile
5 22 (18.03%) Data Analysis
6 21 (17.21%) Project Management
7 20 (16.39%) Change Management
7 20 (16.39%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (15.57%) AI
8 19 (15.57%) Business Analysis
9 18 (14.75%) Analytics
10 16 (13.11%) Roadmaps
10 16 (13.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (12.30%) Process Improvement
12 14 (11.48%) Decision-Making
12 14 (11.48%) Security Architecture
13 13 (10.66%) Data Modelling
13 13 (10.66%) User Stories
14 12 (9.84%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.21%) SQL
2 9 (7.38%) Python
3 8 (6.56%) PowerShell
4 6 (4.92%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (4.10%) Java
6 4 (3.28%) VBA
7 2 (1.64%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.82%) Bash
8 1 (0.82%) C#
8 1 (0.82%) C++
8 1 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.82%) Go
8 1 (0.82%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.82%) PHP
8 1 (0.82%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (24.59%) Degree
2 17 (13.93%) CISSP
3 11 (9.02%) CISM
4 8 (6.56%) IIBA
4 8 (6.56%) PMI Certification
4 8 (6.56%) PMP
5 7 (5.74%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (4.10%) CCNP
6 5 (4.10%) CEH
7 4 (3.28%) CCIE
7 4 (3.28%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.46%) CCSA
8 3 (2.46%) CCSE
8 3 (2.46%) CISA
8 3 (2.46%) MBA
8 3 (2.46%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.64%) CCNA
9 2 (1.64%) FFIEC
9 2 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (5.74%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.74%) SLA
3 6 (4.92%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (4.10%) MiFID
5 4 (3.28%) GRC
5 4 (3.28%) NIST
5 4 (3.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (2.46%) GDPR
7 2 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.64%) PMO
7 2 (1.64%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.82%) IFRS
8 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.82%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.64%) Docker
3 2 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.82%) KVM
Systems Management
1 5 (4.10%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (3.28%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.46%) Terraform
4 2 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.64%) Argo
4 2 (1.64%) Grafana
4 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.64%) SCCM
5 1 (0.82%) Ansible
5 1 (0.82%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.82%) Nagios
5 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.82%) Puppet
5 1 (0.82%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (28.69%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.02%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.56%) Alteryx
3 8 (6.56%) Anaplan
3 8 (6.56%) iManage
4 7 (5.74%) Cisco
4 7 (5.74%) UiPath
5 5 (4.10%) GoldenSource
6 4 (3.28%) Blue Prism
6 4 (3.28%) CheckPoint
6 4 (3.28%) F5
6 4 (3.28%) Intapp
6 4 (3.28%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.28%) Pega
6 4 (3.28%) SAP
7 3 (2.46%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.46%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.46%) Qualys
7 3 (2.46%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.46%) VMware