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 23 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 349 318
Rank change year-on-year +88 -31 +149
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 132 101 135
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.02% 0.57% 0.72%
As % of the General category 1.39% 0.82% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 74 63 116
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,050 £45,500
25th Percentile £56,563 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -3.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £90,000 £81,875 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.92% +18.18% -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 common skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,472 12,342 12,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 73.36% 69.64% 67.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5,717 7,148 10,037
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,625 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,028 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025. 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 +66 36 £80,000 +10.34% 12
East London -11 3 £77,500 -29.55%
South London +19 2 £77,500 +6.90%
West London - 1 £52,500 - 2
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 (6.82%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.06%) Confluence
3 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.76%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.76%) Jupyter
Applications
1 22 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (11.36%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (2.27%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (1.52%) Elite 3E
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.76%) Endur
4 1 (0.76%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 45 (34.09%) Azure
2 20 (15.15%) AWS
3 18 (13.64%) Power Platform
4 17 (12.88%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.30%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (5.30%) Power Automate
6 6 (4.55%) SaaS
7 5 (3.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.79%) PowerApps
8 4 (3.03%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.03%) GCP
8 4 (3.03%) GitHub
9 3 (2.27%) dbt
9 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.52%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 23 (17.42%) Firewall
2 18 (13.64%) LAN
3 12 (9.09%) Network Security
4 8 (6.06%) BGP
5 7 (5.30%) OSPF
6 6 (4.55%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (3.79%) Intranet
7 5 (3.79%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (3.79%) NX-OS
7 5 (3.79%) WAN
8 4 (3.03%) DNS
8 4 (3.03%) VPN
9 3 (2.27%) DHCP
9 3 (2.27%) MPLS
9 3 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.52%) Internet
10 2 (1.52%) Multicast
11 1 (0.76%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.76%) Junos
11 1 (0.76%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.85%) Power BI
2 7 (5.30%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.27%) Metabase
5 2 (1.52%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.76%) Big Data
6 1 (0.76%) GIS
6 1 (0.76%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.76%) Metadata
6 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 10 (7.58%) JIRA
2 3 (2.27%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.76%) Burp Suite
General
1 66 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 62 (46.97%) Finance
3 27 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (16.67%) Banking
5 21 (15.91%) Legal
6 12 (9.09%) Retail
7 11 (8.33%) Advertising
8 10 (7.58%) Law
9 9 (6.82%) Telecoms
10 8 (6.06%) Back Office
11 5 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (3.03%) Financial Institution
12 4 (3.03%) Marketing
13 3 (2.27%) Publishing
14 2 (1.52%) Front Office
14 2 (1.52%) Japanese Language
14 2 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 38 (28.79%) Analyst
2 20 (15.15%) Business Analyst
2 20 (15.15%) Network Engineer
3 19 (14.39%) Lead
4 18 (13.64%) Senior
5 11 (8.33%) Architect
6 9 (6.82%) Designer
6 9 (6.82%) Developer
6 9 (6.82%) IT Analyst
6 9 (6.82%) Security Engineer
7 8 (6.06%) Deployment Engineer
7 8 (6.06%) Lead Designer
7 8 (6.06%) Network Deployment Engineer
7 8 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (6.06%) Solutions Designer
8 6 (4.55%) Administrator
8 6 (4.55%) Business IT Analyst
8 6 (4.55%) Financial Analyst
8 6 (4.55%) IT Business Analyst
8 6 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.79%) XML
2 2 (1.52%) JSON
2 2 (1.52%) Kafka
2 2 (1.52%) REST
2 2 (1.52%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.76%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.76%) EDI
3 1 (0.76%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.76%) Google JAX
3 1 (0.76%) HTML
3 1 (0.76%) JAX
3 1 (0.76%) JMS
3 1 (0.76%) Middleware
3 1 (0.76%) NumPy
3 1 (0.76%) Pandas
3 1 (0.76%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.76%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.58%) CMDB
2 7 (5.30%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.30%) Mobile App
2 7 (5.30%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.03%) Fixed Income
5 4 (3.03%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.03%) NHS
6 3 (2.27%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.27%) Digital Media
6 3 (2.27%) IoT
6 3 (2.27%) Replication
6 3 (2.27%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.52%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.82%) Windows
2 7 (5.30%) Linux
3 2 (1.52%) Unix
4 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.76%) VMS
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 27 (20.45%) Agile
3 23 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (15.91%) Inventory Management
5 20 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 17 (12.88%) Business Intelligence
6 17 (12.88%) Validation
7 16 (12.12%) Incident Response
7 16 (12.12%) Project Management
7 16 (12.12%) Security Architecture
8 15 (11.36%) Business Analysis
8 15 (11.36%) Change Management
8 15 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (11.36%) User Stories
9 14 (10.61%) Analytics
9 14 (10.61%) Change Control
9 14 (10.61%) SIEM
10 13 (9.85%) Load Balancing
10 13 (9.85%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.61%) SQL
2 7 (5.30%) Python
3 5 (3.79%) C#
3 5 (3.79%) Java
3 5 (3.79%) PHP
3 5 (3.79%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.03%) C
4 4 (3.03%) VBA
5 3 (2.27%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.52%) Bash
6 2 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.76%) C++
7 1 (0.76%) Go
7 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.76%) R
Qualifications
1 39 (29.55%) Degree
2 21 (15.91%) CISSP
3 18 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (12.12%) CCNP
5 13 (9.85%) CISM
6 12 (9.09%) CCIE
7 8 (6.06%) CCSA
7 8 (6.06%) CCSE
8 5 (3.79%) CISA
8 5 (3.79%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.79%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (3.03%) CCNA
9 4 (3.03%) Novell Certification
10 3 (2.27%) CEH
10 3 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (1.52%) CFA
11 2 (1.52%) IIBA
11 2 (1.52%) PMP
11 2 (1.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (6.82%) NIST
3 7 (5.30%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (5.30%) Data Quality
4 6 (4.55%) MiFID
4 6 (4.55%) SOC 2
5 5 (3.79%) PMO
6 4 (3.03%) ISO 9001
7 3 (2.27%) GDPR
7 3 (2.27%) GRC
7 3 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.52%) QA
8 2 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.52%) UCITS
9 1 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.76%) PERC
System Software
1 7 (5.30%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.79%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.52%) Firmware
4 1 (0.76%) Docker
4 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 4 (3.03%) CSIRT
2 3 (2.27%) Grafana
3 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.52%) Nagios
3 2 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.52%) Terraform
4 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (25.76%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.88%) Cisco
3 13 (9.85%) CheckPoint
3 13 (9.85%) F5
4 5 (3.79%) Arista
4 5 (3.79%) Carbon Black
4 5 (3.79%) Darktrace
4 5 (3.79%) Oracle
4 5 (3.79%) Qualys
4 5 (3.79%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.03%) Blue Prism
5 4 (3.03%) BMC
5 4 (3.03%) GoldenSource
5 4 (3.03%) iManage
5 4 (3.03%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.03%) Pega
5 4 (3.03%) SolarWinds
6 3 (2.27%) Bloomberg
6 3 (2.27%) Intapp
6 3 (2.27%) Juniper