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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 347 317
Rank change year-on-year +92 -30 +133
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 139 101 131
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.06% 0.57% 0.71%
As % of the General category 1.46% 0.82% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 79 63 113
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,050 £45,200
25th Percentile £56,875 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -3.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £90,000 £81,875 £88,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £96,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £54,750 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.77% +18.18% -4.35%

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 9,539 12,343 12,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 72.79% 70.17% 67.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5,755 7,106 9,805
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,762 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £121,250 £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 27 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 27 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 +61 34 £80,000 +10.34% 12
East London -9 5 £77,500 -29.55%
South London +24 2 £77,500 +6.90%
West London - 1 £52,500 - 1
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 10 (7.19%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.76%) Confluence
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.72%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.72%) Jupyter
Applications
1 21 (15.11%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (10.79%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.16%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (1.44%) Elite 3E
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.72%) Endur
4 1 (0.72%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.72%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (33.81%) Azure
2 19 (13.67%) AWS
2 19 (13.67%) Power Platform
3 18 (12.95%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (5.04%) Power Automate
4 7 (5.04%) SaaS
5 6 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (3.60%) ChatGPT
6 5 (3.60%) PowerApps
7 4 (2.88%) GitHub
7 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (2.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.16%) dbt
8 3 (2.16%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.16%) GCP
8 3 (2.16%) PaaS
9 2 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.11%) Firewall
2 18 (12.95%) LAN
3 12 (8.63%) Network Security
4 7 (5.04%) BGP
5 6 (4.32%) Ethernet VPN
5 6 (4.32%) OSPF
6 5 (3.60%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (3.60%) NX-OS
6 5 (3.60%) WAN
7 4 (2.88%) Intranet
8 3 (2.16%) DNS
8 3 (2.16%) VPN
9 2 (1.44%) DHCP
9 2 (1.44%) MPLS
9 2 (1.44%) Multicast
9 2 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.72%) Junos
10 1 (0.72%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.07%) Power BI
2 7 (5.04%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.60%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.16%) Metabase
6 2 (1.44%) Metadata
6 2 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.72%) Big Data
7 1 (0.72%) GIS
7 1 (0.72%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.72%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 10 (7.19%) JIRA
2 3 (2.16%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.72%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.72%) Git
3 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.72%) Selenium
3 1 (0.72%) WebDriver
General
1 68 (48.92%) Social Skills
2 67 (48.20%) Finance
3 30 (21.58%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (15.83%) Legal
5 21 (15.11%) Banking
6 12 (8.63%) Retail
7 11 (7.91%) Advertising
7 11 (7.91%) Law
8 9 (6.47%) Telecoms
9 8 (5.76%) Back Office
10 5 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.88%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.88%) Marketing
12 3 (2.16%) Publishing
13 2 (1.44%) Front Office
13 2 (1.44%) Japanese Language
13 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (30.94%) Analyst
2 22 (15.83%) Business Analyst
3 19 (13.67%) Lead
3 19 (13.67%) Network Engineer
4 18 (12.95%) Senior
5 13 (9.35%) Architect
6 10 (7.19%) IT Analyst
7 9 (6.47%) Designer
7 9 (6.47%) Developer
7 9 (6.47%) Security Engineer
7 9 (6.47%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (5.76%) Deployment Engineer
8 8 (5.76%) Lead Designer
8 8 (5.76%) Network Deployment Engineer
8 8 (5.76%) Solutions Designer
9 7 (5.04%) Business IT Analyst
9 7 (5.04%) IT Business Analyst
9 7 (5.04%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (4.32%) Administrator
10 6 (4.32%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.60%) XML
2 2 (1.44%) JSON
2 2 (1.44%) Kafka
2 2 (1.44%) Middleware
2 2 (1.44%) REST
2 2 (1.44%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.72%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.72%) EDI
3 1 (0.72%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.72%) Google JAX
3 1 (0.72%) HTML
3 1 (0.72%) JAX
3 1 (0.72%) JMS
3 1 (0.72%) NumPy
3 1 (0.72%) Pandas
3 1 (0.72%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.72%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.19%) CMDB
2 9 (6.47%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.04%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.04%) Mobile App
4 6 (4.32%) Low-Code
4 6 (4.32%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.60%) Fixed Income
5 5 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.88%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.88%) NHS
7 3 (2.16%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.16%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.16%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.16%) Digital Media
7 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (2.16%) IoT
7 3 (2.16%) Replication
7 3 (2.16%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.04%) Linux
1 7 (5.04%) Windows
2 2 (1.44%) Unix
3 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (25.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 31 (22.30%) Agile
3 22 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (15.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 21 (15.11%) Inventory Management
4 21 (15.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (14.39%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (13.67%) Business Analysis
6 19 (13.67%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (13.67%) Change Management
7 18 (12.95%) Analytics
7 18 (12.95%) Project Management
8 17 (12.23%) User Stories
8 17 (12.23%) Validation
9 16 (11.51%) Incident Response
9 16 (11.51%) Security Architecture
10 15 (10.79%) Roadmaps
11 14 (10.07%) Change Control
11 14 (10.07%) Migration
11 14 (10.07%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.79%) SQL
2 6 (4.32%) Java
2 6 (4.32%) Python
3 5 (3.60%) C#
3 5 (3.60%) PHP
3 5 (3.60%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.88%) C
4 4 (2.88%) VBA
5 3 (2.16%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (2.16%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.72%) Bash
6 1 (0.72%) C++
6 1 (0.72%) Go
6 1 (0.72%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.72%) R
Qualifications
1 40 (28.78%) Degree
2 21 (15.11%) CISSP
3 17 (12.23%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (10.79%) CCNP
5 13 (9.35%) CISM
6 12 (8.63%) CCIE
7 8 (5.76%) CCSA
7 8 (5.76%) CCSE
8 5 (3.60%) CISA
8 5 (3.60%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.60%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.88%) Novell Certification
10 3 (2.16%) CCNA
10 3 (2.16%) CEH
10 3 (2.16%) IIBA
10 3 (2.16%) PMI Certification
10 3 (2.16%) PMP
10 3 (2.16%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (1.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (6.47%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.47%) NIST
3 8 (5.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (5.04%) MiFID
5 6 (4.32%) SOC 2
6 5 (3.60%) PMO
7 4 (2.88%) ISO 9001
8 3 (2.16%) GDPR
8 3 (2.16%) GRC
8 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.44%) QA
9 2 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.44%) UCITS
10 1 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.72%) PERC
System Software
1 6 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.72%) Docker
3 1 (0.72%) Firmware
3 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.88%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 4 (2.88%) CSIRT
2 3 (2.16%) Grafana
2 3 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.72%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.72%) Nagios
3 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (25.90%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.51%) Cisco
3 13 (9.35%) CheckPoint
3 13 (9.35%) F5
4 6 (4.32%) iManage
5 5 (3.60%) Arista
5 5 (3.60%) Carbon Black
5 5 (3.60%) Darktrace
5 5 (3.60%) GoldenSource
5 5 (3.60%) Intapp
5 5 (3.60%) Oracle
5 5 (3.60%) Qualys
5 5 (3.60%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.88%) Blue Prism
6 4 (2.88%) BMC
6 4 (2.88%) Pega
6 4 (2.88%) SAP
7 3 (2.16%) Anaplan
7 3 (2.16%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.16%) SolarWinds