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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 320 330
Rank change year-on-year +44 +10 +38
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 127 76 148
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.70% 0.59% 0.66%
As % of the General category 1.16% 0.78% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 76 43 125
10th Percentile £44,000 £48,515 £46,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £63,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -10.00% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £95,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 10,935 9,754 14,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 60.34% 75.97% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6,748 5,601 11,183
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,000 £71,183
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +6.77% -3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -13.11%

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 2 April 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 2 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
Central London +36 36 £77,500 +1.64% 15
East London - 2 £80,000 - 1
South London - 2 £38,500 - 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 7 (5.51%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.79%) Confluence
3 1 (0.79%) Jupyter
Applications
1 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.36%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.79%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.79%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.79%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.79%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.79%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.79%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.79%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 62 (48.82%) Azure
2 31 (24.41%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (20.47%) Power Platform
4 19 (14.96%) Power Automate
5 16 (12.60%) AWS
6 14 (11.02%) dbt
7 11 (8.66%) Microsoft Copilot
8 10 (7.87%) ChatGPT
9 9 (7.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (7.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 9 (7.09%) Entra ID
9 9 (7.09%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (7.09%) PowerApps
10 8 (6.30%) PaaS
10 8 (6.30%) SaaS
11 3 (2.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 2 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.57%) GitHub
12 2 (1.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.87%) LAN
2 9 (7.09%) Firewall
3 8 (6.30%) WAN
4 7 (5.51%) Network Security
5 5 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (2.36%) DHCP
6 3 (2.36%) DNS
6 3 (2.36%) VLAN
6 3 (2.36%) VPN
7 2 (1.57%) Intranet
7 2 (1.57%) Multicast
7 2 (1.57%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.57%) Wireless
8 1 (0.79%) BGP
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco Wireless
8 1 (0.79%) OSPF
8 1 (0.79%) SAN
8 1 (0.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (18.11%) Power BI
2 13 (10.24%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (9.45%) Metabase
3 12 (9.45%) SQL Server
4 11 (8.66%) Data Lake
5 6 (4.72%) Metadata
6 3 (2.36%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.57%) Looker
8 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.79%) Big Data
8 1 (0.79%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.79%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.79%) Power Query
8 1 (0.79%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.79%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (9.45%) Visual Studio
2 4 (3.15%) Git
3 2 (1.57%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.57%) Selenium
3 2 (1.57%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.79%) GitLab
4 1 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 73 (57.48%) Social Skills
2 53 (41.73%) Finance
3 32 (25.20%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (17.32%) Banking
5 17 (13.39%) Legal
6 16 (12.60%) Retail
7 12 (9.45%) Law
8 6 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.15%) Back Office
10 3 (2.36%) Billing
10 3 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.36%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.36%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.57%) Advertising
11 2 (1.57%) Front Office
11 2 (1.57%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 37 (29.13%) Analyst
2 19 (14.96%) Lead
3 17 (13.39%) IT Analyst
4 16 (12.60%) Architect
5 15 (11.81%) Business Analyst
6 14 (11.02%) Financial Analyst
7 13 (10.24%) Senior
8 12 (9.45%) Finance Systems Analyst
8 12 (9.45%) IT Support
8 12 (9.45%) IT Support Analyst
8 12 (9.45%) Support Analyst
8 12 (9.45%) Systems Analyst
8 12 (9.45%) Systems Support
8 12 (9.45%) Systems Support Analyst
9 10 (7.87%) Project Manager
10 9 (7.09%) Designer
10 9 (7.09%) Security Engineer
11 8 (6.30%) Lead Designer
11 8 (6.30%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (6.30%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.36%) Middleware
2 2 (1.57%) JSON
2 2 (1.57%) REST
3 1 (0.79%) .NET
3 1 (0.79%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.79%) Google JAX
3 1 (0.79%) JAX
3 1 (0.79%) JMS
3 1 (0.79%) Kafka
3 1 (0.79%) NumPy
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.79%) Pandas
3 1 (0.79%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.79%) XGBoost
3 1 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (7.87%) Low-Code
2 10 (7.87%) Product Ownership
3 8 (6.30%) AI Agents
3 8 (6.30%) Enterprise Cloud
3 8 (6.30%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.94%) Fixed Income
4 5 (3.94%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.15%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.36%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.57%) Blog
7 2 (1.57%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.57%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.57%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.57%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.57%) Equities
7 2 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.57%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.79%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.94%) Windows
2 3 (2.36%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.79%) Android
3 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.79%) CentOS
3 1 (0.79%) Linux
3 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (41.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 34 (26.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (18.90%) Business Intelligence
5 23 (18.11%) Data Analysis
6 22 (17.32%) Agile
7 21 (16.54%) Analytics
8 20 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (14.96%) Change Management
10 18 (14.17%) AI
10 18 (14.17%) Project Management
10 18 (14.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (13.39%) Business Analysis
12 16 (12.60%) Data Modelling
13 15 (11.81%) Security Architecture
14 14 (11.02%) Roadmaps
15 13 (10.24%) Data Pipeline
15 13 (10.24%) Decision-Making
15 13 (10.24%) Process Improvement
15 13 (10.24%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 26 (20.47%) SQL
2 9 (7.09%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.09%) Python
3 6 (4.72%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (3.94%) Java
5 4 (3.15%) VBA
6 1 (0.79%) Bash
6 1 (0.79%) C++
6 1 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.79%) Go
6 1 (0.79%) PHP
6 1 (0.79%) R
6 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (19.69%) Degree
2 17 (13.39%) CISSP
3 10 (7.87%) CISM
4 8 (6.30%) IIBA
4 8 (6.30%) PMI Certification
4 8 (6.30%) PMP
5 7 (5.51%) CEH
6 6 (4.72%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.94%) CCIE
8 4 (3.15%) Master's Degree
8 4 (3.15%) Security Cleared
9 3 (2.36%) CCNP
9 3 (2.36%) MBA
10 2 (1.57%) CCDE
10 2 (1.57%) CCSA
10 2 (1.57%) CCSE
10 2 (1.57%) CISA
10 2 (1.57%) FFIEC
10 2 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (5.51%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 7 (5.51%) SLA
3 4 (3.15%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (3.15%) GRC
3 4 (3.15%) MiFID
3 4 (3.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.36%) NIST
5 2 (1.57%) GDPR
5 2 (1.57%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.57%) QA
6 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.79%) IFRS
6 1 (0.79%) PMO
6 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (7.09%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.79%) Docker
3 1 (0.79%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.79%) KVM
3 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.94%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (3.15%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.36%) SCCM
3 3 (2.36%) Terraform
4 2 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.57%) Argo
4 2 (1.57%) Grafana
4 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.79%) Ansible
5 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.79%) Nagios
5 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.79%) Puppet
5 1 (0.79%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.79%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 37 (29.13%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.24%) ServiceNow
3 10 (7.87%) iManage
4 8 (6.30%) Alteryx
4 8 (6.30%) Anaplan
5 7 (5.51%) Cisco
5 7 (5.51%) UiPath
6 4 (3.15%) Blue Prism
6 4 (3.15%) GoldenSource
6 4 (3.15%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.15%) Pega
6 4 (3.15%) SAP
7 3 (2.36%) Citrix
7 3 (2.36%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.36%) Intapp
7 3 (2.36%) Nexthink
7 3 (2.36%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.36%) VMware
8 2 (1.57%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.57%) CrowdStrike