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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 265 337
Rank change year-on-year -74 +72 +9
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 94 132 120
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.40% 1.07% 0.61%
As % of the General category 0.75% 1.42% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 54 85 99
10th Percentile £41,450 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,813 £55,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -10.34% +5.45%
75th Percentile £81,875 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £103,500 £97,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -8.30%

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 12,614 9,302 13,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 54.03% 75.48% 69.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,960 5,654 8,928
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £37,515
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,649 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 August 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 August 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 -5 18 £71,250 -10.94% 17
West London - 4 - -
East London -7 2 £75,000 -3.23% 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 (10.64%) SharePoint
2 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.26%) Confluence
4 3 (3.19%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.13%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.06%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (8.51%) SAP CO
1 8 (8.51%) SAP FI
1 8 (8.51%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.06%) C-CURE
2 1 (1.06%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (31.91%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (30.85%) Azure
3 16 (17.02%) Entra ID
4 13 (13.83%) Power Platform
5 11 (11.70%) dbt
6 8 (8.51%) Power Automate
7 5 (5.32%) AWS
7 5 (5.32%) GitHub
8 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (4.26%) PowerApps
9 3 (3.19%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.13%) Google Workspace
10 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (2.13%) OneDrive
10 2 (2.13%) Pulumi
10 2 (2.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (2.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.57%) Firewall
2 7 (7.45%) VLAN
3 6 (6.38%) Network Security
4 5 (5.32%) DNS
5 4 (4.26%) DHCP
5 4 (4.26%) VPN
5 4 (4.26%) Wireless
6 3 (3.19%) LAN
6 3 (3.19%) WAN
7 2 (2.13%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.06%) NAS
8 1 (1.06%) NGFW
8 1 (1.06%) SAN
8 1 (1.06%) VoIP
8 1 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.57%) Power BI
2 6 (6.38%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (6.38%) Looker
3 5 (5.32%) Metabase
3 5 (5.32%) SQL Server
4 4 (4.26%) Metadata
5 3 (3.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.13%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.13%) Power Query
7 1 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.06%) Delta Lake
7 1 (1.06%) Parquet
7 1 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.06%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (8.51%) JIRA
2 5 (5.32%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.13%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.13%) Git
4 1 (1.06%) GitLab
General
1 43 (45.74%) Social Skills
2 37 (39.36%) Finance
3 25 (26.60%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (17.02%) Law
4 16 (17.02%) Retail
5 11 (11.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (8.51%) Banking
7 7 (7.45%) Legal
8 5 (5.32%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.19%) Front Office
9 3 (3.19%) Games
10 2 (2.13%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (2.13%) Marketing
10 2 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.06%) Back Office
11 1 (1.06%) Billing
11 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (21.28%) Analyst
2 15 (15.96%) Consultant
3 9 (9.57%) Architect
3 9 (9.57%) Lead
3 9 (9.57%) Support Analyst
4 8 (8.51%) Business Analyst
5 7 (7.45%) IT Analyst
5 7 (7.45%) SAP CO Specialist
5 7 (7.45%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
5 7 (7.45%) Support Engineer
6 6 (6.38%) Desktop Support
6 6 (6.38%) Financial Analyst
6 6 (6.38%) IT Support
6 6 (6.38%) IT Support Analyst
6 6 (6.38%) Security Engineer
7 5 (5.32%) Finance Systems Analyst
7 5 (5.32%) Systems Analyst
7 5 (5.32%) Systems Support
7 5 (5.32%) Systems Support Analyst
8 4 (4.26%) Service Delivery Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.13%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.06%) .NET
2 1 (1.06%) JSON
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.06%) PySpark
2 1 (1.06%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.45%) Analytical Mindset
1 7 (7.45%) Security Posture
2 6 (6.38%) Blog
3 5 (5.32%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.19%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (3.19%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.19%) Derivative
4 3 (3.19%) Equities
4 3 (3.19%) Fixed Income
4 3 (3.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.19%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.19%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.13%) Life Science
5 2 (2.13%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.13%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (2.13%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.83%) Windows
2 5 (5.32%) Apple iOS
3 4 (4.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.13%) Linux
4 2 (2.13%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.06%) Android
5 1 (1.06%) CentOS
5 1 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.06%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.72%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (19.15%) Root Cause Analysis
3 17 (18.09%) Roadmaps
4 15 (15.96%) Agile
4 15 (15.96%) Analytics
5 14 (14.89%) ITIL
6 13 (13.83%) Data Modelling
6 13 (13.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (12.77%) Incident Response
7 12 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (11.70%) Customer Service
8 11 (11.70%) Data Protection
8 11 (11.70%) Workflow
9 10 (10.64%) Incident Management
9 10 (10.64%) Process Improvement
9 10 (10.64%) Risk Management
10 9 (9.57%) Information Security
10 9 (9.57%) ITSM
10 9 (9.57%) Migration
10 9 (9.57%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 22 (23.40%) SQL
2 8 (8.51%) Python
3 6 (6.38%) PowerShell
4 4 (4.26%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (3.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.13%) Bash
7 1 (1.06%) Java
7 1 (1.06%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (7.45%) SAP Certification
2 6 (6.38%) CISSP
3 5 (5.32%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.26%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.19%) CCIE
5 3 (3.19%) CEH
6 2 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (2.13%) CCDE
6 2 (2.13%) CCSP
6 2 (2.13%) Degree
6 2 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.13%) PMP
6 2 (2.13%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.06%) City & Guilds
7 1 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.06%) CSPO
7 1 (1.06%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (1.06%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (8.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (8.51%) GDPR
3 6 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (4.26%) Accessibility
4 4 (4.26%) QA
5 3 (3.19%) GRC
5 3 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (3.19%) NIST
6 2 (2.13%) Data Quality
6 2 (2.13%) ISO 22301
6 2 (2.13%) ISO 9001
6 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (2.13%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.06%) IFRS
7 1 (1.06%) PMO
7 1 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (17.02%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.13%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.06%) Docker
3 1 (1.06%) KVM
Systems Management
1 10 (10.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.32%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (4.26%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.19%) SCCM
4 3 (3.19%) Terraform
5 2 (2.13%) Argo
5 2 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.06%) Ansible
6 1 (1.06%) Nagios
6 1 (1.06%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.06%) Puppet
6 1 (1.06%) RSA Archer
6 1 (1.06%) SysTrack
6 1 (1.06%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 30 (31.91%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.51%) SAP
3 6 (6.38%) iManage
4 5 (5.32%) Nexthink
4 5 (5.32%) Salesforce
4 5 (5.32%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.26%) Citrix
5 4 (4.26%) Dell
6 3 (3.19%) Bloomberg
6 3 (3.19%) Cisco
6 3 (3.19%) Google
6 3 (3.19%) Intapp
6 3 (3.19%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.19%) VMware
7 2 (2.13%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.06%) Brocade
8 1 (1.06%) OpenAI
8 1 (1.06%) QNAP
8 1 (1.06%) Synology
8 1 (1.06%) Ubiquiti