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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 334 340
Rank change year-on-year +52 +6 +37
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 116 84 136
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.75% 0.56% 0.64%
As % of the General category 1.16% 0.76% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 70 43 119
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,000 £41,650
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,500 £58,863
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,875 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.39% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £86,878 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.47% +10.45% -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 10,019 11,112 14,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 64.76% 74.06% 65.80%
Number of salaries quoted 6,179 5,841 10,920
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,881 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,002 £56,495 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +4.83% -2.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
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 15 February 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 15 February 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 +34 30 £82,500 +15.79% 9
South London +34 3 £38,500 -46.90% 2
East London - 3 £78,750 - 3
West London - 1 £52,500 - 5
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 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.72%) Confluence
4 1 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.86%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (9.48%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (7.76%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.86%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.86%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.86%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.86%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.86%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 52 (44.83%) Azure
2 23 (19.83%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (18.10%) Power Platform
4 15 (12.93%) AWS
4 15 (12.93%) Power Automate
5 11 (9.48%) Microsoft Copilot
6 10 (8.62%) ChatGPT
7 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 8 (6.90%) dbt
8 8 (6.90%) PaaS
8 8 (6.90%) PowerApps
8 8 (6.90%) SaaS
9 6 (5.17%) Entra ID
10 4 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (2.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 2 (1.72%) GCP
12 2 (1.72%) OneDrive
12 2 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.34%) Firewall
1 12 (10.34%) LAN
2 6 (5.17%) Network Security
3 5 (4.31%) WAN
3 5 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.59%) BGP
4 3 (2.59%) Ethernet VPN
4 3 (2.59%) OSPF
4 3 (2.59%) VPN
5 2 (1.72%) Intranet
5 2 (1.72%) Multicast
5 2 (1.72%) NX-OS
5 2 (1.72%) VLAN
5 2 (1.72%) Wireless
6 1 (0.86%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.86%) DHCP
6 1 (0.86%) DNS
6 1 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.86%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.86%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.38%) Power BI
2 10 (8.62%) Data Lake
3 9 (7.76%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (6.90%) Metabase
4 8 (6.90%) SQL Server
5 5 (4.31%) Metadata
6 3 (2.59%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.86%) Big Data
7 1 (0.86%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.86%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.86%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.86%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.86%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.90%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.72%) Git
2 2 (1.72%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.72%) Selenium
2 2 (1.72%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.86%) Burp Suite
General
1 67 (57.76%) Social Skills
2 52 (44.83%) Finance
3 27 (23.28%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (18.10%) Banking
5 19 (16.38%) Legal
6 14 (12.07%) Retail
7 7 (6.03%) Law
8 4 (3.45%) Back Office
8 4 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.59%) Advertising
9 3 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.59%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.72%) Billing
10 2 (1.72%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.72%) Publishing
11 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.86%) Front Office
11 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (29.31%) Analyst
2 15 (12.93%) Business Analyst
2 15 (12.93%) Lead
3 14 (12.07%) Architect
3 14 (12.07%) IT Analyst
3 14 (12.07%) Senior
4 11 (9.48%) Network Engineer
5 9 (7.76%) Designer
5 9 (7.76%) Financial Analyst
5 9 (7.76%) Project Manager
5 9 (7.76%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (7.76%) Support Analyst
6 8 (6.90%) Finance Systems Analyst
6 8 (6.90%) IT Support
6 8 (6.90%) IT Support Analyst
6 8 (6.90%) Lead Designer
6 8 (6.90%) Solutions Designer
6 8 (6.90%) Systems Analyst
6 8 (6.90%) Systems Support
6 8 (6.90%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.59%) Middleware
2 2 (1.72%) JSON
2 2 (1.72%) Kafka
2 2 (1.72%) REST
3 1 (0.86%) EDI
3 1 (0.86%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.86%) Google JAX
3 1 (0.86%) HTML
3 1 (0.86%) JAX
3 1 (0.86%) JMS
3 1 (0.86%) NumPy
3 1 (0.86%) Pandas
3 1 (0.86%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.86%) XGBoost
3 1 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (8.62%) Low-Code
2 10 (8.62%) Product Ownership
3 8 (6.90%) AI Agents
3 8 (6.90%) Enterprise Cloud
4 5 (4.31%) Fixed Income
4 5 (4.31%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.45%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.45%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.59%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.72%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.72%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.72%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.86%) AS400
8 1 (0.86%) CMDB
8 1 (0.86%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.31%) Windows
2 3 (2.59%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.72%) Linux
4 1 (0.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (37.93%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (18.10%) Agile
4 21 (18.10%) Project Management
5 20 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
5 20 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (17.24%) Data Analysis
6 19 (16.38%) Change Management
7 18 (15.52%) Analytics
7 18 (15.52%) Business Analysis
8 17 (14.66%) AI
8 17 (14.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 16 (13.79%) Roadmaps
10 15 (12.93%) Process Improvement
11 14 (12.07%) Decision-Making
12 13 (11.21%) Security Architecture
13 12 (10.34%) Data Modelling
13 12 (10.34%) User Stories
13 12 (10.34%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.52%) SQL
2 8 (6.90%) PowerShell
3 7 (6.03%) Python
4 6 (5.17%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (4.31%) Java
6 4 (3.45%) VBA
7 1 (0.86%) C#
7 1 (0.86%) C++
7 1 (0.86%) Go
7 1 (0.86%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.86%) PHP
7 1 (0.86%) R
7 1 (0.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (28.45%) Degree
2 17 (14.66%) CISSP
3 11 (9.48%) CISM
4 9 (7.76%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (6.90%) CCNP
5 8 (6.90%) IIBA
5 8 (6.90%) PMI Certification
5 8 (6.90%) PMP
6 6 (5.17%) CCIE
7 5 (4.31%) CCSA
7 5 (4.31%) CCSE
8 4 (3.45%) CEH
8 4 (3.45%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.59%) CISA
9 3 (2.59%) MBA
10 2 (1.72%) CCNA
10 2 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.72%) SAP Certification
10 2 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (6.03%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.03%) SLA
3 6 (5.17%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (4.31%) MiFID
5 4 (3.45%) GRC
5 4 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (3.45%) NIST
5 4 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (2.59%) GDPR
7 2 (1.72%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.72%) PMO
7 2 (1.72%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.86%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.31%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.31%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (1.72%) Grafana
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.72%) SCCM
3 1 (0.86%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.86%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.86%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (28.45%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.48%) ServiceNow
3 9 (7.76%) Cisco
4 8 (6.90%) Alteryx
4 8 (6.90%) Anaplan
5 7 (6.03%) CheckPoint
5 7 (6.03%) F5
5 7 (6.03%) iManage
5 7 (6.03%) UiPath
6 5 (4.31%) GoldenSource
7 4 (3.45%) Blue Prism
7 4 (3.45%) Intapp
7 4 (3.45%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.45%) Pega
7 4 (3.45%) SAP
8 3 (2.59%) CyberArk
8 3 (2.59%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.59%) Qualys
8 3 (2.59%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.72%) Google