Documentation Skills Job Trends in the South East

Documentation Skills
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 288 202
Rank change year-on-year +91 -86 +125
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 78 14 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.75% 0.15% 0.86%
As % of the General category 1.33% 0.25% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 42 2 63
10th Percentile £29,750 £45,625 £28,350
25th Percentile £38,375 £48,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £56,250 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.22% +10.29% -2.86%
75th Percentile £60,125 £63,438 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,375 £65,875 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,750 £55,148
% change year-on-year -12.35% +13.79% -8.09%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 5,869 5,691 4,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.64% 61.56% 58.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,120 2,321 2,891
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £64,918 £70,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Documentation Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Documentation Skills job vacancy trend in the South East

Documentation Skills
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Documentation Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Documentation Skills

Documentation Skills
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in the South East

Documentation Skills
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Documentation Skills within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Surrey +30 28 £39,000 -17.89% 3
Thames Valley +22 23 £47,500 -26.92% 15
Berkshire +14 18 £35,000 - 7
Hampshire - 18 £54,500 - 4
Kent - 8 £55,125 - 6
Oxfordshire +23 3 - - 5
Buckinghamshire +4 2 £76,250 - 4
Middlesex - 1 - -
Documentation Skills
England

Documentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (10.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.85%) Confluence
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.28%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (19.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.56%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (17.95%) Azure
3 9 (11.54%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.13%) OneDrive
5 3 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.85%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.28%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.28%) IaaS
6 1 (1.28%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.28%) SaaS
6 1 (1.28%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.41%) VPN
2 4 (5.13%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (5.13%) DHCP
2 4 (5.13%) DNS
2 4 (5.13%) Firewall
3 3 (3.85%) BGP
3 3 (3.85%) MPLS
3 3 (3.85%) NetScaler
3 3 (3.85%) SAN
3 3 (3.85%) Wireless
3 3 (3.85%) Wireshark
4 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.56%) VSAN
5 1 (1.28%) 5G
5 1 (1.28%) Internet
5 1 (1.28%) LAN
5 1 (1.28%) PBX
5 1 (1.28%) VoIP
5 1 (1.28%) WAN
5 1 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.69%) Metadata
2 3 (3.85%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Postman
2 3 (3.85%) JIRA
3 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (6.41%) Finance
4 5 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (6.41%) Telecoms
5 4 (5.13%) Avionics
6 3 (3.85%) Retail
7 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.28%) Banking
8 1 (1.28%) Games
8 1 (1.28%) Legal
Job Titles
1 24 (30.77%) Analyst
2 14 (17.95%) Senior
3 12 (15.38%) Service Analyst
3 12 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
4 6 (7.69%) Service Manager
4 6 (7.69%) Technical Manager
4 6 (7.69%) Technical Services Manager
5 5 (6.41%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (6.41%) Business Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) IT Support
5 5 (6.41%) Security Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) Consultant
6 4 (5.13%) Hardware Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) IT Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) QA Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) Senior Hardware Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Graph
1 4 (5.13%) OAuth
1 4 (5.13%) OAuth2
1 4 (5.13%) OpenID
1 4 (5.13%) SAML
2 2 (2.56%) .NET
2 2 (2.56%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.56%) REST
3 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.28%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.28%) jQuery
3 1 (1.28%) OpenAPI
3 1 (1.28%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Onboarding
2 8 (10.26%) Life Science
3 4 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (5.13%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.85%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.56%) Clustering
5 2 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.56%) IoT
5 2 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.28%) FPGA
6 1 (1.28%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.28%) PCIe
6 1 (1.28%) Smart City
6 1 (1.28%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 22 (28.21%) Windows
2 4 (5.13%) Windows 10
2 4 (5.13%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.85%) Linux
4 1 (1.28%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.90%) ITIL
2 22 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (25.64%) Agile
4 14 (17.95%) Customer Service
5 10 (12.82%) ITSM
5 10 (12.82%) Service Delivery
6 9 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (10.26%) Biotechnology
7 8 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (10.26%) Hematology
7 8 (10.26%) Immunology
7 8 (10.26%) Process Improvement
7 8 (10.26%) Root Cause Analysis
8 7 (8.97%) Asset Management
8 7 (8.97%) Incident Response
8 7 (8.97%) Project Delivery
8 7 (8.97%) Service Management
8 7 (8.97%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (7.69%) Data Management
9 6 (7.69%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.97%) PowerShell
1 7 (8.97%) SQL
2 6 (7.69%) C#
3 2 (2.56%) Python
4 1 (1.28%) Bash
4 1 (1.28%) Bicep
4 1 (1.28%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.28%) Perl
4 1 (1.28%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (1.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 12 (15.38%) Degree
3 9 (11.54%) DV Cleared
4 7 (8.97%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (5.13%) HNC
7 3 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.56%) CISM
8 2 (2.56%) CISSP
8 2 (2.56%) CRISC
8 2 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (2.56%) ISTQB
8 2 (2.56%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (2.56%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.28%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.28%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.28%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.67%) SLA
2 7 (8.97%) QA
3 6 (7.69%) Data Quality
4 4 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (5.13%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.85%) GDPR
5 3 (3.85%) GRC
6 2 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.56%) JSP 440
6 2 (2.56%) NIST
6 2 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (1.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (29.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.56%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.28%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (16.67%) SCCM
2 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.85%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.56%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (2.56%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.56%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.56%) VxRail
5 1 (1.28%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.28%) Nessus
5 1 (1.28%) Netcool
5 1 (1.28%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (1.28%) SCOM
5 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.41%) Cisco
2 5 (6.41%) Juniper
3 4 (5.13%) Fortinet
4 3 (3.85%) Aruba
4 3 (3.85%) Citrix
4 3 (3.85%) Veeam
4 3 (3.85%) VMware
5 2 (2.56%) Blue Prism
5 2 (2.56%) Dell
5 2 (2.56%) NetApp
5 2 (2.56%) Pega
5 2 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.56%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.56%) Workday
6 1 (1.28%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.28%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.28%) Tenable
6 1 (1.28%) UiPath
6 1 (1.28%) Veritas