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

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	257	228	290
Rank change year-on-year	-29	+62	-75
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills	98	65	27
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East	0.50%	0.73%	0.23%
As % of the General category	1.09%	1.08%	0.44%
Number of salaries quoted	71	43	10
10^th Percentile	£40,000	£32,650	£25,425
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£42,500	£38,375
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£54,000	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	-7.41%	+20.00%	-13.37%
75^th Percentile	£61,250	£75,000	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£68,750	£92,500	£82,500
England median annual salary	£51,772	£54,000	£65,000
% change year-on-year	-4.13%	-16.92%	+11.11%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	9,019	6,038	6,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East	46.41%	67.59%	53.25%
Number of salaries quoted	5,971	2,881	2,785
10^th Percentile	£29,000	£27,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,700	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£45,000	£53,050
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-15.17%	+1.05%
75^th Percentile	£66,250	£63,750	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£80,000	£82,500
England median annual salary	£55,000	£53,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+3.77%	-11.67%	-

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 Salary Trend in the South East

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 17 October 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 17 October 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
Thames Valley	+16	37	£45,500	-4.21%	30
Surrey	-25	34	£48,000	+6.67%	13
Hampshire	-50	21	£50,000	-8.26%	13
Berkshire	+7	18	£57,500	+64.29%	18
Buckinghamshire	0	10	£45,000	-40.98%	6
Oxfordshire	-27	9	£52,500	-	7
Kent	-24	4	-	-	5
West Sussex	-	1	£70,000	-	5
Documentation Skills England

Documentation Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, job vacancies citing Documentation Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region with a requirement for Documentation Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	50.0%	49
2	Continuous Improvement	37.8%	37
3	Microsoft	32.7%	32
4	Windows	28.6%	28
5	Problem-Solving	25.5%	25
6	Disaster Recovery	23.5%	23
6	Security Cleared	23.5%	23
8	Firewall	22.4%	22
9	VPN	21.4%	21
10	Agile	20.4%	20
10	Windows Server	20.4%	20
12	Active Directory	18.4%	18
12	AWS	18.4%	18
12	Stakeholder Management	18.4%	18
15	DNS	17.3%	17
15	PowerShell	17.3%	17
15	Python	17.3%	17
15	Validation	17.3%	17
19	Microsoft 365	16.3%	16
20	Fortinet	15.3%	15
20	ITIL	15.3%	15
20	Root Cause Analysis	15.3%	15
23	ISO/IEC 27001	14.3%	14
23	JIRA	14.3%	14
23	SC Cleared	14.3%	14
23	User Acceptance Testing	14.3%	14
27	Change Management	13.3%	13
27	Confluence	13.3%	13
27	Cybersecurity	13.3%	13
27	Degree	13.3%	13

Documentation Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	76.5%	75
2	Analytical Skills	20.4%	20
3	Finance	13.3%	13
4	Organisational Skills	11.2%	11
4	Presentation Skills	11.2%	11
6	Inclusion and Diversity	9.2%	9
7	Banking	5.1%	5
7	Telecoms	5.1%	5
9	Aerospace	4.1%	4
9	Manufacturing	4.1%	4
11	Influencing Skills	3.1%	3
12	Automotive	2.0%	2
12	Legal	2.0%	2
12	Military	2.0%	2
12	Public Sector	2.0%	2
16	Back Office	1.0%	1
16	Electronics	1.0%	1
16	Front Office	1.0%	1