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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 302 218
Rank change year-on-year +74 -84 +151
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 61 37 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.68% 0.29% 0.95%
As % of the General category 1.01% 0.54% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 41 19 55
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,900 £29,600
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £37,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £78,500 £67,250
England median annual salary £53,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -17.69% +8.33% +9.09%

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 common skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,062 6,901 5,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 67.60% 53.27% 61.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,785 3,287 3,352
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £51,242 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% -2.40% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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 +64 29 £65,000 - 5
Hampshire +87 20 £54,500 - 13
Thames Valley -29 6 £60,000 +41.18% 15
Kent +14 4 £30,000 +15.38% 2
Berkshire -7 4 £47,500 +18.75% 12
Oxfordshire +16 1 - - 2
East Sussex +12 1 £70,000 +75.00%
Buckinghamshire -16 1 £85,000 +13.33% 1
Documentation Skills
England

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.28%) Apache Spark
1 2 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.64%) Apache
2 1 (1.64%) Confluence
2 1 (1.64%) IIS
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (24.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (8.20%) SAP IBP
1 5 (8.20%) SAP PP
1 5 (8.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (4.92%) SAP EHS
3 2 (3.28%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (22.95%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (16.39%) Azure
3 5 (8.20%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.92%) PowerApps
5 2 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.28%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.28%) SaaS
6 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.64%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.64%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.56%) VPN
2 3 (4.92%) BGP
2 3 (4.92%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (4.92%) Firewall
2 3 (4.92%) MPLS
2 3 (4.92%) Wireless
2 3 (4.92%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.64%) 4G
3 1 (1.64%) 5G
3 1 (1.64%) DNS
3 1 (1.64%) Internet
3 1 (1.64%) Junos
3 1 (1.64%) LAN
3 1 (1.64%) SMTP
3 1 (1.64%) WAN
3 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.92%) SAP BW
2 2 (3.28%) Big Data
2 2 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.28%) Power BI
2 2 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Postman
2 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 27 (44.26%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.84%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.56%) Finance
5 4 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.56%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.92%) Advertising
6 3 (4.92%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.28%) Retail
8 1 (1.64%) Games
Job Titles
1 25 (40.98%) Analyst
2 12 (19.67%) Service Analyst
2 12 (19.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 7 (11.48%) Consultant
4 6 (9.84%) Service Manager
4 6 (9.84%) Technical Manager
4 6 (9.84%) Technical Services Manager
5 5 (8.20%) Lead
5 5 (8.20%) Senior
6 4 (6.56%) Business Analyst
6 4 (6.56%) Managing Consultant
6 4 (6.56%) QA Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Security Analyst
6 4 (6.56%) Security Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) 1st Line Support
7 3 (4.92%) Architect
7 3 (4.92%) Identity Management Architect
7 3 (4.92%) Network Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.28%) 1st Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Graph
1 2 (3.28%) OAuth
1 2 (3.28%) OAuth2
1 2 (3.28%) OpenID
1 2 (3.28%) Pandas
1 2 (3.28%) SAML
2 1 (1.64%) .NET
2 1 (1.64%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (1.64%) OpenAPI
2 1 (1.64%) REST
2 1 (1.64%) Swagger
2 1 (1.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.92%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.28%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.28%) IoT
3 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.28%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.64%) FPGA
4 1 (1.64%) PCIe
4 1 (1.64%) PKI
4 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.64%) Smart City
4 1 (1.64%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 18 (29.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (29.51%) ITIL
2 16 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (19.67%) Agile
4 9 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (14.75%) Customer Service
5 8 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (13.11%) Service Delivery
6 6 (9.84%) Logistics
7 5 (8.20%) CI/CD
7 5 (8.20%) Data Protection
7 5 (8.20%) Incident Response
7 5 (8.20%) Project Delivery
7 5 (8.20%) Quality Management
7 5 (8.20%) Scrum
7 5 (8.20%) Test Scripting
7 5 (8.20%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (8.20%) Workflow
8 4 (6.56%) DevSecOps
8 4 (6.56%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (6.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.11%) PowerShell
2 6 (9.84%) SQL
3 5 (8.20%) C#
4 4 (6.56%) Python
5 2 (3.28%) Bash
5 2 (3.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.64%) Bicep
6 1 (1.64%) Perl
6 1 (1.64%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 15 (24.59%) DV Cleared
1 15 (24.59%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.20%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.92%) Degree
4 2 (3.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (3.28%) CISM
4 2 (3.28%) CISSP
4 2 (3.28%) CRISC
4 2 (3.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (1.64%) CCNA
5 1 (1.64%) CCNP
5 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.64%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.75%) SLA
2 8 (13.11%) GDPR
3 5 (8.20%) QA
4 4 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (6.56%) JSP 440
5 3 (4.92%) GRC
6 2 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.28%) NIST
6 2 (3.28%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.28%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.64%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (24.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (19.67%) SCCM
2 4 (6.56%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.92%) FortiGate
4 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.64%) Ansible
5 1 (1.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (31.15%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.84%) Cisco
3 5 (8.20%) SAP
4 4 (6.56%) Juniper
5 3 (4.92%) Aruba
5 3 (4.92%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.28%) Meraki
6 2 (3.28%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.64%) OneTrust
7 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.64%) VMware