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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 252 268
Rank change year-on-year +35 +16 +27
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 77 23 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.53% 0.30% 0.69%
As % of the General category 1.16% 0.42% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 50 16 99
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,625 £29,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £58,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +35.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,063 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,925 £78,125 £79,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 6,656 5,532 9,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 46.04% 71.16% 56.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,048 2,096 6,123
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,375 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +41 31 £47,500 +5.56% 19
Surrey -6 22 £45,000 -35.71% 6
Berkshire +34 21 £53,750 +19.44% 7
Hampshire -23 13 £59,000 -21.33% 10
Kent -26 11 £47,500 +58.33%
Buckinghamshire - 7 £27,500 - 5
Oxfordshire - 3 £60,000 - 8
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 10 (12.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.49%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.30%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 16 (20.78%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (19.48%) Azure
3 10 (12.99%) SaaS
4 6 (7.79%) Azure Stack
4 6 (7.79%) Entra ID
4 6 (7.79%) Power Platform
5 5 (6.49%) OpenShift
6 4 (5.19%) ClickUp
7 3 (3.90%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.60%) AWS
9 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.30%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.99%) Firewall
1 10 (12.99%) VPN
2 8 (10.39%) DNS
3 6 (7.79%) DHCP
3 6 (7.79%) VoIP
4 5 (6.49%) NAS
4 5 (6.49%) Network Security
4 5 (6.49%) VLAN
4 5 (6.49%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (3.90%) BGP
5 3 (3.90%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (3.90%) IPsec
5 3 (3.90%) MPLS
5 3 (3.90%) Multicast
5 3 (3.90%) NetScaler
5 3 (3.90%) OSPF
5 3 (3.90%) SAN
6 2 (2.60%) LAN
6 2 (2.60%) WAN
6 2 (2.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.79%) Power BI
2 1 (1.30%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.30%) Metadata
2 1 (1.30%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (14.29%) Git
1 11 (14.29%) GitLab
2 6 (7.79%) JIRA
3 1 (1.30%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 44 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.08%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (12.99%) Telecoms
4 7 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (6.49%) Finance
5 5 (6.49%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.19%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.19%) Retail
7 3 (3.90%) Electronics
8 2 (2.60%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 24 (31.17%) Analyst
2 16 (20.78%) Support Analyst
3 12 (15.58%) Applications Support
3 12 (15.58%) Applications Support Analyst
4 8 (10.39%) IT Support
4 8 (10.39%) Network Engineer
5 7 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (7.79%) Lead
6 6 (7.79%) Site Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
7 5 (6.49%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (6.49%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) Infrastructure Support
7 5 (6.49%) Telecoms Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 4 (5.19%) Architect
8 4 (5.19%) Project Analyst
8 4 (5.19%) Project Support Analyst
8 4 (5.19%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.79%) ARM Templates
2 5 (6.49%) Jinja
2 5 (6.49%) JSON
2 5 (6.49%) YAML
3 3 (3.90%) 802.1X
4 2 (2.60%) .NET
5 1 (1.30%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.30%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.30%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.30%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.30%) jQuery
5 1 (1.30%) OLE
5 1 (1.30%) React
5 1 (1.30%) REST
5 1 (1.30%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.19%) Wiki
3 3 (3.90%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.60%) PKI
5 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.30%) Clustering
5 1 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.30%) Life Science
5 1 (1.30%) LIMS
5 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (32.47%) Windows
2 21 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 16 (20.78%) Linux
4 8 (10.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (7.79%) CentOS
5 6 (7.79%) Ubuntu
6 4 (5.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (3.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (18.18%) Agile
2 14 (18.18%) ITIL
2 14 (18.18%) ITSM
3 12 (15.58%) Change Management
3 12 (15.58%) Incident Management
4 11 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 11 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (12.99%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (11.69%) DevOps
7 7 (9.09%) Containerisation
7 7 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
7 7 (9.09%) Project Delivery
8 6 (7.79%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (7.79%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (7.79%) Customer Service
8 6 (7.79%) Observability
8 6 (7.79%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 5 (6.49%) Risk Management
9 5 (6.49%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.18%) Python
2 8 (10.39%) PowerShell
3 6 (7.79%) Bash
4 5 (6.49%) SQL
5 4 (5.19%) PHP
6 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.30%) ABAP
7 1 (1.30%) C#
7 1 (1.30%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.39%) Degree
3 5 (6.49%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) CCNA
4 3 (3.90%) CCNP
4 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.90%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.99%) SLA
2 5 (6.49%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (3.90%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.90%) Def Stans
3 3 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (2.60%) NCSC
5 1 (1.30%) GRC
5 1 (1.30%) NIST
5 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.30%) QA
5 1 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (19.48%) Active Directory
2 9 (11.69%) Docker
3 5 (6.49%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.90%) BitLocker
4 3 (3.90%) Firmware
4 3 (3.90%) Terminal Services
4 3 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.60%) vSphere
6 1 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (9.09%) Terraform
2 6 (7.79%) Ansible
2 6 (7.79%) Kubernetes
2 6 (7.79%) Nagios
3 5 (6.49%) Backup Exec
3 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (5.19%) Docker Swarm
4 4 (5.19%) Podman
4 4 (5.19%) ZABBIX
5 3 (3.90%) FortiGate
5 3 (3.90%) SCCM
6 1 (1.30%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (1.30%) Netcool
6 1 (1.30%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 1 (1.30%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 18 (23.38%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.99%) Cisco
3 6 (7.79%) Fortinet
3 6 (7.79%) Splunk
3 6 (7.79%) Veeam
3 6 (7.79%) VMware
4 5 (6.49%) Red Hat
5 4 (5.19%) Barracuda Networks
5 4 (5.19%) SolarWinds
5 4 (5.19%) Sophos
6 3 (3.90%) Citrix
6 3 (3.90%) NetApp
7 2 (2.60%) Aruba
7 2 (2.60%) Databricks
7 2 (2.60%) Juniper
7 2 (2.60%) Oracle
7 2 (2.60%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.60%) SAP
8 1 (1.30%) UiPath