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 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 245 242
Rank change year-on-year +39 -3 +88
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 76 11 131
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.60% 0.16% 0.88%
As % of the General category 1.24% 0.24% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 44 2 114
10th Percentile £31,000 £43,875 £26,625
25th Percentile £38,750 £44,063 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £61,625 £49,688 £66,250
90th Percentile £71,975 £50,625 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 6,121 4,531 8,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 48.54% 66.52% 57.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,505 1,942 5,769
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,800
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.74%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +30 31 £47,500 +5.56% 19
Berkshire +30 27 £47,500 +5.56% 9
Surrey -3 16 £29,500 -37.89% 4
Kent -20 15 £49,000 - 4
Hampshire +5 13 £57,000 - 4
Oxfordshire +3 3 £60,000 - 4
Middlesex - 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 6
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 12 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (13.16%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.63%) Confluence
4 1 (1.32%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.32%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (1.32%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.32%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.32%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 22 (28.95%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (18.42%) Azure
3 11 (14.47%) Entra ID
4 7 (9.21%) SaaS
5 5 (6.58%) OpenShift
6 4 (5.26%) ClickUp
7 3 (3.95%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.32%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.32%) IaaS
8 1 (1.32%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.32%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.32%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.47%) DNS
2 9 (11.84%) DHCP
3 7 (9.21%) Firewall
4 6 (7.89%) VLAN
4 6 (7.89%) VPN
5 5 (6.58%) NetScaler
5 5 (6.58%) SAN
6 4 (5.26%) NAS
7 2 (2.63%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.63%) VoIP
7 2 (2.63%) VSAN
7 2 (2.63%) Wireshark
8 1 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.32%) PBX
8 1 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.21%) Metadata
2 3 (3.95%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (1.32%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.32%) Power BI
3 1 (1.32%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (10.53%) Git
1 8 (10.53%) GitLab
2 4 (5.26%) JIRA
3 1 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (61.84%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.58%) Retail
5 4 (5.26%) Avionics
5 4 (5.26%) Finance
6 3 (3.95%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.63%) Electronics
7 2 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.32%) Banking
8 1 (1.32%) Legal
8 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (19.74%) Analyst
2 11 (14.47%) IT Support
3 9 (11.84%) Senior
4 8 (10.53%) Support Analyst
5 7 (9.21%) Applications Support
5 7 (9.21%) Applications Support Analyst
6 5 (6.58%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (6.58%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 5 (6.58%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (6.58%) Architect
6 5 (6.58%) Automation Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Infrastructure Support
6 5 (6.58%) IT Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Network Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Support Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Telecoms Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) 1st Line Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 4 (5.26%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.58%) Jinja
1 5 (6.58%) JSON
1 5 (6.58%) YAML
2 3 (3.95%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.32%) .NET
3 1 (1.32%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.32%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.32%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.32%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.32%) jQuery
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.32%) OAuth
3 1 (1.32%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.32%) OpenID
3 1 (1.32%) REST
3 1 (1.32%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.84%) Life Science
2 7 (9.21%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (5.26%) Wiki
5 3 (3.95%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.95%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.63%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.63%) Clustering
6 2 (2.63%) PKI
7 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.32%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.32%) LIMS
7 1 (1.32%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.32%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (34.21%) Windows
2 19 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 12 (15.79%) Linux
4 5 (6.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (6.58%) Windows 10
5 4 (5.26%) Ubuntu
6 3 (3.95%) CentOS
7 1 (1.32%) Unix
7 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (27.63%) Agile
3 19 (25.00%) ITIL
4 14 (18.42%) ITSM
5 10 (13.16%) Change Management
6 9 (11.84%) Customer Service
6 9 (11.84%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (11.84%) Hematology
6 9 (11.84%) Immunology
7 8 (10.53%) Biotechnology
7 8 (10.53%) CI/CD
7 8 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (10.53%) Project Delivery
7 8 (10.53%) Validation
8 7 (9.21%) Analytics
8 7 (9.21%) Data Management
8 7 (9.21%) Data Science
8 7 (9.21%) Incident Management
8 7 (9.21%) Process Improvement
8 7 (9.21%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.53%) Python
2 7 (9.21%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.26%) Bash
4 3 (3.95%) SQL
5 1 (1.32%) ABAP
5 1 (1.32%) C#
5 1 (1.32%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.32%) PHP
5 1 (1.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (19.74%) Degree
2 10 (13.16%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.58%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (5.26%) HNC
4 4 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.95%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.63%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.63%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.63%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.32%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.32%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.53%) SLA
2 7 (9.21%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (3.95%) Def Stans
5 2 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (2.63%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.63%) QA
5 2 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.32%) GRC
6 1 (1.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (28.95%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.89%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.95%) Docker
4 2 (2.63%) Firmware
4 2 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.63%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.63%) vSphere
5 1 (1.32%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.32%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.58%) Backup Exec
3 4 (5.26%) SCCM
3 4 (5.26%) ZABBIX
4 3 (3.95%) Ansible
4 3 (3.95%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.95%) Nagios
4 3 (3.95%) Terraform
5 2 (2.63%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (2.63%) Netcool
5 2 (2.63%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 2 (2.63%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.63%) VxRail
6 1 (1.32%) AirWatch
6 1 (1.32%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (1.32%) Podman
6 1 (1.32%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (28.95%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.53%) Veeam
3 6 (7.89%) Cisco
3 6 (7.89%) Red Hat
3 6 (7.89%) VMware
4 5 (6.58%) Citrix
4 5 (6.58%) SolarWinds
5 4 (5.26%) NetApp
6 3 (3.95%) Blue Prism
6 3 (3.95%) Pega
6 3 (3.95%) Splunk
6 3 (3.95%) Workday
7 2 (2.63%) Barracuda Networks
7 2 (2.63%) Dell
7 2 (2.63%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.63%) SAP
7 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.63%) Sophos
7 2 (2.63%) UiPath