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 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 219 296 220
Rank change year-on-year +77 -76 +136
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 69 25 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.77% 0.22% 0.85%
As % of the General category 1.15% 0.41% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 43 8 50
10th Percentile £32,650 £25,275 £32,050
25th Percentile £42,500 £34,500 £38,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £56,250 £51,944
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.29% -5.56%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £59,375
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £68,875
England median annual salary £54,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.92% +13.04% -

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 6,025 6,164 4,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 67.12% 54.01% 61.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,931 2,742 3,141
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 25 October 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 25 October 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 +46 27 £45,000 -5.26% 5
Hampshire +51 20 £54,500 -31.88% 15
Thames Valley +4 13 £47,500 -32.14% 27
Berkshire -2 10 £35,000 - 20
Kent +8 6 £51,250 +97.12% 6
Buckinghamshire -5 2 £76,250 +1.67% 7
Oxfordshire +17 1 - -
East Sussex +10 1 £70,000 +75.00%
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 4 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.35%) Confluence
3 2 (2.90%) IIS
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.45%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (21.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.35%) SAP EHS
1 3 (4.35%) SAP IBP
1 3 (4.35%) SAP PP
1 3 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.90%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (24.64%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (20.29%) Azure
3 6 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.80%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.35%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.35%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.90%) SaaS
7 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.45%) IaaS
7 1 (1.45%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.45%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.25%) VPN
2 4 (5.80%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (5.80%) Firewall
3 3 (4.35%) BGP
3 3 (4.35%) MPLS
3 3 (4.35%) Wireless
3 3 (4.35%) Wireshark
4 2 (2.90%) DNS
5 1 (1.45%) DHCP
5 1 (1.45%) Internet
5 1 (1.45%) LAN
5 1 (1.45%) NAS
5 1 (1.45%) PBX
5 1 (1.45%) SAN
5 1 (1.45%) SMTP
5 1 (1.45%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.45%) VLAN
5 1 (1.45%) VoIP
5 1 (1.45%) WAN
5 1 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Postman
2 3 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 30 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 16 (23.19%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (7.25%) Telecoms
5 4 (5.80%) Avionics
5 4 (5.80%) Finance
5 4 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.35%) Retail
7 2 (2.90%) Advertising
7 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Games
8 1 (1.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (39.13%) Analyst
2 12 (17.39%) Service Analyst
2 12 (17.39%) Service Desk Analyst
3 11 (15.94%) Senior
4 6 (8.70%) Business Analyst
4 6 (8.70%) Consultant
4 6 (8.70%) Service Manager
4 6 (8.70%) Technical Manager
4 6 (8.70%) Technical Services Manager
5 5 (7.25%) Security Analyst
5 5 (7.25%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (5.80%) Hardware Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Lead
6 4 (5.80%) Managing Consultant
6 4 (5.80%) QA Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Security Consultant
6 4 (5.80%) Senior Hardware Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Architect
7 3 (4.35%) Network Engineer
8 2 (2.90%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Graph
1 4 (5.80%) OAuth
1 4 (5.80%) OAuth2
1 4 (5.80%) OpenID
1 4 (5.80%) SAML
2 1 (1.45%) .NET
2 1 (1.45%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.45%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (1.45%) OpenAPI
2 1 (1.45%) REST
2 1 (1.45%) Swagger
2 1 (1.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.25%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.80%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.35%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.90%) IoT
4 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.45%) FPGA
5 1 (1.45%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.45%) PCIe
5 1 (1.45%) PKI
5 1 (1.45%) Smart City
5 1 (1.45%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 17 (24.64%) Windows
2 1 (1.45%) Linux
2 1 (1.45%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.45%) Unix
2 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.54%) ITIL
2 17 (24.64%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (23.19%) Agile
4 10 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (14.49%) Service Delivery
5 9 (13.04%) Customer Service
5 9 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (8.70%) Incident Response
6 6 (8.70%) Logistics
6 6 (8.70%) Validation
6 6 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (7.25%) CI/CD
7 5 (7.25%) CRM
7 5 (7.25%) Project Delivery
7 5 (7.25%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (7.25%) Scrum
7 5 (7.25%) Test Automation
7 5 (7.25%) Test Strategy
8 4 (5.80%) Digital Innovation
8 4 (5.80%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.59%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.25%) C#
3 4 (5.80%) SQL
4 2 (2.90%) Python
5 1 (1.45%) Bash
5 1 (1.45%) Bicep
5 1 (1.45%) Perl
5 1 (1.45%) SystemVerilog
5 1 (1.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (24.64%) Security Cleared
2 14 (20.29%) DV Cleared
3 8 (11.59%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (5.80%) HNC
5 3 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.35%) Degree
6 2 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (2.90%) CISM
6 2 (2.90%) CISSP
6 2 (2.90%) CRISC
6 2 (2.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (2.90%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.90%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (1.45%) CCNP
7 1 (1.45%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.45%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.04%) SLA
2 7 (10.14%) QA
3 5 (7.25%) GDPR
4 4 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (5.80%) JSP 440
5 3 (4.35%) GRC
6 2 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.90%) NIST
6 2 (2.90%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.90%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.45%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (18.84%) SCCM
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (5.80%) Kubernetes
4 3 (4.35%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.45%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.45%) Ansible
5 1 (1.45%) Nessus
5 1 (1.45%) Netcool
5 1 (1.45%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (1.45%) SCOM
5 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.25%) Cisco
2 5 (7.25%) Juniper
3 4 (5.80%) Fortinet
4 3 (4.35%) Aruba
4 3 (4.35%) SAP
4 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.90%) Blue Prism
5 2 (2.90%) Pega
5 2 (2.90%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.90%) VMware
5 2 (2.90%) Workday
6 1 (1.45%) Commvault
6 1 (1.45%) IBM
6 1 (1.45%) Mitel
6 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.45%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.45%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.45%) Veeam
6 1 (1.45%) Veritas