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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 261 224
Rank change year-on-year +57 -37 +90
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 80 15 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.69% 0.19% 0.88%
As % of the General category 1.33% 0.30% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 49 2 99
10th Percentile £29,750 £43,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £44,063 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £60,500 £49,688 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,100 £50,625 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% -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 6,028 5,049 7,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 51.88% 64.74% 57.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,352 1,915 4,940
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,600 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 February 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 February 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 +15 28 £53,750 +19.44% 14
Berkshire +16 24 £45,000 - 7
Surrey +8 20 £36,500 -23.16% 4
Hampshire +22 18 £54,500 - 11
Kent -10 13 £47,500 - 4
Oxfordshire +9 3 £60,000 - 3
Buckinghamshire +3 1 £67,500 - 4
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 12 (15.00%) SharePoint
2 11 (13.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.00%) Confluence
4 1 (1.25%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (13.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.25%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.25%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (22.50%) Azure
3 13 (16.25%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.00%) SaaS
5 3 (3.75%) Azure Stack
5 3 (3.75%) ClickUp
5 3 (3.75%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.50%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.25%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.25%) IaaS
7 1 (1.25%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.25%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.25%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.25%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.25%) DHCP
1 9 (11.25%) DNS
2 8 (10.00%) VPN
3 6 (7.50%) VLAN
4 5 (6.25%) Firewall
5 3 (3.75%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (3.75%) NetScaler
5 3 (3.75%) SAN
6 2 (2.50%) BGP
6 2 (2.50%) MPLS
6 2 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.50%) VSAN
6 2 (2.50%) Wireless
6 2 (2.50%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.25%) 4G
7 1 (1.25%) 5G
7 1 (1.25%) Internet
7 1 (1.25%) NAS
7 1 (1.25%) PBX
7 1 (1.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.75%) Metadata
2 3 (3.75%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (1.25%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.25%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (7.50%) JIRA
2 5 (6.25%) Git
2 5 (6.25%) GitLab
3 4 (5.00%) Postman
4 1 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (57.50%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.75%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.50%) Finance
3 6 (7.50%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.00%) Avionics
4 4 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (5.00%) Retail
5 2 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.25%) Banking
6 1 (1.25%) Games
6 1 (1.25%) Legal
6 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (21.25%) Analyst
2 12 (15.00%) Senior
3 10 (12.50%) IT Support
4 5 (6.25%) 1st Line Support
4 5 (6.25%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
4 5 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support
4 5 (6.25%) Service Analyst
4 5 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (5.00%) 1st Line Engineer
5 4 (5.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 4 (5.00%) Hardware Engineer
5 4 (5.00%) IT Engineer
5 4 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (5.00%) Network Engineer
5 4 (5.00%) QA Engineer
5 4 (5.00%) Senior Hardware Engineer
5 4 (5.00%) Support Analyst
5 4 (5.00%) Support Engineer
6 3 (3.75%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.75%) ARM Templates
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Graph
1 3 (3.75%) OAuth
1 3 (3.75%) OAuth2
1 3 (3.75%) OpenID
1 3 (3.75%) SAML
2 2 (2.50%) .NET
2 2 (2.50%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.50%) Jinja
2 2 (2.50%) JSON
2 2 (2.50%) REST
2 2 (2.50%) YAML
3 1 (1.25%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.25%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.25%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.25%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.25%) jQuery
3 1 (1.25%) OpenAPI
3 1 (1.25%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.25%) Life Science
2 7 (8.75%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.75%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.75%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.75%) Wiki
6 2 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.50%) Clustering
6 2 (2.50%) IoT
6 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.50%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.25%) FPGA
7 1 (1.25%) LIMS
7 1 (1.25%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.25%) Smart City
7 1 (1.25%) Verilog
7 1 (1.25%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (32.50%) Windows
2 15 (18.75%) Windows Server
3 9 (11.25%) Linux
4 4 (5.00%) Ubuntu
4 4 (5.00%) Windows 10
5 3 (3.75%) CentOS
5 3 (3.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.25%) Unix
6 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (33.75%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (30.00%) Agile
3 23 (28.75%) ITIL
4 11 (13.75%) ITSM
5 9 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (11.25%) Customer Service
5 9 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (11.25%) Hematology
5 9 (11.25%) Immunology
6 8 (10.00%) Biotechnology
7 7 (8.75%) Analytics
7 7 (8.75%) Asset Management
7 7 (8.75%) Data Management
7 7 (8.75%) Data Science
7 7 (8.75%) Mentoring
7 7 (8.75%) Process Improvement
7 7 (8.75%) Project Delivery
7 7 (8.75%) Root Cause Analysis
7 7 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (7.50%) Data Munging
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.25%) PowerShell
2 7 (8.75%) SQL
3 6 (7.50%) C#
3 6 (7.50%) Python
4 4 (5.00%) Bash
5 1 (1.25%) ABAP
5 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.25%) Perl
5 1 (1.25%) PHP
5 1 (1.25%) SystemVerilog
5 1 (1.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (18.75%) Degree
2 10 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (5.00%) HNC
4 4 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.75%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.75%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.50%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (1.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.25%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.25%) CISM
7 1 (1.25%) CISSP
7 1 (1.25%) CRISC
7 1 (1.25%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.25%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.00%) QA
1 8 (10.00%) SLA
2 7 (8.75%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (3.75%) GDPR
4 3 (3.75%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.50%) GRC
5 2 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.25%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.25%) Def Stans
6 1 (1.25%) NIST
6 1 (1.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (28.75%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.50%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.75%) Docker
4 2 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.50%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.50%) SCCM
3 5 (6.25%) Backup Exec
4 3 (3.75%) Ansible
4 3 (3.75%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.75%) Nagios
4 3 (3.75%) Terraform
4 3 (3.75%) ZABBIX
5 2 (2.50%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (2.50%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.50%) Netcool
5 2 (2.50%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 2 (2.50%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.50%) VxRail
6 1 (1.25%) AirWatch
6 1 (1.25%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (1.25%) Nessus
6 1 (1.25%) Podman
6 1 (1.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 28 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.00%) Veeam
3 5 (6.25%) Cisco
4 4 (5.00%) Fortinet
4 4 (5.00%) SolarWinds
5 3 (3.75%) Blue Prism
5 3 (3.75%) Citrix
5 3 (3.75%) Juniper
5 3 (3.75%) Pega
5 3 (3.75%) Red Hat
5 3 (3.75%) Splunk
5 3 (3.75%) VMware
5 3 (3.75%) Workday
6 2 (2.50%) Dell
6 2 (2.50%) IBM
6 2 (2.50%) NetApp
6 2 (2.50%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.50%) SAP
6 2 (2.50%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.50%) UiPath