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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 233 304
Rank change year-on-year -14 +71 -83
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 96 63 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.51% 0.71% 0.29%
As % of the General category 1.13% 1.04% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 68 43 19
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,650 £27,900
25th Percentile £43,156 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +41.18% -15.00%
75th Percentile £60,313 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £66,125 £92,500 £78,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% -17.69% +11.11%

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 8,529 6,029 6,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 45.56% 67.51% 53.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,557 2,777 3,251
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £31,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.62% -1.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,200 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +23 36 £47,500 -20.83% 41
Surrey -22 33 £47,500 -26.92% 12
Hampshire -60 20 £55,000 +0.92% 14
Berkshire +24 17 £57,500 +64.29% 20
Buckinghamshire +9 13 £45,000 -40.98% 10
Kent -22 6 £52,500 +75.00% 1
Oxfordshire -23 6 £52,500 - 11
West Sussex - 1 £70,000 - 3
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 11 (11.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (10.42%) Confluence
3 9 (9.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.13%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Workday HCM
2 1 (1.04%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.04%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 42 (43.75%) Azure
2 18 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (14.58%) AWS
4 10 (10.42%) Power Platform
5 8 (8.33%) Azure Stack
5 8 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 8 (8.33%) Power Automate
6 7 (7.29%) SaaS
7 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (4.17%) Nutanix
8 4 (4.17%) PowerApps
9 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (3.13%) Mimecast
10 2 (2.08%) GCP
10 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (1.04%) Azure AI
11 1 (1.04%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (1.04%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 20 (20.83%) Firewall
2 17 (17.71%) VPN
3 12 (12.50%) DNS
4 11 (11.46%) LAN
4 11 (11.46%) Network Security
4 11 (11.46%) WAN
4 11 (11.46%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (11.46%) Wireless
5 8 (8.33%) SD-WAN
5 8 (8.33%) VLAN
6 7 (7.29%) TCP/IP
7 6 (6.25%) BGP
7 6 (6.25%) OSPF
7 6 (6.25%) VoIP
8 4 (4.17%) DHCP
8 4 (4.17%) VSAN
9 3 (3.13%) HTTP
9 3 (3.13%) IPsec
9 3 (3.13%) MPLS
9 3 (3.13%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.29%) Power BI
3 2 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.08%) Metadata
4 1 (1.04%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.04%) GIS
4 1 (1.04%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (11.46%) JIRA
2 5 (5.21%) Git
3 4 (4.17%) GitLab
4 3 (3.13%) Postman
5 1 (1.04%) PowerBuilder
5 1 (1.04%) Rational DOORS
General
1 68 (70.83%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (11.46%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (10.42%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (9.38%) Finance
5 9 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (7.29%) Telecoms
7 5 (5.21%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.17%) Aerospace
9 3 (3.13%) Electronics
10 2 (2.08%) Banking
10 2 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.08%) Legal
10 2 (2.08%) Military
10 2 (2.08%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.04%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 20 (20.83%) Analyst
2 14 (14.58%) IT Engineer
3 13 (13.54%) Senior
3 13 (13.54%) Support Engineer
4 12 (12.50%) IT Support
4 12 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (10.42%) Business Analyst
5 10 (10.42%) Consultant
5 10 (10.42%) Lead
6 9 (9.38%) Support Analyst
7 7 (7.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (7.29%) Senior IT Engineer
7 7 (7.29%) Senior IT Support
7 7 (7.29%) Senior Support Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) Network Engineer
9 5 (5.21%) Applications Support
9 5 (5.21%) Network Consultant
9 5 (5.21%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (5.21%) Technical Support
9 5 (5.21%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.29%) Terraform
2 4 (4.17%) ARM Templates
3 3 (3.13%) 802.1X
3 3 (3.13%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 3 (3.13%) REST
4 2 (2.08%) .NET
5 1 (1.04%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (1.04%) Kafka
5 1 (1.04%) Node.js
5 1 (1.04%) OLE
5 1 (1.04%) React
5 1 (1.04%) Web Services
5 1 (1.04%) WinForms
5 1 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.38%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.29%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.29%) PKI
3 6 (6.25%) IoT
4 5 (5.21%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.21%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.17%) Clustering
6 3 (3.13%) CCTV
6 3 (3.13%) Data Structures
6 3 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.13%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.04%) Acoustics
8 1 (1.04%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.04%) NHS
8 1 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (32.29%) Windows
2 23 (23.96%) Windows Server
3 10 (10.42%) Linux
4 6 (6.25%) Windows 10
5 4 (4.17%) CentOS
5 4 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (4.17%) Ubuntu
5 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.13%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (34.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 27 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (17.71%) ITIL
4 17 (17.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (16.67%) Agile
5 16 (16.67%) Change Management
6 15 (15.63%) DevOps
7 14 (14.58%) Validation
8 13 (13.54%) Root Cause Analysis
9 11 (11.46%) CI/CD
9 11 (11.46%) Process Improvement
9 11 (11.46%) User Acceptance Testing
10 10 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (10.42%) Presales
10 10 (10.42%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (9.38%) Business Continuity
11 9 (9.38%) ITSM
12 8 (8.33%) Business Analysis
12 8 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 14 (14.58%) Python
3 9 (9.38%) SQL
4 6 (6.25%) Bash
5 5 (5.21%) C
5 5 (5.21%) C++
6 4 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 4 (4.17%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (4.17%) PHP
7 2 (2.08%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.04%) Ada
8 1 (1.04%) C#
8 1 (1.04%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.04%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.04%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.04%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 12 (12.50%) Degree
3 9 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.25%) CCNA
4 6 (6.25%) CCNP
4 6 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.17%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.13%) DBS Check
6 3 (3.13%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.13%) HND
6 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.08%) ACCA
7 2 (2.08%) CBAP
7 2 (2.08%) CIMA
8 1 (1.04%) CISSP
8 1 (1.04%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (9.38%) QA
2 7 (7.29%) SLA
3 5 (5.21%) Accessibility
4 4 (4.17%) Data Quality
4 4 (4.17%) NIST
5 3 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.08%) GDPR
6 2 (2.08%) ISO 22301
6 2 (2.08%) ISO 9001
6 2 (2.08%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (1.04%) NCSC
7 1 (1.04%) NIST 800
System Software
1 17 (17.71%) Active Directory
2 12 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 10 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (9.38%) Docker
4 9 (9.38%) Firmware
5 7 (7.29%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (4.17%) VMware NSX
6 4 (4.17%) vSphere
7 3 (3.13%) BitLocker
7 3 (3.13%) Terminal Services
8 1 (1.04%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (7.29%) vCenter Server
3 6 (6.25%) FortiGate
3 6 (6.25%) Kubernetes
4 5 (5.21%) Ansible
5 4 (4.17%) Docker Swarm
5 4 (4.17%) Nagios
5 4 (4.17%) Podman
5 4 (4.17%) VxRail
6 1 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.58%) Fortinet
3 11 (11.46%) Cisco
4 10 (10.42%) VMware
5 8 (8.33%) Aruba
5 8 (8.33%) Juniper
6 7 (7.29%) Palo Alto
7 6 (6.25%) Sophos
7 6 (6.25%) Veeam
8 4 (4.17%) Dell
8 4 (4.17%) ServiceNow
8 4 (4.17%) Splunk
9 3 (3.13%) Barracuda Networks
9 3 (3.13%) Symantec
9 3 (3.13%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (2.08%) Ericsson
10 2 (2.08%) Google
10 2 (2.08%) Huawei
10 2 (2.08%) Nokia
10 2 (2.08%) Oracle