Documentation Skills Job Trends in Surrey

Documentation Skills
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	104	61	112
Rank change year-on-year	-43	+51	-45
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills	32	29	4
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey	1.20%	2.64%	0.27%
As % of the General category	2.33%	4.41%	0.45%
Number of salaries quoted	21	12	1
10^th Percentile	£40,000	£29,200	-
25^th Percentile	£43,375	£36,063	£43,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£45,000	£47,500
Median % change year-on-year	+33.33%	-5.26%	-9.52%
75^th Percentile	£68,750	£53,125	£51,250
90^th Percentile	£77,500	£74,500	-
South East median annual salary	£50,000	£53,000	£43,750
% change year-on-year	-5.66%	+21.14%	-15.77%

All General Skills
Surrey

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 citing general skills in Surrey.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	1,374	657	898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey	51.54%	59.78%	59.99%
Number of salaries quoted	945	483	408
10^th Percentile	£29,000	£26,300	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,250	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£41,750	£54,500
Median % change year-on-year	+19.76%	-23.39%	+3.81%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£62,500	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£92,500	£84,750	£85,000
South East median annual salary	£50,000	£44,000	£54,500
% change year-on-year	+13.64%	-19.27%	+3.81%

Documentation Skills Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Documentation Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Documentation Skills Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Documentation Skills.

Documentation Skills Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in Surrey over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in Surrey

Documentation Skills Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Documentation Skills within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 4 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Staines	-	7	£40,000	-
Guildford	-21	5	£60,000	+33.33%
Leatherhead	-	3	-	-
Redhill	-	3	£75,000	-
Chertsey	-	2	£47,500	-
Egham	-	2	£75,000	-
Woking	-	2	£64,000	-
Documentation Skills South East

Documentation Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, job vacancies citing Documentation Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Surrey region citing Documentation Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	59.4%	19
2	SC Cleared	37.5%	12
2	Security Cleared	37.5%	12
4	Continuous Improvement	34.4%	11
4	Infrastructure Engineering	34.4%	11
6	AWS	31.3%	10
6	Degree	31.3%	10
6	Disaster Recovery	31.3%	10
6	Problem-Solving	31.3%	10
10	Agile	28.1%	9
10	Business Continuity	28.1%	9
10	Firewall	28.1%	9
10	Project Delivery	28.1%	9
14	DevOps	25.0%	8
14	Microsoft	25.0%	8
14	PowerShell	25.0%	8
14	Python	25.0%	8
14	Root Cause Analysis	25.0%	8
14	Validation	25.0%	8
14	Windows	25.0%	8
14	Workshop Facilitation	25.0%	8
22	ISO/IEC 27001	21.9%	7
22	ITIL	21.9%	7
22	TCP/IP	21.9%	7
22	User Acceptance Testing	21.9%	7
22	VPN	21.9%	7
27	Infrastructure as Code	18.8%	6
27	Linux	18.8%	6
27	Stakeholder Engagement	18.8%	6
27	Stakeholder Management	18.8%	6

Documentation Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	87.5%	28
2	Analytical Skills	31.3%	10
3	Inclusion and Diversity	28.1%	9
4	Finance	18.8%	6
4	Presentation Skills	18.8%	6
6	Back Office	6.3%	2
6	Influencing Skills	6.3%	2
6	Organisational Skills	6.3%	2
6	Public Sector	6.3%	2
6	Telecoms	6.3%	2
11	Aerospace	3.1%	1
11	Automotive	3.1%	1
11	Manufacturing	3.1%	1