Documentation Skills Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Documentation Skills
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 189 188
Rank change year-on-year +45 -1 +23
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 35 1 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.61% 0.030% 0.79%
As % of the General category 1.37% 0.038% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 24 1 45
10th Percentile £26,250 - £26,750
25th Percentile £38,750 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +4.49%
75th Percentile £62,188 - £61,250
90th Percentile £70,150 - £77,500
South East median annual salary £49,000 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.41% +35.00% -

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,554 2,621 3,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 44.22% 77.61% 52.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,639 792 2,233
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,275 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,000 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% +14.92% -9.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,563 £60,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Documentation Skills job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Documentation Skills
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Documentation Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Documentation Skills

Documentation Skills
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in the Thames Valley

Documentation Skills
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Documentation Skills within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Berkshire +31 24 £56,250 +25.00% 11
Buckinghamshire - 8 £27,500 - 4
Oxfordshire - 3 £60,000 - 7
Documentation Skills
South East

Documentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) Azure
1 6 (17.14%) Power Platform
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (14.29%) OpenShift
3 4 (11.43%) AWS
4 3 (8.57%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.86%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (34.29%) Firewall
2 7 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (14.29%) NAS
4 4 (11.43%) LAN
4 4 (11.43%) Network Security
4 4 (11.43%) SD-WAN
4 4 (11.43%) VPN
4 4 (11.43%) WAN
4 4 (11.43%) Wireless
5 3 (8.57%) VoIP
6 2 (5.71%) DNS
6 2 (5.71%) NetScaler
6 2 (5.71%) SAN
6 2 (5.71%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) Power BI
2 1 (2.86%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.86%) Metadata
2 1 (2.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Git
1 5 (14.29%) GitLab
2 1 (2.86%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.86%) Finance
6 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.86%) Legal
6 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (14.29%) Analyst
1 5 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
1 5 (14.29%) Consultant
1 5 (14.29%) Network Engineer
1 5 (14.29%) Telecoms Engineer
2 4 (11.43%) Architect
2 4 (11.43%) IT Engineer
2 4 (11.43%) Lead
2 4 (11.43%) Network Consultant
2 4 (11.43%) Project Analyst
2 4 (11.43%) Project Support Analyst
2 4 (11.43%) Support Analyst
3 3 (8.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (8.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Administrator
3 3 (8.57%) IT Support
3 3 (8.57%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) Jinja
1 5 (14.29%) JSON
1 5 (14.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.71%) PKI
1 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.86%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.86%) Life Science
2 1 (2.86%) LIMS
2 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.86%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.00%) Windows
2 5 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 4 (11.43%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.71%) Linux
4 2 (5.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.86%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) Continuous Improvement
1 11 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (17.14%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (17.14%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (17.14%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (17.14%) Project Delivery
3 5 (14.29%) API Integration
3 5 (14.29%) API Management
3 5 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 5 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
3 5 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 5 (14.29%) Presales
3 5 (14.29%) Task Automation
4 4 (11.43%) Customer Service
4 4 (11.43%) Decision-Making
4 4 (11.43%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (8.57%) Information Security
5 3 (8.57%) ITIL
5 3 (8.57%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) SQL
3 1 (2.86%) ABAP
3 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.43%) Degree
3 3 (8.57%) DBS Check
4 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (14.29%) Accessibility
3 4 (11.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (11.43%) SLA
4 3 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (8.57%) Data Quality
4 3 (8.57%) Def Stans
4 3 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (5.71%) NCSC
6 1 (2.86%) GRC
6 1 (2.86%) NIST
6 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.57%) BitLocker
2 3 (8.57%) Firmware
2 3 (8.57%) Terminal Services
2 3 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.86%) Netcool
1 1 (2.86%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Cisco
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.14%) Fortinet
3 5 (14.29%) Aruba
3 5 (14.29%) Juniper
3 5 (14.29%) Red Hat
3 5 (14.29%) VMware
4 4 (11.43%) Barracuda Networks
4 4 (11.43%) Palo Alto
4 4 (11.43%) Sophos
5 2 (5.71%) Citrix
5 2 (5.71%) Databricks
5 2 (5.71%) NetApp
6 1 (2.86%) Blue Prism
6 1 (2.86%) IBM
6 1 (2.86%) N-able
6 1 (2.86%) Pega
6 1 (2.86%) SAP
6 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.86%) UiPath