Documentation Skills Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Documentation Skills
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 356 454
Rank change year-on-year +40 +98 -16
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 377 203 226
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.59% 0.37%
As % of the General category 1.13% 0.88% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 239 148 168
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £40,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,625 £61,750 £55,313
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,750 £67,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -11.11%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 33,243 22,957 33,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.45% 66.95% 54.05%
Number of salaries quoted 20,491 11,249 19,594
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.22% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,625 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Documentation Skills job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Documentation Skills
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Documentation Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Documentation Skills

Documentation Skills
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK excluding London

Documentation Skills
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Documentation Skills within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
South East +40 110 £50,000 -28.57% 55
North of England -31 78 £55,000 +29.41% 28
Midlands -20 63 £55,000 +29.41% 22
North West +23 51 £55,000 +18.92% 18
South West -41 48 £42,500 +6.25% 19
West Midlands -26 39 £53,250 +6.50% 11
East of England -9 37 £50,000 -6.10% 10
East Midlands -20 24 £60,000 +54.84% 11
Yorkshire -46 22 £56,250 +32.35% 9
Northern Ireland - 20 - - 5
Scotland +21 11 £33,500 - 6
Wales - 10 £57,500 - 4
North East -52 5 £45,000 +80.00% 2
Documentation Skills
UK

Documentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 28 (7.43%) SharePoint
2 22 (5.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.18%) Confluence
4 11 (2.92%) IIS
5 5 (1.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 34 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (4.77%) AutoCAD
4 7 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.86%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.33%) CorelDRAW
6 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (1.06%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (1.06%) Infor CloudSuite
2 4 (1.06%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.53%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.53%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.53%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.53%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.27%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 91 (24.14%) Azure
2 61 (16.18%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (11.14%) AWS
4 28 (7.43%) Power Platform
5 26 (6.90%) Entra ID
6 24 (6.37%) SaaS
7 14 (3.71%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.65%) Power Automate
10 9 (2.39%) GitHub
11 8 (2.12%) Azure Stack
12 7 (1.86%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.33%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (1.33%) Boomi
13 5 (1.33%) GCP
13 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (1.33%) OpenShift
14 4 (1.06%) iPaaS
14 4 (1.06%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 50 (13.26%) Firewall
2 45 (11.94%) DNS
3 40 (10.61%) VPN
4 30 (7.96%) TCP/IP
5 27 (7.16%) DHCP
6 22 (5.84%) WAN
7 17 (4.51%) TETRA
7 17 (4.51%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (4.24%) VLAN
9 13 (3.45%) Network Security
10 12 (3.18%) LAN
10 12 (3.18%) Wireless
11 10 (2.65%) Intrusion Detection
11 10 (2.65%) SD-WAN
12 9 (2.39%) VoIP
13 8 (2.12%) BGP
13 8 (2.12%) OSPF
13 8 (2.12%) SAN
14 5 (1.33%) ATM
14 5 (1.33%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.84%) Power BI
2 20 (5.31%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.80%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.53%) Metadata
4 2 (0.53%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.27%) EDMS
5 1 (0.27%) Redis
5 1 (0.27%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (6.10%) JIRA
2 18 (4.77%) Git
3 13 (3.45%) GitLab
4 4 (1.06%) Selenium
5 3 (0.80%) JMeter
5 3 (0.80%) JUnit
5 3 (0.80%) Postman
5 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.53%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.53%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.27%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.27%) Hudson
7 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.27%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 207 (54.91%) Social Skills
2 66 (17.51%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (12.47%) Manufacturing
4 44 (11.67%) Finance
5 33 (8.75%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (7.16%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.24%) Legal
7 16 (4.24%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.71%) Electronics
9 12 (3.18%) Marketing
9 12 (3.18%) Retail
10 11 (2.92%) Aerospace
11 10 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.65%) Public Sector
12 8 (2.12%) Law
13 5 (1.33%) Advertising
13 5 (1.33%) Military
13 5 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.06%) Front Office
14 4 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (22.81%) Analyst
2 46 (12.20%) Senior
3 44 (11.67%) Support Analyst
4 38 (10.08%) IT Support
5 37 (9.81%) Support Engineer
6 25 (6.63%) Applications Support
7 24 (6.37%) Consultant
7 24 (6.37%) IT Engineer
8 22 (5.84%) IT Support Engineer
8 22 (5.84%) Lead
8 22 (5.84%) Systems Engineer
9 19 (5.04%) Applications Support Analyst
10 18 (4.77%) Business Analyst
11 17 (4.51%) Audio Visual Engineer
11 17 (4.51%) Design Engineer
11 17 (4.51%) RF Design Engineer
11 17 (4.51%) RF Engineer
12 16 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support
13 15 (3.98%) Network Engineer
14 14 (3.71%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.92%) REST
2 9 (2.39%) ARM Templates
2 9 (2.39%) Node.js
3 8 (2.12%) CSS
3 8 (2.12%) HTML
3 8 (2.12%) Middleware
4 5 (1.33%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.33%) Jinja
4 5 (1.33%) JSON
4 5 (1.33%) SOAP
4 5 (1.33%) YAML
5 4 (1.06%) React
6 3 (0.80%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.80%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (0.80%) CSS3
6 3 (0.80%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (0.80%) HTML5
6 3 (0.80%) Ruby on Rails
6 3 (0.80%) Spring
6 3 (0.80%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.22%) Driving Licence
1 31 (8.22%) Onboarding
2 18 (4.77%) Product Ownership
3 13 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.18%) CCTV
5 9 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.39%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.39%) PKI
6 8 (2.12%) Client/Server
6 8 (2.12%) CMDB
7 6 (1.59%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.33%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.33%) Marketing Technology
8 5 (1.33%) Mobile Computing
9 4 (1.06%) Culture of Ownership
9 4 (1.06%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.06%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 91 (24.14%) Windows
2 53 (14.06%) Windows Server
3 36 (9.55%) Linux
4 13 (3.45%) Windows 10
5 12 (3.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.65%) CentOS
7 9 (2.39%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.33%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.06%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.80%) AIX
11 3 (0.80%) Debian
11 3 (0.80%) Unix
11 3 (0.80%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.53%) Rocky
12 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.27%) Android
13 1 (0.27%) Solaris
13 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (29.44%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (28.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 51 (13.53%) Agile
4 44 (11.67%) Project Delivery
5 43 (11.41%) Change Management
6 41 (10.88%) ERP
6 41 (10.88%) ITIL
7 40 (10.61%) DevOps
8 33 (8.75%) Business Analysis
9 32 (8.49%) CI/CD
10 31 (8.22%) AI
10 31 (8.22%) Disaster Recovery
11 30 (7.96%) Customer Service
12 28 (7.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 28 (7.43%) Validation
13 27 (7.16%) System Testing
14 26 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 24 (6.37%) Incident Management
15 24 (6.37%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 71 (18.83%) SQL
2 41 (10.88%) PowerShell
2 41 (10.88%) Python
3 21 (5.57%) JavaScript
4 14 (3.71%) Bash
5 10 (2.65%) C++
5 10 (2.65%) Java
6 8 (2.12%) C#
7 6 (1.59%) C
7 6 (1.59%) PHP
8 3 (0.80%) Ruby
8 3 (0.80%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.53%) Bicep
9 2 (0.53%) Groovy
9 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.53%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.53%) VBA
10 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.27%) Go
10 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 66 (17.51%) Degree
2 48 (12.73%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.63%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.18%) HND
6 11 (2.92%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.12%) CCNA
8 8 (2.12%) CCNP
8 8 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.86%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.86%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.59%) HNC
11 5 (1.33%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (1.06%) ACCA
12 4 (1.06%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (1.06%) CIMA
12 4 (1.06%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.53%) CBAP
13 2 (0.53%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.81%) QA
2 21 (5.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.98%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.18%) SLA
5 6 (1.59%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.33%) GDPR
6 5 (1.33%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.33%) Software Quality Assurance
7 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.06%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.80%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.80%) NIST
8 3 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.80%) WCAG
9 2 (0.53%) GRC
9 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.53%) NCSC
9 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
System Software
1 48 (12.73%) Active Directory
2 26 (6.90%) Hyper-V
3 20 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (4.24%) Docker
5 9 (2.39%) Firmware
6 4 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.06%) vSphere
7 3 (0.80%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.80%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.27%) KVM
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (5.31%) Terraform
2 18 (4.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (3.71%) Kubernetes
4 11 (2.92%) Ansible
5 9 (2.39%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.86%) Nagios
7 5 (1.33%) Docker Swarm
7 5 (1.33%) Grafana
7 5 (1.33%) Podman
7 5 (1.33%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.06%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.53%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.53%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.53%) SCCM
9 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.27%) Argo
10 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 123 (32.63%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.34%) Cisco
3 26 (6.90%) VMware
4 19 (5.04%) Fortinet
5 13 (3.45%) SAP
6 9 (2.39%) JD Edwards
6 9 (2.39%) Veeam
7 8 (2.12%) Aruba
7 8 (2.12%) Juniper
7 8 (2.12%) Oracle
7 8 (2.12%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.12%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.12%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.12%) Sophos
8 7 (1.86%) Google
8 7 (1.86%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.86%) Splunk
9 5 (1.33%) NetApp
9 5 (1.33%) Sage
9 5 (1.33%) SolarWinds