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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 378 453
Rank change year-on-year +58 +75 -2
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 367 183 297
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.51% 0.54% 0.42%
As % of the General category 1.15% 0.81% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 237 133 236
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,750 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -10.71%

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 31,993 22,693 38,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.50% 67.16% 54.82%
Number of salaries quoted 19,687 10,863 24,279
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +51 105 £50,000 -31.03% 48
North of England -29 82 £51,772 +21.82% 27
Midlands -20 58 £55,000 +24.29% 19
North West +29 52 £55,000 +18.92% 18
South West -32 45 £42,500 +6.25% 12
East of England +3 38 £50,000 -2.44% 9
West Midlands -21 36 £52,500 +5.00% 9
East Midlands -3 22 £60,000 +71.43% 10
Yorkshire -44 22 £56,250 +33.93% 8
Northern Ireland - 20 - - 1
Wales - 10 £57,500 - 4
Scotland +19 9 £33,500 - 7
North East -50 8 £45,000 +80.00% 1
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 30 (8.17%) SharePoint
2 24 (6.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.00%) IIS
4 10 (2.72%) Confluence
5 5 (1.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 35 (9.54%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (8.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (4.90%) AutoCAD
4 7 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.36%) CorelDRAW
6 4 (1.09%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (1.09%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.54%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.54%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.54%) NetSuite
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 HR
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 93 (25.34%) Azure
2 65 (17.71%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (11.99%) AWS
4 30 (8.17%) Entra ID
5 27 (7.36%) Power Platform
6 20 (5.45%) SaaS
7 14 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (3.00%) Power Automate
9 9 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.45%) GitHub
10 8 (2.18%) IaaS
11 7 (1.91%) Azure Stack
11 7 (1.91%) GCP
11 7 (1.91%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.36%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.36%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.09%) Google Sheets
13 4 (1.09%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.09%) PaaS
13 4 (1.09%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 53 (14.44%) Firewall
2 50 (13.62%) DNS
3 44 (11.99%) VPN
4 33 (8.99%) DHCP
4 33 (8.99%) TCP/IP
5 22 (5.99%) WAN
6 21 (5.72%) VLAN
7 17 (4.63%) TETRA
8 16 (4.36%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (3.27%) Network Security
9 12 (3.27%) Wireless
10 11 (3.00%) LAN
10 11 (3.00%) VoIP
11 10 (2.72%) Intrusion Detection
11 10 (2.72%) SD-WAN
12 8 (2.18%) SAN
13 7 (1.91%) BGP
13 7 (1.91%) OSPF
14 5 (1.36%) ATM
14 5 (1.36%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.99%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.72%) Power BI
3 4 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.82%) DynamoDB
4 3 (0.82%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.54%) Big Data
5 2 (0.54%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.27%) Metadata
6 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (5.45%) JIRA
2 18 (4.90%) Git
3 13 (3.54%) GitLab
4 5 (1.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (1.09%) Selenium
6 3 (0.82%) JMeter
6 3 (0.82%) JUnit
7 2 (0.54%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.54%) Postman
7 2 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.54%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.27%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.27%) Hudson
8 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.27%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 198 (53.95%) Social Skills
2 62 (16.89%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (11.72%) Finance
4 42 (11.44%) Manufacturing
5 33 (8.99%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (4.63%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.81%) Electronics
9 13 (3.54%) Legal
10 12 (3.27%) Retail
11 11 (3.00%) Marketing
12 9 (2.45%) Aerospace
12 9 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.45%) Law
13 8 (2.18%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.36%) Advertising
14 5 (1.36%) Military
14 5 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.09%) Banking
15 4 (1.09%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 80 (21.80%) Analyst
2 42 (11.44%) IT Support
2 42 (11.44%) Support Analyst
3 40 (10.90%) Senior
3 40 (10.90%) Support Engineer
4 24 (6.54%) Consultant
4 24 (6.54%) IT Engineer
5 23 (6.27%) Applications Support
6 22 (5.99%) IT Support Engineer
6 22 (5.99%) Systems Engineer
7 19 (5.18%) Lead
8 17 (4.63%) Applications Support Analyst
8 17 (4.63%) Audio Visual Engineer
8 17 (4.63%) Design Engineer
8 17 (4.63%) RF Design Engineer
8 17 (4.63%) RF Engineer
9 16 (4.36%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (3.81%) Network Engineer
10 14 (3.81%) Security Engineer
10 14 (3.81%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.45%) ARM Templates
1 9 (2.45%) Middleware
1 9 (2.45%) Node.js
2 8 (2.18%) CSS
2 8 (2.18%) HTML
2 8 (2.18%) REST
3 5 (1.36%) AngularJS
3 5 (1.36%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.36%) Jinja
3 5 (1.36%) JSON
3 5 (1.36%) YAML
4 4 (1.09%) React
4 4 (1.09%) SOAP
5 3 (0.82%) .NET
5 3 (0.82%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 3 (0.82%) CSS3
5 3 (0.82%) HTML5
5 3 (0.82%) Ruby on Rails
5 3 (0.82%) Spring
5 3 (0.82%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.17%) Driving Licence
2 28 (7.63%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.63%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.27%) CCTV
5 12 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.45%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.45%) PKI
7 8 (2.18%) Client/Server
7 8 (2.18%) CMDB
7 8 (2.18%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.63%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
9 5 (1.36%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.36%) Mobile Computing
9 5 (1.36%) Replication
10 4 (1.09%) Culture of Ownership
10 4 (1.09%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 96 (26.16%) Windows
2 57 (15.53%) Windows Server
3 38 (10.35%) Linux
4 13 (3.54%) Windows 10
5 11 (3.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.72%) CentOS
7 8 (2.18%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.36%) Debian
9 5 (1.36%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.82%) AIX
11 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.82%) VMS
11 3 (0.82%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.54%) Rocky
12 2 (0.54%) Unix
13 1 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (28.61%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (27.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (12.53%) Agile
4 44 (11.99%) ITIL
4 44 (11.99%) Project Delivery
5 43 (11.72%) Change Management
6 36 (9.81%) ERP
7 35 (9.54%) DevOps
8 31 (8.45%) CI/CD
9 30 (8.17%) Customer Service
10 29 (7.90%) Disaster Recovery
11 28 (7.63%) AI
12 27 (7.36%) System Testing
13 26 (7.08%) Business Analysis
13 26 (7.08%) Incident Management
14 25 (6.81%) Business Intelligence
14 25 (6.81%) Cybersecurity
14 25 (6.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (6.81%) Validation
15 23 (6.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 68 (18.53%) SQL
2 45 (12.26%) PowerShell
3 44 (11.99%) Python
4 22 (5.99%) JavaScript
5 16 (4.36%) Bash
6 10 (2.72%) C++
6 10 (2.72%) Java
7 8 (2.18%) C#
8 6 (1.63%) C
8 6 (1.63%) PHP
9 3 (0.82%) Ruby
9 3 (0.82%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.54%) ABAP
10 2 (0.54%) Bicep
10 2 (0.54%) Groovy
10 2 (0.54%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.27%) RPG
11 1 (0.27%) VB
11 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 65 (17.71%) Degree
2 47 (12.81%) Security Cleared
3 23 (6.27%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (3.27%) HND
5 11 (3.00%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.00%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.18%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (1.91%) CCNA
8 7 (1.91%) CCNP
8 7 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.63%) HNC
10 5 (1.36%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (1.09%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (1.09%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.09%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.54%) CIMA
12 2 (0.54%) ICAEW
12 2 (0.54%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.08%) QA
2 21 (5.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.81%) SLA
4 7 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.36%) GDPR
5 5 (1.36%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.09%) JSP 440
6 4 (1.09%) NIST
6 4 (1.09%) Software Quality Assurance
7 3 (0.82%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.82%) WCAG
8 2 (0.54%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.54%) NCSC
8 2 (0.54%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 58 (15.80%) Active Directory
2 27 (7.36%) Hyper-V
3 20 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (4.36%) Docker
5 7 (1.91%) Firmware
6 5 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.36%) vSphere
7 3 (0.82%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.82%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.27%) KVM
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (5.45%) Terraform
2 18 (4.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (3.81%) Kubernetes
4 11 (3.00%) Ansible
5 8 (2.18%) Nagios
6 7 (1.91%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.63%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.36%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (1.36%) Grafana
8 5 (1.36%) Podman
9 4 (1.09%) Backup Exec
9 4 (1.09%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.82%) SCCM
10 3 (0.82%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.54%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.27%) Netcool
12 1 (0.27%) Netcool/OMNIbus
12 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 127 (34.60%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.90%) Cisco
3 27 (7.36%) VMware
4 18 (4.90%) Fortinet
5 14 (3.81%) SAP
6 9 (2.45%) Veeam
7 8 (2.18%) Aruba
7 8 (2.18%) JD Edwards
7 8 (2.18%) Juniper
7 8 (2.18%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.18%) SolarWinds
7 8 (2.18%) Sophos
8 7 (1.91%) Citrix
8 7 (1.91%) Google
8 7 (1.91%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.91%) Splunk
9 6 (1.63%) Oracle
9 6 (1.63%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.63%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.36%) IBM