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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 329 484
Rank change year-on-year -9 +155 -83
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 383 221 155
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.46% 0.64% 0.28%
As % of the General category 1.05% 0.97% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 249 161 82
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £33,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £75,375
UK median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -13.60% +8.70%

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 36,332 22,744 29,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.72% 65.85% 53.14%
Number of salaries quoted 22,496 11,124 14,453
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.69%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 12 September 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 12 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
South East 0 90 £50,000 -21.57% 75
North of England -42 79 £52,136 +22.67% 37
South West -30 66 £42,500 +6.25% 33
Midlands -34 60 £53,750 +22.16% 39
North West +8 54 £53,750 +35.22% 21
West Midlands -35 40 £51,500 +0.10% 23
East of England -13 38 £55,000 +1.85% 23
Yorkshire -64 21 £57,500 +35.29% 10
East Midlands -36 20 £60,000 +41.18% 16
Northern Ireland - 19 - - 3
Scotland +22 16 £33,500 - 9
Wales - 15 £53,750 - 2
North East -62 4 £42,500 +70.00% 6
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 26 (6.79%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.66%) Confluence
4 8 (2.09%) IIS
5 5 (1.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 30 (7.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 30 (7.83%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.70%) AutoCAD
3 13 (3.39%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.31%) CorelDRAW
6 4 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Infor CloudSuite
1 5 (1.31%) Infor LN
1 5 (1.31%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (1.04%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.78%) Infor M3
3 3 (0.78%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.52%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.26%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 93 (24.28%) Azure
2 58 (15.14%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (10.97%) AWS
4 39 (10.18%) Power Platform
5 28 (7.31%) Entra ID
6 27 (7.05%) SaaS
7 14 (3.66%) Power Automate
8 13 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (2.09%) Azure Stack
10 8 (2.09%) GitHub
11 7 (1.83%) Boomi
11 7 (1.83%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.57%) iPaaS
12 6 (1.57%) Lucidchart
12 6 (1.57%) Workato
13 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (1.31%) n8n
13 5 (1.31%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 47 (12.27%) Firewall
2 42 (10.97%) DNS
3 40 (10.44%) VPN
4 29 (7.57%) TCP/IP
5 24 (6.27%) DHCP
6 22 (5.74%) WAN
7 18 (4.70%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (4.44%) TETRA
9 16 (4.18%) Wireless
10 15 (3.92%) Network Security
10 15 (3.92%) VLAN
11 14 (3.66%) LAN
12 10 (2.61%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (2.61%) SD-WAN
13 8 (2.09%) BGP
13 8 (2.09%) HTTP
13 8 (2.09%) OSPF
13 8 (2.09%) SAN
14 7 (1.83%) VoIP
15 6 (1.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.62%) Power BI
2 16 (4.18%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.04%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.78%) Big Data
4 3 (0.78%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.52%) EDMS
5 2 (0.52%) Metadata
5 2 (0.52%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.52%) Redis
6 1 (0.26%) Airbyte
6 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.26%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (6.01%) JIRA
2 11 (2.87%) Git
3 6 (1.57%) GitLab
4 4 (1.04%) Postman
5 3 (0.78%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.78%) JMeter
5 3 (0.78%) JUnit
5 3 (0.78%) Selenium
6 2 (0.52%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.52%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.26%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.26%) Hudson
7 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.26%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 207 (54.05%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.28%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (12.01%) Manufacturing
4 44 (11.49%) Finance
5 34 (8.88%) Organisational Skills
6 26 (6.79%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (3.92%) Aerospace
7 15 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (3.92%) Legal
8 14 (3.66%) Electronics
9 13 (3.39%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.13%) Marketing
10 12 (3.13%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.83%) Military
12 6 (1.57%) Retail
13 5 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.31%) Law
14 4 (1.04%) Front Office
15 3 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.52%) Billing
Job Titles
1 80 (20.89%) Analyst
2 54 (14.10%) Senior
3 47 (12.27%) Support Engineer
4 37 (9.66%) IT Support
5 36 (9.40%) Support Analyst
6 30 (7.83%) IT Engineer
7 28 (7.31%) Applications Support
8 25 (6.53%) Consultant
8 25 (6.53%) IT Support Engineer
9 21 (5.48%) Business Analyst
10 19 (4.96%) Systems Engineer
11 18 (4.70%) Design Engineer
12 17 (4.44%) Audio Visual Engineer
12 17 (4.44%) RF Design Engineer
12 17 (4.44%) RF Engineer
13 16 (4.18%) Architect
13 16 (4.18%) Developer
13 16 (4.18%) Lead
13 16 (4.18%) Systems Analyst
13 16 (4.18%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.18%) Terraform
2 15 (3.92%) REST
3 9 (2.35%) CSS
3 9 (2.35%) HTML
3 9 (2.35%) Node.js
4 8 (2.09%) Middleware
5 6 (1.57%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.57%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.57%) Playwright
5 6 (1.57%) SOAP
6 5 (1.31%) EDI
6 5 (1.31%) React
7 4 (1.04%) CSS3
7 4 (1.04%) HTML5
8 3 (0.78%) .NET
8 3 (0.78%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 3 (0.78%) RESTful
8 3 (0.78%) Ruby on Rails
8 3 (0.78%) Spring
8 3 (0.78%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.92%) Driving Licence
2 31 (8.09%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.18%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.66%) CCTV
4 14 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (3.66%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.35%) Client/Server
6 9 (2.35%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.35%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.09%) CMDB
7 8 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.83%) IoT
8 7 (1.83%) PKI
9 6 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.57%) Replication
10 5 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.31%) Online Gambling
10 5 (1.31%) Video\Live Streaming
11 4 (1.04%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 82 (21.41%) Windows
2 46 (12.01%) Windows Server
3 26 (6.79%) Linux
4 13 (3.39%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (2.35%) CentOS
7 8 (2.09%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.83%) Mac OS
9 6 (1.57%) Apple iOS
10 5 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (1.04%) Rocky
11 4 (1.04%) Unix
12 3 (0.78%) AIX
12 3 (0.78%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.52%) Android
14 1 (0.26%) Solaris
14 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (29.77%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (27.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 50 (13.05%) Agile
4 45 (11.75%) Business Analysis
5 44 (11.49%) ERP
6 41 (10.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 38 (9.92%) Business Intelligence
7 38 (9.92%) Disaster Recovery
7 38 (9.92%) ITIL
8 37 (9.66%) Change Management
8 37 (9.66%) DevOps
9 35 (9.14%) AI
9 35 (9.14%) Validation
10 34 (8.88%) Project Delivery
11 31 (8.09%) Customer Service
12 28 (7.31%) Mentoring
12 28 (7.31%) Test Automation
13 27 (7.05%) Root Cause Analysis
14 26 (6.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 26 (6.79%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 76 (19.84%) SQL
2 44 (11.49%) PowerShell
3 32 (8.36%) Python
4 21 (5.48%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.35%) Java
6 8 (2.09%) Bash
6 8 (2.09%) C++
7 7 (1.83%) C#
8 6 (1.57%) C
9 5 (1.31%) PHP
10 4 (1.04%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.78%) Ruby
12 2 (0.52%) Bicep
12 2 (0.52%) Go
12 2 (0.52%) Groovy
12 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.52%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.52%) VBA
13 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 55 (14.36%) Degree
2 47 (12.27%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.31%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.87%) HND
6 10 (2.61%) CCNA
6 10 (2.61%) CCNP
6 10 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.35%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.57%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.57%) HNC
10 4 (1.04%) ACCA
10 4 (1.04%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.04%) CIMA
10 4 (1.04%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.78%) CBAP
12 2 (0.52%) AAT
12 2 (0.52%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (12.01%) QA
2 19 (4.96%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.13%) GDPR
5 10 (2.61%) SLA
6 6 (1.57%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.31%) Software Quality Assurance
8 4 (1.04%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.78%) WCAG
10 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.52%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.52%) NIST
11 1 (0.26%) GAAP
11 1 (0.26%) GxP
11 1 (0.26%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 36 (9.40%) Active Directory
2 25 (6.53%) Hyper-V
3 23 (6.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.13%) Docker
5 11 (2.87%) Firmware
6 7 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.04%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.04%) vSphere
8 3 (0.78%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.78%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.26%) KVM
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.61%) Ansible
2 10 (2.61%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.35%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.83%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.04%) Docker Swarm
5 4 (1.04%) Grafana
5 4 (1.04%) Nagios
5 4 (1.04%) NetBackup
5 4 (1.04%) Podman
5 4 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.04%) VxRail
6 2 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.26%) Argo
7 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 121 (31.59%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.62%) Cisco
3 27 (7.05%) VMware
4 18 (4.70%) Fortinet
5 15 (3.92%) SAP
6 12 (3.13%) JD Edwards
6 12 (3.13%) Veeam
7 9 (2.35%) Aruba
7 9 (2.35%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.09%) Juniper
8 8 (2.09%) Oracle
8 8 (2.09%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.83%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.83%) Sophos
10 6 (1.57%) Dell
10 6 (1.57%) Google
10 6 (1.57%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.57%) Sage
11 5 (1.31%) Adobe
11 5 (1.31%) Infor