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 22 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 356 473
Rank change year-on-year +31 +117 -55
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 379 210 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.61% 0.33%
As % of the General category 1.10% 0.92% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 238 152 135
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £39,063 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +13.10% -6.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,750 £55,625
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%

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 34,609 22,929 31,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.99% 66.13% 53.54%
Number of salaries quoted 21,362 11,284 17,599
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -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 22 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 22 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 +28 98 £50,000 -25.93% 62
North of England -43 78 £55,000 +29.41% 54
Midlands -31 62 £55,000 +29.41% 30
South West -31 57 £42,500 +6.25% 23
North West +16 54 £55,000 +29.41% 36
West Midlands -25 39 £54,000 +8.00% 21
East of England -15 38 £53,000 -1.85% 27
East Midlands -16 23 £60,000 +41.18% 9
Yorkshire -52 21 £57,500 +35.29% 14
Northern Ireland - 20 - - 6
Scotland +21 14 £48,000 - 14
Wales - 12 £55,000 - 4
North East -52 3 £37,250 +49.00% 5
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 27 (7.12%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.69%) Confluence
4 8 (2.11%) IIS
5 5 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 32 (8.44%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (4.75%) AutoCAD
4 11 (2.90%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.32%) CorelDRAW
7 4 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.32%) Infor CloudSuite
1 5 (1.32%) Infor LN
1 5 (1.32%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (1.06%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.79%) Infor M3
3 3 (0.79%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.53%) 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
Cloud Services
1 93 (24.54%) Azure
2 57 (15.04%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (10.82%) AWS
4 32 (8.44%) Power Platform
5 27 (7.12%) Entra ID
6 25 (6.60%) SaaS
7 13 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.37%) Azure Stack
9 9 (2.37%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.11%) GitHub
11 7 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (1.85%) Boomi
11 7 (1.85%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.58%) iPaaS
12 6 (1.58%) Lucidchart
12 6 (1.58%) Workato
13 5 (1.32%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.32%) GCP
13 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 46 (12.14%) Firewall
2 43 (11.35%) DNS
3 37 (9.76%) VPN
4 29 (7.65%) TCP/IP
5 23 (6.07%) DHCP
6 22 (5.80%) WAN
7 18 (4.75%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (4.49%) TETRA
9 13 (3.43%) Network Security
9 13 (3.43%) Wireless
10 12 (3.17%) LAN
11 11 (2.90%) VLAN
12 10 (2.64%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (2.64%) SD-WAN
13 8 (2.11%) BGP
13 8 (2.11%) HTTP
13 8 (2.11%) OSPF
13 8 (2.11%) SAN
14 6 (1.58%) VoIP
15 5 (1.32%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.86%) Power BI
2 16 (4.22%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.06%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.79%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.53%) EDMS
5 2 (0.53%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.53%) Redis
6 1 (0.26%) Airbyte
6 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.26%) Metadata
6 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (6.33%) JIRA
2 14 (3.69%) Git
3 9 (2.37%) GitLab
4 4 (1.06%) Postman
5 3 (0.79%) JMeter
5 3 (0.79%) JUnit
5 3 (0.79%) Selenium
6 2 (0.53%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.53%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.26%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.26%) Hudson
7 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.26%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 204 (53.83%) Social Skills
2 69 (18.21%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (12.40%) Manufacturing
4 43 (11.35%) Finance
5 35 (9.23%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (7.39%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.22%) Legal
8 15 (3.96%) Electronics
9 14 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.69%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.17%) Aerospace
10 12 (3.17%) Marketing
11 11 (2.90%) Public Sector
12 9 (2.37%) Retail
13 7 (1.85%) Law
14 6 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.32%) Military
16 4 (1.06%) Front Office
16 4 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
17 2 (0.53%) Banking
Job Titles
1 84 (22.16%) Analyst
2 52 (13.72%) Senior
3 39 (10.29%) Support Analyst
3 39 (10.29%) Support Engineer
4 34 (8.97%) IT Support
5 27 (7.12%) Applications Support
6 25 (6.60%) Consultant
6 25 (6.60%) IT Engineer
7 22 (5.80%) IT Support Engineer
8 21 (5.54%) Systems Engineer
9 20 (5.28%) Business Analyst
10 18 (4.75%) Lead
11 17 (4.49%) Audio Visual Engineer
11 17 (4.49%) Design Engineer
11 17 (4.49%) RF Design Engineer
11 17 (4.49%) RF Engineer
12 16 (4.22%) Applications Support Analyst
12 16 (4.22%) Architect
12 16 (4.22%) Developer
13 14 (3.69%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.49%) Terraform
2 15 (3.96%) REST
3 9 (2.37%) CSS
3 9 (2.37%) HTML
3 9 (2.37%) Node.js
4 8 (2.11%) Middleware
5 7 (1.85%) ARM Templates
6 6 (1.58%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.58%) SOAP
7 5 (1.32%) EDI
7 5 (1.32%) React
8 4 (1.06%) CSS3
8 4 (1.06%) HTML5
8 4 (1.06%) Playwright
9 3 (0.79%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 3 (0.79%) JSON
9 3 (0.79%) RESTful
9 3 (0.79%) Ruby on Rails
9 3 (0.79%) Spring
9 3 (0.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.23%) Driving Licence
2 32 (8.44%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.22%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.22%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.96%) CCTV
5 14 (3.69%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.43%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.64%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.37%) Client/Server
8 9 (2.37%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.37%) PKI
9 8 (2.11%) CMDB
10 7 (1.85%) IoT
11 5 (1.32%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (1.32%) Online Gambling
11 5 (1.32%) Video\Live Streaming
12 4 (1.06%) Culture of Ownership
12 4 (1.06%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 84 (22.16%) Windows
2 46 (12.14%) Windows Server
3 30 (7.92%) Linux
4 13 (3.43%) Windows 10
5 12 (3.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (2.37%) Ubuntu
7 8 (2.11%) CentOS
8 6 (1.58%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.32%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.32%) Unix
9 5 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.79%) AIX
10 3 (0.79%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.53%) Android
11 2 (0.53%) Rocky
12 1 (0.26%) Solaris
12 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (29.02%) Continuous Improvement
2 109 (28.76%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (13.19%) Agile
4 43 (11.35%) Business Analysis
5 42 (11.08%) ERP
6 41 (10.82%) Change Management
7 40 (10.55%) ITIL
8 38 (10.03%) Disaster Recovery
9 37 (9.76%) DevOps
9 37 (9.76%) Project Delivery
10 34 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
11 31 (8.18%) AI
11 31 (8.18%) Business Intelligence
11 31 (8.18%) Customer Service
11 31 (8.18%) Validation
12 27 (7.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 27 (7.12%) System Testing
13 26 (6.86%) CI/CD
13 26 (6.86%) Mentoring
13 26 (6.86%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 74 (19.53%) SQL
2 41 (10.82%) PowerShell
3 36 (9.50%) Python
4 21 (5.54%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.37%) Bash
5 9 (2.37%) C++
5 9 (2.37%) Java
6 8 (2.11%) C#
7 6 (1.58%) C
8 5 (1.32%) PHP
9 4 (1.06%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.79%) Ruby
11 2 (0.53%) Bicep
11 2 (0.53%) Go
11 2 (0.53%) Groovy
11 2 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.53%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.53%) VBA
12 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (14.78%) Degree
2 47 (12.40%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.43%) HND
6 11 (2.90%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.11%) CCNA
7 8 (2.11%) CCNP
7 8 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.58%) HNC
10 4 (1.06%) ACCA
10 4 (1.06%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.06%) CIMA
10 4 (1.06%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.79%) CBAP
12 2 (0.53%) ICAEW
12 2 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.82%) QA
2 18 (4.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (3.69%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.64%) SLA
5 7 (1.85%) GDPR
6 6 (1.58%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.32%) Software Quality Assurance
8 4 (1.06%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (0.79%) NIST
9 3 (0.79%) WCAG
10 2 (0.53%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.53%) GRC
10 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.53%) NCSC
10 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
System Software
1 40 (10.55%) Active Directory
2 25 (6.60%) Hyper-V
3 23 (6.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.69%) Firmware
5 13 (3.43%) Docker
6 7 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.58%) vSphere
8 4 (1.06%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.79%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.79%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.26%) KVM
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.37%) Ansible
3 9 (2.37%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.85%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.32%) Nagios
6 4 (1.06%) Docker Swarm
6 4 (1.06%) Grafana
6 4 (1.06%) Podman
6 4 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.06%) VxRail
7 2 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.53%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.53%) SCCM
8 1 (0.26%) Argo
8 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.26%) Puppet
8 1 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 120 (31.66%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.97%) Cisco
3 29 (7.65%) VMware
4 18 (4.75%) Fortinet
5 14 (3.69%) SAP
6 12 (3.17%) JD Edwards
7 10 (2.64%) Veeam
8 9 (2.37%) Aruba
8 9 (2.37%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.11%) Juniper
9 8 (2.11%) Oracle
9 8 (2.11%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.85%) Google
10 7 (1.85%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.85%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.85%) Sophos
11 6 (1.58%) Dell
11 6 (1.58%) MuleSoft
11 6 (1.58%) Sage
12 5 (1.32%) Adobe