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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 475 386
Rank change year-on-year +207 -89 +91
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 262 122 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.66% 0.29% 0.61%
As % of the General category 1.13% 0.48% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 179 53 153
10th Percentile £31,074 £36,995 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £38,125 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.64%
75th Percentile £60,063 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £63,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.70% +14.55% -8.33%

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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 23,213 25,376 18,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 58.45% 59.30% 63.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12,275 11,061 13,441
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 12 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +108 79 £52,250 +30.63% 92
Midlands +68 75 £45,000 - 49
North of England +57 54 £47,500 -9.52% 51
West Midlands +50 40 £52,500 -17.65% 33
East Midlands +31 34 £43,750 +2.94% 14
North West +49 26 £39,750 -22.06% 27
East of England +43 26 £32,500 -19.25% 29
Yorkshire +14 26 £47,500 -9.52% 21
South West +35 18 £55,000 +48.65% 22
Scotland +6 8 - - 8
North East +10 2 - - 5
Wales -3 2 £48,000 +1.05% 9
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 22 (8.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (6.49%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.53%) Confluence
4 2 (0.76%) WordPress
5 1 (0.38%) IIS
5 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.38%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 40 (15.27%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (2.29%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.53%) Oracle Cash Management
3 4 (1.53%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.53%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.76%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.38%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.38%) Postilion
6 1 (0.38%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.38%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.38%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 79 (30.15%) Azure
2 50 (19.08%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (11.07%) SaaS
4 22 (8.40%) AWS
5 19 (7.25%) IaaS
6 17 (6.49%) Entra ID
7 12 (4.58%) PaaS
8 11 (4.20%) Power Platform
9 8 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (2.67%) GCP
10 7 (2.67%) GitHub
11 6 (2.29%) iPaaS
12 5 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (1.91%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 4 (1.53%) OneDrive
14 3 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (1.15%) Google Workspace
14 3 (1.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.45%) DNS
2 27 (10.31%) DHCP
3 25 (9.54%) TCP/IP
4 24 (9.16%) Firewall
5 23 (8.78%) VPN
6 15 (5.73%) VLAN
7 9 (3.44%) SAN
8 8 (3.05%) BGP
9 7 (2.67%) WAN
10 6 (2.29%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.29%) DMZ
10 6 (2.29%) SD-WAN
10 6 (2.29%) VoIP
10 6 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.29%) Wireshark
11 5 (1.91%) Network Security
11 5 (1.91%) OSPF
11 5 (1.91%) STUN
12 4 (1.53%) LAN
12 4 (1.53%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.54%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.11%) Tableau
3 15 (5.73%) BigQuery
4 6 (2.29%) Metadata
5 5 (1.91%) Power BI
6 4 (1.53%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.15%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.76%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.38%) DB2
9 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.38%) MySQL
9 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.38%) QlikView
9 1 (0.38%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.05%) JIRA
2 4 (1.53%) Git
2 4 (1.53%) Postman
3 3 (1.15%) Subversion
4 1 (0.38%) GitLab
4 1 (0.38%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 134 (51.15%) Social Skills
2 46 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (11.07%) Finance
3 29 (11.07%) Legal
4 20 (7.63%) Manufacturing
5 19 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (5.34%) Law
6 14 (5.34%) Retail
7 12 (4.58%) Banking
8 11 (4.20%) Public Sector
9 10 (3.82%) German Language
9 10 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.29%) Back Office
12 5 (1.91%) Electronics
12 5 (1.91%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.53%) Avionics
13 4 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.15%) Automotive
14 3 (1.15%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 63 (24.05%) Analyst
2 52 (19.85%) Senior
3 20 (7.63%) Support Engineer
4 19 (7.25%) Data Analyst
5 17 (6.49%) Data Quality Analyst
5 17 (6.49%) Quality Analyst
6 16 (6.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (6.11%) Service Analyst
7 15 (5.73%) IT Support
8 14 (5.34%) Architect
8 14 (5.34%) Infrastructure Support
8 14 (5.34%) Service Desk Analyst
9 13 (4.96%) Lead
10 12 (4.58%) Developer
11 10 (3.82%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 10 (3.82%) IT Engineer
12 9 (3.44%) Business Analyst
12 9 (3.44%) IT Support Engineer
12 9 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (3.44%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.44%) XML
2 7 (2.67%) .NET
3 5 (1.91%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.53%) HTML
4 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.53%) OAuth
4 4 (1.53%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.53%) OpenID
4 4 (1.53%) React
4 4 (1.53%) SAML
5 3 (1.15%) CSS
5 3 (1.15%) PySpark
5 3 (1.15%) REST
6 2 (0.76%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.76%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.76%) Laravel
6 2 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.38%) FHIR
7 1 (0.38%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.38%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.96%) Driving Licence
2 12 (4.58%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (4.58%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.20%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.82%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.82%) NHS
5 9 (3.44%) Life Science
5 9 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.05%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.67%) Clustering
8 6 (2.29%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.91%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (1.15%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.76%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (23.28%) Windows
2 32 (12.21%) Windows Server
3 17 (6.49%) Linux
4 5 (1.91%) Debian
4 5 (1.91%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.53%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.15%) Unix
7 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.38%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.38%) VMS
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (17.94%) ITIL
3 37 (14.12%) Agile
4 34 (12.98%) Cybersecurity
5 32 (12.21%) Validation
6 29 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (9.92%) Migration
8 24 (9.16%) Customer Service
9 21 (8.02%) Mentoring
10 19 (7.25%) Data Validation
10 19 (7.25%) Data Visualisation
10 19 (7.25%) DevOps
10 19 (7.25%) Visualisation
11 18 (6.87%) ERP
11 18 (6.87%) Test Automation
12 17 (6.49%) Computer Science
12 17 (6.49%) Data Cleansing
12 17 (6.49%) Project Delivery
13 16 (6.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 16 (6.11%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 47 (17.94%) SQL
2 25 (9.54%) Python
3 24 (9.16%) PowerShell
4 15 (5.73%) C#
5 7 (2.67%) C
5 7 (2.67%) Java
5 7 (2.67%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.91%) VBA
7 4 (1.53%) Bash
8 3 (1.15%) PHP
9 2 (0.76%) Bicep
9 2 (0.76%) Perl
10 1 (0.38%) C++
10 1 (0.38%) Go
10 1 (0.38%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (25.19%) Degree
2 44 (16.79%) Security Cleared
3 30 (11.45%) SC Cleared
4 26 (9.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.11%) Numerate Degree
6 14 (5.34%) DV Cleared
7 11 (4.20%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (3.44%) CISSP
10 8 (3.05%) CCNP
11 7 (2.67%) Azure Certification
11 7 (2.67%) CISM
11 7 (2.67%) HNC
12 5 (1.91%) MCP
12 5 (1.91%) MCSA
12 5 (1.91%) MCSE
13 4 (1.53%) Chartered Engineer
14 3 (1.15%) CCNA
14 3 (1.15%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (12.60%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.34%) SLA
4 12 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (4.20%) GDPR
5 11 (4.20%) ISO 9001
6 10 (3.82%) QA
7 7 (2.67%) NIST
8 4 (1.53%) JSP 440
8 4 (1.53%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.76%) GRC
9 2 (0.76%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.76%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.38%) COBIT
10 1 (0.38%) DICOM
10 1 (0.38%) GxP
10 1 (0.38%) HL7
10 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 49 (18.70%) Active Directory
2 21 (8.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (7.63%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.29%) Firmware
5 5 (1.91%) Kamailio
6 3 (1.15%) Docker
7 2 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.38%) Ceph
8 1 (0.38%) Lustre
8 1 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (6.11%) SCCM
2 9 (3.44%) Terraform
3 6 (2.29%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (2.29%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.53%) Dell DRAC
4 4 (1.53%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.15%) Ansible
5 3 (1.15%) cPanel
5 3 (1.15%) Nessus
5 3 (1.15%) Plesk
5 3 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.38%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.38%) Kibana
6 1 (0.38%) Nagios
6 1 (0.38%) Netcool
6 1 (0.38%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 1 (0.38%) SCOM
6 1 (0.38%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 98 (37.40%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.78%) VMware
3 13 (4.96%) Cisco
4 9 (3.44%) Oracle
5 8 (3.05%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.05%) Veeam
6 7 (2.67%) Fortinet
7 6 (2.29%) Blue Prism
7 6 (2.29%) Pega
7 6 (2.29%) SolarWinds
8 5 (1.91%) Citrix
8 5 (1.91%) Juniper
8 5 (1.91%) Meraki
9 4 (1.53%) Dell
9 4 (1.53%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.15%) Aruba
10 3 (1.15%) Databricks
10 3 (1.15%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.76%) Google
11 2 (0.76%) Qualys