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 8 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 452 391
Rank change year-on-year +158 -61 +74
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 246 107 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.32% 0.54%
As % of the General category 0.98% 0.49% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 168 49 247
10th Percentile £30,370 £29,750 £27,200
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £45,383 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.91% -9.23% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,500 £54,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,250 £73,000
UK median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -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 general skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 24,999 21,771 29,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.89% 64.90% 59.48%
Number of salaries quoted 12,901 8,919 21,601
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,625 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,647 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.26% +9.09% -11.29%

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 8 February 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 8 February 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 +69 75 £48,000 +3.78% 57
Midlands +39 62 £55,000 +7.84% 31
North of England +12 42 £45,000 +4.19% 39
West Midlands +27 34 £60,000 +6.67% 24
East of England +41 29 £30,370 -23.25% 14
East Midlands 0 27 £45,000 -7.22% 7
South West +19 24 £55,000 +74.60% 23
North West +22 20 £45,000 -0.84% 21
Yorkshire -14 19 £34,000 -19.05% 12
Scotland 0 12 £35,000 - 9
North East -1 3 £45,000 +55.17% 6
Wales -4 2 £48,000 -1.54% 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 17 (6.91%) SharePoint
2 14 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.85%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.63%) Confluence
5 3 (1.22%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.22%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.22%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.81%) IIS
6 2 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.81%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.41%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.41%) Postilion
4 1 (0.41%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 82 (33.33%) Azure
2 50 (20.33%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (11.79%) AWS
4 25 (10.16%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.72%) SaaS
6 9 (3.66%) GCP
7 8 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.25%) IaaS
7 8 (3.25%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.44%) iPaaS
9 5 (2.03%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.03%) Serverless
10 4 (1.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.63%) AWS CodePipeline
10 4 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.63%) AWS Step Functions
10 4 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.63%) PaaS
10 4 (1.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (15.85%) DNS
2 36 (14.63%) DHCP
3 35 (14.23%) Firewall
4 29 (11.79%) TCP/IP
5 24 (9.76%) VPN
6 22 (8.94%) VLAN
7 10 (4.07%) SAN
7 10 (4.07%) WAN
7 10 (4.07%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (3.25%) Network Security
9 7 (2.85%) BGP
9 7 (2.85%) SD-WAN
10 6 (2.44%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.44%) LAN
10 6 (2.44%) Wireshark
11 5 (2.03%) Wireless
12 4 (1.63%) MPLS
12 4 (1.63%) OSPF
12 4 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.22%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.44%) Metadata
4 6 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.63%) MySQL
6 3 (1.22%) Big Data
6 3 (1.22%) Metadata Repository
6 3 (1.22%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.81%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.81%) Power BI
7 2 (0.81%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.41%) DB2
8 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 14 (5.69%) JIRA
2 10 (4.07%) Git
3 5 (2.03%) Subversion
4 4 (1.63%) Postman
5 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.41%) GitLab
7 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 135 (54.88%) Social Skills
2 59 (23.98%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (10.98%) Finance
4 24 (9.76%) Legal
5 21 (8.54%) Retail
6 20 (8.13%) Manufacturing
7 15 (6.10%) Banking
7 15 (6.10%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (5.28%) German Language
9 12 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.88%) Law
10 8 (3.25%) Automotive
11 7 (2.85%) Electronics
12 6 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.44%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.63%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.63%) Avionics
14 4 (1.63%) Public Sector
15 3 (1.22%) Billing
Job Titles
1 50 (20.33%) Senior
2 43 (17.48%) Analyst
3 31 (12.60%) IT Support
4 17 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (6.50%) Architect
5 16 (6.50%) Support Engineer
6 12 (4.88%) Lead
7 10 (4.07%) Data Engineer
7 10 (4.07%) Infrastructure Support
7 10 (4.07%) IT Engineer
7 10 (4.07%) Service Analyst
8 9 (3.66%) Business Analyst
8 9 (3.66%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (3.66%) Support Analyst
9 8 (3.25%) Service Desk Analyst
10 7 (2.85%) Developer
10 7 (2.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 7 (2.85%) Security Engineer
11 6 (2.44%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.47%) REST
2 10 (4.07%) .NET
3 7 (2.85%) SOAP
4 6 (2.44%) PySpark
5 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (1.63%) OAuth
5 4 (1.63%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.63%) OpenID
5 4 (1.63%) React
5 4 (1.63%) SAML
6 3 (1.22%) CSS
6 3 (1.22%) HTML
7 2 (0.81%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.81%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.81%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.81%) FreeSWITCH
7 2 (0.81%) Laravel
7 2 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.81%) XML
8 1 (0.41%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.91%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.28%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.88%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (4.47%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.66%) Life Science
6 8 (3.25%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.25%) Clustering
6 8 (3.25%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.85%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.03%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.63%) CCTV
10 4 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.63%) NHS
11 3 (1.22%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.22%) iPad
11 3 (1.22%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 56 (22.76%) Windows
2 37 (15.04%) Windows Server
3 18 (7.32%) Linux
4 7 (2.85%) Unix
5 5 (2.03%) VMS
5 5 (2.03%) Windows 10
5 5 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.22%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.81%) Debian
8 1 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (28.86%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (20.73%) ITIL
3 46 (18.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (14.63%) Agile
5 30 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (8.94%) Root Cause Analysis
7 20 (8.13%) Project Delivery
8 18 (7.32%) AI
9 17 (6.91%) Customer Service
9 17 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (6.50%) ERP
11 15 (6.10%) Analytical Thinking
11 15 (6.10%) CI/CD
11 15 (6.10%) Collaborative Working
11 15 (6.10%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (6.10%) ITSM
11 15 (6.10%) Mentoring
11 15 (6.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (5.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (5.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (13.01%) SQL
2 25 (10.16%) PowerShell
3 19 (7.72%) Python
4 10 (4.07%) C#
5 9 (3.66%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.03%) Bash
6 5 (2.03%) VBA
7 4 (1.63%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.63%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.22%) Java
8 3 (1.22%) PHP
9 1 (0.41%) ABAP
9 1 (0.41%) Bicep
9 1 (0.41%) C
9 1 (0.41%) C++
9 1 (0.41%) Go
9 1 (0.41%) Perl
9 1 (0.41%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 53 (21.54%) Degree
2 30 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 24 (9.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 19 (7.72%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.28%) Azure Certification
5 13 (5.28%) Numerate Degree
6 10 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (3.66%) CISSP
7 9 (3.66%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.85%) CCNP
9 7 (2.85%) CISM
9 7 (2.85%) HNC
10 6 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.63%) CEH
11 4 (1.63%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.22%) HND
13 2 (0.81%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.98%) Data Quality
2 20 (8.13%) QA
3 14 (5.69%) GDPR
4 12 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (4.47%) SLA
6 8 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.85%) NIST
8 6 (2.44%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.22%) GRC
9 3 (1.22%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.81%) COBIT
10 2 (0.81%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.41%) GxP
11 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 57 (23.17%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.10%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.03%) Firmware
5 4 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.63%) vSphere
6 3 (1.22%) Docker
7 2 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.81%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.41%) Ceph
8 1 (0.41%) Lustre
8 1 (0.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 10 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
1 10 (4.07%) SCCM
2 8 (3.25%) Terraform
3 6 (2.44%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (2.44%) vCenter Server
4 5 (2.03%) Dell DRAC
4 5 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.63%) Control-M
5 4 (1.63%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.63%) SolarWinds Orion
6 3 (1.22%) Backup Exec
6 3 (1.22%) cPanel
6 3 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.22%) Nagios
6 3 (1.22%) Nessus
6 3 (1.22%) Plesk
7 2 (0.81%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.81%) Netcool
7 2 (0.81%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 88 (35.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.76%) VMware
3 16 (6.50%) Cisco
4 13 (5.28%) Citrix
4 13 (5.28%) SolarWinds
5 12 (4.88%) Veeam
6 10 (4.07%) Oracle
6 10 (4.07%) Pega
6 10 (4.07%) SAP
7 7 (2.85%) Blue Prism
7 7 (2.85%) Databricks
7 7 (2.85%) Fortinet
7 7 (2.85%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.44%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.03%) Dell
9 5 (2.03%) Juniper
9 5 (2.03%) Meraki
10 4 (1.63%) Informatica
10 4 (1.63%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.63%) Siemens