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 31 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 391 395
Rank change year-on-year +90 +4 +109
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 273 100 356
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.39% 0.56%
As % of the General category 0.95% 0.57% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 172 64 313
10th Percentile £30,370 £29,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £34,250 £38,753 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,500 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £74,875 £71,250 £73,950
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £51,850
% change year-on-year -1.82% +6.08% -13.58%

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 28,670 17,616 37,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 50.43% 67.89% 58.78%
Number of salaries quoted 15,034 9,210 25,514
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,994 £26,045
25th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,039 £51,058 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% +7.49% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,814 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 31 March 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 31 March 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 +40 76 £48,500 +7.78% 56
Midlands -10 56 £55,000 +5.77% 39
North of England -24 52 £45,000 +7.14% 29
East of England +1 39 £32,500 -35.00% 25
West Midlands -12 29 £60,000 -4.00% 26
South West -26 27 £45,000 +24.14% 12
North West -2 26 £45,000 -18.18% 19
East Midlands -27 26 £50,000 +3.09% 12
Yorkshire -33 20 £34,000 -19.05% 6
Scotland -17 13 £35,000 - 8
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 1
North East -15 6 £45,000 +42.86% 4
Wales -25 3 £50,250 +3.08% 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 16 (5.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.13%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.47%) IIS
4 4 (1.47%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.47%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (1.10%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.73%) Confluence
6 2 (0.73%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.56%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.37%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.73%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.37%) Postilion
3 1 (0.37%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 84 (30.77%) Azure
2 50 (18.32%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (11.72%) AWS
4 27 (9.89%) Entra ID
5 21 (7.69%) SaaS
6 10 (3.66%) GCP
6 10 (3.66%) IaaS
6 10 (3.66%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (2.20%) OpenShift
8 5 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.83%) PaaS
8 5 (1.83%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.47%) AWS CodePipeline
9 4 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.47%) AWS Step Functions
9 4 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (1.47%) ClickUp
9 4 (1.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (14.29%) DNS
2 31 (11.36%) DHCP
3 30 (10.99%) Firewall
4 24 (8.79%) TCP/IP
5 23 (8.42%) VPN
6 19 (6.96%) VLAN
7 9 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (2.56%) SAN
8 7 (2.56%) VoIP
9 6 (2.20%) DMZ
9 6 (2.20%) TETRA
9 6 (2.20%) WAN
10 5 (1.83%) NAS
10 5 (1.83%) NetScaler
10 5 (1.83%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (1.83%) STUN
11 4 (1.47%) Network Security
11 4 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.73%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.73%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.26%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.56%) Metadata
3 7 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (1.83%) Power BI
4 5 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.47%) MySQL
6 3 (1.10%) Big Data
6 3 (1.10%) Metadata Repository
6 3 (1.10%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.73%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.73%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.37%) DB2
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 20 (7.33%) Git
2 17 (6.23%) JIRA
3 8 (2.93%) GitLab
4 6 (2.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (1.83%) Subversion
6 3 (1.10%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.37%) Postman
7 1 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 152 (55.68%) Social Skills
2 52 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (10.62%) Manufacturing
4 26 (9.52%) Finance
5 25 (9.16%) Legal
5 25 (9.16%) Retail
6 15 (5.49%) Electronics
7 14 (5.13%) Banking
7 14 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (4.40%) German Language
9 11 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (3.66%) Law
10 10 (3.66%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.93%) Automotive
12 6 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.83%) Advertising
13 5 (1.83%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.47%) Marketing
14 4 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (17.58%) Senior
2 46 (16.85%) Analyst
3 36 (13.19%) IT Support
4 23 (8.42%) Support Analyst
5 17 (6.23%) Lead
5 17 (6.23%) Support Engineer
6 15 (5.49%) Architect
7 14 (5.13%) Applications Support
7 14 (5.13%) Applications Support Analyst
7 14 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
9 11 (4.03%) Infrastructure Support
10 10 (3.66%) Data Engineer
11 9 (3.30%) Developer
12 8 (2.93%) Administrator
12 8 (2.93%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (2.93%) Integration Engineer
12 8 (2.93%) Security Engineer
12 8 (2.93%) Support Technician
13 7 (2.56%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.03%) .NET
1 11 (4.03%) REST
2 8 (2.93%) SOAP
3 6 (2.20%) PySpark
4 5 (1.83%) ARM Templates
4 5 (1.83%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.83%) Jinja
4 5 (1.83%) JSON
4 5 (1.83%) YAML
5 3 (1.10%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.10%) CSS
5 3 (1.10%) HTML
5 3 (1.10%) React
6 2 (0.73%) Laravel
6 2 (0.73%) WPF
6 2 (0.73%) XML
7 1 (0.37%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.37%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.37%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.23%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.13%) Driving Licence
3 12 (4.40%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.30%) Life Science
5 9 (3.30%) Mobile App
6 8 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.20%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.20%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (1.83%) CCTV
8 5 (1.83%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.83%) Mobile Computing
9 4 (1.47%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.47%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.47%) NHS
9 4 (1.47%) Wiki
10 3 (1.10%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.10%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 64 (23.44%) Windows
2 47 (17.22%) Windows Server
3 32 (11.72%) Linux
4 8 (2.93%) Unix
5 6 (2.20%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.83%) Debian
6 5 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.83%) VMS
6 5 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.47%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.10%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.10%) CentOS
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (30.40%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (24.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 45 (16.48%) ITIL
4 42 (15.38%) Agile
5 34 (12.45%) Project Delivery
6 33 (12.09%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (9.52%) CI/CD
8 23 (8.42%) AI
9 22 (8.06%) Change Management
9 22 (8.06%) Incident Management
9 22 (8.06%) ITSM
10 21 (7.69%) Mentoring
10 21 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
11 18 (6.59%) Analytical Thinking
11 18 (6.59%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (6.23%) Collaborative Working
12 17 (6.23%) Validation
13 16 (5.86%) Customer Service
13 16 (5.86%) ERP
13 16 (5.86%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 37 (13.55%) SQL
2 31 (11.36%) PowerShell
2 31 (11.36%) Python
3 12 (4.40%) Bash
4 11 (4.03%) JavaScript
5 10 (3.66%) C#
6 6 (2.20%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.20%) VBA
7 5 (1.83%) PHP
8 4 (1.47%) C++
8 4 (1.47%) Java
8 4 (1.47%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.37%) ABAP
9 1 (0.37%) Bicep
9 1 (0.37%) C
9 1 (0.37%) VB
9 1 (0.37%) VB6
Qualifications
1 67 (24.54%) Degree
2 33 (12.09%) Security Cleared
3 23 (8.42%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.40%) Azure Certification
5 12 (4.40%) Numerate Degree
6 9 (3.30%) CISSP
6 9 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.56%) CISM
8 6 (2.20%) HNC
8 6 (2.20%) HND
9 5 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.83%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.47%) CEH
10 4 (1.47%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.10%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.10%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.36%) Data Quality
2 20 (7.33%) QA
3 16 (5.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (4.40%) SLA
5 10 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (2.56%) GDPR
7 6 (2.20%) NIST
8 4 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.47%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.10%) Def Stans
9 3 (1.10%) GRC
9 3 (1.10%) ISO 9001
9 3 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (1.10%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.73%) COBIT
10 2 (0.73%) NCSC
10 2 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.37%) GAAP
11 1 (0.37%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 57 (20.88%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.40%) Hyper-V
3 9 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.20%) Docker
4 6 (2.20%) vSphere
5 5 (1.83%) Firmware
6 4 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.73%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.37%) Ceph
8 1 (0.37%) Lustre
8 1 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.93%) Terraform
3 7 (2.56%) SCCM
4 6 (2.20%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.83%) Backup Exec
5 5 (1.83%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.83%) Nagios
5 5 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.47%) Ansible
6 4 (1.47%) Control-M
6 4 (1.47%) SolarWinds Orion
6 4 (1.47%) ZABBIX
7 3 (1.10%) cPanel
7 3 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.10%) Plesk
8 2 (0.73%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.73%) Nessus
8 2 (0.73%) Netcool
8 2 (0.73%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 84 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.52%) VMware
3 15 (5.49%) Citrix
4 14 (5.13%) Cisco
5 12 (4.40%) Pega
5 12 (4.40%) SolarWinds
6 11 (4.03%) SAP
7 9 (3.30%) Veeam
8 8 (2.93%) Blue Prism
8 8 (2.93%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.56%) Databricks
10 6 (2.20%) Oracle
10 6 (2.20%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.20%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.83%) Epicor
12 4 (1.47%) IBM
12 4 (1.47%) Informatica
12 4 (1.47%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.47%) NetApp
12 4 (1.47%) Siemens