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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 354 461
Rank change year-on-year +40 +107 -40
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 391 208 211
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.51% 0.60% 0.36%
As % of the General category 1.15% 0.90% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 247 149 154
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -3.51%

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 34,027 23,038 31,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.56% 66.87% 53.88%
Number of salaries quoted 20,969 11,301 18,223
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £65,640 £63,749 £63,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 8 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 8 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 +33 109 £50,000 -33.33% 64
North of England -33 82 £53,750 +26.47% 43
Midlands -16 63 £55,000 +29.41% 24
South West -33 54 £42,500 +6.25% 21
North West +22 53 £55,000 +29.41% 27
East of England -15 39 £52,500 -1.41% 19
West Midlands -19 39 £54,500 +9.00% 14
East Midlands -14 24 £60,000 +54.84% 10
Yorkshire -51 23 £55,000 +29.41% 12
Northern Ireland - 20 - - 6
Scotland +23 14 £33,500 - 14
Wales - 10 £57,500 - 3
North East -50 6 £45,000 +80.00% 4
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 28 (7.16%) SharePoint
2 21 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.07%) Confluence
4 10 (2.56%) IIS
5 5 (1.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 35 (8.95%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (8.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (4.60%) AutoCAD
4 9 (2.30%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.28%) CorelDRAW
7 4 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (1.02%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (1.02%) Infor CloudSuite
2 4 (1.02%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.51%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.51%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.51%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.26%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 97 (24.81%) Azure
2 61 (15.60%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (10.74%) AWS
4 30 (7.67%) Power Platform
5 27 (6.91%) Entra ID
5 27 (6.91%) SaaS
6 14 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.56%) Power Automate
9 9 (2.30%) Azure Stack
9 9 (2.30%) GitHub
10 7 (1.79%) Boomi
10 7 (1.79%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.53%) iPaaS
11 6 (1.53%) Lucidchart
11 6 (1.53%) Workato
12 5 (1.28%) GCP
12 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.28%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 50 (12.79%) Firewall
2 45 (11.51%) DNS
3 41 (10.49%) VPN
4 30 (7.67%) TCP/IP
5 26 (6.65%) DHCP
6 22 (5.63%) WAN
7 18 (4.60%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (4.35%) TETRA
9 15 (3.84%) VLAN
10 13 (3.32%) Network Security
11 12 (3.07%) LAN
11 12 (3.07%) Wireless
12 10 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (2.56%) SD-WAN
13 9 (2.30%) VoIP
14 8 (2.05%) BGP
14 8 (2.05%) OSPF
14 8 (2.05%) SAN
15 5 (1.28%) ATM
15 5 (1.28%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.14%) Power BI
2 20 (5.12%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.77%) DynamoDB
3 3 (0.77%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.51%) EDMS
4 2 (0.51%) Metadata
4 2 (0.51%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.26%) Redis
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (5.88%) JIRA
2 18 (4.60%) Git
3 13 (3.32%) GitLab
4 4 (1.02%) Postman
4 4 (1.02%) Selenium
5 3 (0.77%) JMeter
5 3 (0.77%) JUnit
5 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.51%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.51%) 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%) Visual Studio
General
1 214 (54.73%) Social Skills
2 70 (17.90%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (12.28%) Manufacturing
4 43 (11.00%) Finance
5 34 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (7.16%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.09%) Electronics
7 16 (4.09%) Telecoms
8 15 (3.84%) Legal
9 12 (3.07%) Marketing
10 11 (2.81%) Aerospace
10 11 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.81%) Retail
11 10 (2.56%) Public Sector
12 8 (2.05%) Law
13 6 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.28%) Advertising
14 5 (1.28%) Military
14 5 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.02%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 86 (21.99%) Analyst
2 48 (12.28%) Senior
3 43 (11.00%) Support Analyst
4 39 (9.97%) Support Engineer
5 38 (9.72%) IT Support
6 26 (6.65%) Applications Support
7 24 (6.14%) Consultant
7 24 (6.14%) IT Engineer
8 22 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
8 22 (5.63%) Lead
8 22 (5.63%) Systems Engineer
9 18 (4.60%) Applications Support Analyst
9 18 (4.60%) Business Analyst
10 17 (4.35%) Architect
10 17 (4.35%) Audio Visual Engineer
10 17 (4.35%) Design Engineer
10 17 (4.35%) RF Design Engineer
10 17 (4.35%) RF Engineer
11 15 (3.84%) 2nd Line Support
11 15 (3.84%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.58%) REST
2 9 (2.30%) ARM Templates
2 9 (2.30%) Node.js
3 8 (2.05%) CSS
3 8 (2.05%) HTML
3 8 (2.05%) Middleware
4 7 (1.79%) SOAP
5 5 (1.28%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.28%) Jinja
5 5 (1.28%) JSON
5 5 (1.28%) YAML
6 4 (1.02%) EDI
6 4 (1.02%) React
7 3 (0.77%) .NET
7 3 (0.77%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.77%) CSS3
7 3 (0.77%) FreeSWITCH
7 3 (0.77%) HTML5
7 3 (0.77%) Ruby on Rails
7 3 (0.77%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.70%) Driving Licence
2 31 (7.93%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.09%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.58%) CCTV
5 14 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.30%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.30%) PKI
8 8 (2.05%) Client/Server
8 8 (2.05%) CMDB
8 8 (2.05%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.28%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.28%) IoT
9 5 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
9 5 (1.28%) Mobile Computing
10 4 (1.02%) Culture of Ownership
10 4 (1.02%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 91 (23.27%) Windows
2 53 (13.55%) Windows Server
3 36 (9.21%) Linux
4 13 (3.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (3.32%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.56%) CentOS
5 10 (2.56%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.28%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.28%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.02%) Unix
9 3 (0.77%) AIX
9 3 (0.77%) Debian
9 3 (0.77%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.51%) Rocky
11 1 (0.26%) Android
11 1 (0.26%) Solaris
11 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (29.92%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (29.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (13.30%) Agile
4 44 (11.25%) Project Delivery
5 42 (10.74%) Change Management
5 42 (10.74%) ERP
6 41 (10.49%) ITIL
7 40 (10.23%) DevOps
8 38 (9.72%) Business Analysis
9 35 (8.95%) Disaster Recovery
10 32 (8.18%) AI
10 32 (8.18%) CI/CD
11 31 (7.93%) Customer Service
11 31 (7.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (7.42%) Validation
13 28 (7.16%) Business Intelligence
13 28 (7.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (6.91%) System Testing
15 25 (6.39%) Mentoring
15 25 (6.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 74 (18.93%) SQL
2 43 (11.00%) Python
3 42 (10.74%) PowerShell
4 21 (5.37%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.58%) Bash
6 10 (2.56%) C++
6 10 (2.56%) Java
7 8 (2.05%) C#
8 6 (1.53%) C
8 6 (1.53%) PHP
9 3 (0.77%) Ruby
9 3 (0.77%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.77%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.51%) Bicep
10 2 (0.51%) Groovy
10 2 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.51%) VBA
11 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.26%) Go
Qualifications
1 63 (16.11%) Degree
2 48 (12.28%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.39%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.32%) HND
6 11 (2.81%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.05%) CCNA
7 8 (2.05%) CCNP
7 8 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.53%) HNC
10 4 (1.02%) ACCA
10 4 (1.02%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.02%) CIMA
10 4 (1.02%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.77%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.51%) AAT
12 2 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.97%) QA
2 20 (5.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.09%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.07%) SLA
5 6 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.53%) GDPR
6 5 (1.28%) Software Quality Assurance
7 4 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.02%) ISO 9001
7 4 (1.02%) JSP 440
7 4 (1.02%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.77%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.77%) NIST
8 3 (0.77%) WCAG
9 2 (0.51%) GRC
9 2 (0.51%) NCSC
9 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
System Software
1 47 (12.02%) Active Directory
2 26 (6.65%) Hyper-V
3 20 (5.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (4.09%) Docker
5 11 (2.81%) Firmware
6 5 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.02%) vSphere
8 3 (0.77%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.77%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.51%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.26%) KVM
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (5.12%) Terraform
2 18 (4.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (3.58%) Kubernetes
4 11 (2.81%) Ansible
5 9 (2.30%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.79%) Nagios
7 5 (1.28%) Docker Swarm
7 5 (1.28%) Grafana
7 5 (1.28%) Podman
7 5 (1.28%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.77%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.51%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.51%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.51%) SCCM
9 2 (0.51%) VxRail
10 1 (0.26%) Argo
10 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 124 (31.71%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.97%) Cisco
3 27 (6.91%) VMware
4 19 (4.86%) Fortinet
5 14 (3.58%) SAP
6 10 (2.56%) JD Edwards
6 10 (2.56%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.56%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.56%) Veeam
7 8 (2.05%) Aruba
7 8 (2.05%) Juniper
7 8 (2.05%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.05%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.05%) Sophos
8 7 (1.79%) Google
8 7 (1.79%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.79%) Oracle
8 7 (1.79%) Splunk
9 5 (1.28%) Adobe
9 5 (1.28%) Citrix