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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 356 476
Rank change year-on-year +34 +120 -81
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 386 213 204
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.61% 0.34%
As % of the General category 1.13% 0.92% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 242 151 148
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,625 £30,875
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 £61,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £71,200
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 34,256 23,081 32,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.23% 66.58% 53.84%
Number of salaries quoted 21,152 11,321 18,031
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,750 £27,000
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 £66,000 £62,500 £63,750
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 15 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 15 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 +33 102 £50,000 -31.03% 62
North of England -30 82 £55,000 +29.41% 38
Midlands -21 62 £55,000 +29.41% 29
South West -34 57 £42,500 +6.25% 18
North West +22 56 £55,000 +29.41% 23
West Midlands -24 39 £54,500 +11.22% 21
East of England -10 38 £52,500 -1.41% 22
East Midlands -16 23 £60,000 +54.84% 8
Yorkshire -48 21 £57,500 +35.29% 10
Northern Ireland - 20 - - 6
Scotland +15 14 £48,000 - 10
Wales - 11 £55,000 - 4
North East -59 5 £45,000 +80.00% 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 26 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.63%) Confluence
4 9 (2.33%) IIS
5 5 (1.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 32 (8.29%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (8.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (4.66%) AutoCAD
4 11 (2.85%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.30%) CorelDRAW
7 4 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.30%) Infor CloudSuite
1 5 (1.30%) Infor LN
1 5 (1.30%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (1.04%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.78%) Infor M3
3 3 (0.78%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.52%) 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 (24.09%) Azure
2 57 (14.77%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (10.62%) AWS
4 31 (8.03%) Power Platform
5 26 (6.74%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.74%) SaaS
6 13 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.59%) Power Automate
9 8 (2.07%) Azure Stack
9 8 (2.07%) GitHub
10 7 (1.81%) Boomi
10 7 (1.81%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.55%) iPaaS
11 6 (1.55%) Lucidchart
11 6 (1.55%) Workato
12 5 (1.30%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.30%) GCP
12 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 48 (12.44%) Firewall
2 42 (10.88%) DNS
3 38 (9.84%) VPN
4 29 (7.51%) TCP/IP
5 22 (5.70%) DHCP
5 22 (5.70%) WAN
6 18 (4.66%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (4.40%) TETRA
8 13 (3.37%) Network Security
9 12 (3.11%) LAN
9 12 (3.11%) VLAN
9 12 (3.11%) Wireless
10 10 (2.59%) Intrusion Detection
10 10 (2.59%) SD-WAN
11 8 (2.07%) BGP
11 8 (2.07%) OSPF
11 8 (2.07%) SAN
11 8 (2.07%) VoIP
12 7 (1.81%) HTTP
13 5 (1.30%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.48%) Power BI
2 18 (4.66%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.78%) DynamoDB
3 3 (0.78%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.52%) EDMS
4 2 (0.52%) Metadata
4 2 (0.52%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.52%) Redis
5 1 (0.26%) Airbyte
5 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (6.22%) JIRA
2 15 (3.89%) Git
3 11 (2.85%) GitLab
4 4 (1.04%) Postman
4 4 (1.04%) Selenium
5 3 (0.78%) JMeter
5 3 (0.78%) JUnit
6 2 (0.52%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.52%) 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
1 206 (53.37%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.13%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (12.69%) Manufacturing
4 42 (10.88%) Finance
5 36 (9.33%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (7.25%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.15%) Electronics
7 16 (4.15%) Legal
8 15 (3.89%) Telecoms
9 13 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (3.11%) Marketing
11 11 (2.85%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.85%) Public Sector
12 10 (2.59%) Retail
13 8 (2.07%) Law
14 6 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.30%) Military
15 5 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (1.04%) Front Office
17 3 (0.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 87 (22.54%) Analyst
2 51 (13.21%) Senior
3 41 (10.62%) Support Analyst
4 39 (10.10%) Support Engineer
5 34 (8.81%) IT Support
6 26 (6.74%) Applications Support
7 24 (6.22%) Consultant
7 24 (6.22%) IT Engineer
8 22 (5.70%) IT Support Engineer
8 22 (5.70%) Systems Engineer
9 20 (5.18%) Business Analyst
10 19 (4.92%) Lead
11 17 (4.40%) Applications Support Analyst
11 17 (4.40%) Architect
11 17 (4.40%) Audio Visual Engineer
11 17 (4.40%) Design Engineer
11 17 (4.40%) RF Design Engineer
11 17 (4.40%) RF Engineer
12 15 (3.89%) Developer
13 14 (3.63%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.89%) REST
2 9 (2.33%) Node.js
3 8 (2.07%) ARM Templates
3 8 (2.07%) CSS
3 8 (2.07%) HTML
3 8 (2.07%) Middleware
4 7 (1.81%) SOAP
5 5 (1.30%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.30%) EDI
6 4 (1.04%) Jinja
6 4 (1.04%) JSON
6 4 (1.04%) React
6 4 (1.04%) YAML
7 3 (0.78%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.78%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.78%) CSS3
7 3 (0.78%) HTML5
7 3 (0.78%) Ruby on Rails
7 3 (0.78%) Spring
7 3 (0.78%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.81%) Driving Licence
2 32 (8.29%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.40%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.15%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.63%) CCTV
5 14 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.37%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.59%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.33%) PKI
10 8 (2.07%) Client/Server
10 8 (2.07%) CMDB
10 8 (2.07%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.30%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.30%) IoT
11 5 (1.30%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (1.30%) Online Gambling
11 5 (1.30%) Video\Live Streaming
12 4 (1.04%) Culture of Ownership
12 4 (1.04%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 85 (22.02%) Windows
2 47 (12.18%) Windows Server
3 34 (8.81%) Linux
4 13 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (3.37%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.59%) Ubuntu
6 9 (2.33%) CentOS
7 6 (1.55%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.30%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.30%) Unix
8 5 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.78%) AIX
9 3 (0.78%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.52%) Android
10 2 (0.52%) Debian
10 2 (0.52%) Rocky
11 1 (0.26%) Solaris
11 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (29.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 112 (29.02%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (13.21%) Agile
4 42 (10.88%) Change Management
4 42 (10.88%) ERP
5 41 (10.62%) Business Analysis
6 39 (10.10%) DevOps
6 39 (10.10%) ITIL
6 39 (10.10%) Project Delivery
7 36 (9.33%) Disaster Recovery
8 34 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (8.55%) AI
10 31 (8.03%) Customer Service
11 30 (7.77%) Business Intelligence
11 30 (7.77%) Validation
12 29 (7.51%) CI/CD
13 28 (7.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (6.99%) Mentoring
14 27 (6.99%) System Testing
15 25 (6.48%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 74 (19.17%) SQL
2 42 (10.88%) Python
3 40 (10.36%) PowerShell
4 21 (5.44%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.11%) Bash
6 10 (2.59%) C++
7 9 (2.33%) Java
8 8 (2.07%) C#
9 6 (1.55%) C
10 5 (1.30%) PHP
11 4 (1.04%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.78%) Ruby
13 2 (0.52%) Bicep
13 2 (0.52%) Go
13 2 (0.52%) Groovy
13 2 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.52%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.52%) VBA
14 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 60 (15.54%) Degree
2 48 (12.44%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.22%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.37%) HND
6 11 (2.85%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.07%) CCNA
7 8 (2.07%) CCNP
7 8 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.81%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.55%) HNC
10 5 (1.30%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.04%) ACCA
11 4 (1.04%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (1.04%) CIMA
11 4 (1.04%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.78%) CBAP
12 3 (0.78%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.52%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.84%) QA
2 20 (5.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.15%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.85%) SLA
5 7 (1.81%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.81%) GDPR
6 6 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.30%) Software Quality Assurance
8 4 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.04%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.78%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.78%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (0.78%) NIST
9 3 (0.78%) WCAG
10 2 (0.52%) GRC
10 2 (0.52%) NCSC
10 2 (0.52%) NIST 800
System Software
1 42 (10.88%) Active Directory
2 24 (6.22%) Hyper-V
3 20 (5.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.63%) Docker
5 11 (2.85%) Firmware
6 5 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.04%) vSphere
8 3 (0.78%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.78%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.26%) KVM
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (4.66%) Terraform
2 17 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.11%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.59%) Ansible
5 9 (2.33%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.55%) Nagios
7 5 (1.30%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.04%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (1.04%) Grafana
8 4 (1.04%) Podman
8 4 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.52%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.52%) SCCM
9 2 (0.52%) VxRail
9 2 (0.52%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.26%) Argo
10 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 122 (31.61%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.59%) Cisco
3 26 (6.74%) VMware
4 19 (4.92%) Fortinet
5 15 (3.89%) SAP
6 11 (2.85%) JD Edwards
7 10 (2.59%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.33%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.07%) Aruba
9 8 (2.07%) Juniper
9 8 (2.07%) Oracle
9 8 (2.07%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.07%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.07%) Sophos
9 8 (2.07%) Veeam
10 7 (1.81%) Google
10 7 (1.81%) MuleSoft
11 6 (1.55%) Sage
11 6 (1.55%) Splunk
12 5 (1.30%) NetApp