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

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	325	316	468
Rank change year-on-year	-9	+152	-62
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills	422	236	126
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.47%	0.69%	0.26%
As % of the General category	1.07%	1.06%	0.48%
Number of salaries quoted	297	167	54
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£32,500	£31,650
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£37,125	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£45,000	£48,750
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-7.69%	+8.33%
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£60,750	£63,750
90^th Percentile	£73,750	£77,500	£74,500
UK median annual salary	£51,500	£54,000	£65,000
% change year-on-year	-4.63%	-16.92%	+18.18%

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 citing general skills in the UK excluding London.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	39,569	22,238	26,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.42%	64.68%	54.58%
Number of salaries quoted	24,646	11,434	11,594
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,031	£38,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£83,750	£77,500	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,000	£59,500
% change year-on-year	+5.77%	-12.61%	-0.83%

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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 25 October 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 25 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South East	-33	100	£50,000	-7.41%	75
North of England	-48	95	£51,636	+21.50%	49
South West	-15	85	£45,000	-18.18%	25
Midlands	-53	65	£52,500	+16.67%	51
North West	0	63	£55,000	+48.65%	34
West Midlands	-34	43	£51,500	+3.00%	34
East of England	-24	35	£55,000	+0.92%	24
Yorkshire	-43	24	£57,500	+21.05%	11
East Midlands	-54	22	£57,500	+35.29%	17
Scotland	+27	21	£33,500	-	14
Wales	-58	17	£50,000	+4.17%	7
North East	-65	8	£29,500	+18.00%	4
Northern Ireland	-	4	-	-	8
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Documentation Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, job vacancies citing Documentation Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region citing Documentation Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	36.3%	153
2	Microsoft	31.5%	133
3	Azure	28.0%	118
4	Continuous Improvement	24.6%	104
5	Windows	22.3%	94
6	SQL	17.8%	75
7	Agile	16.6%	70
8	Microsoft 365	14.2%	60
9	Business Analysis	13.7%	58
10	Stakeholder Management	13.5%	57
11	Degree	13.3%	56
12	AWS	12.6%	53
13	AI	11.6%	49
13	DNS	11.6%	49
13	PowerShell	11.6%	49
13	Security Cleared	11.6%	49
13	Windows Server	11.6%	49
18	Disaster Recovery	10.9%	46
18	Firewall	10.9%	46
20	Active Directory	10.7%	45
21	Requirements Gathering	10.4%	44
21	Validation	10.4%	44
23	QA	10.2%	43
23	VPN	10.2%	43
25	Business Intelligence	10.0%	42
25	DevOps	10.0%	42
25	Power Platform	10.0%	42
28	ERP	9.5%	40
28	Mentoring	9.5%	40
30	JIRA	9.0%	38

Documentation Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	59.0%	249
2	Analytical Skills	20.9%	88
3	Manufacturing	12.3%	52
4	Finance	10.9%	46
5	Organisational Skills	10.2%	43
6	Presentation Skills	6.4%	27
7	Aerospace	5.5%	23
8	Inclusion and Diversity	4.5%	19
9	Legal	4.3%	18
9	Public Sector	4.3%	18
11	Electronics	3.3%	14
12	Marketing	2.8%	12
13	Banking	1.7%	7
13	Influencing Skills	1.7%	7
13	Telecoms	1.7%	7
16	Automotive	1.4%	6
16	Military	1.4%	6
18	Law	0.9%	4
18	Pharmaceutical	0.9%	4
20	Billing	0.7%	3