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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 447 412
Rank change year-on-year +151 -35 +46
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 245 110 204
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.31% 0.51%
As % of the General category 1.02% 0.48% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 163 52 189
10th Percentile £30,370 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,753 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,063 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,875 £73,750
UK median annual salary £54,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.80% +13.64% -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 24,097 22,842 23,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 55.02% 64.23% 59.52%
Number of salaries quoted 12,437 9,359 17,250
10th Percentile £26,994 £30,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £33,146
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,715
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.50% +8.23% -11.15%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 +92 76 £48,000 -14.67% 52
Midlands +46 64 £55,000 +5.77% 24
North of England +36 42 £43,750 -9.22% 30
West Midlands +37 32 £60,000 -4.00% 15
East Midlands +16 31 £45,000 -7.22% 8
East of England +39 29 £30,370 -23.25% 15
Yorkshire +1 21 £37,500 -10.71% 9
North West +27 20 £45,000 -6.62% 17
South West +22 20 £51,500 +63.49% 16
Scotland +5 12 £35,000 -46.15% 7
Wales -6 2 £48,000 +1.05% 2
North East +4 1 £78,500 +92.64% 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 15 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.63%) Confluence
5 3 (1.22%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.22%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.82%) WordPress
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.41%) IIS
Applications
1 46 (18.78%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.82%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.41%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.41%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 78 (31.84%) Azure
2 53 (21.63%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (11.02%) AWS
4 21 (8.57%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.76%) SaaS
6 11 (4.49%) Power Platform
7 9 (3.67%) IaaS
8 8 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.86%) GCP
10 6 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.45%) iPaaS
10 6 (2.45%) PowerApps
11 5 (2.04%) Serverless
12 4 (1.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.63%) AWS CodePipeline
12 4 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.63%) AWS Step Functions
12 4 (1.63%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.63%) PaaS
12 4 (1.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 35 (14.29%) DNS
2 32 (13.06%) DHCP
3 30 (12.24%) Firewall
4 27 (11.02%) TCP/IP
5 25 (10.20%) VPN
6 19 (7.76%) VLAN
7 10 (4.08%) SAN
7 10 (4.08%) WAN
7 10 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (3.27%) Network Security
9 7 (2.86%) BGP
9 7 (2.86%) SD-WAN
10 6 (2.45%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.45%) LAN
10 6 (2.45%) Wireshark
11 5 (2.04%) Wireless
12 4 (1.63%) MPLS
12 4 (1.63%) OSPF
12 4 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (1.63%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.20%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.45%) Metadata
3 6 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (1.63%) MySQL
4 4 (1.63%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.63%) Tableau
5 3 (1.22%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.22%) Metadata Repository
5 3 (1.22%) Power BI
6 2 (0.82%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.41%) Big Data
7 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.41%) DB2
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.41%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 14 (5.71%) JIRA
2 10 (4.08%) Git
3 5 (2.04%) Subversion
4 4 (1.63%) Postman
5 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.41%) GitLab
6 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 132 (53.88%) Social Skills
2 54 (22.04%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (9.39%) Finance
3 23 (9.39%) Legal
4 20 (8.16%) Retail
5 18 (7.35%) Manufacturing
5 18 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (5.31%) Banking
6 13 (5.31%) German Language
7 11 (4.49%) Law
8 9 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.27%) Automotive
10 7 (2.86%) Electronics
11 6 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.04%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.63%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.63%) Avionics
13 4 (1.63%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.22%) Billing
Job Titles
1 50 (20.41%) Analyst
1 50 (20.41%) Senior
2 27 (11.02%) IT Support
3 18 (7.35%) Support Engineer
4 17 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (6.53%) Architect
5 16 (6.53%) Service Analyst
6 14 (5.71%) Service Desk Analyst
7 12 (4.90%) Lead
8 10 (4.08%) IT Engineer
9 9 (3.67%) Business Analyst
9 9 (3.67%) Infrastructure Support
9 9 (3.67%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (3.67%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (3.27%) Applications Support
10 8 (3.27%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.27%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 7 (2.86%) Service Manager
11 7 (2.86%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.86%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.08%) .NET
1 10 (4.08%) REST
2 6 (2.45%) PySpark
2 6 (2.45%) SOAP
3 4 (1.63%) HTML
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (1.63%) OAuth
3 4 (1.63%) OAuth2
3 4 (1.63%) OpenID
3 4 (1.63%) React
3 4 (1.63%) SAML
4 3 (1.22%) CSS
4 3 (1.22%) FreeSWITCH
5 2 (0.82%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.82%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.82%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.82%) Laravel
5 2 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.82%) XML
6 1 (0.41%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.53%) Driving Licence
1 16 (6.53%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.90%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (4.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (4.49%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.67%) Life Science
5 8 (3.27%) Clustering
5 8 (3.27%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.86%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.45%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (2.04%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.63%) NHS
10 3 (1.22%) CCTV
10 3 (1.22%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.22%) iPad
10 3 (1.22%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 61 (24.90%) Windows
2 33 (13.47%) Windows Server
3 19 (7.76%) Linux
4 7 (2.86%) Unix
5 5 (2.04%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.22%) Debian
6 3 (1.22%) VMS
6 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.82%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (27.76%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (22.04%) ITIL
3 42 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (13.47%) Agile
5 30 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (9.39%) Customer Service
7 20 (8.16%) Root Cause Analysis
8 17 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 17 (6.94%) Project Delivery
8 17 (6.94%) Validation
9 16 (6.53%) AI
9 16 (6.53%) ITSM
10 15 (6.12%) Mentoring
11 14 (5.71%) Analytical Thinking
11 14 (5.71%) CI/CD
11 14 (5.71%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (5.71%) ERP
11 14 (5.71%) Test Automation
12 13 (5.31%) Generative AI
12 13 (5.31%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.47%) SQL
2 21 (8.57%) PowerShell
3 18 (7.35%) Python
4 10 (4.08%) C#
5 8 (3.27%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.04%) VBA
7 4 (1.63%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.63%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.22%) Bash
8 3 (1.22%) Java
8 3 (1.22%) PHP
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 51 (20.82%) Degree
2 33 (13.47%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (8.16%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.90%) Numerate Degree
6 10 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.08%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.67%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.67%) CISSP
8 8 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.86%) CCNP
9 7 (2.86%) CISM
9 7 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.86%) HNC
10 4 (1.63%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (1.22%) CEH
11 3 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.22%) HND
12 2 (0.82%) MCSA
12 2 (0.82%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.02%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.94%) QA
3 14 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.71%) SLA
4 13 (5.31%) GDPR
5 10 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.45%) NIST
7 5 (2.04%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.22%) GRC
8 3 (1.22%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.82%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.82%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.41%) COBIT
10 1 (0.41%) GxP
System Software
1 55 (22.45%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.12%) Hyper-V
3 13 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.04%) Firmware
5 3 (1.22%) Docker
5 3 (1.22%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.82%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.82%) vSphere
7 1 (0.41%) Ceph
7 1 (0.41%) Lustre
7 1 (0.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 16 (6.53%) SCCM
2 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.27%) Terraform
4 6 (2.45%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (2.04%) Dell DRAC
5 5 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.63%) Control-M
6 4 (1.63%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.63%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.22%) cPanel
7 3 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.22%) Nagios
7 3 (1.22%) Nessus
7 3 (1.22%) Plesk
8 2 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.82%) Ansible
8 2 (0.82%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.82%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.82%) VxRail
9 1 (0.41%) SCOM
Vendors
1 91 (37.14%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.39%) VMware
3 14 (5.71%) Cisco
4 11 (4.49%) Citrix
5 10 (4.08%) Oracle
5 10 (4.08%) SolarWinds
5 10 (4.08%) Veeam
6 8 (3.27%) Pega
6 8 (3.27%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.86%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.45%) Blue Prism
8 6 (2.45%) Databricks
8 6 (2.45%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.04%) Dell
9 5 (2.04%) Juniper
9 5 (2.04%) Meraki
9 5 (2.04%) SAP
10 4 (1.63%) Informatica
10 4 (1.63%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.22%) Zscaler