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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 510 390
Rank change year-on-year +183 -120 +81
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 227 145 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.66% 0.26% 0.56%
As % of the General category 1.00% 0.49% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 165 73 134
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,250 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £68,375
UK median annual salary £53,750 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.00% +8.70% -

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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 22,705 29,547 22,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 65.97% 53.31% 64.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,070 14,083 15,118
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £26,768
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,985
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.93% +0.96%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,190 £81,250
UK median annual salary £53,700 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% -6.67% -

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
North of England +53 67 £42,500 +20.14% 43
South East +74 61 £60,000 +41.18% 61
Midlands +75 57 £44,500 +8.54% 28
Yorkshire +52 36 £42,500 +34.92% 13
West Midlands +61 35 £51,447 -6.46% 12
North West +16 27 £39,750 -0.63% 26
East of England +2 24 £54,000 +86.21% 23
East Midlands +42 22 £42,500 +6.25% 16
South West +81 16 £40,000 -5.88% 22
North East +21 4 £25,000 -30.56% 4
Scotland +41 3 - - 15
Documentation Skills
UK

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (10.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (8.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.32%) Confluence
4 2 (0.88%) Apache
4 2 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.44%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (13.66%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.64%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (2.20%) SAP IBP
3 5 (2.20%) SAP PP
4 4 (1.76%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (1.76%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.76%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (1.32%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (1.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (1.32%) SAP EHS
5 3 (1.32%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.44%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 63 (27.75%) Azure
2 48 (21.15%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (11.45%) Power Platform
4 25 (11.01%) SaaS
5 20 (8.81%) AWS
6 18 (7.93%) IaaS
7 14 (6.17%) Entra ID
8 12 (5.29%) PaaS
9 10 (4.41%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (3.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (3.52%) Power Automate
11 8 (3.52%) PowerApps
12 7 (3.08%) GitHub
13 6 (2.64%) Boomi
14 5 (2.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 4 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (1.76%) iPaaS
15 4 (1.76%) OneDrive
16 3 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.57%) DNS
1 24 (10.57%) TCP/IP
2 23 (10.13%) DHCP
3 19 (8.37%) Firewall
3 19 (8.37%) VPN
4 11 (4.85%) VLAN
5 9 (3.96%) BGP
6 7 (3.08%) WAN
7 5 (2.20%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (2.20%) DMZ
7 5 (2.20%) LAN
7 5 (2.20%) OSPF
7 5 (2.20%) SD-WAN
7 5 (2.20%) STUN
7 5 (2.20%) VoIP
7 5 (2.20%) Wireshark
8 4 (1.76%) MPLS
8 4 (1.76%) Network Security
8 4 (1.76%) SAN
8 4 (1.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.33%) SQL Server
2 20 (8.81%) Power BI
3 16 (7.05%) Tableau
4 15 (6.61%) BigQuery
5 10 (4.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (4.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (3.52%) MySQL
6 8 (3.52%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (2.20%) MariaDB
8 5 (2.20%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.76%) FileMaker
10 3 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (1.32%) CockroachDB
10 3 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.32%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.88%) Big Data
11 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (1.76%) JIRA
1 4 (1.76%) Postman
2 1 (0.44%) GitLab
2 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.44%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 113 (49.78%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.54%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (13.22%) Finance
4 22 (9.69%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (8.81%) Law
5 20 (8.81%) Legal
5 20 (8.81%) Manufacturing
6 12 (5.29%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.96%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.96%) Retail
9 6 (2.64%) Back Office
9 6 (2.64%) Banking
10 4 (1.76%) Advertising
11 3 (1.32%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.32%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.88%) Aviation
12 2 (0.88%) Electronics
12 2 (0.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (28.63%) Analyst
2 27 (11.89%) Senior
3 21 (9.25%) Data Analyst
4 20 (8.81%) Quality Analyst
5 19 (8.37%) Data Quality Analyst
6 17 (7.49%) Developer
7 16 (7.05%) Service Analyst
7 16 (7.05%) Service Desk Analyst
7 16 (7.05%) Support Engineer
8 14 (6.17%) Architect
8 14 (6.17%) Consultant
9 13 (5.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (5.73%) Infrastructure Support
10 11 (4.85%) IT Support
11 9 (3.96%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 9 (3.96%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.96%) Technical Support
12 8 (3.52%) 3rd Line Support
12 8 (3.52%) Applications Support
12 8 (3.52%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.08%) XML
2 5 (2.20%) FreeSWITCH
2 5 (2.20%) REST
3 4 (1.76%) React
4 3 (1.32%) EDI
4 3 (1.32%) Kafka
4 3 (1.32%) Spring
4 3 (1.32%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.88%) .NET
5 2 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.88%) Middleware
5 2 (0.88%) OAuth
5 2 (0.88%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.88%) OpenID
5 2 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.88%) Pandas
5 2 (0.88%) SAML
6 1 (0.44%) OpenAPI
6 1 (0.44%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.73%) Driving Licence
2 11 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.96%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.96%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.52%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.64%) NHS
5 6 (2.64%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.76%) Clustering
7 4 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.76%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.32%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.88%) IoT
9 2 (0.88%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.88%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 58 (25.55%) Windows
2 31 (13.66%) Windows Server
3 12 (5.29%) Linux
4 5 (2.20%) Debian
4 5 (2.20%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.44%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (15.42%) ITIL
3 31 (13.66%) Business Intelligence
3 31 (13.66%) Migration
4 25 (11.01%) Agile
4 25 (11.01%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (10.13%) Computer Science
5 23 (10.13%) Project Delivery
6 22 (9.69%) Validation
7 19 (8.37%) Data Cleansing
7 19 (8.37%) Project Management
7 19 (8.37%) Visualisation
8 18 (7.93%) Customer Service
9 17 (7.49%) Data Validation
9 17 (7.49%) Data Visualisation
9 17 (7.49%) Incident Management
9 17 (7.49%) Requirements Gathering
9 17 (7.49%) Roadmaps
10 16 (7.05%) ERP
10 16 (7.05%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 60 (26.43%) SQL
2 27 (11.89%) PowerShell
3 26 (11.45%) Python
4 16 (7.05%) C#
5 9 (3.96%) Java
5 9 (3.96%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.64%) C
6 6 (2.64%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.20%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.76%) Bash
9 3 (1.32%) Perl
10 2 (0.88%) Bicep
10 2 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.44%) ABAP
11 1 (0.44%) Go
11 1 (0.44%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 48 (21.15%) Security Cleared
2 44 (19.38%) Degree
3 28 (12.33%) SC Cleared
4 19 (8.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (7.05%) DV Cleared
6 14 (6.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (5.73%) Numerate Degree
8 10 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (3.08%) CCNP
11 5 (2.20%) MCP
11 5 (2.20%) MCSA
11 5 (2.20%) MCSE
12 4 (1.76%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.76%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.32%) CCNA
14 2 (0.88%) CISM
14 2 (0.88%) CISSP
14 2 (0.88%) CRISC
14 2 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.81%) Data Quality
2 18 (7.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (6.61%) GDPR
4 11 (4.85%) ISO 9001
5 9 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (3.96%) SLA
6 6 (2.64%) QA
7 4 (1.76%) GRC
7 4 (1.76%) JSP 440
7 4 (1.76%) NIST
8 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.88%) PMO
8 2 (0.88%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.44%) COBIT
9 1 (0.44%) DICOM
9 1 (0.44%) GxP
9 1 (0.44%) HL7
9 1 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.44%) Solvency II
System Software
1 43 (18.94%) Active Directory
2 21 (9.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (7.49%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.20%) Docker
4 5 (2.20%) Kamailio
5 4 (1.76%) Firmware
6 2 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (5.29%) SCCM
2 9 (3.96%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.64%) Terraform
4 4 (1.76%) Ansible
4 4 (1.76%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (1.76%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.88%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.88%) Kibana
7 1 (0.44%) Nagios
Vendors
1 92 (40.53%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.33%) VMware
3 17 (7.49%) Cisco
4 14 (6.17%) Oracle
5 12 (5.29%) SAP
6 9 (3.96%) Citrix
7 8 (3.52%) Dell
7 8 (3.52%) Salesforce
8 7 (3.08%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.64%) Meraki
10 4 (1.76%) Juniper
10 4 (1.76%) Veeam
11 3 (1.32%) Aruba
11 3 (1.32%) Google
11 3 (1.32%) iManage
11 3 (1.32%) Intapp
11 3 (1.32%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.88%) LogRhythm
12 2 (0.88%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.88%) Zscaler