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

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	330	328	480
Rank change year-on-year	-2	+152	-83
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills	413	225	130
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.47%	0.66%	0.26%
As % of the General category	1.06%	1.01%	0.49%
Number of salaries quoted	285	163	56
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£32,500	£31,750
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£37,125	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£48,000	£45,000	£46,442
Median % change year-on-year	+6.67%	-3.10%	+3.20%
75^th Percentile	£58,750	£60,125	£63,750
90^th Percentile	£73,750	£77,500	£72,500
UK median annual salary	£51,500	£54,000	£62,500
% change year-on-year	-4.63%	-13.60%	+9.65%

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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	39,081	22,344	26,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.57%	65.41%	54.30%
Number of salaries quoted	24,343	11,276	11,776
10^th Percentile	£28,618	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,000	£38,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,735	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+17.00%	-14.53%	-0.28%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£83,750	£77,500	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£59,000
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-11.02%	-1.67%

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 18 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 18 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	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South East	-23	97	£50,000	-7.41%	78
North of England	-40	93	£52,500	+23.53%	54
South West	+3	85	£43,000	+7.50%	27
Midlands	-41	62	£51,500	+14.44%	49
North West	-6	60	£55,000	+48.65%	35
West Midlands	-38	41	£51,500	-5.07%	33
East of England	-27	34	£55,000	+0.92%	26
Yorkshire	-41	24	£57,500	+21.05%	13
Scotland	+24	21	£33,500	-	12
East Midlands	-38	21	£52,500	+23.53%	16
Wales	-58	17	£50,000	-	9
North East	-65	9	£29,500	+18.00%	6
Northern Ireland	-	4	-	-	6
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Documentation Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 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 with a requirement for Documentation Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	35.8%	148
2	Microsoft	30.3%	125
3	Azure	26.2%	108
4	Continuous Improvement	23.5%	97
5	Windows	21.5%	89
6	SQL	18.2%	75
7	Agile	15.5%	64
8	Degree	13.3%	55
9	Business Analysis	13.1%	54
10	Microsoft 365	12.8%	53
11	Stakeholder Management	12.6%	52
12	AWS	12.1%	50
13	Security Cleared	11.6%	48
14	Windows Server	11.4%	47
15	AI	10.9%	45
15	DNS	10.9%	45
15	PowerShell	10.9%	45
18	Firewall	10.7%	44
19	Disaster Recovery	10.4%	43
19	QA	10.4%	43
19	Validation	10.4%	43
22	VPN	10.2%	42
23	DevOps	9.9%	41
24	Active Directory	9.7%	40
24	Business Intelligence	9.7%	40
24	ERP	9.7%	40
27	Power Platform	9.4%	39
27	Requirements Gathering	9.4%	39
29	Mentoring	9.0%	37
29	TCP/IP	9.0%	37

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	58.8%	243
2	Analytical Skills	20.6%	85
3	Manufacturing	12.6%	52
4	Finance	11.1%	46
5	Organisational Skills	9.0%	37
6	Presentation Skills	6.3%	26
7	Aerospace	5.1%	21
8	Legal	4.1%	17
9	Inclusion and Diversity	3.9%	16
9	Public Sector	3.9%	16
11	Electronics	3.4%	14
12	Marketing	2.7%	11
13	Banking	1.7%	7
13	Telecoms	1.7%	7
15	Automotive	1.5%	6
15	Influencing Skills	1.5%	6
17	Military	1.2%	5
18	Law	1.0%	4
18	Pharmaceutical	1.0%	4
20	Billing	0.7%	3