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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 432 403
Rank change year-on-year +143 -29 +87
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 267 103 284
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.33% 0.56%
As % of the General category 1.02% 0.50% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 182 53 259
10th Percentile £30,370 £29,750 £26,200
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,383 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% -9.23% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,500 £54,000 £60,750
90th Percentile £76,350 £71,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £54,125 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.48% +6.36% -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 26,293 20,543 30,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 52.94% 66.33% 59.80%
Number of salaries quoted 13,719 8,717 21,799
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -9.84%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 +58 80 £47,500 +2.70% 33
Midlands +36 62 £55,000 +10.00% 24
North of England +5 49 £45,000 +9.76% 27
East of England +32 34 £31,435 -30.34% 5
West Midlands +27 31 £60,000 +20.00% 16
East Midlands -3 30 £45,000 - 8
South West +3 26 £48,000 +52.38% 12
North West 0 23 £45,000 -0.84% 14
Yorkshire -31 20 £34,000 -19.05% 12
Scotland +1 13 £35,000 - 6
North East +1 6 £45,000 +42.86% 1
Wales -8 2 £48,000 -1.54%
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
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 18 (6.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 18 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.50%) Confluence
3 4 (1.50%) IIS
3 4 (1.50%) WebSphere
3 4 (1.50%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.12%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.75%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (16.48%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.37%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.75%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.37%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.37%) Postilion
4 1 (0.37%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 93 (34.83%) Azure
2 53 (19.85%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (11.99%) AWS
4 26 (9.74%) Entra ID
5 22 (8.24%) SaaS
6 11 (4.12%) IaaS
7 9 (3.37%) GCP
8 8 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.00%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (2.25%) iPaaS
9 6 (2.25%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.87%) PaaS
10 5 (1.87%) Serverless
11 4 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.50%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.50%) AWS CodePipeline
11 4 (1.50%) AWS Step Functions
11 4 (1.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (15.36%) DNS
2 38 (14.23%) DHCP
3 36 (13.48%) Firewall
4 30 (11.24%) TCP/IP
5 26 (9.74%) VLAN
5 26 (9.74%) VPN
6 10 (3.75%) SAN
7 8 (3.00%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (2.25%) DMZ
8 6 (2.25%) Network Security
8 6 (2.25%) VoIP
8 6 (2.25%) WAN
9 5 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (1.87%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (1.87%) STUN
10 4 (1.50%) BGP
10 4 (1.50%) LAN
10 4 (1.50%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.50%) Wireless
10 4 (1.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.49%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.37%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.62%) Metadata
3 7 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.50%) MySQL
7 3 (1.12%) Big Data
7 3 (1.12%) Metadata Repository
7 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.75%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.75%) Power BI
8 2 (0.75%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.37%) DB2
9 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (6.74%) JIRA
2 16 (5.99%) Git
3 6 (2.25%) GitLab
3 6 (2.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (1.87%) Postman
4 5 (1.87%) Subversion
5 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.37%) Selenium
6 1 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 153 (57.30%) Social Skills
2 59 (22.10%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (10.86%) Finance
4 23 (8.61%) Legal
4 23 (8.61%) Manufacturing
5 22 (8.24%) Retail
6 15 (5.62%) Banking
7 14 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (4.87%) German Language
8 13 (4.87%) Law
9 10 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.00%) Automotive
10 8 (3.00%) Electronics
10 8 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.25%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.50%) Advertising
13 4 (1.50%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.50%) Avionics
13 4 (1.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 49 (18.35%) Senior
2 44 (16.48%) Analyst
3 35 (13.11%) IT Support
4 20 (7.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (7.12%) Support Engineer
6 17 (6.37%) Lead
7 16 (5.99%) Architect
8 15 (5.62%) Infrastructure Support
9 14 (5.24%) Support Analyst
10 10 (3.75%) Data Engineer
10 10 (3.75%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 10 (3.75%) IT Engineer
11 9 (3.37%) Applications Support
11 9 (3.37%) Applications Support Analyst
11 9 (3.37%) IT Support Engineer
11 9 (3.37%) Service Analyst
12 8 (3.00%) Business Analyst
12 8 (3.00%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (3.00%) Security Engineer
13 7 (2.62%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.49%) REST
2 11 (4.12%) .NET
3 8 (3.00%) SOAP
4 6 (2.25%) PySpark
5 5 (1.87%) ARM Templates
5 5 (1.87%) FreeSWITCH
6 4 (1.50%) React
7 3 (1.12%) CSS
7 3 (1.12%) HTML
7 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (1.12%) OAuth
7 3 (1.12%) OAuth2
7 3 (1.12%) OpenID
7 3 (1.12%) SAML
8 2 (0.75%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.75%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.75%) JSON
8 2 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.75%) XML
8 2 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.62%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.87%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.49%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.12%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.75%) Life Science
6 9 (3.37%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.00%) Clustering
7 8 (3.00%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.00%) Mobile App
7 8 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.62%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.25%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.50%) CCTV
10 4 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.50%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.50%) Mobile Computing
10 4 (1.50%) NHS
10 4 (1.50%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.12%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.12%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 66 (24.72%) Windows
2 49 (18.35%) Windows Server
3 26 (9.74%) Linux
4 7 (2.62%) Unix
5 5 (1.87%) Debian
5 5 (1.87%) VMS
5 5 (1.87%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.50%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.12%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.12%) CentOS
7 3 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.37%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (31.84%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (19.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 48 (17.98%) ITIL
4 44 (16.48%) Agile
5 31 (11.61%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (9.74%) Project Delivery
7 23 (8.61%) CI/CD
8 22 (8.24%) Root Cause Analysis
9 21 (7.87%) AI
9 21 (7.87%) Mentoring
10 20 (7.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 19 (7.12%) ERP
12 18 (6.74%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (6.74%) ITSM
13 17 (6.37%) Analytical Thinking
14 16 (5.99%) Change Management
14 16 (5.99%) Incident Management
14 16 (5.99%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (5.99%) Test Automation
15 15 (5.62%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 39 (14.61%) SQL
2 30 (11.24%) PowerShell
3 28 (10.49%) Python
4 11 (4.12%) Bash
4 11 (4.12%) C#
5 10 (3.75%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.87%) T-SQL
6 5 (1.87%) VBA
7 4 (1.50%) Java
7 4 (1.50%) PHP
7 4 (1.50%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.75%) C++
9 1 (0.37%) ABAP
9 1 (0.37%) Bicep
9 1 (0.37%) C
9 1 (0.37%) Go
9 1 (0.37%) Perl
9 1 (0.37%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 61 (22.85%) Degree
2 33 (12.36%) Security Cleared
3 23 (8.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (7.87%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.62%) Azure Certification
6 12 (4.49%) Numerate Degree
7 8 (3.00%) CISSP
7 8 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.62%) HNC
9 6 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.25%) CISM
9 6 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.25%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.50%) CCNP
10 4 (1.50%) CEH
10 4 (1.50%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.12%) HND
11 3 (1.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.24%) Data Quality
2 22 (8.24%) QA
3 14 (5.24%) GDPR
3 14 (5.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (4.49%) SLA
5 8 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.25%) NIST
7 5 (1.87%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.12%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.12%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.75%) COBIT
9 2 (0.75%) GRC
9 2 (0.75%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.37%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.37%) GxP
System Software
1 63 (23.60%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.37%) Hyper-V
3 10 (3.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.62%) Docker
5 4 (1.50%) Firmware
5 4 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.50%) vSphere
6 2 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.37%) Ceph
7 1 (0.37%) Lustre
7 1 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.75%) Terraform
3 9 (3.37%) SCCM
4 6 (2.25%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (2.25%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.25%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.87%) Backup Exec
5 5 (1.87%) Nagios
5 5 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.50%) Ansible
6 4 (1.50%) Control-M
6 4 (1.50%) Dell DRAC
6 4 (1.50%) SolarWinds Orion
7 3 (1.12%) cPanel
7 3 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.12%) Nessus
7 3 (1.12%) Plesk
7 3 (1.12%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.75%) Netcool
Vendors
1 93 (34.83%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.36%) VMware
3 16 (5.99%) Cisco
4 14 (5.24%) Citrix
4 14 (5.24%) Veeam
5 13 (4.87%) SolarWinds
6 11 (4.12%) Pega
6 11 (4.12%) SAP
7 10 (3.75%) Oracle
8 8 (3.00%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.62%) Blue Prism
9 7 (2.62%) Databricks
9 7 (2.62%) Salesforce
10 6 (2.25%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.87%) Epicor
12 4 (1.50%) Dell
12 4 (1.50%) Informatica
12 4 (1.50%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.50%) Siemens
13 3 (1.12%) Palo Alto