Documentation Skills Job Trends

Documentation Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 517 411
Rank change year-on-year +215 -106 +101
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 424 240 325
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.79% 0.36% 0.64%
As % of the General category 1.26% 0.59% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 279 117 278
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.15% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,939 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -13.64%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 33,567 40,568 33,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 62.26% 60.41% 65.41%
Number of salaries quoted 19,360 19,628 24,796
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £34,500 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.62% +3.00% -4.76%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Documentation Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Documentation Skills job vacancy trend in the UK

Documentation Skills
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Documentation Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Documentation Skills

Documentation Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 November 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
England +218 400 £54,750 -15.77% 174
UK excluding London +205 266 £45,000 -5.26% 157
London +92 139 £77,500 +6.90% 64
Work from Home +134 137 £55,000 -8.33% 97
South East +108 79 £48,500 +21.25% 60
Midlands +76 71 £45,000 - 20
North of England +89 60 £47,500 -9.52% 29
West Midlands +79 40 £52,500 -17.65% 18
North West +67 30 £42,500 -16.67% 19
East Midlands +39 30 £42,500 +6.25% 2
East of England +53 28 £32,500 -19.25% 11
Yorkshire +24 26 £47,500 -9.52% 8
South West +33 18 £55,000 +29.41% 17
Scotland +13 8 - - 17
North East +20 4 £25,000 -42.20% 3
Wales -1 2 £48,000 -1.54% 4

Documentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 32 (7.55%) SharePoint
2 25 (5.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.07%) Confluence
4 2 (0.47%) WordPress
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.24%) IIS
5 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 61 (14.39%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.77%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (2.83%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.42%) Oracle Cash Management
2 6 (1.42%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.18%) PlanetPress Connect
3 5 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.94%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.71%) Bloomberg AIM
5 3 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.47%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.24%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 135 (31.84%) Azure
2 68 (16.04%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (9.67%) AWS
4 38 (8.96%) SaaS
5 35 (8.25%) Power Platform
6 27 (6.37%) Entra ID
7 20 (4.72%) IaaS
8 19 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (4.25%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (3.77%) PaaS
11 15 (3.54%) GitHub
12 14 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (2.83%) GCP
14 11 (2.59%) PowerApps
15 10 (2.36%) Power Automate
16 8 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
17 7 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
18 6 (1.42%) iPaaS
18 6 (1.42%) OCI
18 6 (1.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.85%) Firewall
2 34 (8.02%) DNS
3 29 (6.84%) DHCP
4 27 (6.37%) VPN
5 25 (5.90%) TCP/IP
6 22 (5.19%) LAN
7 17 (4.01%) Network Security
8 16 (3.77%) VLAN
9 15 (3.54%) BGP
10 12 (2.83%) WAN
11 11 (2.59%) OSPF
12 9 (2.12%) SAN
13 7 (1.65%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (1.42%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.42%) DMZ
14 6 (1.42%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (1.42%) MPLS
14 6 (1.42%) VoIP
14 6 (1.42%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.25%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.42%) Power BI
3 16 (3.77%) Tableau
4 15 (3.54%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.89%) Metadata
6 7 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.18%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.18%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.94%) Metadata Repository
8 4 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.71%) Metabase
9 3 (0.71%) MySQL
9 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.47%) CockroachDB
10 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.24%) QlikView
11 1 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 16 (3.77%) JIRA
2 6 (1.42%) Git
3 4 (0.94%) Postman
4 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.47%) GitLab
5 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.24%) Selenium
6 1 (0.24%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 208 (49.06%) Social Skills
2 102 (24.06%) Finance
3 76 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.32%) Legal
5 33 (7.78%) Banking
6 30 (7.08%) Law
7 26 (6.13%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (5.66%) Retail
9 22 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (4.48%) Manufacturing
11 16 (3.77%) Back Office
12 15 (3.54%) Telecoms
13 13 (3.07%) Advertising
14 12 (2.83%) Public Sector
15 9 (2.12%) German Language
15 9 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (1.65%) Marketing
17 6 (1.42%) Financial Institution
18 5 (1.18%) Publishing
19 4 (0.94%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 113 (26.65%) Analyst
2 73 (17.22%) Senior
3 31 (7.31%) Business Analyst
4 29 (6.84%) Architect
5 28 (6.60%) Lead
6 26 (6.13%) Network Engineer
7 23 (5.42%) Developer
8 22 (5.19%) Data Analyst
9 21 (4.95%) Service Analyst
9 21 (4.95%) Support Engineer
10 20 (4.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (4.48%) IT Support
11 19 (4.48%) Quality Analyst
12 18 (4.25%) Data Quality Analyst
12 18 (4.25%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (3.77%) Consultant
13 16 (3.77%) Service Desk Analyst
13 16 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (3.54%) Applications Support
14 15 (3.54%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.77%) XML
2 11 (2.59%) .NET
3 6 (1.42%) React
4 5 (1.18%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.18%) HTML
4 5 (1.18%) REST
5 4 (0.94%) Kafka
5 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (0.94%) OAuth
5 4 (0.94%) OAuth2
5 4 (0.94%) OpenID
5 4 (0.94%) SAML
6 3 (0.71%) CSS
6 3 (0.71%) JSON
6 3 (0.71%) PySpark
7 2 (0.47%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.47%) Laravel
7 2 (0.47%) Middleware
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.47%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.95%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.25%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.77%) Cloud Native
3 16 (3.77%) NHS
3 16 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (3.30%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.07%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.59%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.36%) CMDB
7 10 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.12%) Life Science
8 9 (2.12%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.65%) Clustering
11 6 (1.42%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.18%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.18%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 76 (17.92%) Windows
2 37 (8.73%) Windows Server
3 25 (5.90%) Linux
4 5 (1.18%) Debian
4 5 (1.18%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.18%) Unix
5 4 (0.94%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.47%) VMS
7 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (16.51%) Agile
3 63 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (13.21%) ITIL
5 51 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (11.79%) Validation
7 43 (10.14%) Migration
8 41 (9.67%) DevOps
9 38 (8.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 36 (8.49%) Business Intelligence
11 35 (8.25%) Project Delivery
12 33 (7.78%) Computer Science
13 31 (7.31%) Project Management
13 31 (7.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 30 (7.08%) Change Management
14 30 (7.08%) Customer Service
15 29 (6.84%) Inventory Management
16 28 (6.60%) ERP
16 28 (6.60%) Incident Response
16 28 (6.60%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 74 (17.45%) SQL
2 34 (8.02%) PowerShell
3 33 (7.78%) Python
4 22 (5.19%) C#
5 18 (4.25%) Java
6 15 (3.54%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.07%) C
7 13 (3.07%) VBA
8 8 (1.89%) PHP
9 6 (1.42%) Bash
10 3 (0.71%) Bicep
10 3 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.47%) C++
11 2 (0.47%) Go
11 2 (0.47%) Perl
12 1 (0.24%) R
12 1 (0.24%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (25.00%) Degree
2 50 (11.79%) Security Cleared
3 35 (8.25%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 28 (6.60%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (6.60%) CISSP
6 23 (5.42%) CCNP
6 23 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (4.25%) CISM
8 15 (3.54%) DV Cleared
9 14 (3.30%) Numerate Degree
10 13 (3.07%) CCIE
11 11 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.89%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.89%) CCSA
12 8 (1.89%) CCSE
13 7 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.65%) HNC
14 6 (1.42%) CCNA
15 5 (1.18%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.91%) Data Quality
2 40 (9.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.01%) ISO 9001
4 16 (3.77%) GDPR
5 15 (3.54%) NIST
5 15 (3.54%) QA
6 14 (3.30%) SLA
7 12 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (1.89%) SOC 2
9 7 (1.65%) MiFID
9 7 (1.65%) PMO
10 5 (1.18%) GRC
11 4 (0.94%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.71%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.47%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.47%) UCITS
14 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (12.97%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.19%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.65%) Firmware
5 6 (1.42%) Docker
6 5 (1.18%) Kamailio
6 5 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.24%) Ceph
8 1 (0.24%) Lustre
8 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.24%) vCloud
8 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (3.77%) Kubernetes
1 16 (3.77%) SCCM
2 14 (3.30%) Terraform
3 8 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.65%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (1.42%) Ansible
6 5 (1.18%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.94%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (0.94%) CSIRT
7 4 (0.94%) Dell DRAC
7 4 (0.94%) Grafana
8 3 (0.71%) cPanel
8 3 (0.71%) Nessus
8 3 (0.71%) Plesk
9 2 (0.47%) Nagios
10 1 (0.24%) Kibana
10 1 (0.24%) Netcool
10 1 (0.24%) SCOM
10 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 143 (33.73%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.84%) Cisco
3 26 (6.13%) VMware
4 17 (4.01%) Oracle
5 14 (3.30%) CheckPoint
5 14 (3.30%) F5
6 9 (2.12%) Blue Prism
6 9 (2.12%) Fortinet
6 9 (2.12%) Pega
6 9 (2.12%) SolarWinds
7 8 (1.89%) iManage
7 8 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.89%) Veeam
8 7 (1.65%) Intapp
8 7 (1.65%) Juniper
8 7 (1.65%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.65%) Qualys
8 7 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.42%) Citrix
10 5 (1.18%) GoldenSource