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 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 523 415
Rank change year-on-year +229 -108 +99
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 420 239 328
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.78% 0.36% 0.64%
As % of the General category 1.25% 0.59% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 273 117 280
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 £79,063
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 33,487 40,452 33,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 62.04% 60.54% 65.36%
Number of salaries quoted 19,283 19,548 24,910
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £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 £50,500
% change year-on-year -12.62% +1.98% -3.81%

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 28 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 28 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 +235 396 £54,500 -16.15% 184
UK excluding London +215 262 £45,000 -5.26% 159
London +90 139 £77,500 +6.90% 72
Work from Home +127 137 £55,000 -8.33% 106
South East +103 77 £48,500 +21.25% 63
Midlands +93 72 £45,000 - 21
North of England +59 58 £47,500 -9.52% 28
West Midlands +75 41 £52,500 -17.65% 19
East Midlands +35 30 £42,500 +6.25% 2
North West +61 29 £42,500 -16.67% 18
East of England +52 27 £32,500 -19.25% 10
Yorkshire +33 25 £47,500 -9.52% 8
South West +27 18 £55,000 +29.41% 17
Scotland +14 8 - - 17
North East +15 4 £25,000 -42.20% 3
Wales +3 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 29 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 25 (5.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.10%) Confluence
4 2 (0.48%) 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 60 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.81%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (2.86%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.19%) Oracle Cash Management
2 5 (1.19%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (1.19%) PlanetPress Connect
2 5 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.95%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.95%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.71%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.48%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.24%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.24%) Endur
6 1 (0.24%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 133 (31.67%) Azure
2 67 (15.95%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (9.76%) AWS
4 38 (9.05%) SaaS
5 33 (7.86%) Power Platform
6 25 (5.95%) Entra ID
7 20 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (4.76%) IaaS
8 18 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (3.81%) PaaS
10 15 (3.57%) GitHub
11 12 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (2.86%) GCP
12 11 (2.62%) PowerApps
13 10 (2.38%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (1.43%) iPaaS
15 6 (1.43%) OneDrive
16 5 (1.19%) OCI
16 5 (1.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.95%) Firewall
2 34 (8.10%) DNS
3 29 (6.90%) DHCP
4 27 (6.43%) VPN
5 25 (5.95%) TCP/IP
6 22 (5.24%) LAN
7 17 (4.05%) Network Security
8 16 (3.81%) VLAN
9 15 (3.57%) BGP
10 12 (2.86%) WAN
11 11 (2.62%) OSPF
12 9 (2.14%) SAN
13 7 (1.67%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.43%) DMZ
14 6 (1.43%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (1.43%) MPLS
14 6 (1.43%) VoIP
14 6 (1.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.00%) Power BI
3 16 (3.81%) Tableau
4 15 (3.57%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.90%) Metadata
6 5 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.19%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.19%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.95%) Metadata Repository
7 4 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.71%) Metabase
8 3 (0.71%) MySQL
8 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.48%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.48%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 15 (3.57%) JIRA
2 7 (1.67%) Git
3 4 (0.95%) Postman
4 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.48%) GitLab
5 2 (0.48%) Selenium
5 2 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.48%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 205 (48.81%) Social Skills
2 101 (24.05%) Finance
3 77 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.67%) Legal
5 33 (7.86%) Banking
6 28 (6.67%) Law
7 24 (5.71%) Retail
8 23 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (4.76%) Manufacturing
9 20 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (3.81%) Back Office
11 15 (3.57%) Telecoms
12 13 (3.10%) Advertising
13 12 (2.86%) Public Sector
14 9 (2.14%) German Language
14 9 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.67%) Marketing
16 6 (1.43%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.19%) Publishing
18 4 (0.95%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 109 (25.95%) Analyst
2 73 (17.38%) Senior
3 31 (7.38%) Business Analyst
4 29 (6.90%) Architect
4 29 (6.90%) Lead
5 26 (6.19%) Network Engineer
6 24 (5.71%) Developer
7 21 (5.00%) Service Analyst
7 21 (5.00%) Support Engineer
8 20 (4.76%) Data Analyst
8 20 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 18 (4.29%) IT Support
9 18 (4.29%) Quality Analyst
10 17 (4.05%) Data Quality Analyst
10 17 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (3.81%) Consultant
11 16 (3.81%) Service Desk Analyst
11 16 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (3.57%) Applications Support
12 15 (3.57%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.81%) XML
2 11 (2.62%) .NET
3 6 (1.43%) React
4 5 (1.19%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.19%) HTML
4 5 (1.19%) Kafka
4 5 (1.19%) REST
5 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (0.95%) OAuth
5 4 (0.95%) OAuth2
5 4 (0.95%) OpenID
5 4 (0.95%) SAML
6 3 (0.71%) CSS
6 3 (0.71%) JSON
6 3 (0.71%) PySpark
7 2 (0.48%) Laravel
7 2 (0.48%) Middleware
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.48%) Spring
7 2 (0.48%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.00%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.29%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.81%) Cloud Native
3 16 (3.81%) NHS
4 15 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (3.33%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.33%) Product Ownership
6 13 (3.10%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.62%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.38%) CMDB
8 10 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.14%) Life Science
9 9 (2.14%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.67%) Clustering
12 6 (1.43%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.19%) Fixed Income
13 5 (1.19%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 75 (17.86%) Windows
2 37 (8.81%) Windows Server
3 25 (5.95%) Linux
4 5 (1.19%) Debian
4 5 (1.19%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.19%) Unix
5 4 (0.95%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.48%) 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 82 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (16.67%) Agile
3 63 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (13.10%) ITIL
5 51 (12.14%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (11.43%) Validation
7 42 (10.00%) DevOps
8 41 (9.76%) Migration
9 37 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 35 (8.33%) Project Delivery
11 34 (8.10%) Business Intelligence
12 33 (7.86%) Computer Science
13 31 (7.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 30 (7.14%) Project Management
15 29 (6.90%) Change Management
15 29 (6.90%) Customer Service
15 29 (6.90%) Inventory Management
16 28 (6.67%) Analytics
16 28 (6.67%) Incident Response
16 28 (6.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 71 (16.90%) SQL
2 34 (8.10%) PowerShell
2 34 (8.10%) Python
3 22 (5.24%) C#
4 19 (4.52%) Java
5 16 (3.81%) JavaScript
6 13 (3.10%) C
6 13 (3.10%) VBA
7 8 (1.90%) PHP
8 6 (1.43%) Bash
9 3 (0.71%) Bicep
9 3 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.48%) C++
10 2 (0.48%) Go
10 2 (0.48%) Perl
11 1 (0.24%) R
11 1 (0.24%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (25.48%) Degree
2 51 (12.14%) Security Cleared
3 35 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 28 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (6.67%) CISSP
6 23 (5.48%) CCNP
6 23 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (4.29%) CISM
8 15 (3.57%) DV Cleared
8 15 (3.57%) Numerate Degree
9 13 (3.10%) CCIE
10 11 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.90%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.90%) CCSA
11 8 (1.90%) CCSE
12 7 (1.67%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (1.67%) HNC
13 6 (1.43%) CCNA
14 5 (1.19%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.76%) Data Quality
2 40 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.05%) ISO 9001
4 16 (3.81%) QA
5 15 (3.57%) GDPR
5 15 (3.57%) NIST
6 14 (3.33%) SLA
7 12 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.90%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (1.90%) SOC 2
9 7 (1.67%) MiFID
10 6 (1.43%) PMO
11 5 (1.19%) GRC
12 4 (0.95%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.71%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.48%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.48%) UCITS
15 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
System Software
1 55 (13.10%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.24%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.67%) Docker
4 7 (1.67%) Firmware
5 5 (1.19%) Kamailio
5 5 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.24%) Ceph
7 1 (0.24%) Lustre
7 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.24%) vCloud
7 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (4.05%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.81%) SCCM
3 14 (3.33%) Terraform
4 7 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.43%) Ansible
6 5 (1.19%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.19%) Grafana
6 5 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (0.95%) CSIRT
7 4 (0.95%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.71%) cPanel
8 3 (0.71%) Nessus
8 3 (0.71%) Plesk
9 2 (0.48%) Kibana
9 2 (0.48%) Nagios
9 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.24%) VxRail
Vendors
1 141 (33.57%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.90%) Cisco
3 26 (6.19%) VMware
4 16 (3.81%) Oracle
5 14 (3.33%) CheckPoint
5 14 (3.33%) F5
6 9 (2.14%) Blue Prism
6 9 (2.14%) Fortinet
6 9 (2.14%) Pega
6 9 (2.14%) SolarWinds
7 8 (1.90%) iManage
7 8 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.90%) Veeam
8 7 (1.67%) Intapp
8 7 (1.67%) Juniper
8 7 (1.67%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.67%) Qualys
9 6 (1.43%) Citrix
9 6 (1.43%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.19%) Meraki