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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 371 491
Rank change year-on-year -27 +120 -60
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 490 356 337
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.71% 0.40%
As % of the General category 0.98% 1.04% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 301 248 232
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,275 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £88,400
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +15.85% -8.89%

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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 50,206 34,162 47,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.15% 68.43% 56.93%
Number of salaries quoted 30,790 17,967 27,395
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,441 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.03% -1.02% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -3.85%

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 25 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Top 17 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 25 August 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
England -39 429 £52,500 -2.33% 250
UK excluding London +25 378 £50,000 +5.26% 179
Work from Home -15 127 £52,500 -12.50% 114
South East +14 98 £50,000 -23.08% 42
London -75 93 £67,500 +0.37% 99
North of England -40 78 £55,000 +29.41% 41
Midlands -25 61 £55,000 +29.41% 29
South West -26 58 £42,500 +6.25% 23
North West +11 54 £55,000 +29.41% 28
West Midlands -36 39 £54,000 +8.00% 20
East of England -12 38 £55,000 +1.85% 22
East Midlands -18 22 £60,000 +41.18% 9
Yorkshire -59 21 £57,500 +35.29% 12
Northern Ireland - 19 - - 6
Scotland +15 14 £48,000 - 15
Wales - 12 £55,000 - 4
North East -55 3 £37,250 +49.00% 2

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 41 (8.37%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (4.29%) Confluence
4 11 (2.24%) IIS
5 5 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 36 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.88%) AutoCAD
4 13 (2.65%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.02%) CorelDRAW
7 4 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.63%) SAP CO
1 8 (1.63%) SAP FI
2 7 (1.43%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (1.02%) Infor CloudSuite
3 5 (1.02%) Infor LN
3 5 (1.02%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.61%) Infor M3
5 3 (0.61%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.41%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.20%) C-CURE
7 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.20%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 134 (27.35%) Azure
2 94 (19.18%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (10.20%) Power Platform
4 49 (10.00%) AWS
5 47 (9.59%) Entra ID
6 28 (5.71%) SaaS
7 18 (3.67%) Power Automate
8 15 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (2.45%) dbt
9 12 (2.45%) PowerApps
10 11 (2.24%) GitHub
10 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (1.63%) Azure Stack
11 8 (1.63%) Serverless
12 7 (1.43%) Boomi
12 7 (1.43%) GCP
12 7 (1.43%) Lucidchart
12 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 58 (11.84%) Firewall
2 50 (10.20%) DNS
3 44 (8.98%) VPN
4 33 (6.73%) TCP/IP
5 28 (5.71%) DHCP
6 25 (5.10%) WAN
7 20 (4.08%) Network Security
8 19 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (3.67%) VLAN
9 18 (3.67%) Wireless
10 17 (3.47%) TETRA
11 16 (3.27%) LAN
12 10 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (2.04%) SD-WAN
13 9 (1.84%) SAN
14 8 (1.63%) BGP
14 8 (1.63%) HTTP
14 8 (1.63%) OSPF
15 7 (1.43%) VoIP
16 6 (1.22%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.76%) Power BI
2 20 (4.08%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.63%) Metadata
4 6 (1.22%) Looker
5 4 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.61%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.61%) Metabase
7 2 (0.41%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.41%) EDMS
7 2 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.41%) Power Query
7 2 (0.41%) Redis
7 2 (0.41%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.20%) Airbyte
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 33 (6.73%) JIRA
2 16 (3.27%) Git
3 9 (1.84%) GitLab
4 5 (1.02%) JUnit
5 4 (0.82%) Postman
5 4 (0.82%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.61%) JMeter
6 3 (0.61%) Selenium
7 2 (0.41%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.41%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.41%) Mockito
7 2 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.41%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.20%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.20%) Hudson
8 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
General
1 262 (53.47%) Social Skills
2 95 (19.39%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (17.76%) Finance
4 47 (9.59%) Manufacturing
5 39 (7.96%) Organisational Skills
6 31 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (5.31%) Law
7 26 (5.31%) Legal
8 25 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (5.10%) Retail
9 18 (3.67%) Public Sector
10 17 (3.47%) Telecoms
11 15 (3.06%) Electronics
12 14 (2.86%) Marketing
13 12 (2.45%) Aerospace
13 12 (2.45%) Banking
14 7 (1.43%) Front Office
14 7 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.22%) Military
16 4 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 104 (21.22%) Analyst
2 56 (11.43%) Senior
3 47 (9.59%) Support Analyst
4 46 (9.39%) Support Engineer
5 40 (8.16%) Consultant
6 39 (7.96%) IT Support
7 29 (5.92%) Business Analyst
8 27 (5.51%) Applications Support
8 27 (5.51%) Architect
8 27 (5.51%) Lead
9 25 (5.10%) IT Engineer
10 22 (4.49%) Developer
10 22 (4.49%) IT Support Engineer
11 21 (4.29%) Systems Engineer
12 19 (3.88%) Security Engineer
13 18 (3.67%) Systems Analyst
14 17 (3.47%) Design Engineer
14 17 (3.47%) IT Analyst
14 17 (3.47%) RF Design Engineer
14 17 (3.47%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.08%) Terraform
2 19 (3.88%) REST
3 9 (1.84%) CSS
3 9 (1.84%) HTML
3 9 (1.84%) Middleware
3 9 (1.84%) Node.js
4 6 (1.22%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.22%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.22%) JSON
4 6 (1.22%) SOAP
5 5 (1.02%) EDI
5 5 (1.02%) React
5 5 (1.02%) RESTful
6 4 (0.82%) .NET
6 4 (0.82%) CSS3
6 4 (0.82%) HTML5
6 4 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (0.82%) Playwright
7 3 (0.61%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.37%) Driving Licence
2 36 (7.35%) Onboarding
3 19 (3.88%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (3.47%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.27%) CCTV
7 15 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.65%) Data Centre
10 11 (2.24%) Mobile App
11 10 (2.04%) PKI
12 9 (1.84%) Client/Server
12 9 (1.84%) Security Posture
13 8 (1.63%) CMDB
14 7 (1.43%) Cloud Native
14 7 (1.43%) IoT
15 6 (1.22%) Blog
15 6 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
16 5 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
16 5 (1.02%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 100 (20.41%) Windows
2 49 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 33 (6.73%) Linux
4 14 (2.86%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.45%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.84%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.63%) CentOS
7 8 (1.63%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.02%) Unix
8 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.61%) AIX
9 3 (0.61%) Android
9 3 (0.61%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.41%) Rocky
11 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.20%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.20%) Solaris
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (28.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 124 (25.31%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (13.88%) Agile
4 60 (12.24%) ITIL
5 56 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 50 (10.20%) DevOps
7 49 (10.00%) Business Analysis
8 48 (9.80%) Root Cause Analysis
9 46 (9.39%) Change Management
9 46 (9.39%) ERP
10 44 (8.98%) Customer Service
10 44 (8.98%) Project Delivery
11 43 (8.78%) Business Intelligence
12 42 (8.57%) AI
13 40 (8.16%) Disaster Recovery
14 39 (7.96%) Validation
15 37 (7.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 36 (7.35%) CI/CD
17 34 (6.94%) Analytics
17 34 (6.94%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 99 (20.20%) SQL
2 49 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 42 (8.57%) Python
4 22 (4.49%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.24%) Java
6 10 (2.04%) Bash
7 9 (1.84%) C++
8 8 (1.63%) C#
8 8 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.22%) C
9 6 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.02%) PHP
10 5 (1.02%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.61%) Ruby
12 2 (0.41%) Bicep
12 2 (0.41%) Go
12 2 (0.41%) Groovy
12 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.41%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (12.45%) Degree
2 59 (12.04%) Security Cleared
3 31 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.65%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.65%) HND
6 10 (2.04%) SAP Certification
7 9 (1.84%) CCNA
7 9 (1.84%) CCNP
8 8 (1.63%) CISSP
8 8 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.22%) HNC
10 5 (1.02%) ACCA
10 5 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.82%) CCIE
11 4 (0.82%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.82%) CIMA
11 4 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (9.80%) QA
2 32 (6.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (4.29%) Data Quality
4 18 (3.67%) GDPR
5 14 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (2.04%) SLA
7 7 (1.43%) NIST
7 7 (1.43%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.02%) GRC
8 5 (1.02%) ISO 22301
8 5 (1.02%) ISO 9001
8 5 (1.02%) Software Quality Assurance
9 4 (0.82%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.61%) NCSC
10 3 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 57 (11.63%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.51%) Hyper-V
3 25 (5.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (3.27%) Docker
5 15 (3.06%) Firmware
6 7 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.22%) vSphere
8 4 (0.82%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.61%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.61%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.41%) KVM
11 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (5.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.06%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.24%) Ansible
3 11 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (1.84%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.43%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.02%) Nagios
7 5 (1.02%) SCCM
8 4 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.82%) Grafana
8 4 (0.82%) Podman
8 4 (0.82%) VxRail
9 3 (0.61%) Puppet
10 2 (0.41%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.41%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 162 (33.06%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.76%) Cisco
3 32 (6.53%) VMware
4 23 (4.69%) SAP
5 20 (4.08%) Fortinet
6 15 (3.06%) ServiceNow
7 14 (2.86%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.45%) JD Edwards
8 12 (2.45%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.04%) Dell
9 10 (2.04%) Veeam
10 9 (1.84%) Aruba
10 9 (1.84%) Google
11 8 (1.63%) Juniper
11 8 (1.63%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.63%) Oracle
12 7 (1.43%) Citrix
12 7 (1.43%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.43%) Sophos
13 6 (1.22%) Sage