Documentation Skills Jobs

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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 418 435 495
Rank change year-on-year +17 +60 +21
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 286 543 607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.55% 0.58%
As % of the General category 0.81% 0.92% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 141 466 434
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -18.18%

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 35,192 58,854 71,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.47% 59.84% 68.59%
Number of salaries quoted 18,374 39,596 38,382
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills.

Salary trend for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Top 15 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 30 April 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 +6 274 £53,500 -2.73% 271
UK excluding London +56 188 £47,500 - 188
Midlands +68 87 £51,724 +14.94% 45
London +39 86 £63,000 -10.00% 94
West Midlands +48 63 £58,500 +30.00% 30
Work from Home +44 60 £58,500 +6.36% 137
North of England +62 47 £42,000 +12.37% 51
North West +25 34 £58,750 +46.88% 35
East Midlands +57 24 £45,000 +17.65% 15
South West +95 17 £40,000 -37.25% 9
East of England +47 17 £47,500 +13.10% 22
South East -6 16 £65,000 +30.00% 55
Yorkshire +64 11 £42,000 +33.33% 13
Wales +37 4 £48,750 +8.33% 3
North East +44 2 £31,500 -3.08% 3

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.50%) Confluence
2 10 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.40%) Liferay
4 3 (1.05%) Apache
4 3 (1.05%) CMS
4 3 (1.05%) EPiServer
4 3 (1.05%) OpenEdge
5 2 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.70%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.35%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.15%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.05%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.05%) UserZoom
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.75%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (1.75%) SAP HR
3 3 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.70%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.70%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.35%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.35%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 66 (23.08%) Azure
2 46 (16.08%) AWS
3 37 (12.94%) Power Platform
4 17 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (5.24%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (3.85%) Boomi
7 11 (3.85%) GCP
8 9 (3.15%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.45%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (2.45%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.75%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 5 (1.75%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 5 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.40%) SaaS
12 3 (1.05%) Figma
12 3 (1.05%) Google Analytics
12 3 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.69%) Firewall
2 21 (7.34%) VPN
3 18 (6.29%) BGP
4 16 (5.59%) LAN
4 16 (5.59%) Network Security
5 12 (4.20%) OSPF
5 12 (4.20%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.80%) MPLS
6 8 (2.80%) WAN
7 5 (1.75%) VoIP
8 4 (1.40%) EIGRP
8 4 (1.40%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (1.05%) DHCP
9 3 (1.05%) DNS
9 3 (1.05%) Unified Communications
9 3 (1.05%) VLAN
10 2 (0.70%) WebEx
11 1 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.35%) RS-232
11 1 (0.35%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.84%) Power BI
2 23 (8.04%) SQL Server
3 15 (5.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.45%) MySQL
8 6 (2.10%) Metadata
8 6 (2.10%) Metadata Repository
9 5 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.75%) MariaDB
9 5 (1.75%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.40%) FileMaker
10 4 (1.40%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.05%) Looker
12 2 (0.70%) Big Data
12 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 40 (13.99%) JIRA
2 26 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (3.85%) Git
4 3 (1.05%) Postman
5 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.35%) Appium
6 1 (0.35%) LSMW
6 1 (0.35%) TestRail
General
1 131 (45.80%) Social Skills
2 69 (24.13%) Finance
3 56 (19.58%) Legal
4 38 (13.29%) Manufacturing
5 35 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.64%) Banking
7 16 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (4.55%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.15%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.15%) Retail
11 6 (2.10%) Marketing
12 4 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.05%) Advertising
13 3 (1.05%) Games
13 3 (1.05%) Law
14 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.70%) Automotive
14 2 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 100 (34.97%) Senior
2 56 (19.58%) Analyst
3 33 (11.54%) Developer
4 28 (9.79%) Network Engineer
5 24 (8.39%) Instrumentation Engineer
5 24 (8.39%) Senior Electrical Engineer
6 20 (6.99%) Architect
7 19 (6.64%) Business Analyst
8 15 (5.24%) Support Analyst
9 14 (4.90%) Consultant
10 10 (3.50%) Technical Analyst
11 9 (3.15%) Lead
11 9 (3.15%) SQL Developer
12 7 (2.45%) SAP Consultant
12 7 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (2.10%) Administrator
13 6 (2.10%) Derivatives Business Analyst
13 6 (2.10%) Finance Systems Analyst
13 6 (2.10%) Project Coordinator
13 6 (2.10%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.59%) REST
2 14 (4.90%) .NET
3 9 (3.15%) HTML
3 9 (3.15%) React
3 9 (3.15%) XML
4 8 (2.80%) SOAP
5 6 (2.10%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.75%) CSS
6 5 (1.75%) EDI
6 5 (1.75%) GraphQL
6 5 (1.75%) JSON
6 5 (1.75%) OAuth
6 5 (1.75%) RESTful
7 4 (1.40%) Symfony
8 3 (1.05%) JWT
8 3 (1.05%) OAuth2
8 3 (1.05%) Swagger
9 2 (0.70%) Flask
9 2 (0.70%) Pandas
9 2 (0.70%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.39%) SCADA
2 15 (5.24%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.20%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.85%) CMDB
5 7 (2.45%) Derivative
5 7 (2.45%) OTC Derivatives
5 7 (2.45%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.10%) Housing Association
6 6 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.05%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.05%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.05%) Hackathon
10 2 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.70%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.09%) Windows
2 11 (3.85%) Linux
3 8 (2.80%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.10%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.75%) Android
6 4 (1.40%) Unix
7 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.35%) VMS
8 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (28.32%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (20.98%) Collaborative Working
3 51 (17.83%) Mathematics
4 40 (13.99%) Agile
5 39 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 36 (12.59%) Business Intelligence
7 26 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
7 26 (9.09%) Hazard Analysis
7 26 (9.09%) Safety Engineering
7 26 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
8 24 (8.39%) Project Management
8 24 (8.39%) Roadmaps
9 23 (8.04%) Computer Science
9 23 (8.04%) ITIL
9 23 (8.04%) Requirements Gathering
10 21 (7.34%) Time Management
11 20 (6.99%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (6.99%) Project Delivery
12 19 (6.64%) Change Management
12 19 (6.64%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 35 (12.24%) SQL
2 24 (8.39%) Python
3 16 (5.59%) T-SQL
4 13 (4.55%) PowerShell
5 11 (3.85%) C#
5 11 (3.85%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.50%) Bash
7 7 (2.45%) Java
8 5 (1.75%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.40%) PHP
10 3 (1.05%) OpenEdge ABL
10 3 (1.05%) Progress 4GL
11 2 (0.70%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.35%) ABAP
12 1 (0.35%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.35%) Go
12 1 (0.35%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.35%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 112 (39.16%) Degree
2 81 (28.32%) BPSS Clearance
3 51 (17.83%) Numerate Degree
4 22 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (6.64%) CCNP
6 16 (5.59%) Security Cleared
7 14 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.85%) CCNA
9 9 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (3.15%) SC Cleared
10 6 (2.10%) CCAB
10 6 (2.10%) MCSA
10 6 (2.10%) MCSE
11 5 (1.75%) CCIE
11 5 (1.75%) CCSA
11 5 (1.75%) CCSE
11 5 (1.75%) CISSP
12 4 (1.40%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.40%) CEH
12 4 (1.40%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.34%) QA
2 19 (6.64%) GDPR
3 10 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.15%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.80%) PMO
6 7 (2.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (2.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.40%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.40%) Software Quality Assurance
9 3 (1.05%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.05%) COBIT
9 3 (1.05%) NIST
9 3 (1.05%) SLA
10 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.70%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.35%) GRC
System Software
1 11 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.10%) Docker
4 4 (1.40%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.35%) Firmware
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (2.80%) Nagios
2 6 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.40%) Ansible
3 4 (1.40%) Terraform
4 3 (1.05%) SCCM
5 2 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (18.88%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.09%) Cisco
3 15 (5.24%) SAP
4 10 (3.50%) Dell
4 10 (3.50%) Fortinet
4 10 (3.50%) VMware
5 9 (3.15%) CheckPoint
5 9 (3.15%) F5
5 9 (3.15%) SolarWinds
6 8 (2.80%) Citrix
7 7 (2.45%) Google
8 6 (2.10%) BT
8 6 (2.10%) Oracle
9 5 (1.75%) Arista
10 3 (1.05%) HubSpot
10 3 (1.05%) PayPal
10 3 (1.05%) Progress
10 3 (1.05%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.70%) Databricks
11 2 (0.70%) Snow