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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 500 421
Rank change year-on-year +167 -79 +54
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 400 201 430
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.41% 0.58%
As % of the General category 1.04% 0.60% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 269 101 385
10th Percentile £31,000 £36,995 £28,700
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,442 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.10% -7.12% -4.76%

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 38,385 33,359 45,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.20% 68.23% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 20,929 15,287 33,928
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

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 19 February 2026.

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 19 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
England +152 368 £54,750 -8.75% 215
UK excluding London +150 263 £45,000 -3.10% 170
Work from Home +87 126 £55,000 - 80
London +61 118 £75,000 +7.14% 83
South East +72 80 £47,500 +2.70% 59
Midlands +26 61 £55,000 +10.00% 29
North of England +2 49 £45,000 -0.84% 45
East of England +36 32 £30,370 -24.55% 9
West Midlands +25 32 £60,000 +20.00% 19
East Midlands -4 28 £45,000 - 10
South West +9 26 £48,000 +52.38% 21
North West +3 23 £45,000 -6.62% 27
Yorkshire -14 20 £34,000 -19.05% 15
Scotland +1 13 £35,000 - 11
North East -2 6 £45,000 +55.17% 4
Wales -10 2 £48,000 -1.54%

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 27 (6.75%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.50%) Confluence
5 4 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.00%) IIS
5 4 (1.00%) WebSphere
5 4 (1.00%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.50%) WordPress
7 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
Applications
1 54 (13.50%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.75%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.25%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.25%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.25%) PlanetPress Connect
2 5 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.50%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.25%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.25%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.25%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.25%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.25%) Postilion
5 1 (0.25%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 148 (37.00%) Azure
2 76 (19.00%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (11.50%) AWS
4 33 (8.25%) Entra ID
4 33 (8.25%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.25%) SaaS
6 22 (5.50%) Power Automate
7 14 (3.50%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (3.50%) PaaS
8 12 (3.00%) GCP
8 12 (3.00%) IaaS
8 12 (3.00%) PowerApps
9 11 (2.75%) Microsoft Copilot
10 10 (2.50%) ChatGPT
11 9 (2.25%) dbt
11 9 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.50%) iPaaS
13 6 (1.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 51 (12.75%) Firewall
2 44 (11.00%) DNS
3 40 (10.00%) DHCP
4 33 (8.25%) VPN
5 32 (8.00%) TCP/IP
6 29 (7.25%) VLAN
7 18 (4.50%) LAN
8 15 (3.75%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (3.50%) Network Security
10 13 (3.25%) WAN
11 10 (2.50%) SAN
12 9 (2.25%) BGP
13 7 (1.75%) Wireless
14 6 (1.50%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.50%) DMZ
14 6 (1.50%) OSPF
14 6 (1.50%) SD-WAN
14 6 (1.50%) VoIP
14 6 (1.50%) Wireshark
15 5 (1.25%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.50%) SQL Server
2 24 (6.00%) Power BI
3 14 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.00%) Metadata
5 11 (2.75%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (2.25%) Metabase
7 7 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.50%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.00%) Big Data
9 4 (1.00%) Metadata Repository
9 4 (1.00%) MySQL
10 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.50%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.50%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.50%) Power Query
10 2 (0.50%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 17 (4.25%) Git
2 16 (4.00%) JIRA
3 11 (2.75%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (1.25%) Postman
5 5 (1.25%) Subversion
6 4 (1.00%) GitLab
7 3 (0.75%) Selenium
8 2 (0.50%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.50%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.25%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.25%) Zephyr
General
1 229 (57.25%) Social Skills
2 90 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (22.00%) Finance
4 39 (9.75%) Legal
5 35 (8.75%) Banking
6 31 (7.75%) Retail
7 23 (5.75%) Manufacturing
8 21 (5.25%) Law
9 19 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (3.25%) German Language
11 12 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (2.25%) Telecoms
14 8 (2.00%) Automotive
15 7 (1.75%) Electronics
16 6 (1.50%) Advertising
16 6 (1.50%) Marketing
17 5 (1.25%) Billing
17 5 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (1.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 82 (20.50%) Analyst
2 67 (16.75%) Senior
3 44 (11.00%) IT Support
4 30 (7.50%) Architect
5 28 (7.00%) Lead
6 27 (6.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (6.25%) Business Analyst
8 23 (5.75%) Support Analyst
9 20 (5.00%) IT Analyst
9 20 (5.00%) Support Engineer
10 18 (4.50%) Network Engineer
11 15 (3.75%) Infrastructure Support
11 15 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.50%) Applications Support
12 14 (3.50%) Consultant
12 14 (3.50%) Security Engineer
13 13 (3.25%) IT Support Analyst
13 13 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (3.00%) Azure Engineer
14 12 (3.00%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.50%) REST
2 11 (2.75%) .NET
3 8 (2.00%) SOAP
4 6 (1.50%) PySpark
5 5 (1.25%) FreeSWITCH
5 5 (1.25%) Middleware
6 4 (1.00%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.00%) HTML
6 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.00%) OAuth
6 4 (1.00%) OAuth2
6 4 (1.00%) OpenID
6 4 (1.00%) React
6 4 (1.00%) SAML
7 3 (0.75%) CSS
7 3 (0.75%) JSON
7 3 (0.75%) Kafka
7 3 (0.75%) XML
8 2 (0.50%) Laravel
8 2 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (4.50%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.25%) Data Centre
4 16 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.50%) Low-Code
7 12 (3.00%) Cloud Native
7 12 (3.00%) Driving Licence
7 12 (3.00%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.00%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.50%) Life Science
9 9 (2.25%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.00%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.00%) Clustering
10 8 (2.00%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (1.25%) Fixed Income
14 4 (1.00%) CCTV
14 4 (1.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 75 (18.75%) Windows
2 55 (13.75%) Windows Server
3 27 (6.75%) Linux
4 7 (1.75%) Unix
5 5 (1.25%) Debian
5 5 (1.25%) VMS
5 5 (1.25%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.00%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.75%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.50%) CentOS
8 2 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (27.00%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (23.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 64 (16.00%) Agile
4 56 (14.00%) ITIL
5 50 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 39 (9.75%) AI
8 36 (9.00%) Change Management
9 35 (8.75%) Project Delivery
10 34 (8.50%) Analytics
11 33 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 32 (8.00%) Roadmaps
13 31 (7.75%) ERP
14 29 (7.25%) Data Analysis
15 28 (7.00%) Collaborative Working
15 28 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 27 (6.75%) Business Analysis
16 27 (6.75%) Process Improvement
17 26 (6.50%) Business Intelligence
17 26 (6.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (15.75%) SQL
2 44 (11.00%) PowerShell
3 35 (8.75%) Python
4 17 (4.25%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.25%) VBA
6 11 (2.75%) C#
7 10 (2.50%) Bash
7 10 (2.50%) Java
8 6 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (1.25%) PHP
9 5 (1.25%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.25%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.50%) Bicep
10 2 (0.50%) C++
10 2 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.50%) Go
11 1 (0.25%) ABAP
11 1 (0.25%) C
11 1 (0.25%) R
11 1 (0.25%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 96 (24.00%) Degree
2 38 (9.50%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (6.00%) CISSP
5 23 (5.75%) SC Cleared
6 19 (4.75%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (4.25%) Azure Certification
8 16 (4.00%) CISM
9 15 (3.75%) CCNP
10 13 (3.25%) Numerate Degree
11 9 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (2.00%) CEH
12 8 (2.00%) DV Cleared
12 8 (2.00%) IIBA
12 8 (2.00%) PMI Certification
12 8 (2.00%) PMP
13 7 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.75%) HNC
13 7 (1.75%) Master's Degree
14 6 (1.50%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.75%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.00%) QA
3 23 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (5.00%) GDPR
5 19 (4.75%) SLA
6 11 (2.75%) NIST
7 9 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.00%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.75%) GRC
10 6 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (1.50%) SOC 2
11 5 (1.25%) MiFID
12 4 (1.00%) ISO 20022
12 4 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.75%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.50%) COBIT
14 2 (0.50%) GAAP
14 2 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 68 (17.00%) Active Directory
2 18 (4.50%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.00%) Docker
5 6 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.25%) Firmware
7 4 (1.00%) vSphere
8 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.50%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.25%) Ceph
9 1 (0.25%) Lustre
9 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.25%) vCloud
9 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (3.25%) Terraform
2 11 (2.75%) SCCM
3 10 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.25%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.50%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (1.50%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.25%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.25%) Dell DRAC
6 5 (1.25%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.25%) Grafana
7 4 (1.00%) Ansible
7 4 (1.00%) Control-M
7 4 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.00%) Nagios
7 4 (1.00%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.75%) cPanel
8 3 (0.75%) Nessus
8 3 (0.75%) Plesk
Vendors
1 130 (32.50%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.25%) VMware
3 28 (7.00%) Cisco
4 19 (4.75%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.00%) SAP
6 14 (3.50%) Citrix
6 14 (3.50%) Pega
6 14 (3.50%) SolarWinds
6 14 (3.50%) Veeam
7 11 (2.75%) Oracle
8 10 (2.50%) Blue Prism
8 10 (2.50%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.50%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.25%) Alteryx
9 9 (2.25%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.25%) UiPath
10 8 (2.00%) Anaplan
10 8 (2.00%) Databricks
11 7 (1.75%) CheckPoint
11 7 (1.75%) iManage