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

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 422 440 506
Rank change year-on-year +18 +66 -1
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 279 544 608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.55% 0.58%
As % of the General category 0.80% 0.93% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 142 466 434
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £70,938 £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 34,738 58,777 72,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.32% 59.87% 68.74%
Number of salaries quoted 18,372 39,592 38,758
10th Percentile £28,013 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £76,840 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £102,500
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 26 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 26 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 -19 266 £54,250 -1.36% 392
UK excluding London +68 180 £47,500 - 221
London +49 86 £63,000 -10.00% 204
Midlands +67 79 £52,000 +15.56% 49
Work from Home +25 61 £58,500 +6.36% 178
West Midlands +58 58 £60,500 +34.44% 35
North of England +59 47 £42,000 +10.53% 49
North West +26 34 £58,750 +46.88% 30
East Midlands +62 21 £45,000 +17.65% 13
South West +97 17 £40,000 -37.25% 15
East of England +52 17 £47,500 +13.10% 20
South East -7 16 £65,000 +30.00% 72
Yorkshire +67 11 £42,000 +33.33% 13
Wales +41 4 £48,750 +8.33% 1
North East +44 2 £31,500 -3.08% 6

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 (5.73%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.58%) Confluence
2 10 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.43%) Liferay
4 3 (1.08%) Apache
4 3 (1.08%) CMS
4 3 (1.08%) EPiServer
4 3 (1.08%) OpenEdge
5 2 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.72%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (6.81%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.23%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.08%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.08%) UserZoom
5 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.79%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (1.79%) SAP HR
3 3 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.72%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.72%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.36%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.36%) PeopleSoft HRMS
5 1 (0.36%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.36%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 66 (23.66%) Azure
2 47 (16.85%) AWS
3 38 (13.62%) Power Platform
4 17 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (5.38%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (3.94%) Boomi
7 11 (3.94%) GCP
8 9 (3.23%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.51%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (2.51%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (2.51%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.79%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 5 (1.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 5 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.43%) SaaS
12 3 (1.08%) Figma
12 3 (1.08%) Serverless
12 3 (1.08%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.89%) Firewall
2 21 (7.53%) VPN
3 18 (6.45%) BGP
4 16 (5.73%) LAN
4 16 (5.73%) Network Security
5 12 (4.30%) OSPF
5 12 (4.30%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.87%) MPLS
6 8 (2.87%) WAN
7 5 (1.79%) VoIP
8 4 (1.43%) EIGRP
8 4 (1.43%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (1.08%) DHCP
9 3 (1.08%) DNS
9 3 (1.08%) Unified Communications
9 3 (1.08%) VLAN
10 2 (0.72%) WebEx
11 1 (0.36%) Bluetooth
11 1 (0.36%) HTTP
11 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (11.47%) Power BI
2 23 (8.24%) SQL Server
3 15 (5.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (4.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (2.51%) Metadata
6 7 (2.51%) Metadata Repository
6 7 (2.51%) MySQL
7 5 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.79%) MariaDB
7 5 (1.79%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.43%) FileMaker
8 4 (1.43%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.08%) Looker
10 2 (0.72%) Big Data
10 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 40 (14.34%) JIRA
2 26 (9.32%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (3.94%) Git
4 3 (1.08%) Postman
5 2 (0.72%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.36%) Appium
6 1 (0.36%) LSMW
6 1 (0.36%) TestRail
General
1 132 (47.31%) Social Skills
2 70 (25.09%) Finance
3 48 (17.20%) Legal
4 35 (12.54%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (10.39%) Manufacturing
6 19 (6.81%) Banking
7 16 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (4.66%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.23%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.23%) Retail
11 6 (2.15%) Marketing
12 4 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.08%) Advertising
13 3 (1.08%) Games
13 3 (1.08%) Law
14 2 (0.72%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.72%) Automotive
14 2 (0.72%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 92 (32.97%) Senior
2 56 (20.07%) Analyst
3 33 (11.83%) Developer
4 28 (10.04%) Network Engineer
5 24 (8.60%) Instrumentation Engineer
5 24 (8.60%) Senior Electrical Engineer
6 20 (7.17%) Architect
7 19 (6.81%) Business Analyst
8 15 (5.38%) Consultant
8 15 (5.38%) Support Analyst
9 10 (3.58%) Technical Analyst
10 9 (3.23%) Lead
10 9 (3.23%) SQL Developer
11 7 (2.51%) SAP Consultant
11 7 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.15%) Administrator
12 6 (2.15%) Coordinator
12 6 (2.15%) Project Coordinator
12 6 (2.15%) Senior Developer
12 6 (2.15%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.73%) REST
2 14 (5.02%) .NET
3 9 (3.23%) HTML
3 9 (3.23%) React
3 9 (3.23%) XML
4 8 (2.87%) SOAP
5 6 (2.15%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.79%) CSS
6 5 (1.79%) EDI
6 5 (1.79%) GraphQL
6 5 (1.79%) JSON
6 5 (1.79%) OAuth
6 5 (1.79%) RESTful
7 4 (1.43%) Symfony
8 3 (1.08%) JWT
8 3 (1.08%) OAuth2
8 3 (1.08%) Swagger
9 2 (0.72%) Flask
9 2 (0.72%) Pandas
9 2 (0.72%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.60%) SCADA
2 15 (5.38%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.30%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.30%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.94%) CMDB
5 8 (2.87%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.51%) Derivative
6 7 (2.51%) OTC Derivatives
7 6 (2.15%) Housing Association
7 6 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.08%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.08%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.08%) Hackathon
11 2 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.72%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.32%) Windows
2 11 (3.94%) Linux
3 8 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.15%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.79%) Android
6 4 (1.43%) Unix
7 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.36%) VMS
8 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (21.86%) Collaborative Working
3 42 (15.05%) Mathematics
4 40 (14.34%) Agile
4 40 (14.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (13.26%) Business Intelligence
6 26 (9.32%) Acceptance Criteria
6 26 (9.32%) Hazard Analysis
6 26 (9.32%) Safety Engineering
6 26 (9.32%) Systems Engineering
7 25 (8.96%) Roadmaps
8 24 (8.60%) ITIL
8 24 (8.60%) Project Management
9 23 (8.24%) Computer Science
9 23 (8.24%) Requirements Gathering
10 21 (7.53%) Time Management
11 20 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (7.17%) Project Delivery
12 19 (6.81%) Change Management
12 19 (6.81%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 35 (12.54%) SQL
2 24 (8.60%) Python
3 16 (5.73%) T-SQL
4 13 (4.66%) PowerShell
5 11 (3.94%) C#
5 11 (3.94%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.58%) Bash
7 7 (2.51%) Java
8 5 (1.79%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.43%) PHP
10 3 (1.08%) OpenEdge ABL
10 3 (1.08%) Progress 4GL
11 2 (0.72%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.36%) ABAP
12 1 (0.36%) C
12 1 (0.36%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.36%) Go
12 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.36%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 103 (36.92%) Degree
2 72 (25.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 42 (15.05%) Numerate Degree
4 22 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (6.81%) CCNP
6 16 (5.73%) Security Cleared
7 14 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.94%) CCNA
9 9 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (3.23%) SC Cleared
10 6 (2.15%) CCAB
10 6 (2.15%) MCSA
10 6 (2.15%) MCSE
11 5 (1.79%) CCIE
11 5 (1.79%) CCSA
11 5 (1.79%) CCSE
11 5 (1.79%) CISSP
12 4 (1.43%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.43%) CEH
12 4 (1.43%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.89%) QA
2 20 (7.17%) GDPR
3 10 (3.58%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.87%) PMO
5 7 (2.51%) Actionable Recommendations
5 7 (2.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.43%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.43%) Software Quality Assurance
7 3 (1.08%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.08%) COBIT
7 3 (1.08%) NIST
7 3 (1.08%) SLA
8 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.72%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.72%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.36%) GRC
System Software
1 11 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.15%) Docker
4 4 (1.43%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.36%) Firmware
6 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (2.87%) Nagios
2 6 (2.15%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.43%) Ansible
3 4 (1.43%) Terraform
4 3 (1.08%) SCCM
5 2 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.32%) Cisco
3 15 (5.38%) SAP
4 10 (3.58%) Dell
4 10 (3.58%) Fortinet
4 10 (3.58%) VMware
5 9 (3.23%) CheckPoint
5 9 (3.23%) F5
5 9 (3.23%) SolarWinds
6 8 (2.87%) Citrix
7 7 (2.51%) Google
7 7 (2.51%) Oracle
8 6 (2.15%) BT
9 5 (1.79%) Arista
10 3 (1.08%) HubSpot
10 3 (1.08%) PayPal
10 3 (1.08%) Progress
10 3 (1.08%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.72%) Meraki
11 2 (0.72%) Splunk