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 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 522 399
Rank change year-on-year +218 -123 +103
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 415 238 332
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.38% 0.67%
As % of the General category 1.24% 0.61% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 269 117 284
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £79,063
90th Percentile £90,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,192 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.11% -4.86% -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 33,398 39,285 32,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 60.80% 61.96% 65.28%
Number of salaries quoted 19,274 19,000 24,375
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £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 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% -4.76%

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 4 December 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 4 December 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 +234 391 £55,000 -12.70% 159
UK excluding London +220 260 £47,500 +5.11% 144
Work from Home +124 139 £55,000 -5.98% 116
London +103 136 £77,500 +6.90% 54
South East +103 76 £49,000 +22.50% 59
Midlands +81 73 £45,000 - 17
North of England +68 55 £47,500 -9.52% 27
West Midlands +62 40 £52,500 -17.65% 16
East Midlands +32 32 £42,500 +3.03% 1
North West +54 28 £42,500 -16.67% 16
East of England +44 27 £32,500 -19.25% 12
Yorkshire +24 25 £47,500 -9.52% 10
South West +30 19 £55,000 +48.65% 14
Scotland +27 8 - - 11
North East +16 2 - - 2
Wales +3 2 £48,000 +1.05% 5

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 (6.51%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.13%) 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 (14.46%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.61%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (2.89%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.20%) Oracle Cash Management
2 5 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (1.20%) PlanetPress Connect
2 5 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.96%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.72%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.72%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.72%) 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%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 134 (32.29%) Azure
2 66 (15.90%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (9.64%) AWS
4 39 (9.40%) SaaS
5 34 (8.19%) Power Platform
6 26 (6.27%) Entra ID
7 20 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (4.82%) IaaS
8 17 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (4.10%) PaaS
9 15 (3.61%) GitHub
10 13 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (2.65%) GCP
12 10 (2.41%) Power Automate
12 10 (2.41%) PowerApps
13 9 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (1.45%) ChatGPT
14 6 (1.45%) iPaaS
14 6 (1.45%) OneDrive
15 5 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (10.84%) Firewall
2 32 (7.71%) DNS
3 27 (6.51%) DHCP
4 26 (6.27%) VPN
5 24 (5.78%) TCP/IP
6 21 (5.06%) LAN
7 17 (4.10%) Network Security
8 16 (3.86%) VLAN
9 13 (3.13%) BGP
10 11 (2.65%) WAN
11 10 (2.41%) OSPF
12 9 (2.17%) SAN
13 8 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (1.69%) SD-WAN
15 6 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (1.45%) DMZ
15 6 (1.45%) Ethernet VPN
15 6 (1.45%) VoIP
15 6 (1.45%) Wireshark
16 5 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.67%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.54%) Power BI
3 16 (3.86%) Tableau
4 15 (3.61%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.93%) Metadata
6 6 (1.45%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.96%) Metabase
8 4 (0.96%) Metadata Repository
8 4 (0.96%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.48%) MySQL
10 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.24%) Big Data
11 1 (0.24%) DB2
Development Applications
1 17 (4.10%) JIRA
2 7 (1.69%) Git
3 4 (0.96%) Postman
3 4 (0.96%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.48%) GitLab
5 2 (0.48%) Selenium
5 2 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.48%) Subversion
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
1 204 (49.16%) Social Skills
2 99 (23.86%) Finance
3 78 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.57%) Legal
5 31 (7.47%) Banking
6 26 (6.27%) Law
7 24 (5.78%) Retail
8 23 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (4.82%) Manufacturing
10 19 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (3.86%) Back Office
12 14 (3.37%) Telecoms
13 13 (3.13%) Advertising
14 12 (2.89%) Public Sector
15 10 (2.41%) German Language
16 9 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (1.69%) Marketing
18 5 (1.20%) Financial Institution
18 5 (1.20%) Publishing
19 4 (0.96%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 106 (25.54%) Analyst
2 70 (16.87%) Senior
3 32 (7.71%) Business Analyst
4 30 (7.23%) Architect
4 30 (7.23%) Lead
5 24 (5.78%) Network Engineer
6 21 (5.06%) Developer
6 21 (5.06%) Support Engineer
7 20 (4.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (4.58%) Data Analyst
8 19 (4.58%) Service Analyst
9 18 (4.34%) IT Support
10 17 (4.10%) Data Quality Analyst
10 17 (4.10%) IT Analyst
10 17 (4.10%) Quality Analyst
11 16 (3.86%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (3.61%) Applications Support
12 15 (3.61%) Consultant
13 14 (3.37%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.86%) XML
2 10 (2.41%) .NET
3 5 (1.20%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.20%) HTML
3 5 (1.20%) React
4 4 (0.96%) Kafka
4 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (0.96%) OAuth
4 4 (0.96%) OAuth2
4 4 (0.96%) OpenID
4 4 (0.96%) REST
4 4 (0.96%) SAML
5 3 (0.72%) CSS
5 3 (0.72%) JSON
5 3 (0.72%) PySpark
6 2 (0.48%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.48%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.48%) Laravel
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.06%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.34%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.86%) NHS
4 15 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (3.61%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.61%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.13%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.89%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.41%) CMDB
8 10 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.17%) Life Science
9 9 (2.17%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.69%) Clustering
12 5 (1.20%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.20%) IoT
12 5 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.20%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 72 (17.35%) Windows
2 36 (8.67%) Windows Server
3 25 (6.02%) Linux
4 5 (1.20%) Debian
4 5 (1.20%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.20%) Unix
5 4 (0.96%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.48%) VMS
7 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (17.35%) Agile
3 67 (16.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (13.01%) ITIL
5 53 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (11.57%) Validation
7 42 (10.12%) DevOps
7 42 (10.12%) Migration
8 38 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 36 (8.67%) Business Intelligence
10 33 (7.95%) Computer Science
10 33 (7.95%) Project Delivery
11 30 (7.23%) Change Management
11 30 (7.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 29 (6.99%) AI
12 29 (6.99%) Analytics
12 29 (6.99%) Incident Response
12 29 (6.99%) Inventory Management
12 29 (6.99%) Test Automation
13 28 (6.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 70 (16.87%) SQL
2 36 (8.67%) PowerShell
3 33 (7.95%) Python
4 21 (5.06%) C#
5 18 (4.34%) Java
6 14 (3.37%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.13%) C
7 13 (3.13%) VBA
8 6 (1.45%) PHP
9 5 (1.20%) Bash
10 4 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.72%) Bicep
11 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.48%) C++
12 2 (0.48%) Go
12 2 (0.48%) Perl
13 1 (0.24%) R
13 1 (0.24%) SystemVerilog
13 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 108 (26.02%) Degree
2 50 (12.05%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.19%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 29 (6.99%) CISSP
6 27 (6.51%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (5.30%) CCNP
9 18 (4.34%) CISM
10 15 (3.61%) DV Cleared
10 15 (3.61%) Numerate Degree
11 13 (3.13%) CCIE
12 11 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.93%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.93%) CCSA
13 8 (1.93%) CCSE
13 8 (1.93%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (1.69%) CEH
14 7 (1.69%) HNC
15 5 (1.20%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.12%) Data Quality
2 39 (9.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.10%) ISO 9001
4 16 (3.86%) NIST
5 15 (3.61%) GDPR
5 15 (3.61%) QA
5 15 (3.61%) SLA
6 13 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.17%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.93%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (1.69%) MiFID
10 5 (1.20%) GRC
10 5 (1.20%) PMO
11 4 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.96%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.96%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.48%) COBIT
13 2 (0.48%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.48%) UCITS
System Software
1 54 (13.01%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.06%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.69%) Firmware
5 6 (1.45%) Docker
6 5 (1.20%) Kamailio
6 5 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.24%) Ceph
8 1 (0.24%) Lustre
8 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.24%) vCloud
8 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (3.86%) Kubernetes
1 16 (3.86%) SCCM
2 14 (3.37%) Terraform
3 7 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.45%) Ansible
4 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.20%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.20%) Grafana
6 4 (0.96%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (0.96%) CSIRT
6 4 (0.96%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.72%) cPanel
7 3 (0.72%) Nessus
7 3 (0.72%) Plesk
8 2 (0.48%) Kibana
8 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.24%) Argo
9 1 (0.24%) CASB
9 1 (0.24%) VxRail
Vendors
1 140 (33.73%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.75%) Cisco
3 24 (5.78%) VMware
4 15 (3.61%) Oracle
5 14 (3.37%) CheckPoint
5 14 (3.37%) F5
6 9 (2.17%) Blue Prism
6 9 (2.17%) Fortinet
6 9 (2.17%) iManage
6 9 (2.17%) Pega
7 8 (1.93%) Palo Alto
7 8 (1.93%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.93%) SolarWinds
7 8 (1.93%) Veeam
8 7 (1.69%) Intapp
8 7 (1.69%) Qualys
8 7 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.45%) Juniper
10 5 (1.20%) Citrix
10 5 (1.20%) Dell