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 21 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 516 422
Rank change year-on-year +205 -94 +45
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 382 198 367
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.37% 0.58%
As % of the General category 1.07% 0.56% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 249 97 328
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,673 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,383 £42,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.80% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -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 35,705 35,394 38,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.02% 66.82% 61.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,322 16,040 28,662
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +8.23% -11.15%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £104,642 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -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 21 January 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 21 January 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 +193 354 £55,000 -12.00% 160
UK excluding London +167 245 £45,000 -5.26% 138
Work from Home +104 125 £55,000 - 70
London +97 122 £77,500 +6.90% 50
South East +85 76 £48,000 -14.67% 52
Midlands +51 64 £55,000 +5.77% 22
North of England +33 42 £43,750 -9.22% 29
West Midlands +34 33 £60,000 -4.00% 14
East Midlands +11 30 £45,000 -7.22% 7
East of England +35 29 £30,370 -23.25% 15
Yorkshire +2 21 £37,500 -10.71% 9
North West +25 20 £45,000 -6.62% 16
South West +21 20 £51,500 +63.49% 16
Scotland +9 12 £35,000 -46.15% 7
Wales -3 2 £48,000 +1.05% 2
North East +6 1 £78,500 +92.64% 4

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 24 (6.28%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.36%) Confluence
4 5 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.79%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.79%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.52%) WordPress
7 1 (0.26%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 63 (16.49%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.14%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.26%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.26%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.31%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (1.05%) Oracle Cash Management
3 4 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.52%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.26%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.26%) Postilion
6 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 130 (34.03%) Azure
2 73 (19.11%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (10.99%) AWS
4 31 (8.12%) Power Platform
5 28 (7.33%) SaaS
6 26 (6.81%) Entra ID
7 16 (4.19%) Power Automate
8 15 (3.93%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (3.66%) PowerApps
10 12 (3.14%) PaaS
11 11 (2.88%) GCP
11 11 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (2.62%) ChatGPT
13 9 (2.36%) IaaS
13 9 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (1.57%) iPaaS
15 6 (1.57%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 46 (12.04%) Firewall
2 36 (9.42%) DNS
3 31 (8.12%) DHCP
4 29 (7.59%) VPN
5 26 (6.81%) TCP/IP
6 21 (5.50%) LAN
7 19 (4.97%) VLAN
8 15 (3.93%) Network Security
9 14 (3.66%) WAN
9 14 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (2.88%) BGP
11 10 (2.62%) SAN
12 8 (2.09%) OSPF
13 7 (1.83%) SD-WAN
14 6 (1.57%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.57%) Wireless
14 6 (1.57%) Wireshark
15 4 (1.05%) DMZ
15 4 (1.05%) MPLS
15 4 (1.05%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.38%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.24%) Power BI
3 11 (2.88%) Metadata
4 10 (2.62%) Data Lake
5 8 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.83%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.31%) Metabase
9 4 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.05%) Metadata Repository
9 4 (1.05%) MySQL
9 4 (1.05%) Tableau
10 3 (0.79%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.52%) Big Data
11 2 (0.52%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (4.19%) JIRA
2 13 (3.40%) Git
3 7 (1.83%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.31%) Subversion
5 4 (1.05%) Postman
6 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.52%) Selenium
6 2 (0.52%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.26%) GitLab
7 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 204 (53.40%) Social Skills
2 87 (22.77%) Finance
3 77 (20.16%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.47%) Legal
5 36 (9.42%) Banking
6 31 (8.12%) Retail
7 21 (5.50%) Law
8 20 (5.24%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.40%) German Language
10 11 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.36%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.83%) Advertising
13 7 (1.83%) Automotive
13 7 (1.83%) Electronics
14 5 (1.31%) Billing
14 5 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.31%) Marketing
14 5 (1.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 85 (22.25%) Analyst
2 65 (17.02%) Senior
3 32 (8.38%) IT Support
4 30 (7.85%) Architect
5 28 (7.33%) Business Analyst
5 28 (7.33%) Lead
6 24 (6.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (5.24%) Network Engineer
8 19 (4.97%) Support Engineer
9 18 (4.71%) IT Analyst
9 18 (4.71%) Service Analyst
10 15 (3.93%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (3.66%) Applications Support
11 14 (3.66%) Service Desk Analyst
11 14 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.40%) Support Analyst
13 12 (3.14%) Project Manager
13 12 (3.14%) Security Engineer
14 11 (2.88%) Designer
14 11 (2.88%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.14%) REST
2 11 (2.88%) .NET
3 6 (1.57%) PySpark
3 6 (1.57%) SOAP
4 5 (1.31%) HTML
5 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (1.05%) OAuth
5 4 (1.05%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.05%) OpenID
5 4 (1.05%) React
5 4 (1.05%) SAML
5 4 (1.05%) XML
6 3 (0.79%) CSS
6 3 (0.79%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (0.79%) Kafka
6 3 (0.79%) Middleware
7 2 (0.52%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.52%) JSON
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.97%) Analytical Mindset
1 19 (4.97%) Onboarding
2 18 (4.71%) Data Centre
3 15 (3.93%) Driving Licence
4 13 (3.40%) Mobile App
5 12 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.14%) Low-Code
5 12 (3.14%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.88%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.36%) Life Science
7 9 (2.36%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.09%) AI Agents
8 8 (2.09%) Clustering
8 8 (2.09%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.57%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.31%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.31%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 70 (18.32%) Windows
2 38 (9.95%) Windows Server
3 24 (6.28%) Linux
4 8 (2.09%) Unix
5 5 (1.31%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.05%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.79%) Debian
7 3 (0.79%) VMS
8 2 (0.52%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (21.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 63 (16.49%) Agile
4 59 (15.45%) ITIL
5 46 (12.04%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (10.99%) Stakeholder Management
7 34 (8.90%) AI
7 34 (8.90%) Change Management
8 31 (8.12%) Analytics
8 31 (8.12%) Validation
9 30 (7.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (7.59%) Project Delivery
11 28 (7.33%) Business Analysis
11 28 (7.33%) Project Management
11 28 (7.33%) Roadmaps
12 26 (6.81%) Customer Service
12 26 (6.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (6.81%) Process Improvement
13 25 (6.54%) Data Analysis
13 25 (6.54%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 54 (14.14%) SQL
2 35 (9.16%) PowerShell
3 25 (6.54%) Python
4 15 (3.93%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.40%) VBA
6 12 (3.14%) C#
7 8 (2.09%) Java
8 6 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.57%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.05%) PHP
9 4 (1.05%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.79%) Bash
11 2 (0.52%) Bicep
11 2 (0.52%) C
11 2 (0.52%) C++
11 2 (0.52%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) Perl
12 1 (0.26%) R
12 1 (0.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 91 (23.82%) Degree
2 37 (9.69%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 26 (6.81%) CISSP
4 22 (5.76%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (5.50%) SC Cleared
6 18 (4.71%) CCNP
7 17 (4.45%) CISM
8 13 (3.40%) Numerate Degree
9 10 (2.62%) CCIE
9 10 (2.62%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.36%) Azure Certification
10 9 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.09%) IIBA
11 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.09%) PMI Certification
11 8 (2.09%) PMP
12 7 (1.83%) CCSA
12 7 (1.83%) CEH
12 7 (1.83%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.90%) Data Quality
2 25 (6.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (5.50%) SLA
4 19 (4.97%) QA
5 18 (4.71%) GDPR
6 11 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (2.88%) NIST
7 8 (2.09%) GRC
8 7 (1.83%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.57%) SOC 2
10 5 (1.31%) MiFID
10 5 (1.31%) PMO
11 4 (1.05%) ISO 20022
11 4 (1.05%) ISO 9001
11 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.52%) COBIT
13 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 59 (15.45%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.19%) Hyper-V
3 13 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.31%) Docker
4 5 (1.31%) Firmware
5 4 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.79%) Kamailio
7 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.26%) Ceph
8 1 (0.26%) Lustre
8 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.26%) vCloud
8 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (4.19%) SCCM
2 12 (3.14%) Terraform
3 10 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.83%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (1.31%) Dell DRAC
7 5 (1.31%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.05%) Ansible
8 4 (1.05%) Control-M
8 4 (1.05%) Grafana
8 4 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.79%) cPanel
9 3 (0.79%) Nessus
9 3 (0.79%) Plesk
9 3 (0.79%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.52%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.52%) VxRail
Vendors
1 126 (32.98%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.54%) Cisco
3 23 (6.02%) VMware
4 17 (4.45%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.93%) Oracle
6 11 (2.88%) CheckPoint
6 11 (2.88%) Citrix
6 11 (2.88%) F5
6 11 (2.88%) Pega
6 11 (2.88%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.62%) Fortinet
7 10 (2.62%) Veeam
8 9 (2.36%) Alteryx
8 9 (2.36%) Blue Prism
8 9 (2.36%) SAP
8 9 (2.36%) SolarWinds
9 8 (2.09%) Anaplan
9 8 (2.09%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.09%) UiPath
10 7 (1.83%) Databricks