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 24 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 512 405
Rank change year-on-year +205 -107 +110
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 416 241 334
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.78% 0.36% 0.65%
As % of the General category 1.25% 0.60% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 273 118 284
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £64,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.41% +16.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £89,750 £85,704 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,442 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.10% -2.23% -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 33,324 40,360 33,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 62.71% 59.63% 65.27%
Number of salaries quoted 19,134 19,628 25,211
10th Percentile £27,830 £32,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £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 £44,293 £51,251 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.58% +2.50% -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 24 November 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 24 November 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 +231 392 £53,875 -17.12% 172
UK excluding London +208 267 £45,000 -3.10% 149
Work from Home +128 133 £54,500 -9.17% 93
London +85 130 £77,500 +6.90% 68
South East +95 78 £48,000 +20.00% 64
Midlands +99 72 £45,000 - 19
North of England +70 61 £47,500 -8.21% 25
West Midlands +76 41 £52,500 -17.65% 17
East Midlands +44 30 £42,500 +6.25% 1
North West +60 29 £42,500 -16.67% 17
East of England +53 28 £32,500 -19.25% 9
Yorkshire +34 28 £47,500 -9.52% 7
South West +39 18 £55,000 +29.41% 16
Scotland +14 8 - - 12
North East +18 4 £25,000 -26.47% 2
Wales +5 2 £48,000 -1.54% 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 30 (7.21%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.77%) 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 62 (14.90%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.85%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (2.88%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.44%) Oracle Cash Management
2 6 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.20%) PlanetPress Connect
4 4 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.96%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.72%) Bloomberg AIM
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.48%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.24%) Endur
7 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.24%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 132 (31.73%) Azure
2 66 (15.87%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (9.86%) AWS
4 37 (8.89%) SaaS
5 34 (8.17%) Power Platform
6 27 (6.49%) Entra ID
7 20 (4.81%) IaaS
8 18 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (4.33%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (3.61%) GitHub
9 15 (3.61%) PaaS
10 14 (3.37%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (2.88%) GCP
12 11 (2.64%) PowerApps
13 10 (2.40%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (1.44%) iPaaS
15 6 (1.44%) OCI
15 6 (1.44%) OneDrive
16 5 (1.20%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 47 (11.30%) Firewall
2 35 (8.41%) DNS
3 30 (7.21%) DHCP
4 27 (6.49%) VPN
5 26 (6.25%) TCP/IP
6 22 (5.29%) LAN
7 17 (4.09%) Network Security
8 16 (3.85%) VLAN
9 15 (3.61%) BGP
10 12 (2.88%) WAN
11 11 (2.64%) OSPF
12 8 (1.92%) SAN
12 8 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (1.68%) SD-WAN
14 6 (1.44%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.44%) DMZ
14 6 (1.44%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (1.44%) MPLS
14 6 (1.44%) VoIP
14 6 (1.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.41%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.29%) Power BI
3 16 (3.85%) Tableau
4 15 (3.61%) BigQuery
5 7 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (1.68%) Metadata
6 5 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.72%) Metabase
8 3 (0.72%) Metadata Repository
8 3 (0.72%) MySQL
8 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.48%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.48%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.24%) Big Data
10 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 16 (3.85%) JIRA
2 5 (1.20%) Git
3 4 (0.96%) Postman
4 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.48%) GitLab
5 2 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 205 (49.28%) Social Skills
2 96 (23.08%) Finance
3 72 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.54%) Legal
5 33 (7.93%) Banking
6 27 (6.49%) Law
7 26 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (5.77%) Retail
9 20 (4.81%) Manufacturing
9 20 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (3.85%) Back Office
11 15 (3.61%) Telecoms
12 13 (3.13%) Advertising
13 12 (2.88%) Public Sector
14 9 (2.16%) German Language
14 9 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.68%) Marketing
16 6 (1.44%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.20%) Publishing
18 4 (0.96%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 109 (26.20%) Analyst
2 73 (17.55%) Senior
3 29 (6.97%) Business Analyst
4 28 (6.73%) Lead
5 27 (6.49%) Architect
6 26 (6.25%) Network Engineer
7 23 (5.53%) Developer
8 22 (5.29%) Data Analyst
9 21 (5.05%) Service Analyst
10 20 (4.81%) IT Support
10 20 (4.81%) Support Engineer
11 19 (4.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (4.57%) Quality Analyst
12 18 (4.33%) Data Quality Analyst
13 17 (4.09%) Senior Analyst
14 16 (3.85%) Consultant
14 16 (3.85%) Service Desk Analyst
15 15 (3.61%) Applications Support
15 15 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
16 14 (3.37%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.85%) XML
2 11 (2.64%) .NET
3 6 (1.44%) React
4 5 (1.20%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.20%) HTML
4 5 (1.20%) REST
5 4 (0.96%) Kafka
5 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (0.96%) OAuth
5 4 (0.96%) OAuth2
5 4 (0.96%) OpenID
5 4 (0.96%) SAML
6 3 (0.72%) CSS
6 3 (0.72%) JSON
6 3 (0.72%) PySpark
7 2 (0.48%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.48%) Laravel
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.48%) Spring
7 2 (0.48%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.05%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.33%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.85%) NHS
4 14 (3.37%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.37%) Mobile App
4 14 (3.37%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (3.13%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.64%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.40%) CMDB
7 10 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.16%) Life Science
8 9 (2.16%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.44%) Clustering
11 5 (1.20%) IoT
12 4 (0.96%) Fixed Income
12 4 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 77 (18.51%) Windows
2 38 (9.13%) Windows Server
3 24 (5.77%) 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%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (15.87%) Agile
3 61 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (13.22%) ITIL
5 51 (12.26%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (12.02%) Validation
7 42 (10.10%) Migration
8 40 (9.62%) DevOps
9 34 (8.17%) Business Intelligence
10 33 (7.93%) Project Delivery
11 32 (7.69%) Computer Science
11 32 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (7.21%) Customer Service
13 29 (6.97%) Inventory Management
13 29 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 28 (6.73%) ERP
14 28 (6.73%) Incident Response
14 28 (6.73%) Mentoring
14 28 (6.73%) Project Management
15 26 (6.25%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (17.31%) SQL
2 33 (7.93%) PowerShell
2 33 (7.93%) Python
3 22 (5.29%) C#
4 17 (4.09%) Java
5 15 (3.61%) JavaScript
6 13 (3.13%) C
6 13 (3.13%) VBA
7 8 (1.92%) PHP
8 6 (1.44%) Bash
9 3 (0.72%) Bicep
9 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.48%) C++
10 2 (0.48%) Go
10 2 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.48%) Perl
11 1 (0.24%) R
11 1 (0.24%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (25.24%) Degree
2 51 (12.26%) Security Cleared
3 36 (8.65%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 28 (6.73%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (6.73%) CISSP
6 23 (5.53%) CCNP
6 23 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (4.33%) CISM
8 15 (3.61%) DV Cleared
8 15 (3.61%) Numerate Degree
9 13 (3.13%) CCIE
10 11 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.92%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.92%) CCSA
11 8 (1.92%) CCSE
12 7 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (1.68%) HNC
13 6 (1.44%) CCNA
14 5 (1.20%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.62%) Data Quality
1 40 (9.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.09%) ISO 9001
3 16 (3.85%) GDPR
4 15 (3.61%) NIST
4 15 (3.61%) QA
5 14 (3.37%) SLA
6 12 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.92%) SOC 2
8 7 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (1.68%) PMO
9 6 (1.44%) MiFID
10 5 (1.20%) GRC
11 4 (0.96%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.48%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.48%) UCITS
14 1 (0.24%) COBIT
System Software
1 56 (13.46%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.29%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.92%) Firmware
5 6 (1.44%) Docker
6 5 (1.20%) Kamailio
6 5 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.24%) Ceph
8 1 (0.24%) Lustre
8 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.24%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 17 (4.09%) SCCM
2 16 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 15 (3.61%) Terraform
4 8 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.68%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (1.44%) Ansible
7 5 (1.20%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.96%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (0.96%) CSIRT
8 4 (0.96%) Grafana
8 4 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.72%) cPanel
9 3 (0.72%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.72%) Nessus
9 3 (0.72%) Plesk
10 2 (0.48%) Nagios
11 1 (0.24%) Kibana
11 1 (0.24%) Netcool
11 1 (0.24%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 140 (33.65%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.21%) Cisco
3 26 (6.25%) VMware
4 17 (4.09%) Oracle
5 14 (3.37%) CheckPoint
5 14 (3.37%) F5
6 9 (2.16%) Blue Prism
6 9 (2.16%) Fortinet
6 9 (2.16%) Pega
6 9 (2.16%) SolarWinds
7 8 (1.92%) Juniper
7 8 (1.92%) Palo Alto
7 8 (1.92%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.68%) iManage
8 7 (1.68%) Qualys
8 7 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.68%) Veeam
9 6 (1.44%) Citrix
9 6 (1.44%) Intapp
10 5 (1.20%) Carbon Black