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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 516 423
Rank change year-on-year +216 -93 +87
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 423 240 327
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.79% 0.36% 0.64%
As % of the General category 1.26% 0.59% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 279 117 279
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,939 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,250 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.63% - -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 33,507 40,450 33,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 62.45% 60.21% 65.30%
Number of salaries quoted 19,295 19,556 24,939
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £34,500 £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 £45,000 £51,422 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% +2.84% -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 26 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 26 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 +231 399 £54,500 -16.15% 197
UK excluding London +205 267 £46,250 -2.63% 173
Work from Home +126 137 £55,000 -8.33% 96
London +95 137 £77,500 +6.90% 67
South East +105 79 £48,500 +21.25% 72
Midlands +76 71 £45,000 - 24
North of England +82 61 £47,500 -9.52% 29
West Midlands +72 40 £52,500 -17.65% 23
North West +58 30 £42,500 -16.67% 19
East Midlands +38 30 £42,500 +6.25% 1
East of England +46 28 £32,500 -19.25% 10
Yorkshire +33 27 £47,500 -9.52% 8
South West +32 18 £55,000 +29.41% 20
Scotland +14 8 - - 14
North East +20 4 £25,000 -42.20% 3
Wales +3 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 31 (7.33%) SharePoint
2 25 (5.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.07%) Confluence
4 2 (0.47%) 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 61 (14.42%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.78%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (2.84%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.42%) Oracle Cash Management
2 6 (1.42%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.18%) PlanetPress Connect
4 4 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.95%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.71%) Bloomberg AIM
5 3 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.47%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.24%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.24%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 135 (31.91%) Azure
2 67 (15.84%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (9.69%) AWS
4 37 (8.75%) SaaS
5 34 (8.04%) Power Platform
6 28 (6.62%) Entra ID
7 20 (4.73%) IaaS
8 19 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (3.55%) GitHub
10 15 (3.55%) PaaS
11 14 (3.31%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (2.84%) GCP
13 11 (2.60%) PowerApps
14 10 (2.36%) Power Automate
15 7 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (1.42%) iPaaS
16 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
16 6 (1.42%) OCI
16 6 (1.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 47 (11.11%) Firewall
2 35 (8.27%) DNS
3 30 (7.09%) DHCP
4 27 (6.38%) VPN
5 25 (5.91%) TCP/IP
6 22 (5.20%) LAN
7 17 (4.02%) Network Security
8 16 (3.78%) VLAN
9 15 (3.55%) BGP
10 12 (2.84%) WAN
11 11 (2.60%) OSPF
12 9 (2.13%) SAN
13 8 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (1.65%) SD-WAN
15 6 (1.42%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (1.42%) DMZ
15 6 (1.42%) Ethernet VPN
15 6 (1.42%) MPLS
15 6 (1.42%) VoIP
15 6 (1.42%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.27%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.20%) Power BI
3 16 (3.78%) Tableau
4 15 (3.55%) BigQuery
5 7 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (1.65%) Metadata
6 5 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.18%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.71%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.71%) Metabase
8 3 (0.71%) Metadata Repository
8 3 (0.71%) MySQL
8 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.47%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 16 (3.78%) JIRA
2 6 (1.42%) Git
3 4 (0.95%) Postman
4 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.47%) GitLab
5 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.24%) Selenium
6 1 (0.24%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 207 (48.94%) Social Skills
2 101 (23.88%) Finance
3 75 (17.73%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.35%) Legal
5 33 (7.80%) Banking
6 29 (6.86%) Law
7 26 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (5.67%) Retail
9 22 (5.20%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (4.49%) Manufacturing
11 16 (3.78%) Back Office
12 15 (3.55%) Telecoms
13 13 (3.07%) Advertising
14 12 (2.84%) Public Sector
15 9 (2.13%) German Language
15 9 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (1.65%) Marketing
17 6 (1.42%) Financial Institution
18 5 (1.18%) Publishing
19 4 (0.95%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 112 (26.48%) Analyst
2 73 (17.26%) Senior
3 30 (7.09%) Business Analyst
4 29 (6.86%) Lead
5 28 (6.62%) Architect
6 27 (6.38%) Network Engineer
7 23 (5.44%) Developer
8 22 (5.20%) Data Analyst
9 21 (4.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (4.96%) Service Analyst
9 21 (4.96%) Support Engineer
10 19 (4.49%) IT Support
10 19 (4.49%) Quality Analyst
11 18 (4.26%) Data Quality Analyst
11 18 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
12 16 (3.78%) Consultant
12 16 (3.78%) Service Desk Analyst
13 15 (3.55%) Applications Support
13 15 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (3.31%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.78%) XML
2 11 (2.60%) .NET
3 6 (1.42%) React
4 5 (1.18%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.18%) HTML
4 5 (1.18%) REST
5 4 (0.95%) Kafka
5 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (0.95%) OAuth
5 4 (0.95%) OAuth2
5 4 (0.95%) OpenID
5 4 (0.95%) SAML
6 3 (0.71%) CSS
6 3 (0.71%) JSON
6 3 (0.71%) PySpark
7 2 (0.47%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.47%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.47%) Laravel
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.47%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.96%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.26%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.78%) NHS
3 16 (3.78%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.55%) Cloud Native
5 14 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (3.31%) Mobile App
6 13 (3.07%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.36%) CMDB
8 10 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.13%) Life Science
9 9 (2.13%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.65%) Clustering
12 5 (1.18%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.18%) IoT
12 5 (1.18%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 77 (18.20%) Windows
2 38 (8.98%) Windows Server
3 25 (5.91%) Linux
4 5 (1.18%) Debian
4 5 (1.18%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.18%) Unix
5 4 (0.95%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.47%) 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 82 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (16.31%) Agile
3 63 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (13.24%) ITIL
5 51 (12.06%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (11.82%) Validation
7 42 (9.93%) Migration
8 41 (9.69%) DevOps
9 37 (8.75%) Project Delivery
10 35 (8.27%) Business Intelligence
10 35 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
11 32 (7.57%) Computer Science
12 30 (7.09%) Customer Service
12 30 (7.09%) Project Management
12 30 (7.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (6.86%) Inventory Management
14 28 (6.62%) Change Management
14 28 (6.62%) ERP
14 28 (6.62%) Incident Response
14 28 (6.62%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 74 (17.49%) SQL
2 35 (8.27%) PowerShell
3 33 (7.80%) Python
4 22 (5.20%) C#
5 18 (4.26%) Java
6 15 (3.55%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.07%) C
7 13 (3.07%) VBA
8 8 (1.89%) PHP
9 6 (1.42%) Bash
10 3 (0.71%) Bicep
10 3 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.47%) C++
11 2 (0.47%) Go
11 2 (0.47%) Perl
12 1 (0.24%) R
12 1 (0.24%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (24.82%) Degree
2 50 (11.82%) Security Cleared
3 35 (8.27%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 28 (6.62%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (6.62%) CISSP
6 23 (5.44%) CCNP
6 23 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (4.26%) CISM
8 15 (3.55%) DV Cleared
9 14 (3.31%) Numerate Degree
10 13 (3.07%) CCIE
11 11 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.89%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.89%) CCSA
12 8 (1.89%) CCSE
13 7 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.65%) HNC
14 6 (1.42%) CCNA
15 5 (1.18%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.93%) Data Quality
2 40 (9.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.02%) ISO 9001
4 16 (3.78%) GDPR
5 15 (3.55%) NIST
5 15 (3.55%) QA
6 14 (3.31%) SLA
7 12 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (1.89%) SOC 2
9 7 (1.65%) MiFID
9 7 (1.65%) PMO
10 5 (1.18%) GRC
11 4 (0.95%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.71%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.47%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.47%) UCITS
14 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 56 (13.24%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.20%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.89%) Firmware
5 6 (1.42%) Docker
6 5 (1.18%) Kamailio
6 5 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.71%) 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 17 (4.02%) SCCM
2 16 (3.78%) Kubernetes
3 15 (3.55%) Terraform
4 9 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.65%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (1.42%) Ansible
7 5 (1.18%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (0.95%) CSIRT
8 4 (0.95%) Dell DRAC
8 4 (0.95%) Grafana
8 4 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.71%) cPanel
9 3 (0.71%) Nessus
9 3 (0.71%) Plesk
10 2 (0.47%) Nagios
11 1 (0.24%) Netcool
11 1 (0.24%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.24%) SCOM
11 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 141 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.09%) Cisco
3 26 (6.15%) VMware
4 17 (4.02%) Oracle
5 14 (3.31%) CheckPoint
5 14 (3.31%) F5
6 9 (2.13%) Blue Prism
6 9 (2.13%) Fortinet
6 9 (2.13%) Pega
6 9 (2.13%) SolarWinds
7 8 (1.89%) iManage
7 8 (1.89%) Juniper
7 8 (1.89%) Palo Alto
7 8 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.89%) Veeam
8 7 (1.65%) Intapp
8 7 (1.65%) Qualys
8 7 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.42%) Citrix
10 5 (1.18%) Dell