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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 369 496
Rank change year-on-year -16 +127 -40
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 492 357 353
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.72% 0.42%
As % of the General category 1.01% 1.04% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 305 250 263
10th Percentile £33,050 £32,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £74,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £87,625 £87,470
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +13.10% -6.67%

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 48,496 34,318 48,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.81% 69.18% 57.26%
Number of salaries quoted 29,671 18,005 28,917
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,134 £75,000 £73,950
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £49,274
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.67% -6.14%

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 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Top 17 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 August 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 -13 432 £52,500 -4.55% 236
UK excluding London +49 379 £50,000 +5.26% 170
Work from Home +5 129 £52,500 -12.50% 117
South East +44 108 £50,000 -31.03% 66
London -79 93 £70,000 +7.69% 93
North of England -27 79 £53,750 +26.47% 32
Midlands -28 63 £55,000 +29.41% 25
North West +19 51 £55,000 +29.41% 22
South West -29 48 £42,500 +6.25% 21
West Midlands -29 39 £54,000 +8.00% 14
East of England -16 38 £52,500 -1.41% 12
East Midlands -11 24 £60,000 +54.84% 11
Yorkshire -49 23 £55,000 +29.41% 10
Northern Ireland - 20 - - 5
Scotland +17 13 £33,500 - 9
Wales - 10 £57,500 - 3
North East -52 5 £45,000 +80.00%

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 41 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 30 (6.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (3.46%) Confluence
4 13 (2.64%) IIS
5 5 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 38 (7.72%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.86%) AutoCAD
4 10 (2.03%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.02%) CorelDRAW
7 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.83%) SAP CO
1 9 (1.83%) SAP FI
2 8 (1.63%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (1.02%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.81%) Infor CloudSuite
4 4 (0.81%) Infor LN
4 4 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.41%) Infor M3
5 2 (0.41%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.41%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.20%) C-CURE
6 1 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.20%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 132 (26.83%) Azure
2 96 (19.51%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (10.16%) AWS
4 47 (9.55%) Power Platform
5 43 (8.74%) Entra ID
6 28 (5.69%) SaaS
7 20 (4.07%) Power Automate
8 16 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (2.85%) GitHub
11 12 (2.44%) dbt
11 12 (2.44%) PowerApps
12 10 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (1.63%) Azure Stack
13 8 (1.63%) Serverless
14 6 (1.22%) Amazon S3
14 6 (1.22%) Boomi
14 6 (1.22%) GCP
14 6 (1.22%) Lucidchart
14 6 (1.22%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 58 (11.79%) Firewall
2 50 (10.16%) DNS
3 44 (8.94%) VPN
4 32 (6.50%) TCP/IP
5 30 (6.10%) DHCP
6 25 (5.08%) WAN
7 22 (4.47%) VLAN
8 19 (3.86%) Network Security
9 18 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (3.46%) TETRA
11 16 (3.25%) Wireless
12 15 (3.05%) LAN
13 10 (2.03%) Intrusion Detection
13 10 (2.03%) SD-WAN
13 10 (2.03%) VoIP
14 9 (1.83%) SAN
15 8 (1.63%) BGP
15 8 (1.63%) OSPF
16 6 (1.22%) NAS
17 5 (1.02%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (7.11%) Power BI
2 26 (5.28%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.63%) Metadata
5 6 (1.22%) Looker
6 5 (1.02%) Metabase
7 4 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.61%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.61%) Power Query
8 3 (0.61%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.41%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.20%) EDMS
10 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (6.50%) JIRA
2 22 (4.47%) Git
3 14 (2.85%) GitLab
4 6 (1.22%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.02%) JUnit
6 4 (0.81%) Selenium
7 3 (0.61%) JMeter
7 3 (0.61%) Postman
7 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.41%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.41%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.41%) Mockito
8 2 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.41%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.20%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.20%) Hudson
9 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
General
1 265 (53.86%) Social Skills
2 96 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (17.89%) Finance
4 47 (9.55%) Manufacturing
5 37 (7.52%) Organisational Skills
6 30 (6.10%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (5.69%) Retail
8 24 (4.88%) Law
9 23 (4.67%) Legal
10 21 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (3.66%) Public Sector
12 17 (3.46%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.85%) Electronics
13 14 (2.85%) Marketing
14 11 (2.24%) Aerospace
15 10 (2.03%) Banking
16 7 (1.42%) Front Office
17 6 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (1.22%) Military
18 5 (1.02%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 108 (21.95%) Analyst
2 53 (10.77%) Support Analyst
3 52 (10.57%) Senior
4 45 (9.15%) Support Engineer
5 44 (8.94%) IT Support
6 41 (8.33%) Consultant
7 31 (6.30%) Lead
8 27 (5.49%) Business Analyst
9 26 (5.28%) Applications Support
9 26 (5.28%) Architect
10 24 (4.88%) IT Engineer
11 22 (4.47%) IT Support Engineer
11 22 (4.47%) Systems Engineer
12 19 (3.86%) Applications Support Analyst
12 19 (3.86%) Developer
12 19 (3.86%) Security Engineer
12 19 (3.86%) Systems Analyst
13 18 (3.66%) IT Analyst
13 18 (3.66%) Systems Support
14 17 (3.46%) Audio Visual Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.64%) REST
2 9 (1.83%) ARM Templates
2 9 (1.83%) Middleware
2 9 (1.83%) Node.js
3 8 (1.63%) CSS
3 8 (1.63%) HTML
4 6 (1.22%) JSON
4 6 (1.22%) SOAP
5 5 (1.02%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.02%) Jinja
5 5 (1.02%) YAML
6 4 (0.81%) .NET
6 4 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (0.81%) React
6 4 (0.81%) RESTful
7 3 (0.61%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.61%) FreeSWITCH
7 3 (0.61%) HTML5
7 3 (0.61%) Ruby on Rails
7 3 (0.61%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.32%) Driving Licence
2 35 (7.11%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.07%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.85%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.64%) CCTV
8 13 (2.64%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.83%) PKI
10 8 (1.63%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.63%) CMDB
10 8 (1.63%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.42%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.42%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.22%) Blog
12 6 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.02%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.02%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 105 (21.34%) Windows
2 55 (11.18%) Windows Server
3 39 (7.93%) Linux
4 14 (2.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (2.85%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.24%) CentOS
5 11 (2.24%) Ubuntu
6 9 (1.83%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.42%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.81%) Unix
10 3 (0.61%) AIX
10 3 (0.61%) Debian
10 3 (0.61%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.41%) Android
11 2 (0.41%) Rocky
12 1 (0.20%) Solaris
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (29.07%) Continuous Improvement
2 129 (26.22%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (14.43%) Agile
4 61 (12.40%) ITIL
5 52 (10.57%) DevOps
6 49 (9.96%) Change Management
6 49 (9.96%) Project Delivery
7 48 (9.76%) ERP
8 47 (9.55%) Stakeholder Management
9 44 (8.94%) Root Cause Analysis
10 43 (8.74%) Customer Service
11 42 (8.54%) AI
11 42 (8.54%) Business Analysis
11 42 (8.54%) CI/CD
12 39 (7.93%) Business Intelligence
13 35 (7.11%) Analytics
13 35 (7.11%) Incident Management
14 34 (6.91%) Cybersecurity
14 34 (6.91%) Disaster Recovery
14 34 (6.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 99 (20.12%) SQL
2 51 (10.37%) Python
3 49 (9.96%) PowerShell
4 22 (4.47%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.25%) Bash
6 12 (2.44%) Java
7 10 (2.03%) C++
8 8 (1.63%) C#
9 6 (1.22%) C
9 6 (1.22%) PHP
10 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.81%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.61%) Ruby
12 3 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.41%) Bicep
13 2 (0.41%) Groovy
13 2 (0.41%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.41%) VBA
14 1 (0.20%) Go
Qualifications
1 69 (14.02%) Degree
2 60 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 32 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (2.64%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.44%) HND
7 10 (2.03%) SAP Certification
8 8 (1.63%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.63%) CCNA
8 8 (1.63%) CCNP
8 8 (1.63%) CISSP
8 8 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.22%) HNC
10 5 (1.02%) ACCA
10 5 (1.02%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (9.15%) QA
2 33 (6.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (4.67%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (3.05%) GDPR
5 12 (2.44%) SLA
6 11 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (2.03%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.42%) ISO 9001
9 6 (1.22%) NIST
10 5 (1.02%) GRC
10 5 (1.02%) ISO 22301
10 5 (1.02%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.02%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.81%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.61%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.61%) NCSC
12 3 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (12.80%) Active Directory
2 28 (5.69%) Hyper-V
3 21 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (4.07%) Docker
5 9 (1.83%) Firmware
6 4 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.61%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.61%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.61%) vSphere
8 2 (0.41%) KVM
8 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (5.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (5.08%) Terraform
3 21 (4.27%) Kubernetes
4 13 (2.64%) Ansible
5 9 (1.83%) FortiGate
6 8 (1.63%) Nagios
7 7 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.02%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (1.02%) Grafana
8 5 (1.02%) Podman
8 5 (1.02%) SCCM
9 4 (0.81%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.81%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.61%) Argo
10 3 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.61%) Puppet
11 2 (0.41%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.41%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 163 (33.13%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.54%) Cisco
3 28 (5.69%) VMware
4 23 (4.67%) SAP
5 20 (4.07%) Fortinet
6 16 (3.25%) Salesforce
7 15 (3.05%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.24%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.03%) JD Edwards
10 9 (1.83%) Citrix
10 9 (1.83%) Google
10 9 (1.83%) Veeam
11 8 (1.63%) Aruba
11 8 (1.63%) Juniper
11 8 (1.63%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.63%) Oracle
11 8 (1.63%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.63%) Sophos
12 7 (1.42%) Dell
12 7 (1.42%) Splunk