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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 373 492
Rank change year-on-year 0 +119 -33
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 491 348 369
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.71% 0.42%
As % of the General category 1.03% 1.02% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 307 244 280
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,975 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £73,813
90th Percentile £78,500 £88,375 £87,363
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.05% +11.76% -5.56%

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 47,580 34,220 49,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.78% 69.36% 57.39%
Number of salaries quoted 29,144 17,851 30,919
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £28,817
25th Percentile £39,750 £35,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% -8.57%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -18 430 £52,500 -4.55% 179
UK excluding London +50 376 £48,000 +1.05% 138
Work from Home +1 128 £52,500 -12.50% 74
South East +43 110 £50,000 -31.03% 54
London -62 92 £70,000 +7.69% 58
North of England -22 81 £52,136 +22.67% 23
Midlands -26 61 £55,000 +29.41% 25
North West +12 52 £55,000 +18.92% 14
South West -32 46 £42,500 +6.25% 19
West Midlands -27 38 £53,250 +6.50% 14
East of England -16 37 £50,000 -6.10% 9
East Midlands -19 23 £60,000 +41.18% 11
Yorkshire -43 23 £55,000 +29.41% 8
Northern Ireland - 20 - - 2
Scotland +21 11 £33,500 - 5
Wales - 10 £57,500 - 3
North East -50 6 £45,000 +80.00% 2

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 (8.35%) SharePoint
2 31 (6.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.26%) Confluence
4 14 (2.85%) IIS
5 5 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 39 (7.94%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (7.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.87%) AutoCAD
4 10 (2.04%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.02%) CorelDRAW
7 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.63%) SAP CO
1 8 (1.63%) SAP FI
2 7 (1.43%) 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%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.61%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.61%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.20%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.20%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 133 (27.09%) Azure
2 97 (19.76%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (9.98%) AWS
4 47 (9.57%) Power Platform
5 44 (8.96%) Entra ID
6 26 (5.30%) SaaS
7 20 (4.07%) Power Automate
8 16 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (2.85%) GitHub
11 13 (2.65%) dbt
12 11 (2.24%) PowerApps
13 10 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (1.63%) Azure Stack
14 8 (1.63%) Serverless
15 6 (1.22%) Amazon S3
15 6 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
15 6 (1.22%) GCP
15 6 (1.22%) OpenShift
16 5 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 61 (12.42%) Firewall
2 52 (10.59%) DNS
3 46 (9.37%) VPN
4 34 (6.92%) TCP/IP
5 33 (6.72%) DHCP
6 25 (5.09%) VLAN
6 25 (5.09%) WAN
7 20 (4.07%) Network Security
8 18 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (3.46%) TETRA
10 16 (3.26%) LAN
10 16 (3.26%) Wireless
11 11 (2.24%) VoIP
12 10 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (2.04%) SD-WAN
13 9 (1.83%) SAN
14 8 (1.63%) BGP
14 8 (1.63%) OSPF
15 6 (1.22%) NAS
16 5 (1.02%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.33%) Power BI
2 28 (5.70%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.63%) Metadata
5 6 (1.22%) Looker
5 6 (1.22%) Metabase
6 4 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.81%) Power Query
7 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.61%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.41%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.41%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.20%) Flink
9 1 (0.20%) Parquet
9 1 (0.20%) Redis
9 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (6.31%) JIRA
2 22 (4.48%) Git
3 14 (2.85%) GitLab
4 7 (1.43%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.02%) JUnit
6 4 (0.81%) Selenium
6 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.61%) JMeter
7 3 (0.61%) Postman
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
1 266 (54.18%) Social Skills
2 94 (19.14%) Analytical Skills
3 90 (18.33%) Finance
4 46 (9.37%) Manufacturing
5 38 (7.74%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (5.70%) Presentation Skills
6 28 (5.70%) Retail
7 23 (4.68%) Law
8 22 (4.48%) Legal
9 19 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (3.67%) Telecoms
11 17 (3.46%) Public Sector
12 15 (3.05%) Marketing
13 14 (2.85%) Electronics
14 10 (2.04%) Aerospace
14 10 (2.04%) Banking
15 7 (1.43%) Front Office
16 6 (1.22%) Military
17 5 (1.02%) Advertising
17 5 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 109 (22.20%) Analyst
2 54 (11.00%) Support Analyst
3 51 (10.39%) Senior
4 47 (9.57%) IT Support
5 44 (8.96%) Support Engineer
6 42 (8.55%) Consultant
7 30 (6.11%) Lead
8 26 (5.30%) Business Analyst
9 25 (5.09%) Architect
10 24 (4.89%) Applications Support
10 24 (4.89%) IT Engineer
11 22 (4.48%) IT Support Engineer
11 22 (4.48%) Systems Engineer
12 20 (4.07%) Systems Analyst
13 19 (3.87%) Developer
13 19 (3.87%) IT Analyst
13 19 (3.87%) Security Engineer
13 19 (3.87%) Systems Support
14 18 (3.67%) 2nd Line Support
14 18 (3.67%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.44%) 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
5 5 (1.02%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.02%) Jinja
5 5 (1.02%) SOAP
5 5 (1.02%) YAML
6 4 (0.81%) .NET
6 4 (0.81%) FreeSWITCH
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%) HTML5
7 3 (0.61%) Ruby on Rails
7 3 (0.61%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.13%) Driving Licence
2 34 (6.92%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.07%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.85%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (2.85%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.65%) CCTV
8 9 (1.83%) PKI
9 8 (1.63%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.63%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.63%) CMDB
9 8 (1.63%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.43%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.22%) Blog
11 6 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.02%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.02%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 109 (22.20%) Windows
2 59 (12.02%) Windows Server
3 40 (8.15%) Linux
4 14 (2.85%) Windows 10
5 13 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (2.24%) CentOS
7 10 (2.04%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.83%) Apple iOS
9 7 (1.43%) Mac OS
10 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.81%) Debian
12 3 (0.61%) AIX
12 3 (0.61%) Unix
12 3 (0.61%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.41%) Android
13 2 (0.41%) Rocky
13 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.20%) Solaris
14 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (28.31%) Continuous Improvement
2 127 (25.87%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (14.26%) Agile
4 61 (12.42%) ITIL
5 51 (10.39%) DevOps
6 50 (10.18%) Change Management
6 50 (10.18%) Project Delivery
7 48 (9.78%) ERP
8 45 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 43 (8.76%) Root Cause Analysis
10 42 (8.55%) Customer Service
11 41 (8.35%) CI/CD
12 40 (8.15%) AI
12 40 (8.15%) Business Intelligence
13 38 (7.74%) Business Analysis
14 36 (7.33%) Analytics
14 36 (7.33%) Incident Management
15 35 (7.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 34 (6.92%) Cybersecurity
17 32 (6.52%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 98 (19.96%) SQL
2 51 (10.39%) Python
3 50 (10.18%) PowerShell
4 22 (4.48%) JavaScript
5 17 (3.46%) Bash
6 13 (2.65%) Java
7 10 (2.04%) C++
8 8 (1.63%) C#
9 6 (1.22%) C
9 6 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (1.22%) PHP
10 5 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.61%) Ruby
11 3 (0.61%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.41%) ABAP
12 2 (0.41%) Bicep
12 2 (0.41%) Groovy
12 2 (0.41%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 70 (14.26%) Degree
2 59 (12.02%) Security Cleared
3 31 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.65%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.44%) HND
7 10 (2.04%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.83%) CCNP
8 9 (1.83%) SAP Certification
9 8 (1.63%) CCNA
9 8 (1.63%) CISSP
9 8 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.22%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.22%) HNC
11 5 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.81%) ACCA
12 4 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.96%) QA
2 33 (6.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (4.89%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.05%) GDPR
5 14 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (2.65%) SLA
7 11 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (1.83%) Accessibility
9 8 (1.63%) ISO 9001
10 6 (1.22%) NIST
11 5 (1.02%) GRC
11 5 (1.02%) ISO 22301
11 5 (1.02%) PCI DSS
11 5 (1.02%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.81%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.61%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.61%) NCSC
13 3 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (13.85%) Active Directory
2 29 (5.91%) Hyper-V
3 22 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (4.07%) Docker
5 9 (1.83%) Firmware
6 4 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.81%) vSphere
7 3 (0.61%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.61%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.41%) KVM
9 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (5.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (5.09%) Terraform
3 21 (4.28%) Kubernetes
4 13 (2.65%) Ansible
5 10 (2.04%) FortiGate
6 8 (1.63%) Nagios
7 7 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.02%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (1.02%) Grafana
8 5 (1.02%) Podman
8 5 (1.02%) SCCM
8 5 (1.02%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.02%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.61%) Argo
9 3 (0.61%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.61%) Puppet
10 2 (0.41%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.20%) Netcool
11 1 (0.20%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 166 (33.81%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.96%) Cisco
3 29 (5.91%) VMware
4 22 (4.48%) SAP
5 21 (4.28%) Fortinet
6 15 (3.05%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.85%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.44%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.04%) Citrix
9 10 (2.04%) Google
9 10 (2.04%) Veeam
10 9 (1.83%) JD Edwards
11 8 (1.63%) Aruba
11 8 (1.63%) Juniper
11 8 (1.63%) Oracle
11 8 (1.63%) Sophos
12 7 (1.43%) Dell
12 7 (1.43%) MuleSoft
12 7 (1.43%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.43%) Splunk