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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 351 537
Rank change year-on-year -34 +186 -107
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 514 376 259
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.76% 0.34%
As % of the General category 0.95% 1.11% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 335 262 147
10th Percentile £33,050 £32,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,125 £41,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £53,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -15.20% +9.65%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £88,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +11.11% +2.86% -2.78%

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 54,387 33,756 43,602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.30% 68.45% 57.47%
Number of salaries quoted 33,151 17,480 21,903
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,966 £34,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £44,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% -1.93%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -56 457 £52,500 - 417
UK excluding London -13 398 £50,000 +11.11% 263
Work from Home -13 145 £50,000 -8.26% 158
London -65 100 £65,000 -7.14% 164
South East -23 97 £50,000 -8.26% 81
North of England -45 83 £53,750 +26.47% 57
South West -22 77 £43,000 +7.50% 34
Midlands -47 62 £52,500 +16.67% 37
North West -7 55 £55,000 +38.36% 40
West Midlands -32 42 £51,500 +0.10% 28
East of England -17 34 £55,000 +3.29% 29
Yorkshire -41 22 £57,500 +27.78% 10
East Midlands -39 20 £60,000 +41.18% 9
Scotland +20 17 £33,500 - 17
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 4
Wales - 14 £55,000 - 5
North East -63 6 £29,500 +18.00% 7

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 37 (7.20%) SharePoint
2 26 (5.06%) Confluence
3 21 (4.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.14%) IIS
5 5 (0.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 34 (6.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.50%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.33%) AutoCAD
5 7 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.97%) CorelDRAW
7 4 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.19%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.56%) SAP CO
1 8 (1.56%) SAP FI
2 7 (1.36%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (0.97%) Infor CloudSuite
3 5 (0.97%) Infor LN
3 5 (0.97%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.78%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.58%) Infor M3
5 3 (0.58%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.39%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.19%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 139 (27.04%) Azure
2 88 (17.12%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (11.67%) Power Platform
4 55 (10.70%) AWS
5 48 (9.34%) Entra ID
6 31 (6.03%) SaaS
7 24 (4.67%) Power Automate
8 21 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (2.53%) GitHub
9 13 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (2.33%) GCP
10 12 (2.33%) PowerApps
11 10 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (1.75%) Serverless
13 8 (1.56%) Azure Stack
13 8 (1.56%) dbt
13 8 (1.56%) n8n
13 8 (1.56%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 60 (11.67%) Firewall
2 50 (9.73%) DNS
3 49 (9.53%) VPN
4 36 (7.00%) TCP/IP
5 28 (5.45%) DHCP
6 24 (4.67%) Network Security
6 24 (4.67%) VLAN
7 22 (4.28%) Wireless
8 20 (3.89%) WAN
9 17 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (2.72%) LAN
11 11 (2.14%) BGP
11 11 (2.14%) TETRA
12 10 (1.95%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (1.95%) SAN
12 10 (1.95%) SD-WAN
13 9 (1.75%) HTTP
14 8 (1.56%) OSPF
15 7 (1.36%) VoIP
16 5 (0.97%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (9.73%) Power BI
2 19 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.33%) Metadata
4 8 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.17%) Big Data
6 5 (0.97%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.97%) Looker
7 4 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.58%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.39%) EDMS
9 2 (0.39%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.39%) Redis
9 2 (0.39%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.19%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.19%) Flink
10 1 (0.19%) Parquet
10 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (7.78%) JIRA
2 14 (2.72%) Git
3 5 (0.97%) GitLab
3 5 (0.97%) JUnit
3 5 (0.97%) Postman
4 4 (0.78%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.58%) JMeter
5 3 (0.58%) Selenium
6 2 (0.39%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.39%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.39%) Mockito
6 2 (0.39%) PowerBuilder
6 2 (0.39%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.19%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.19%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.19%) Hudson
7 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
General
1 280 (54.47%) Social Skills
2 103 (20.04%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (17.70%) Finance
4 47 (9.14%) Manufacturing
5 41 (7.98%) Organisational Skills
6 34 (6.61%) Presentation Skills
7 29 (5.64%) Legal
8 23 (4.47%) Law
9 22 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (3.89%) Retail
11 18 (3.50%) Public Sector
12 17 (3.31%) Aerospace
12 17 (3.31%) Banking
13 13 (2.53%) Marketing
13 13 (2.53%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.95%) Electronics
15 9 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.56%) Military
17 7 (1.36%) Front Office
18 6 (1.17%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 106 (20.62%) Analyst
2 60 (11.67%) Senior
3 59 (11.48%) Support Engineer
4 46 (8.95%) Consultant
5 42 (8.17%) Business Analyst
6 37 (7.20%) IT Support
7 35 (6.81%) Support Analyst
8 32 (6.23%) IT Engineer
9 29 (5.64%) Applications Support
10 26 (5.06%) IT Support Engineer
11 25 (4.86%) Architect
12 23 (4.47%) Developer
12 23 (4.47%) Lead
13 18 (3.50%) Test Engineer
14 17 (3.31%) Security Engineer
14 17 (3.31%) Systems Support
15 16 (3.11%) IT Analyst
16 15 (2.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 15 (2.92%) Systems Analyst
16 15 (2.92%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.47%) REST
2 22 (4.28%) Terraform
3 10 (1.95%) CSS
3 10 (1.95%) HTML
4 9 (1.75%) Middleware
4 9 (1.75%) Node.js
4 9 (1.75%) Playwright
4 9 (1.75%) XML
5 8 (1.56%) JSON
6 7 (1.36%) .NET
7 6 (1.17%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.17%) ARM Templates
7 6 (1.17%) RESTful
7 6 (1.17%) SOAP
8 5 (0.97%) EDI
8 5 (0.97%) HTML5
8 5 (0.97%) React
9 4 (0.78%) CSS3
10 3 (0.58%) NumPy
10 3 (0.58%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 50 (9.73%) Driving Licence
2 37 (7.20%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.28%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.31%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.72%) CCTV
7 13 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.95%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.75%) Replication
11 8 (1.56%) CMDB
11 8 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.56%) PKI
12 7 (1.36%) Client/Server
12 7 (1.36%) Cloud Native
12 7 (1.36%) IoT
13 6 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.17%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 100 (19.46%) Windows
2 50 (9.73%) Windows Server
3 34 (6.61%) Linux
4 13 (2.53%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.53%) Mac OS
4 13 (2.53%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.75%) CentOS
7 8 (1.56%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.78%) Rocky
9 4 (0.78%) Unix
10 3 (0.58%) AIX
10 3 (0.58%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.39%) Android
11 2 (0.39%) VMS
12 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.19%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.19%) Solaris
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (29.77%) Problem-Solving
2 126 (24.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 81 (15.76%) Agile
4 74 (14.40%) Stakeholder Management
5 60 (11.67%) Business Analysis
6 57 (11.09%) DevOps
7 55 (10.70%) AI
7 55 (10.70%) Business Intelligence
8 54 (10.51%) ITIL
9 53 (10.31%) Root Cause Analysis
10 51 (9.92%) Requirements Gathering
11 48 (9.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 47 (9.14%) ERP
13 46 (8.95%) Migration
13 46 (8.95%) User Acceptance Testing
13 46 (8.95%) Validation
14 45 (8.75%) Disaster Recovery
15 43 (8.37%) Project Delivery
16 42 (8.17%) Change Management
17 41 (7.98%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 110 (21.40%) SQL
2 60 (11.67%) PowerShell
3 45 (8.75%) Python
4 19 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.33%) Bash
6 11 (2.14%) Java
7 10 (1.95%) Kusto Query Language
8 8 (1.56%) C#
8 8 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (1.17%) C++
10 5 (0.97%) C
11 4 (0.78%) PHP
11 4 (0.78%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.58%) Ruby
12 3 (0.58%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.39%) ABAP
13 2 (0.39%) Go
13 2 (0.39%) Groovy
13 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 62 (12.06%) Security Cleared
2 57 (11.09%) Degree
3 39 (7.59%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.33%) CCNP
7 10 (1.95%) CCNA
7 10 (1.95%) HND
7 10 (1.95%) SAP Certification
8 9 (1.75%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.75%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.17%) CISSP
10 6 (1.17%) HNC
11 5 (0.97%) ACCA
12 4 (0.78%) CBAP
12 4 (0.78%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.78%) CIMA
12 4 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (10.89%) QA
2 32 (6.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (5.45%) GDPR
4 25 (4.86%) Data Quality
5 15 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (2.14%) NIST
7 10 (1.95%) SLA
8 9 (1.75%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.75%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.17%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.97%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.97%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.97%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.78%) GRC
13 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.58%) WCAG
14 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.19%) COBIT
System Software
1 49 (9.53%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.25%) Hyper-V
3 24 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (3.50%) Docker
5 11 (2.14%) Firmware
6 7 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.78%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.78%) vSphere
8 2 (0.39%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.39%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) KVM
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (6.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.92%) Ansible
4 13 (2.53%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.75%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.36%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.97%) Grafana
9 4 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.78%) Nagios
9 4 (0.78%) NetBackup
9 4 (0.78%) Podman
9 4 (0.78%) VxRail
10 3 (0.58%) SCCM
11 2 (0.39%) Puppet
12 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.19%) Kibana
12 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.19%) QRadar
12 1 (0.19%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 167 (32.49%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.20%) Cisco
3 31 (6.03%) VMware
4 27 (5.25%) SAP
5 20 (3.89%) Fortinet
6 17 (3.31%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.92%) Salesforce
8 14 (2.72%) Veeam
9 12 (2.33%) Dell
9 12 (2.33%) Google
9 12 (2.33%) JD Edwards
9 12 (2.33%) Palo Alto
10 11 (2.14%) Oracle
11 9 (1.75%) Aruba
12 8 (1.56%) Juniper
13 6 (1.17%) MuleSoft
13 6 (1.17%) Sophos
13 6 (1.17%) Splunk
14 5 (0.97%) Infor
14 5 (0.97%) Sage