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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 360 531
Rank change year-on-year -30 +171 -109
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 497 366 274
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.74% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.95% 1.08% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 311 255 164
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,950 £31,650
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -13.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £88,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% +8.82% -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 52,131 33,941 44,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 45.92% 68.44% 56.89%
Number of salaries quoted 31,983 17,724 23,544
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,422
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.66%

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 13 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 13 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 -46 432 £52,500 -2.78% 370
UK excluding London +7 383 £50,000 +8.11% 250
Work from Home -18 135 £52,500 -10.26% 281
London -70 96 £65,000 -1.52% 158
South East -8 89 £50,000 -21.57% 82
North of England -44 79 £52,136 +22.67% 45
South West -19 66 £42,500 +6.25% 34
Midlands -52 61 £52,500 +17.98% 46
North West +13 54 £53,750 +35.22% 24
West Midlands -34 41 £51,375 -6.55% 28
East of England -16 38 £55,000 +1.85% 26
Yorkshire -59 21 £57,500 +35.29% 13
East Midlands -34 20 £60,000 +41.18% 18
Northern Ireland - 19 - - 3
Scotland +21 16 £33,500 - 13
Wales - 15 £53,750 - 4
North East -60 4 £42,500 +70.00% 8

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 (8.25%) SharePoint
2 26 (5.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (4.23%) Confluence
4 11 (2.21%) IIS
5 5 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 35 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.82%) AutoCAD
4 15 (3.02%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.01%) CorelDRAW
7 4 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.61%) SAP CO
1 8 (1.61%) SAP FI
2 7 (1.41%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (1.01%) Infor CloudSuite
3 5 (1.01%) Infor LN
3 5 (1.01%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.80%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.60%) Infor M3
5 3 (0.60%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.40%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.20%) C-CURE
7 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.20%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.20%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 136 (27.36%) Azure
2 93 (18.71%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (11.47%) Power Platform
4 49 (9.86%) AWS
4 49 (9.86%) Entra ID
5 29 (5.84%) SaaS
6 21 (4.23%) Power Automate
7 17 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.62%) PowerApps
10 12 (2.41%) GitHub
11 11 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (2.01%) dbt
13 9 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (1.61%) Azure Stack
14 8 (1.61%) GCP
14 8 (1.61%) Serverless
15 7 (1.41%) Boomi
15 7 (1.41%) Lucidchart
15 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 59 (11.87%) Firewall
2 49 (9.86%) DNS
3 47 (9.46%) VPN
4 33 (6.64%) TCP/IP
5 28 (5.63%) DHCP
6 23 (4.63%) VLAN
6 23 (4.63%) WAN
7 22 (4.43%) Network Security
8 20 (4.02%) Wireless
9 19 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (3.42%) TETRA
11 15 (3.02%) LAN
12 10 (2.01%) BGP
12 10 (2.01%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (2.01%) SAN
12 10 (2.01%) SD-WAN
13 9 (1.81%) HTTP
14 8 (1.61%) OSPF
14 8 (1.61%) VoIP
15 6 (1.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.05%) Power BI
2 19 (3.82%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.01%) Metadata
4 8 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.21%) Looker
6 5 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.80%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.60%) Big Data
8 3 (0.60%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.40%) EDMS
9 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.40%) Redis
9 2 (0.40%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.20%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.20%) Parquet
10 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (6.84%) JIRA
2 14 (2.82%) Git
3 5 (1.01%) GitLab
3 5 (1.01%) JUnit
4 4 (0.80%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.80%) Postman
5 3 (0.60%) JMeter
5 3 (0.60%) Selenium
6 2 (0.40%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.40%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.40%) Mockito
6 2 (0.40%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.20%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.20%) Hudson
7 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
General
1 263 (52.92%) Social Skills
2 95 (19.11%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (17.71%) Finance
4 48 (9.66%) Manufacturing
5 38 (7.65%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (5.63%) Legal
8 26 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (5.03%) Law
10 23 (4.63%) Retail
11 19 (3.82%) Public Sector
12 15 (3.02%) Aerospace
13 14 (2.82%) Banking
13 14 (2.82%) Electronics
13 14 (2.82%) Marketing
13 14 (2.82%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.61%) Military
15 7 (1.41%) Front Office
16 4 (0.80%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 100 (20.12%) Analyst
2 60 (12.07%) Senior
3 55 (11.07%) Support Engineer
4 44 (8.85%) Consultant
5 42 (8.45%) Support Analyst
6 40 (8.05%) IT Support
7 32 (6.44%) Business Analyst
8 30 (6.04%) IT Engineer
9 28 (5.63%) Applications Support
10 26 (5.23%) Architect
11 25 (5.03%) Developer
11 25 (5.03%) IT Support Engineer
11 25 (5.03%) Lead
12 19 (3.82%) Systems Engineer
13 18 (3.62%) Design Engineer
14 17 (3.42%) RF Design Engineer
14 17 (3.42%) RF Engineer
14 17 (3.42%) Security Engineer
14 17 (3.42%) Systems Analyst
14 17 (3.42%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.43%) REST
2 19 (3.82%) Terraform
3 10 (2.01%) CSS
3 10 (2.01%) HTML
4 9 (1.81%) Middleware
4 9 (1.81%) Node.js
5 6 (1.21%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.21%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.21%) JSON
5 6 (1.21%) Playwright
5 6 (1.21%) RESTful
5 6 (1.21%) SOAP
6 5 (1.01%) .NET
6 5 (1.01%) EDI
6 5 (1.01%) HTML5
6 5 (1.01%) React
6 5 (1.01%) XML
7 4 (0.80%) CSS3
7 4 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.60%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.65%) Driving Licence
2 35 (7.04%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.43%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (3.02%) CCTV
5 15 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (3.02%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.41%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.21%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.81%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.61%) CMDB
9 8 (1.61%) PKI
9 8 (1.61%) Replication
10 7 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.41%) IoT
10 7 (1.41%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.21%) Blog
11 6 (1.21%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 100 (20.12%) Windows
2 50 (10.06%) Windows Server
3 32 (6.44%) Linux
4 14 (2.82%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.41%) Apple iOS
6 11 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (2.01%) Mac OS
8 9 (1.81%) CentOS
9 8 (1.61%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.80%) Rocky
11 4 (0.80%) Unix
12 3 (0.60%) AIX
12 3 (0.60%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.40%) Android
13 2 (0.40%) VMS
14 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.20%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.20%) Solaris
14 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (26.96%) Continuous Improvement
2 132 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (14.49%) Agile
4 64 (12.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 60 (12.07%) ITIL
6 53 (10.66%) Business Analysis
6 53 (10.66%) DevOps
7 50 (10.06%) Business Intelligence
7 50 (10.06%) Root Cause Analysis
8 49 (9.86%) AI
9 47 (9.46%) ERP
10 44 (8.85%) Customer Service
11 43 (8.65%) Change Management
11 43 (8.65%) Validation
12 42 (8.45%) Disaster Recovery
13 41 (8.25%) Migration
14 40 (8.05%) Project Delivery
14 40 (8.05%) Requirements Gathering
15 39 (7.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 37 (7.44%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 103 (20.72%) SQL
2 54 (10.87%) PowerShell
3 38 (7.65%) Python
4 22 (4.43%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.21%) Java
6 9 (1.81%) Bash
7 8 (1.61%) C#
7 8 (1.61%) C++
7 8 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (1.21%) C
10 5 (1.01%) PHP
11 4 (0.80%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.60%) Ruby
12 3 (0.60%) VBA
13 2 (0.40%) Bicep
13 2 (0.40%) Go
13 2 (0.40%) Groovy
13 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (12.07%) Degree
1 60 (12.07%) Security Cleared
2 36 (7.24%) SC Cleared
3 14 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (2.21%) HND
6 10 (2.01%) CCNA
6 10 (2.01%) CCNP
6 10 (2.01%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.01%) SAP Certification
7 7 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (1.21%) HNC
9 5 (1.01%) ACCA
9 5 (1.01%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.80%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.80%) CIMA
10 4 (0.80%) CISSP
10 4 (0.80%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.60%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (10.66%) QA
2 27 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (5.23%) Data Quality
4 23 (4.63%) GDPR
5 11 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (2.21%) SLA
6 10 (2.01%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.61%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.41%) NIST
9 5 (1.01%) ISO 22301
9 5 (1.01%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.01%) Software Quality Assurance
10 4 (0.80%) GRC
10 4 (0.80%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.60%) WCAG
12 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.40%) NCSC
13 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 53 (10.66%) Active Directory
2 26 (5.23%) Hyper-V
3 24 (4.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.02%) Docker
5 12 (2.41%) Firmware
6 7 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.80%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.80%) vSphere
8 3 (0.60%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.60%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.20%) KVM
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (5.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.82%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.41%) Ansible
4 11 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.81%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.41%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.80%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.80%) Grafana
8 4 (0.80%) Nagios
8 4 (0.80%) NetBackup
8 4 (0.80%) Podman
8 4 (0.80%) VxRail
9 3 (0.60%) SCCM
10 2 (0.40%) Puppet
11 1 (0.20%) Argo
11 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.20%) QRadar
11 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 168 (33.80%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.04%) Cisco
3 31 (6.24%) VMware
4 25 (5.03%) SAP
5 20 (4.02%) Fortinet
6 16 (3.22%) ServiceNow
7 15 (3.02%) Salesforce
8 14 (2.82%) Veeam
9 12 (2.41%) Dell
9 12 (2.41%) JD Edwards
9 12 (2.41%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.81%) Aruba
11 8 (1.61%) Google
11 8 (1.61%) Juniper
11 8 (1.61%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.61%) Oracle
12 7 (1.41%) Sophos
13 6 (1.21%) Sage
14 5 (1.01%) Citrix
14 5 (1.01%) NetApp