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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 486 420
Rank change year-on-year +168 -66 +69
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 409 200 440
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.42% 0.58%
As % of the General category 1.05% 0.61% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 272 105 393
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,200 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,938 £42,939 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,125 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.48% +6.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £71,563 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,383 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.84% -9.23% -4.76%

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 38,826 32,700 46,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 55.67% 69.04% 61.73%
Number of salaries quoted 21,099 15,246 34,267
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 +160 376 £55,000 -7.17% 166
UK excluding London +140 269 £45,000 -0.84% 147
Work from Home +79 127 £55,000 - 57
London +64 121 £75,000 +7.14% 54
South East +63 80 £47,500 +2.70% 55
Midlands +28 63 £55,000 +10.00% 28
North of England +11 49 £45,000 +9.76% 33
East of England +33 35 £31,435 -30.34% 8
West Midlands +24 32 £60,000 +20.00% 19
East Midlands -7 30 £45,000 - 9
South West +9 26 £48,000 +52.38% 16
North West +5 23 £45,000 -0.84% 18
Yorkshire -22 20 £34,000 -19.05% 13
Scotland 0 13 £35,000 - 10
North East -2 6 £45,000 +42.86% 2
Wales -11 2 £48,000 -1.54%
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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 26 (6.36%) SharePoint
2 21 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.47%) Confluence
5 4 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.98%) IIS
5 4 (0.98%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.98%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.49%) WordPress
7 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
Applications
1 54 (13.20%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.20%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.24%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.22%) PlanetPress Connect
1 5 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.49%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.24%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.24%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 149 (36.43%) Azure
2 78 (19.07%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (11.00%) AWS
4 34 (8.31%) Power Platform
5 32 (7.82%) Entra ID
6 30 (7.33%) SaaS
7 23 (5.62%) Power Automate
8 14 (3.42%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.42%) PaaS
9 13 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (2.93%) GCP
10 12 (2.93%) IaaS
10 12 (2.93%) PowerApps
11 11 (2.69%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (2.44%) ChatGPT
12 10 (2.44%) dbt
13 9 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (1.47%) iPaaS
16 5 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (11.74%) Firewall
2 43 (10.51%) DNS
3 39 (9.54%) DHCP
4 32 (7.82%) TCP/IP
5 30 (7.33%) VPN
6 28 (6.85%) VLAN
7 16 (3.91%) LAN
8 13 (3.18%) Network Security
8 13 (3.18%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (2.93%) WAN
10 10 (2.44%) SAN
11 6 (1.47%) BGP
11 6 (1.47%) DMZ
11 6 (1.47%) VoIP
11 6 (1.47%) Wireless
12 5 (1.22%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (1.22%) Reverse Proxy
12 5 (1.22%) SD-WAN
12 5 (1.22%) STUN
13 4 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (9.54%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.11%) Power BI
3 15 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.93%) Metadata
5 11 (2.69%) Data Lake
6 10 (2.44%) Metabase
7 9 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.47%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.98%) Big Data
10 4 (0.98%) Metadata Repository
10 4 (0.98%) MySQL
11 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.49%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.49%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.49%) Power Query
11 2 (0.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 20 (4.89%) Git
2 18 (4.40%) JIRA
3 12 (2.93%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.47%) GitLab
4 6 (1.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (1.22%) Postman
5 5 (1.22%) Subversion
6 3 (0.73%) Selenium
7 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.49%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.49%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 233 (56.97%) Social Skills
2 92 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (21.27%) Finance
4 40 (9.78%) Legal
5 35 (8.56%) Banking
6 33 (8.07%) Retail
7 26 (6.36%) Manufacturing
8 23 (5.62%) Law
9 18 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (3.18%) German Language
12 10 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.44%) Telecoms
13 9 (2.20%) Electronics
14 8 (1.96%) Advertising
14 8 (1.96%) Automotive
15 6 (1.47%) Billing
15 6 (1.47%) Marketing
15 6 (1.47%) Public Sector
16 5 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (20.78%) Analyst
2 68 (16.63%) Senior
3 45 (11.00%) IT Support
4 32 (7.82%) Architect
5 30 (7.33%) Lead
6 27 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (6.36%) Business Analyst
8 25 (6.11%) Support Analyst
9 21 (5.13%) IT Analyst
10 20 (4.89%) Support Engineer
11 15 (3.67%) Applications Support
11 15 (3.67%) Consultant
11 15 (3.67%) Infrastructure Support
11 15 (3.67%) Network Engineer
11 15 (3.67%) Security Engineer
11 15 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.42%) IT Support Analyst
13 13 (3.18%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (2.93%) Designer
14 12 (2.93%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.18%) REST
2 11 (2.69%) .NET
3 8 (1.96%) SOAP
4 6 (1.47%) PySpark
5 5 (1.22%) ARM Templates
5 5 (1.22%) FreeSWITCH
5 5 (1.22%) Middleware
6 4 (0.98%) HTML
6 4 (0.98%) JSON
6 4 (0.98%) React
7 3 (0.73%) CSS
7 3 (0.73%) Kafka
7 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (0.73%) OAuth
7 3 (0.73%) OAuth2
7 3 (0.73%) OpenID
7 3 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.73%) SAML
7 3 (0.73%) XML
8 2 (0.49%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.87%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.91%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.67%) Data Centre
4 15 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (3.42%) Low-Code
6 12 (2.93%) Driving Licence
6 12 (2.93%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.93%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.69%) Cloud Native
8 10 (2.44%) Life Science
9 9 (2.20%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.96%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.96%) Clustering
10 8 (1.96%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.22%) Fixed Income
13 4 (0.98%) CCTV
13 4 (0.98%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 77 (18.83%) Windows
2 57 (13.94%) Windows Server
3 28 (6.85%) Linux
4 7 (1.71%) Unix
5 5 (1.22%) Debian
5 5 (1.22%) VMS
5 5 (1.22%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.98%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.98%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.73%) CentOS
7 3 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (27.87%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (23.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 69 (16.87%) Agile
4 54 (13.20%) ITIL
5 50 (12.22%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (11.98%) Stakeholder Management
7 42 (10.27%) AI
8 38 (9.29%) Change Management
8 38 (9.29%) Project Delivery
9 33 (8.07%) Analytics
9 33 (8.07%) ERP
10 32 (7.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 31 (7.58%) Roadmaps
12 29 (7.09%) Data Analysis
13 28 (6.85%) Business Analysis
13 28 (6.85%) CI/CD
13 28 (6.85%) Collaborative Working
13 28 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 27 (6.60%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (6.60%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 64 (15.65%) SQL
2 44 (10.76%) PowerShell
3 39 (9.54%) Python
4 16 (3.91%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.18%) C#
5 13 (3.18%) VBA
6 11 (2.69%) Bash
7 10 (2.44%) Java
8 6 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (1.22%) PHP
9 5 (1.22%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.22%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.98%) C++
11 2 (0.49%) Bicep
11 2 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.49%) Go
12 1 (0.24%) ABAP
12 1 (0.24%) C
12 1 (0.24%) Perl
12 1 (0.24%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 97 (23.72%) Degree
2 35 (8.56%) Security Cleared
3 27 (6.60%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (5.62%) CISSP
5 22 (5.38%) SC Cleared
6 16 (3.91%) Azure Certification
7 15 (3.67%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (3.67%) CISM
8 14 (3.42%) Numerate Degree
9 11 (2.69%) CCNP
10 9 (2.20%) CEH
10 9 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.96%) IIBA
11 8 (1.96%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.96%) PMP
12 7 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.71%) HNC
12 7 (1.71%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.54%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (5.87%) QA
3 20 (4.89%) GDPR
3 20 (4.89%) SLA
4 10 (2.44%) NIST
5 9 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.71%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.47%) GRC
7 6 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.47%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (1.22%) MiFID
9 4 (0.98%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.73%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.49%) COBIT
11 2 (0.49%) GAAP
11 2 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 68 (16.63%) Active Directory
2 18 (4.40%) Hyper-V
3 13 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.20%) Docker
5 6 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.98%) Firmware
6 4 (0.98%) vSphere
7 2 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.49%) VMware NSX
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%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (3.67%) Terraform
2 13 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (2.93%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.93%) SCCM
4 10 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.47%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (1.47%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.22%) Ansible
6 5 (1.22%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.22%) Grafana
6 5 (1.22%) Nagios
7 4 (0.98%) Control-M
7 4 (0.98%) Dell DRAC
7 4 (0.98%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.98%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.73%) Argo
8 3 (0.73%) Plesk
8 3 (0.73%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 131 (32.03%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.85%) VMware
3 25 (6.11%) Cisco
4 19 (4.65%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.91%) SAP
6 14 (3.42%) Citrix
6 14 (3.42%) Pega
6 14 (3.42%) SolarWinds
6 14 (3.42%) Veeam
7 12 (2.93%) Oracle
8 10 (2.44%) Blue Prism
8 10 (2.44%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.20%) Alteryx
9 9 (2.20%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.20%) UiPath
10 8 (1.96%) Anaplan
10 8 (1.96%) Databricks
10 8 (1.96%) iManage
10 8 (1.96%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.22%) MuleSoft