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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 446 441
Rank change year-on-year +73 -5 +25
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 420 215 501
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.50% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.93% 0.68% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 264 146 429
10th Percentile £31,775 £29,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,474 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% -0.05% -12.50%
75th Percentile £71,563 £70,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £84,375 £82,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +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 45,093 31,446 58,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.79% 73.25% 60.08%
Number of salaries quoted 25,527 15,092 39,595
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,973 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £93,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +68 371 £55,000 +2.80% 172
UK excluding London +97 296 £47,500 - 146
Work from Home +63 107 £55,000 -7.17% 66
London -13 102 £75,000 +19.05% 55
North of England +13 79 £45,000 +7.14% 21
South East +18 73 £52,500 -30.00% 50
Midlands -19 50 £55,500 +0.96% 16
North West +21 37 £45,000 -28.00% 15
Yorkshire -25 35 £34,000 -18.07% 4
East of England 0 33 £40,000 -17.95% 17
South West -45 30 £37,500 -6.25% 22
East Midlands -16 27 £55,000 +25.71%
West Midlands -28 23 £60,000 +2.13% 16
Northern Ireland - 19 - - 8
Scotland - 9 £35,000 - 9
North East -30 7 £45,000 +42.86% 2
Wales -37 3 £53,750 +10.26% 4

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 21 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (4.52%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.43%) IIS
5 5 (1.19%) Confluence
6 3 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.71%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.71%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.71%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 41 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (4.52%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.24%) Abaqus
Business Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.71%) SAP CO
2 3 (0.71%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.48%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.48%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.48%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.24%) C-CURE
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 122 (29.05%) Azure
2 85 (20.24%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (10.24%) Power Platform
4 35 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 32 (7.62%) AWS
6 28 (6.67%) SaaS
7 26 (6.19%) Power Automate
8 16 (3.81%) dbt
9 13 (3.10%) PowerApps
10 11 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.62%) PaaS
11 9 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (2.14%) IaaS
11 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (1.90%) ChatGPT
12 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (1.67%) GitHub
13 7 (1.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (9.76%) DNS
2 40 (9.52%) Firewall
3 32 (7.62%) DHCP
4 31 (7.38%) VPN
5 25 (5.95%) TCP/IP
6 23 (5.48%) VLAN
7 17 (4.05%) TETRA
7 17 (4.05%) WAN
8 16 (3.81%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (2.86%) Network Security
10 11 (2.62%) VoIP
11 10 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
12 8 (1.90%) LAN
13 6 (1.43%) BGP
13 6 (1.43%) NAS
13 6 (1.43%) OSPF
14 5 (1.19%) Reverse Proxy
14 5 (1.19%) SAN
14 5 (1.19%) SD-WAN
14 5 (1.19%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.33%) Power BI
2 28 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 13 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (2.38%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.14%) Metabase
5 9 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.90%) Metadata
7 7 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.43%) Looker
8 6 (1.43%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.95%) Power Query
9 4 (0.95%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.71%) Big Data
10 3 (0.71%) MySQL
11 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (5.71%) Git
1 24 (5.71%) JIRA
2 12 (2.86%) Visual Studio
3 11 (2.62%) GitLab
4 6 (1.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (1.19%) Subversion
6 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.71%) Selenium
7 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.48%) JUnit
7 2 (0.48%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.48%) Mockito
7 2 (0.48%) Postman
7 2 (0.48%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.24%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.24%) JMeter
8 1 (0.24%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.24%) Terragrunt
General
1 226 (53.81%) Social Skills
2 91 (21.67%) Finance
3 89 (21.19%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.62%) Manufacturing
5 26 (6.19%) Retail
6 25 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (5.48%) Law
8 18 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (4.05%) Banking
9 17 (4.05%) Electronics
9 17 (4.05%) Telecoms
10 15 (3.57%) Legal
10 15 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.38%) Marketing
12 8 (1.90%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.67%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.67%) Front Office
14 6 (1.43%) Billing
14 6 (1.43%) German Language
15 5 (1.19%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 87 (20.71%) Analyst
2 44 (10.48%) Support Analyst
3 43 (10.24%) IT Support
4 37 (8.81%) Senior
5 29 (6.90%) Architect
6 24 (5.71%) Lead
6 24 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
7 23 (5.48%) Consultant
8 21 (5.00%) Business Analyst
8 21 (5.00%) IT Analyst
8 21 (5.00%) Security Engineer
9 20 (4.76%) Systems Analyst
10 18 (4.29%) Support Engineer
11 17 (4.05%) Audio Visual Engineer
11 17 (4.05%) Design Engineer
11 17 (4.05%) RF Design Engineer
11 17 (4.05%) RF Engineer
12 16 (3.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (3.81%) IT Support Analyst
12 16 (3.81%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.86%) REST
2 8 (1.90%) SOAP
3 7 (1.67%) .NET
4 6 (1.43%) ARM Templates
5 5 (1.19%) FreeSWITCH
5 5 (1.19%) Jinja
5 5 (1.19%) JSON
5 5 (1.19%) YAML
6 4 (0.95%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.95%) Middleware
7 3 (0.71%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.71%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.71%) CSS
7 3 (0.71%) HTML
7 3 (0.71%) Node.js
7 3 (0.71%) PySpark
7 3 (0.71%) RESTful
8 2 (0.48%) ActiveMQ
8 2 (0.48%) Kafka
8 2 (0.48%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.95%) Driving Licence
2 20 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (4.29%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.29%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.81%) CCTV
5 14 (3.33%) Low-Code
6 12 (2.86%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.90%) CMDB
8 7 (1.67%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.67%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.67%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.43%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.43%) Blog
9 6 (1.43%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.43%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 72 (17.14%) Windows
2 49 (11.67%) Windows Server
3 37 (8.81%) Linux
4 8 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.43%) CentOS
5 6 (1.43%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.19%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.19%) Debian
6 5 (1.19%) Unix
6 5 (1.19%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.95%) VMS
7 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.24%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (27.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 116 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (13.57%) Agile
4 55 (13.10%) ITIL
5 50 (11.90%) Project Delivery
6 47 (11.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 41 (9.76%) CI/CD
8 40 (9.52%) Analytics
8 40 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
9 39 (9.29%) Change Management
10 37 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
11 36 (8.57%) AI
11 36 (8.57%) Incident Management
12 35 (8.33%) ERP
13 32 (7.62%) Data Modelling
14 31 (7.38%) Root Cause Analysis
15 30 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 27 (6.43%) DevOps
16 27 (6.43%) Roadmaps
17 24 (5.71%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 78 (18.57%) SQL
2 47 (11.19%) Python
3 43 (10.24%) PowerShell
4 18 (4.29%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.10%) Bash
6 12 (2.86%) Java
7 9 (2.14%) C#
8 5 (1.19%) C++
8 5 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (1.19%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.19%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.95%) PHP
10 2 (0.48%) ABAP
10 2 (0.48%) Bicep
10 2 (0.48%) Groovy
11 1 (0.24%) C
11 1 (0.24%) VB
11 1 (0.24%) VB6
11 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 71 (16.90%) Degree
2 50 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.86%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.14%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.90%) CISSP
7 8 (1.90%) Numerate Degree
8 6 (1.43%) CEH
8 6 (1.43%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.43%) IIBA
8 6 (1.43%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.43%) PMP
9 5 (1.19%) CCNP
9 5 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.95%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.81%) QA
2 32 (7.62%) Data Quality
3 21 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (4.76%) SLA
5 9 (2.14%) GDPR
6 8 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.67%) GRC
7 7 (1.67%) NIST
8 6 (1.43%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.19%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.95%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.71%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.71%) GAAP
11 3 (0.71%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 3 (0.71%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.48%) NCSC
System Software
1 64 (15.24%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.57%) Docker
3 13 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.38%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.43%) Firmware
5 6 (1.43%) vSphere
6 5 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.71%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.71%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.24%) KVM
Systems Management
1 16 (3.81%) Terraform
2 15 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.90%) Ansible
3 8 (1.90%) Nagios
3 8 (1.90%) SCCM
4 7 (1.67%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.43%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.19%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.19%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.95%) Control-M
7 4 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.95%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.71%) Grafana
8 3 (0.71%) Podman
9 2 (0.48%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 129 (30.71%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.86%) Cisco
3 30 (7.14%) VMware
4 21 (5.00%) SAP
5 19 (4.52%) ServiceNow
6 18 (4.29%) Citrix
7 11 (2.62%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.38%) SolarWinds
9 9 (2.14%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.14%) iManage
10 8 (1.90%) UiPath
11 7 (1.67%) Alteryx
11 7 (1.67%) Databricks
11 7 (1.67%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.67%) Veeam
12 6 (1.43%) Anaplan
12 6 (1.43%) Google
12 6 (1.43%) Oracle
12 6 (1.43%) Pega
12 6 (1.43%) Splunk