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 3 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 507 401
Rank change year-on-year +212 -106 +103
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 414 238 332
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.38% 0.66%
As % of the General category 1.24% 0.61% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 268 117 284
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.40% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £79,063
90th Percentile £90,750 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,192 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.11% -4.86% -13.64%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 33,258 39,167 32,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 60.89% 61.73% 65.27%
Number of salaries quoted 19,179 18,946 24,565
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,720 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% -4.76%

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 3 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Top 16 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 3 December 2025. 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 +238 390 £55,000 -12.70% 169
UK excluding London +187 259 £47,500 +5.11% 152
Work from Home +122 138 £55,000 -5.98% 114
London +88 136 £77,500 +6.90% 61
South East +108 76 £49,000 +22.50% 62
Midlands +83 72 £45,000 - 19
North of England +56 55 £47,500 -9.52% 30
West Midlands +59 40 £52,500 -17.65% 17
East Midlands +31 31 £42,500 +3.03% 2
North West +50 28 £42,500 -16.67% 17
East of England +59 27 £32,500 -19.25% 12
Yorkshire +21 25 £47,500 -9.52% 10
South West +30 19 £55,000 +48.65% 15
Scotland +18 8 - - 10
North East +14 2 - - 4
Wales +1 2 £48,000 +1.05% 6

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 27 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.14%) Confluence
4 2 (0.48%) WordPress
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.24%) IIS
5 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 60 (14.49%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.62%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (2.90%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.21%) Oracle Cash Management
2 5 (1.21%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (1.21%) PlanetPress Connect
2 5 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.97%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.72%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.72%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.48%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.24%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 134 (32.37%) Azure
2 65 (15.70%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (9.90%) AWS
4 38 (9.18%) SaaS
5 33 (7.97%) Power Platform
6 26 (6.28%) Entra ID
7 20 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (4.83%) IaaS
8 17 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (3.86%) PaaS
10 15 (3.62%) GitHub
11 12 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (2.90%) GCP
12 10 (2.42%) Power Automate
12 10 (2.42%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.93%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (1.45%) iPaaS
14 6 (1.45%) OneDrive
15 5 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 46 (11.11%) Firewall
2 32 (7.73%) DNS
3 27 (6.52%) DHCP
3 27 (6.52%) VPN
4 24 (5.80%) TCP/IP
5 21 (5.07%) LAN
6 17 (4.11%) Network Security
7 16 (3.86%) VLAN
8 14 (3.38%) BGP
9 11 (2.66%) OSPF
9 11 (2.66%) WAN
10 9 (2.17%) SAN
11 8 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (1.69%) SD-WAN
13 6 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.45%) DMZ
13 6 (1.45%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (1.45%) VoIP
13 6 (1.45%) Wireshark
14 5 (1.21%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.31%) Power BI
3 16 (3.86%) Tableau
4 15 (3.62%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.93%) Metadata
6 6 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.21%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.97%) Metabase
8 4 (0.97%) Metadata Repository
8 4 (0.97%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.48%) MySQL
10 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.24%) Big Data
11 1 (0.24%) DB2
Development Applications
1 16 (3.86%) JIRA
2 7 (1.69%) Git
3 4 (0.97%) Postman
3 4 (0.97%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.48%) GitLab
5 2 (0.48%) Selenium
5 2 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.48%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.24%) Subversion
6 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 202 (48.79%) Social Skills
2 99 (23.91%) Finance
3 77 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.59%) Legal
5 32 (7.73%) Banking
6 26 (6.28%) Law
7 24 (5.80%) Retail
8 23 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (4.83%) Manufacturing
10 19 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (3.86%) Back Office
12 14 (3.38%) Telecoms
13 13 (3.14%) Advertising
14 12 (2.90%) Public Sector
15 10 (2.42%) German Language
16 9 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (1.69%) Marketing
18 5 (1.21%) Financial Institution
18 5 (1.21%) Publishing
19 4 (0.97%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 105 (25.36%) Analyst
2 70 (16.91%) Senior
3 31 (7.49%) Business Analyst
4 30 (7.25%) Architect
4 30 (7.25%) Lead
5 25 (6.04%) Network Engineer
6 21 (5.07%) Developer
6 21 (5.07%) Support Engineer
7 20 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (4.59%) Data Analyst
8 19 (4.59%) Service Analyst
9 18 (4.35%) IT Support
10 17 (4.11%) Data Quality Analyst
10 17 (4.11%) Quality Analyst
11 16 (3.86%) IT Analyst
11 16 (3.86%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (3.62%) Applications Support
12 15 (3.62%) Consultant
13 14 (3.38%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.86%) XML
2 10 (2.42%) .NET
3 5 (1.21%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.21%) HTML
3 5 (1.21%) React
4 4 (0.97%) Kafka
4 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (0.97%) OAuth
4 4 (0.97%) OAuth2
4 4 (0.97%) OpenID
4 4 (0.97%) REST
4 4 (0.97%) SAML
5 3 (0.72%) CSS
5 3 (0.72%) JSON
5 3 (0.72%) PySpark
6 2 (0.48%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.48%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.48%) Laravel
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.07%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.86%) NHS
4 15 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (3.62%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.62%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.14%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.90%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.42%) CMDB
8 10 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.17%) Life Science
9 9 (2.17%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.69%) Clustering
12 5 (1.21%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.21%) IoT
12 5 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.21%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 72 (17.39%) Windows
2 36 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 25 (6.04%) Linux
4 5 (1.21%) Debian
4 5 (1.21%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.21%) Unix
5 4 (0.97%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.48%) VMS
7 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (16.91%) Agile
3 66 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (13.29%) ITIL
5 53 (12.80%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (11.59%) Validation
7 42 (10.14%) DevOps
8 41 (9.90%) Migration
9 37 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 35 (8.45%) Business Intelligence
11 33 (7.97%) Project Delivery
12 32 (7.73%) Computer Science
13 29 (7.00%) AI
13 29 (7.00%) Change Management
13 29 (7.00%) Incident Response
13 29 (7.00%) Inventory Management
13 29 (7.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 28 (6.76%) Analytics
14 28 (6.76%) Mentoring
14 28 (6.76%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 70 (16.91%) SQL
2 36 (8.70%) PowerShell
3 34 (8.21%) Python
4 21 (5.07%) C#
5 18 (4.35%) Java
6 14 (3.38%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.14%) C
7 13 (3.14%) VBA
8 6 (1.45%) Bash
8 6 (1.45%) PHP
9 4 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.72%) Bicep
10 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.48%) C++
11 2 (0.48%) Go
11 2 (0.48%) Perl
12 1 (0.24%) R
12 1 (0.24%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (25.85%) Degree
2 50 (12.08%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.21%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 29 (7.00%) CISSP
6 28 (6.76%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (5.56%) CCNP
7 23 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (4.35%) CISM
9 15 (3.62%) DV Cleared
9 15 (3.62%) Numerate Degree
10 13 (3.14%) CCIE
11 11 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.93%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.93%) CCSA
12 8 (1.93%) CCSE
12 8 (1.93%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.69%) CEH
13 7 (1.69%) HNC
14 6 (1.45%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.14%) Data Quality
2 39 (9.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.11%) ISO 9001
4 16 (3.86%) NIST
5 15 (3.62%) GDPR
5 15 (3.62%) QA
5 15 (3.62%) SLA
6 13 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.17%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.93%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (1.69%) MiFID
10 5 (1.21%) GRC
10 5 (1.21%) PMO
11 4 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.97%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.97%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.48%) COBIT
13 2 (0.48%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.48%) UCITS
System Software
1 54 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.07%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.69%) Firmware
5 6 (1.45%) Docker
6 5 (1.21%) Kamailio
6 5 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
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%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (3.86%) Kubernetes
1 16 (3.86%) SCCM
2 14 (3.38%) Terraform
3 7 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (1.45%) Ansible
4 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.21%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.21%) Grafana
6 4 (0.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (0.97%) CSIRT
6 4 (0.97%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.72%) cPanel
7 3 (0.72%) Nessus
7 3 (0.72%) Plesk
8 2 (0.48%) Kibana
8 2 (0.48%) Nagios
8 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.24%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 139 (33.57%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.76%) Cisco
3 24 (5.80%) VMware
4 15 (3.62%) Oracle
5 14 (3.38%) CheckPoint
5 14 (3.38%) F5
6 9 (2.17%) Blue Prism
6 9 (2.17%) Fortinet
6 9 (2.17%) iManage
6 9 (2.17%) Pega
6 9 (2.17%) SolarWinds
7 8 (1.93%) Palo Alto
7 8 (1.93%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.93%) Veeam
8 7 (1.69%) Intapp
8 7 (1.69%) Qualys
8 7 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.45%) Juniper
10 5 (1.21%) Citrix
10 5 (1.21%) Dell