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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 349 545
Rank change year-on-year -47 +196 -130
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 497 371 267
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.75% 0.34%
As % of the General category 0.95% 1.10% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 312 260 157
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,750 £35,300
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £53,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.79% -14.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,813 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £88,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -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 52,572 33,854 44,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.08% 68.58% 57.02%
Number of salaries quoted 32,150 17,642 23,013
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £55,655
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -2.97% -7.24%
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% -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 16 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 16 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 -47 433 £52,250 -2.34% 554
UK excluding London +4 387 £50,000 +11.11% 352
Work from Home -11 135 £52,500 -7.89% 224
London -79 94 £65,000 -2.99% 251
South East -21 91 £50,000 -18.37% 105
North of England -53 80 £52,136 +22.67% 66
South West -18 69 £42,500 +6.25% 37
Midlands -29 59 £55,000 +23.60% 59
North West +10 55 £53,750 +35.22% 38
West Midlands -35 40 £51,500 +0.10% 37
East of England -19 37 £55,000 +1.85% 42
Yorkshire -48 21 £57,500 +35.29% 19
Northern Ireland - 20 - - 12
East Midlands -34 19 £60,000 +41.18% 22
Scotland +20 16 £33,500 - 28
Wales - 15 £53,750 - 5
North East -63 4 £42,500 +70.00% 10

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 40 (8.05%) SharePoint
2 24 (4.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (4.43%) 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 Excel
2 32 (6.44%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.62%) 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
5 3 (0.60%) 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
1 132 (26.56%) Azure
2 90 (18.11%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (11.67%) Power Platform
4 51 (10.26%) AWS
5 47 (9.46%) Entra ID
6 29 (5.84%) SaaS
7 21 (4.23%) Power Automate
8 17 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (2.41%) GitHub
10 12 (2.41%) PowerApps
11 11 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (2.01%) GCP
13 9 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.81%) dbt
14 8 (1.61%) Azure Stack
14 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (1.61%) Serverless
15 7 (1.41%) Boomi
15 7 (1.41%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 61 (12.27%) Firewall
2 51 (10.26%) DNS
3 49 (9.86%) VPN
4 35 (7.04%) TCP/IP
5 28 (5.63%) DHCP
6 24 (4.83%) VLAN
7 23 (4.63%) Network Security
8 22 (4.43%) WAN
9 21 (4.23%) Wireless
10 19 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (3.42%) TETRA
12 14 (2.82%) LAN
13 11 (2.21%) BGP
14 10 (2.01%) Intrusion Detection
14 10 (2.01%) SAN
14 10 (2.01%) SD-WAN
15 9 (1.81%) HTTP
16 8 (1.61%) OSPF
16 8 (1.61%) VoIP
17 6 (1.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (9.46%) Power BI
2 19 (3.82%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.01%) Metadata
4 7 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.21%) Looker
6 4 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.80%) Big Data
6 4 (0.80%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.60%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.40%) EDMS
8 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.40%) Redis
8 2 (0.40%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.20%) Airbyte
9 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.20%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.20%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.20%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 35 (7.04%) JIRA
2 14 (2.82%) Git
3 5 (1.01%) GitLab
3 5 (1.01%) JUnit
3 5 (1.01%) Postman
4 4 (0.80%) Bitbucket
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
7 1 (0.20%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.20%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.20%) Hudson
7 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
General
1 264 (53.12%) Social Skills
2 96 (19.32%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (17.51%) Finance
4 47 (9.46%) Manufacturing
5 39 (7.85%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (5.63%) Legal
6 28 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (4.63%) Law
8 23 (4.63%) Retail
9 18 (3.62%) Public Sector
10 16 (3.22%) Aerospace
11 15 (3.02%) Banking
12 14 (2.82%) Marketing
12 14 (2.82%) Telecoms
13 12 (2.41%) Electronics
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 62 (12.47%) Senior
3 56 (11.27%) Support Engineer
4 43 (8.65%) Consultant
5 40 (8.05%) Support Analyst
6 39 (7.85%) IT Support
7 33 (6.64%) Business Analyst
8 30 (6.04%) IT Engineer
9 28 (5.63%) Applications Support
10 25 (5.03%) Architect
10 25 (5.03%) IT Support Engineer
11 23 (4.63%) Developer
11 23 (4.63%) Lead
12 18 (3.62%) Design Engineer
12 18 (3.62%) Systems Engineer
13 17 (3.42%) Audio Visual Engineer
13 17 (3.42%) RF Design Engineer
13 17 (3.42%) RF Engineer
13 17 (3.42%) Security Engineer
13 17 (3.42%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.43%) REST
2 20 (4.02%) Terraform
3 10 (2.01%) CSS
3 10 (2.01%) HTML
4 9 (1.81%) Middleware
4 9 (1.81%) Node.js
5 7 (1.41%) JSON
5 7 (1.41%) Playwright
6 6 (1.21%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.21%) ARM Templates
6 6 (1.21%) RESTful
6 6 (1.21%) SOAP
6 6 (1.21%) XML
7 5 (1.01%) EDI
7 5 (1.01%) HTML5
7 5 (1.01%) React
8 4 (0.80%) .NET
8 4 (0.80%) CSS3
9 3 (0.60%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 3 (0.60%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.85%) Driving Licence
2 35 (7.04%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.43%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (3.02%) CCTV
4 15 (3.02%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.21%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.21%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.81%) Client/Server
7 9 (1.81%) Replication
8 8 (1.61%) CMDB
8 8 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.61%) PKI
9 7 (1.41%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.41%) IoT
10 6 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.21%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.21%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 101 (20.32%) Windows
2 51 (10.26%) Windows Server
3 34 (6.84%) 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%) Problem-Solving
2 132 (26.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 72 (14.49%) Agile
4 63 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 57 (11.47%) ITIL
6 53 (10.66%) Business Analysis
6 53 (10.66%) DevOps
7 52 (10.46%) AI
7 52 (10.46%) Business Intelligence
8 51 (10.26%) Root Cause Analysis
9 46 (9.26%) ERP
10 44 (8.85%) Validation
11 43 (8.65%) Change Management
11 43 (8.65%) Disaster Recovery
12 42 (8.45%) Migration
13 41 (8.25%) Customer Service
13 41 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 40 (8.05%) Project Delivery
14 40 (8.05%) Requirements Gathering
15 37 (7.44%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 104 (20.93%) SQL
2 56 (11.27%) PowerShell
3 41 (8.25%) Python
4 21 (4.23%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.21%) Bash
5 11 (2.21%) Java
6 8 (1.61%) C++
6 8 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (1.41%) C#
7 7 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.01%) C
9 4 (0.80%) PHP
9 4 (0.80%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.60%) Ruby
10 3 (0.60%) VBA
11 2 (0.40%) Bicep
11 2 (0.40%) Go
11 2 (0.40%) Groovy
11 2 (0.40%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.20%) Ada
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%) CCNP
5 11 (2.21%) HND
6 10 (2.01%) CCNA
6 10 (2.01%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.01%) SAP Certification
7 7 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (1.21%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.21%) HNC
9 5 (1.01%) ACCA
10 4 (0.80%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.80%) CIMA
10 4 (0.80%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (11.47%) QA
2 27 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (5.23%) Data Quality
4 25 (5.03%) GDPR
5 11 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (2.21%) SLA
6 10 (2.01%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.81%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.61%) NIST
9 7 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.01%) ISO 22301
10 5 (1.01%) ISO 9001
10 5 (1.01%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.80%) GRC
11 4 (0.80%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.60%) WCAG
13 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.40%) NCSC
13 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 51 (10.26%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.43%) Hyper-V
3 25 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (3.22%) 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 15 (3.02%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.62%) Ansible
4 12 (2.41%) 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%) Kibana
11 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.20%) QRadar
11 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 164 (33.00%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.24%) Cisco
3 32 (6.44%) VMware
4 26 (5.23%) SAP
5 20 (4.02%) Fortinet
6 18 (3.62%) 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
10 9 (1.81%) Google
10 9 (1.81%) Oracle
11 8 (1.61%) Juniper
12 7 (1.41%) MuleSoft
12 7 (1.41%) Sophos
13 6 (1.21%) Sage
13 6 (1.21%) Splunk
14 5 (1.01%) NetApp