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

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	393	353	518
Rank change year-on-year	-40	+165	-87
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills	528	359	242
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.44%	0.73%	0.34%
As % of the General category	0.95%	1.08%	0.59%
Number of salaries quoted	354	250	126
10^th Percentile	£32,750	£32,750	£37,500
25^th Percentile	£41,063	£41,250	£45,600
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£54,000	£63,750
Median % change year-on-year	-7.41%	-15.29%	+11.84%
75^th Percentile	£61,938	£77,500	£74,688
90^th Percentile	£79,850	£87,500	£87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£47,750	£45,000	£46,442
% change year-on-year	+6.11%	-3.10%	+3.20%

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	55,351	33,282	40,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	46.46%	68.06%	57.73%
Number of salaries quoted	34,013	17,680	20,127
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,500	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£38,995	£33,750	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£52,500	£58,500
Median % change year-on-year	+4.76%	-10.26%	-2.50%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£75,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£95,000	£100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£43,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+16.28%	-14.00%	-1.38%

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 Salary Trend

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 October 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 October 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	-44	473	£51,500	-4.63%	321
UK excluding London	-3	413	£47,750	+6.11%	217
Work from Home	-17	152	£52,250	-3.24%	151
London	-85	99	£61,000	-21.29%	122
South East	-24	98	£50,000	-7.83%	69
North of England	-36	92	£52,136	+22.67%	45
South West	+3	85	£43,000	+7.50%	25
Midlands	-46	62	£51,500	+14.44%	35
North West	+4	59	£55,000	+48.65%	29
West Midlands	-36	41	£51,500	-11.97%	24
East of England	-36	34	£55,000	+0.92%	15
Yorkshire	-43	24	£57,500	+21.05%	13
Scotland	+22	21	£33,500	-	15
East Midlands	-45	21	£52,500	+23.53%	11
Wales	-60	17	£50,000	-	9
North East	-66	9	£29,500	+18.00%	3
Northern Ireland	-	4	-	-	3

Documentation Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing Documentation Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Documentation Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	32.6%	172
1	Problem-Solving	32.6%	172
3	Azure	29.0%	153
4	Continuous Improvement	22.7%	120
5	Windows	19.7%	104
6	SQL	19.3%	102
7	Agile	16.5%	87
8	Microsoft 365	16.1%	85
9	Stakeholder Management	14.6%	77
10	Security Cleared	12.5%	66
11	Business Analysis	11.7%	62
12	AI	11.4%	60
12	Power Platform	11.4%	60
14	Degree	11.2%	59
14	DevOps	11.2%	59
14	Firewall	11.2%	59
17	PowerShell	11.0%	58
18	AWS	10.8%	57
19	Business Intelligence	10.6%	56
19	Requirements Gathering	10.6%	56
21	Migration	9.8%	52
21	Root Cause Analysis	9.8%	52
21	Validation	9.8%	52
21	Windows Server	9.8%	52
25	Active Directory	9.7%	51
25	QA	9.7%	51
25	VPN	9.7%	51
28	Power BI	9.5%	50
28	User Acceptance Testing	9.5%	50
30	DNS	9.3%	49

Documentation Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	58.0%	306
2	Analytical Skills	21.0%	111
3	Finance	16.1%	85
4	Manufacturing	10.0%	53
5	Organisational Skills	8.1%	43
6	Legal	6.3%	33
7	Presentation Skills	5.9%	31
8	Public Sector	4.4%	23
9	Aerospace	4.0%	21
9	Law	4.0%	21
11	Inclusion and Diversity	3.8%	20
12	Banking	3.6%	19
13	Retail	3.0%	16
14	Electronics	2.7%	14
15	Marketing	2.5%	13
16	Influencing Skills	1.9%	10
16	Telecoms	1.9%	10
18	Investment Banking	1.3%	7
18	Military	1.3%	7
20	Automotive	1.1%	6