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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 518 406
Rank change year-on-year +213 -112 +99
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 415 231 336
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 0.37% 0.67%
As % of the General category 1.20% 0.60% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 269 115 289
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +14.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 34,690 38,800 32,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 61.51% 62.46% 65.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19,111 18,775 24,691
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £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 8 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 8 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 +227 391 £55,000 -15.38% 279
UK excluding London +207 262 £47,500 - 270
Work from Home +124 139 £55,000 -5.98% 131
London +101 134 £77,500 +6.90% 55
South East +108 79 £52,250 +30.63% 72
Midlands +68 75 £45,000 - 40
North of England +57 54 £47,500 -9.52% 68
West Midlands +50 40 £52,500 -17.65% 26
East Midlands +31 34 £43,750 +2.94% 13
North West +49 26 £39,750 -22.06% 36
East of England +43 26 £32,500 -19.25% 35
Yorkshire +14 26 £47,500 -9.52% 29
South West +35 18 £55,000 +48.65% 27
Scotland +6 8 - - 16
North East +10 2 - - 4
Wales -3 2 £48,000 +1.05% 11

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 25 (6.02%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.13%) 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 61 (14.70%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.61%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (2.89%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.20%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.20%) PlanetPress Connect
3 5 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.96%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.72%) Bloomberg AIM
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.48%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.24%) Endur
7 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.24%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 132 (31.81%) Azure
2 68 (16.39%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (9.40%) SaaS
4 38 (9.16%) AWS
5 32 (7.71%) Power Platform
6 24 (5.78%) Entra ID
7 21 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (4.82%) IaaS
9 17 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (4.10%) PaaS
10 15 (3.61%) GitHub
11 11 (2.65%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (2.65%) GCP
12 9 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (2.17%) Power Automate
12 9 (2.17%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.45%) ChatGPT
13 6 (1.45%) iPaaS
13 6 (1.45%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.20%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (10.60%) Firewall
2 33 (7.95%) DNS
3 28 (6.75%) DHCP
4 26 (6.27%) VPN
5 25 (6.02%) TCP/IP
6 21 (5.06%) LAN
7 16 (3.86%) Network Security
7 16 (3.86%) VLAN
8 13 (3.13%) BGP
9 11 (2.65%) WAN
10 10 (2.41%) OSPF
11 9 (2.17%) SAN
12 8 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (1.69%) SD-WAN
14 6 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.45%) DMZ
14 6 (1.45%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (1.45%) VoIP
14 6 (1.45%) Wireshark
15 5 (1.20%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.67%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.06%) Power BI
3 16 (3.86%) Tableau
4 15 (3.61%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.93%) Metadata
6 6 (1.45%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.96%) Metabase
7 4 (0.96%) Metadata Repository
7 4 (0.96%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.24%) Big Data
10 1 (0.24%) DB2
10 1 (0.24%) MySQL
10 1 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 18 (4.34%) JIRA
2 7 (1.69%) Git
3 5 (1.20%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.96%) Postman
5 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.72%) Subversion
6 2 (0.48%) GitLab
6 2 (0.48%) Selenium
6 2 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.48%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 207 (49.88%) Social Skills
2 97 (23.37%) Finance
3 78 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.57%) Legal
5 30 (7.23%) Banking
6 24 (5.78%) Law
6 24 (5.78%) Retail
7 21 (5.06%) Manufacturing
7 21 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (3.86%) Back Office
8 16 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (3.13%) Advertising
9 13 (3.13%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.41%) German Language
11 8 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.69%) Marketing
13 5 (1.20%) Electronics
13 5 (1.20%) Publishing
14 4 (0.96%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 104 (25.06%) Analyst
2 70 (16.87%) Senior
3 32 (7.71%) Business Analyst
3 32 (7.71%) Lead
4 31 (7.47%) Architect
5 24 (5.78%) Network Engineer
6 21 (5.06%) Developer
6 21 (5.06%) Support Engineer
7 20 (4.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (4.58%) Data Analyst
8 19 (4.58%) IT Support
8 19 (4.58%) Service Analyst
9 17 (4.10%) Data Quality Analyst
9 17 (4.10%) IT Analyst
9 17 (4.10%) Quality Analyst
10 16 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.61%) Applications Support
11 15 (3.61%) Consultant
11 15 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (3.37%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.86%) XML
2 11 (2.65%) .NET
3 5 (1.20%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.20%) HTML
3 5 (1.20%) REST
4 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (0.96%) OAuth
4 4 (0.96%) OAuth2
4 4 (0.96%) OpenID
4 4 (0.96%) React
4 4 (0.96%) SAML
5 3 (0.72%) CSS
5 3 (0.72%) JSON
5 3 (0.72%) Kafka
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%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.06%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.34%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.86%) NHS
4 15 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (3.61%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.37%) Cloud Native
6 13 (3.13%) Driving Licence
6 13 (3.13%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.41%) CMDB
8 10 (2.41%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.17%) Life Science
9 9 (2.17%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.69%) Clustering
10 7 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.20%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.20%) IoT
12 4 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 73 (17.59%) Windows
2 37 (8.92%) Windows Server
3 25 (6.02%) Linux
4 5 (1.20%) Debian
4 5 (1.20%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.20%) Unix
5 4 (0.96%) 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 88 (21.20%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (17.11%) Agile
3 67 (16.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (13.49%) ITIL
5 53 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (11.57%) Validation
7 43 (10.36%) DevOps
8 42 (10.12%) Migration
9 38 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 34 (8.19%) Business Intelligence
11 32 (7.71%) Computer Science
12 31 (7.47%) Project Delivery
13 30 (7.23%) Change Management
13 30 (7.23%) Test Automation
14 29 (6.99%) AI
14 29 (6.99%) Analytics
14 29 (6.99%) Incident Response
14 29 (6.99%) Inventory Management
14 29 (6.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 28 (6.75%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 67 (16.14%) SQL
2 36 (8.67%) PowerShell
3 33 (7.95%) Python
4 22 (5.30%) C#
5 17 (4.10%) Java
6 14 (3.37%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.13%) C
7 13 (3.13%) VBA
8 5 (1.20%) Bash
8 5 (1.20%) PHP
9 4 (0.96%) 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
1 109 (26.27%) Degree
2 51 (12.29%) Security Cleared
3 35 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 29 (6.99%) CISSP
6 27 (6.51%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (5.30%) CCNP
9 18 (4.34%) CISM
10 16 (3.86%) Numerate Degree
11 15 (3.61%) DV Cleared
12 13 (3.13%) CCIE
13 11 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.93%) Azure Certification
14 8 (1.93%) CCSA
14 8 (1.93%) CCSE
14 8 (1.93%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (1.69%) CEH
15 7 (1.69%) HNC
16 5 (1.20%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.12%) Data Quality
2 38 (9.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.10%) ISO 9001
4 15 (3.61%) GDPR
4 15 (3.61%) NIST
4 15 (3.61%) QA
4 15 (3.61%) SLA
5 13 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (2.17%) SOC 2
7 8 (1.93%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (1.69%) MiFID
9 5 (1.20%) GRC
9 5 (1.20%) PMO
10 4 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.96%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.96%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.48%) COBIT
12 2 (0.48%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.48%) UCITS
System Software
1 55 (13.25%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.06%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.69%) Firmware
5 5 (1.20%) Docker
5 5 (1.20%) Kamailio
5 5 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.24%) Ceph
7 1 (0.24%) Lustre
7 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.24%) vCloud
7 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (3.86%) SCCM
2 15 (3.61%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.37%) Terraform
4 7 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.45%) Ansible
5 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.20%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.20%) Grafana
7 4 (0.96%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (0.96%) CSIRT
7 4 (0.96%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.72%) cPanel
8 3 (0.72%) Nessus
8 3 (0.72%) Plesk
9 2 (0.48%) Kibana
9 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.24%) CASB
10 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.24%) VxRail
Vendors
1 140 (33.73%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.75%) Cisco
3 25 (6.02%) VMware
4 14 (3.37%) CheckPoint
4 14 (3.37%) F5
4 14 (3.37%) Oracle
5 9 (2.17%) Blue Prism
5 9 (2.17%) Fortinet
5 9 (2.17%) Pega
6 8 (1.93%) iManage
6 8 (1.93%) Palo Alto
6 8 (1.93%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.93%) SolarWinds
6 8 (1.93%) Veeam
7 7 (1.69%) Qualys
7 7 (1.69%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.45%) Citrix
8 6 (1.45%) Intapp
8 6 (1.45%) Juniper
9 5 (1.20%) Darktrace