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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 507 423
Rank change year-on-year +177 -84 +52
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 386 198 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.39% 0.59%
As % of the General category 1.05% 0.57% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 255 95 389
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,995 £29,700
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,345 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.80% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,875 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,250 £46,442 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.41% -7.12% -4.76%

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 36,899 34,527 44,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.99% 67.55% 61.49%
Number of salaries quoted 19,989 15,596 33,456
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -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 5 February 2026.

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 5 February 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 +190 356 £55,000 -12.00% 207
UK excluding London +160 249 £46,250 -0.41% 173
Work from Home +89 122 £55,000 - 95
London +91 119 £76,750 +5.86% 66
South East +78 78 £48,500 +4.86% 60
Midlands +46 61 £55,000 +5.77% 33
North of England +22 43 £43,750 +1.29% 36
West Midlands +34 33 £60,000 -4.00% 25
East of England +39 29 £30,370 -23.25% 16
East Midlands +3 27 £45,000 -7.22% 8
South West +19 24 £55,000 +74.60% 20
North West +9 21 £45,000 -0.84% 20
Yorkshire -4 19 £34,000 -19.05% 11
Scotland +7 12 £35,000 - 8
North East -8 3 £45,000 +55.17% 5
Wales -5 2 £48,000 -1.54% 3

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 26 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.07%) Confluence
4 7 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.78%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.78%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.52%) IIS
7 2 (0.52%) WordPress
8 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 57 (14.77%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.11%) MS Visio
3 11 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.26%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.26%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.30%) PlanetPress Connect
2 5 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.52%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.26%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.26%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.26%) Postilion
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 137 (35.49%) Azure
2 75 (19.43%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (11.40%) AWS
4 31 (8.03%) Entra ID
5 30 (7.77%) Power Platform
6 26 (6.74%) SaaS
7 19 (4.92%) Power Automate
8 14 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.37%) GCP
9 13 (3.37%) PaaS
10 12 (3.11%) PowerApps
11 11 (2.85%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (2.59%) ChatGPT
12 10 (2.59%) IaaS
13 9 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 7 (1.81%) dbt
16 6 (1.55%) iPaaS
16 6 (1.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 51 (13.21%) Firewall
2 41 (10.62%) DNS
3 37 (9.59%) DHCP
4 31 (8.03%) TCP/IP
5 29 (7.51%) VPN
6 24 (6.22%) VLAN
7 21 (5.44%) LAN
8 15 (3.89%) Network Security
8 15 (3.89%) WAN
9 14 (3.63%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (2.85%) BGP
11 10 (2.59%) SAN
12 8 (2.07%) OSPF
12 8 (2.07%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.81%) Wireless
14 6 (1.55%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.55%) Wireshark
15 5 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
16 4 (1.04%) DMZ
16 4 (1.04%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.55%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.44%) Power BI
3 11 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.85%) Metadata
4 10 (2.59%) Data Lake
5 8 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.81%) Metabase
6 7 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.55%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.04%) Big Data
8 4 (1.04%) Metadata Repository
8 4 (1.04%) MySQL
8 4 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.52%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.52%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 15 (3.89%) JIRA
2 13 (3.37%) Git
3 9 (2.33%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.30%) Subversion
5 4 (1.04%) Postman
6 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.52%) Selenium
7 2 (0.52%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.26%) GitLab
8 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 209 (54.15%) Social Skills
2 88 (22.80%) Finance
3 86 (22.28%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.36%) Legal
5 37 (9.59%) Banking
6 33 (8.55%) Retail
7 21 (5.44%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.18%) Law
8 20 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.37%) German Language
10 12 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.59%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.07%) Automotive
14 7 (1.81%) Electronics
15 6 (1.55%) Marketing
16 5 (1.30%) Billing
16 5 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.30%) Publishing
17 4 (1.04%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 81 (20.98%) Analyst
2 66 (17.10%) Senior
3 38 (9.84%) IT Support
4 31 (8.03%) Architect
5 27 (6.99%) Business Analyst
6 25 (6.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (6.48%) Lead
7 20 (5.18%) IT Analyst
8 19 (4.92%) Network Engineer
9 18 (4.66%) Support Engineer
10 16 (4.15%) Support Analyst
11 15 (3.89%) Senior Analyst
11 15 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.63%) Service Analyst
13 13 (3.37%) Consultant
13 13 (3.37%) Security Engineer
14 12 (3.11%) Applications Support
15 11 (2.85%) IT Support Analyst
15 11 (2.85%) Lead Designer
15 11 (2.85%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.37%) REST
2 10 (2.59%) .NET
3 7 (1.81%) SOAP
4 6 (1.55%) PySpark
5 5 (1.30%) Middleware
6 4 (1.04%) HTML
6 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.04%) OAuth
6 4 (1.04%) OAuth2
6 4 (1.04%) OpenID
6 4 (1.04%) React
6 4 (1.04%) SAML
7 3 (0.78%) CSS
7 3 (0.78%) FreeSWITCH
7 3 (0.78%) Kafka
7 3 (0.78%) XML
8 2 (0.52%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.52%) JSON
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.44%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.66%) Data Centre
4 15 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.37%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.37%) Low-Code
5 13 (3.37%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.11%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.11%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.85%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.33%) Life Science
8 9 (2.33%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.07%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.07%) Clustering
9 8 (2.07%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.30%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.04%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 71 (18.39%) Windows
2 46 (11.92%) Windows Server
3 22 (5.70%) Linux
4 7 (1.81%) Unix
5 5 (1.30%) VMS
5 5 (1.30%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.78%) Debian
8 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (23.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 61 (15.80%) Agile
3 61 (15.80%) ITIL
4 51 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (12.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 36 (9.33%) AI
7 35 (9.07%) Change Management
8 33 (8.55%) Project Delivery
8 33 (8.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 32 (8.29%) Analytics
10 31 (8.03%) Roadmaps
11 28 (7.25%) Process Improvement
12 27 (6.99%) Data Analysis
12 27 (6.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 26 (6.74%) Business Analysis
13 26 (6.74%) ERP
13 26 (6.74%) Project Management
14 25 (6.48%) Decision-Making
14 25 (6.48%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 56 (14.51%) SQL
2 39 (10.10%) PowerShell
3 29 (7.51%) Python
4 16 (4.15%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.37%) VBA
6 11 (2.85%) C#
7 9 (2.33%) Java
8 6 (1.55%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (1.30%) Bash
9 5 (1.30%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.04%) PHP
10 4 (1.04%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.52%) Bicep
11 2 (0.52%) C++
11 2 (0.52%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) ABAP
12 1 (0.26%) C
12 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.26%) R
12 1 (0.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 91 (23.58%) Degree
2 34 (8.81%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 25 (6.48%) CISSP
4 22 (5.70%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (4.92%) SC Cleared
6 18 (4.66%) CCNP
7 17 (4.40%) CISM
8 14 (3.63%) Azure Certification
9 13 (3.37%) Numerate Degree
10 10 (2.59%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.33%) CCIE
11 9 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (2.07%) CEH
12 8 (2.07%) IIBA
12 8 (2.07%) PMI Certification
12 8 (2.07%) PMP
13 7 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.81%) HNC
14 6 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.07%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (5.44%) QA
4 20 (5.18%) GDPR
4 20 (5.18%) SLA
5 12 (3.11%) NIST
6 10 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (2.07%) GRC
7 8 (2.07%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.81%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (1.30%) MiFID
11 4 (1.04%) ISO 20022
11 4 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.78%) COBIT
12 3 (0.78%) PMO
13 2 (0.52%) GAAP
13 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.26%) GxP
System Software
1 64 (16.58%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.15%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.30%) Docker
5 5 (1.30%) Firmware
6 4 (1.04%) vSphere
7 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.26%) Ceph
8 1 (0.26%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.26%) Lustre
8 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.26%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 14 (3.63%) SCCM
2 12 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.11%) Terraform
3 10 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (1.55%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (1.55%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.55%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.55%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.30%) Dell DRAC
6 4 (1.04%) Ansible
6 4 (1.04%) Control-M
6 4 (1.04%) Grafana
6 4 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.04%) SolarWinds Orion
7 3 (0.78%) Backup Exec
7 3 (0.78%) cPanel
7 3 (0.78%) Nagios
7 3 (0.78%) Nessus
7 3 (0.78%) Plesk
Vendors
1 126 (32.64%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.25%) Cisco
3 27 (6.99%) VMware
4 18 (4.66%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.89%) SAP
6 14 (3.63%) SolarWinds
7 13 (3.37%) Citrix
7 13 (3.37%) Pega
8 12 (3.11%) Oracle
8 12 (3.11%) Veeam
9 11 (2.85%) Fortinet
10 10 (2.59%) Blue Prism
10 10 (2.59%) CheckPoint
10 10 (2.59%) F5
10 10 (2.59%) Salesforce
11 9 (2.33%) Alteryx
11 9 (2.33%) Palo Alto
11 9 (2.33%) UiPath
12 8 (2.07%) Anaplan
12 8 (2.07%) Databricks