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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 515 407
Rank change year-on-year +214 -108 +100
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 412 237 333
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.37% 0.66%
As % of the General category 1.25% 0.60% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 266 116 284
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,033 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £62,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% +14.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £79,063
90th Percentile £91,250 £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 33,089 39,254 32,981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 60.98% 61.42% 65.22%
Number of salaries quoted 19,059 18,952 24,754
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,650 £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 2 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 2 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 +234 388 £54,750 -14.45% 171
UK excluding London +197 258 £47,500 +5.11% 151
Work from Home +122 135 £55,000 -5.98% 111
London +106 135 £77,500 +6.90% 64
South East +94 76 £49,000 +22.50% 60
Midlands +76 72 £45,000 - 18
North of England +68 55 £47,500 -9.52% 31
West Midlands +66 40 £52,500 -17.65% 16
East Midlands +36 31 £42,500 +3.03% 2
North West +55 28 £42,500 -16.67% 17
East of England +49 27 £32,500 -19.25% 11
Yorkshire +21 25 £47,500 -9.52% 11
South West +29 18 £56,000 +51.35% 16
Scotland +13 8 - - 10
North East +12 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 (6.55%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.16%) Confluence
4 2 (0.49%) 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 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.64%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (2.91%) Dynamics NAV
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%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.97%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.73%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.49%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.24%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.24%) Postilion
6 1 (0.24%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 132 (32.04%) Azure
2 65 (15.78%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (9.71%) AWS
4 38 (9.22%) SaaS
5 32 (7.77%) Power Platform
6 25 (6.07%) Entra ID
7 20 (4.85%) IaaS
8 19 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (3.88%) PaaS
11 15 (3.64%) GitHub
12 12 (2.91%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (2.91%) GCP
13 10 (2.43%) Power Automate
13 10 (2.43%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (1.46%) iPaaS
15 6 (1.46%) OneDrive
16 5 (1.21%) Azure AI
16 5 (1.21%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 46 (11.17%) Firewall
2 33 (8.01%) DNS
3 28 (6.80%) DHCP
4 27 (6.55%) VPN
5 25 (6.07%) TCP/IP
6 21 (5.10%) LAN
7 17 (4.13%) Network Security
8 16 (3.88%) VLAN
9 14 (3.40%) BGP
10 11 (2.67%) OSPF
10 11 (2.67%) WAN
11 9 (2.18%) SAN
12 7 (1.70%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (1.46%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.46%) DMZ
13 6 (1.46%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (1.46%) VoIP
13 6 (1.46%) Wireshark
14 5 (1.21%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.74%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.34%) Power BI
3 16 (3.88%) Tableau
4 15 (3.64%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.94%) Metadata
6 6 (1.46%) 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 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.49%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.49%) MySQL
10 2 (0.49%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.24%) DB2
11 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 16 (3.88%) JIRA
2 7 (1.70%) Git
3 4 (0.97%) Postman
3 4 (0.97%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.49%) GitLab
5 2 (0.49%) Selenium
5 2 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.49%) 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
1 200 (48.54%) Social Skills
2 99 (24.03%) Finance
3 77 (18.69%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.65%) Legal
5 32 (7.77%) Banking
6 26 (6.31%) Law
7 24 (5.83%) Retail
8 23 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (4.85%) Manufacturing
10 19 (4.61%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (3.88%) Back Office
12 14 (3.40%) Telecoms
13 13 (3.16%) Advertising
14 11 (2.67%) Public Sector
15 10 (2.43%) German Language
16 9 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (1.70%) Marketing
18 5 (1.21%) Financial Institution
18 5 (1.21%) Publishing
19 4 (0.97%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 105 (25.49%) Analyst
2 70 (16.99%) Senior
3 31 (7.52%) Business Analyst
4 30 (7.28%) Lead
5 29 (7.04%) Architect
6 25 (6.07%) Network Engineer
7 21 (5.10%) Developer
7 21 (5.10%) Support Engineer
8 19 (4.61%) Data Analyst
8 19 (4.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (4.61%) IT Support
8 19 (4.61%) Service Analyst
9 17 (4.13%) Data Quality Analyst
9 17 (4.13%) Quality Analyst
10 16 (3.88%) IT Analyst
10 16 (3.88%) Senior Analyst
10 16 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.64%) Applications Support
11 15 (3.64%) Consultant
12 14 (3.40%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.88%) XML
2 10 (2.43%) .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 (0.73%) CSS
5 3 (0.73%) JSON
5 3 (0.73%) PySpark
6 2 (0.49%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.49%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.49%) Middleware
6 2 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.10%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.37%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.88%) NHS
4 15 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (3.64%) Cloud Native
5 14 (3.40%) Mobile App
6 13 (3.16%) Driving Licence
6 13 (3.16%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.67%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.43%) CMDB
8 10 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.18%) Life Science
9 9 (2.18%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.70%) 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 73 (17.72%) Windows
2 37 (8.98%) Windows Server
3 25 (6.07%) 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 (0.49%) VMS
7 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (20.87%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (16.99%) Agile
3 65 (15.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (13.35%) ITIL
5 52 (12.62%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (11.65%) Validation
7 41 (9.95%) DevOps
7 41 (9.95%) Migration
8 37 (8.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 35 (8.50%) Business Intelligence
10 33 (8.01%) Project Delivery
11 32 (7.77%) Computer Science
12 29 (7.04%) AI
12 29 (7.04%) Incident Response
12 29 (7.04%) Inventory Management
12 29 (7.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (6.80%) Analytics
13 28 (6.80%) Change Management
13 28 (6.80%) Mentoring
13 28 (6.80%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 69 (16.75%) SQL
2 35 (8.50%) PowerShell
3 34 (8.25%) Python
4 21 (5.10%) C#
5 18 (4.37%) Java
6 14 (3.40%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.16%) C
7 13 (3.16%) VBA
8 6 (1.46%) Bash
8 6 (1.46%) PHP
9 3 (0.73%) Bicep
9 3 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.73%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.49%) C++
10 2 (0.49%) Go
10 2 (0.49%) Perl
11 1 (0.24%) R
11 1 (0.24%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (25.97%) Degree
2 51 (12.38%) Security Cleared
3 35 (8.50%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 29 (7.04%) CISSP
6 28 (6.80%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (5.58%) CCNP
7 23 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (4.37%) CISM
9 15 (3.64%) DV Cleared
9 15 (3.64%) Numerate Degree
10 13 (3.16%) CCIE
11 11 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.94%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.94%) CCSA
12 8 (1.94%) CCSE
12 8 (1.94%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.70%) CEH
13 7 (1.70%) HNC
14 6 (1.46%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.19%) Data Quality
2 39 (9.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.13%) ISO 9001
4 16 (3.88%) NIST
5 15 (3.64%) GDPR
5 15 (3.64%) QA
5 15 (3.64%) SLA
6 13 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.18%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.94%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (1.70%) 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 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.49%) COBIT
13 2 (0.49%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.49%) UCITS
System Software
1 55 (13.35%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.10%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.70%) Firmware
5 6 (1.46%) Docker
6 5 (1.21%) Kamailio
6 5 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.49%) 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 (3.88%) Kubernetes
1 16 (3.88%) SCCM
2 14 (3.40%) Terraform
3 7 (1.70%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (1.46%) Ansible
4 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.21%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.21%) Grafana
5 5 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (0.97%) CSIRT
6 4 (0.97%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.73%) cPanel
7 3 (0.73%) Nessus
7 3 (0.73%) Plesk
8 2 (0.49%) Kibana
8 2 (0.49%) Nagios
8 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.24%) SCOM
9 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 139 (33.74%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.80%) Cisco
3 25 (6.07%) VMware
4 15 (3.64%) Oracle
5 14 (3.40%) CheckPoint
5 14 (3.40%) F5
6 9 (2.18%) Blue Prism
6 9 (2.18%) Fortinet
6 9 (2.18%) iManage
6 9 (2.18%) Pega
6 9 (2.18%) SolarWinds
7 8 (1.94%) Palo Alto
7 8 (1.94%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.94%) Veeam
8 7 (1.70%) Intapp
8 7 (1.70%) Qualys
8 7 (1.70%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.46%) Citrix
9 6 (1.46%) Juniper
10 5 (1.21%) Dell