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 21 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 518 407
Rank change year-on-year +207 -111 +102
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 422 239 343
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.79% 0.35% 0.66%
As % of the General category 1.25% 0.60% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 279 116 286
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £62,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.94% +14.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,174 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,442 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.10% -2.23% -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 33,806 39,713 33,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 63.36% 58.91% 65.29%
Number of salaries quoted 19,332 19,034 25,341
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,388 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £51,251 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.15% +2.50% -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 21 November 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 21 November 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 +228 398 £54,500 -16.15% 355
UK excluding London +192 266 £45,000 -3.10% 221
London +88 135 £77,500 +6.90% 169
Work from Home +121 133 £54,500 -9.17% 170
South East +109 77 £49,000 +22.50% 82
Midlands +89 72 £45,000 - 36
North of England +70 61 £47,500 -8.21% 47
West Midlands +66 42 £52,500 -17.65% 32
East Midlands +42 30 £42,500 +6.25% 3
North West +52 29 £42,500 -16.67% 32
Yorkshire +32 28 £47,500 -9.52% 11
East of England +44 27 £35,000 -13.04% 14
South West +38 19 £55,000 +29.41% 25
Scotland +14 8 - - 15
North East +10 4 £25,000 -26.47% 6
Wales +4 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 32 (7.58%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.08%) Confluence
4 2 (0.47%) IIS
4 2 (0.47%) WordPress
5 1 (0.24%) Apache
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 62 (14.69%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.79%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (2.84%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (1.66%) Oracle Cash Management
2 7 (1.66%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.18%) Oracle Assets
4 5 (1.18%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (1.18%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.18%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.95%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.71%) Bloomberg AIM
6 3 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.47%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.24%) Advent Geneva
8 1 (0.24%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 134 (31.75%) Azure
2 66 (15.64%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (10.43%) AWS
4 37 (8.77%) SaaS
5 34 (8.06%) Power Platform
6 28 (6.64%) Entra ID
7 20 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (4.74%) IaaS
8 19 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (3.55%) GitHub
9 15 (3.55%) PaaS
10 14 (3.32%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (3.32%) GCP
11 11 (2.61%) PowerApps
12 9 (2.13%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.66%) OCI
13 7 (1.66%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.42%) iPaaS
15 5 (1.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 50 (11.85%) Firewall
2 35 (8.29%) DNS
3 29 (6.87%) DHCP
3 29 (6.87%) VPN
4 25 (5.92%) TCP/IP
5 22 (5.21%) LAN
6 17 (4.03%) BGP
7 16 (3.79%) Network Security
7 16 (3.79%) VLAN
8 13 (3.08%) OSPF
9 12 (2.84%) WAN
10 8 (1.90%) MPLS
10 8 (1.90%) SAN
10 8 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (1.66%) SD-WAN
12 6 (1.42%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (1.42%) DMZ
12 6 (1.42%) Ethernet VPN
12 6 (1.42%) VoIP
12 6 (1.42%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.98%) Power BI
3 16 (3.79%) Tableau
4 15 (3.55%) BigQuery
5 7 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (1.66%) Metadata
6 6 (1.42%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.95%) MySQL
9 3 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.71%) CockroachDB
9 3 (0.71%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.47%) Metabase
10 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.24%) Big Data
11 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 17 (4.03%) JIRA
2 5 (1.18%) Git
3 4 (0.95%) Postman
4 2 (0.47%) GitLab
4 2 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 212 (50.24%) Social Skills
2 103 (24.41%) Finance
3 73 (17.30%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.61%) Legal
5 36 (8.53%) Banking
6 29 (6.87%) Law
7 27 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (5.69%) Retail
9 21 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (4.74%) Manufacturing
11 16 (3.79%) Back Office
12 15 (3.55%) Advertising
12 15 (3.55%) Telecoms
13 12 (2.84%) Public Sector
14 9 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.90%) German Language
16 7 (1.66%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.66%) Marketing
17 5 (1.18%) Publishing
18 4 (0.95%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 111 (26.30%) Analyst
2 71 (16.82%) Senior
3 32 (7.58%) Business Analyst
4 29 (6.87%) Lead
5 28 (6.64%) Architect
5 28 (6.64%) Network Engineer
6 23 (5.45%) Developer
7 22 (5.21%) Data Analyst
8 21 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (4.98%) Service Analyst
8 21 (4.98%) Support Engineer
9 19 (4.50%) Quality Analyst
10 18 (4.27%) Consultant
10 18 (4.27%) Data Quality Analyst
10 18 (4.27%) IT Support
11 17 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
12 16 (3.79%) Service Desk Analyst
12 16 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (3.55%) Applications Support
13 15 (3.55%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.79%) XML
2 11 (2.61%) .NET
3 7 (1.66%) React
4 5 (1.18%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.18%) HTML
4 5 (1.18%) Kafka
4 5 (1.18%) REST
5 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (0.95%) OAuth
5 4 (0.95%) OAuth2
5 4 (0.95%) OpenID
5 4 (0.95%) SAML
6 3 (0.71%) CSS
6 3 (0.71%) JSON
6 3 (0.71%) PySpark
6 3 (0.71%) Spring
6 3 (0.71%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.47%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.47%) Laravel
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.98%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.27%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.79%) NHS
3 16 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.55%) Cloud Native
5 14 (3.32%) Driving Licence
5 14 (3.32%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.61%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.37%) CMDB
8 10 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.13%) Life Science
10 8 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.90%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.42%) Clustering
12 5 (1.18%) IoT
12 5 (1.18%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.95%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 78 (18.48%) Windows
2 38 (9.00%) Windows Server
3 24 (5.69%) Linux
4 5 (1.18%) Debian
4 5 (1.18%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.18%) Unix
4 5 (1.18%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.47%) VMS
6 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.24%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (20.14%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (16.82%) Agile
3 65 (15.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 57 (13.51%) ITIL
5 52 (12.32%) Cybersecurity
6 51 (12.09%) Validation
7 45 (10.66%) Migration
8 42 (9.95%) DevOps
9 34 (8.06%) Project Delivery
10 33 (7.82%) Business Intelligence
10 33 (7.82%) Computer Science
10 33 (7.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (6.87%) Customer Service
11 29 (6.87%) Inventory Management
11 29 (6.87%) Project Management
11 29 (6.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 28 (6.64%) ERP
12 28 (6.64%) Mentoring
13 27 (6.40%) Change Management
13 27 (6.40%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 72 (17.06%) SQL
2 35 (8.29%) Python
3 34 (8.06%) PowerShell
4 22 (5.21%) C#
5 18 (4.27%) Java
6 16 (3.79%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.08%) C
7 13 (3.08%) VBA
8 8 (1.90%) Bash
8 8 (1.90%) PHP
9 3 (0.71%) Bicep
9 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.47%) C++
10 2 (0.47%) Go
10 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.47%) Perl
11 1 (0.24%) R
11 1 (0.24%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (24.64%) Degree
2 51 (12.09%) Security Cleared
3 35 (8.29%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.11%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (6.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 27 (6.40%) CISSP
7 25 (5.92%) CCNP
8 23 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (4.27%) CISM
10 16 (3.79%) DV Cleared
11 15 (3.55%) Numerate Degree
12 13 (3.08%) CCIE
13 10 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.90%) CCNA
14 8 (1.90%) CCSA
14 8 (1.90%) CCSE
15 7 (1.66%) Azure Certification
15 7 (1.66%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (1.66%) HNC
16 5 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.24%) Data Quality
1 39 (9.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.03%) ISO 9001
3 16 (3.79%) GDPR
4 15 (3.55%) NIST
4 15 (3.55%) QA
5 14 (3.32%) SLA
6 12 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.90%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (1.90%) SOC 2
8 7 (1.66%) MiFID
8 7 (1.66%) PMO
9 5 (1.18%) GRC
10 4 (0.95%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.47%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.47%) UCITS
12 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 58 (13.74%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (5.45%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.90%) Firmware
5 6 (1.42%) Docker
6 5 (1.18%) Kamailio
6 5 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.24%) Ceph
8 1 (0.24%) Lustre
8 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.24%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 17 (4.03%) SCCM
2 16 (3.79%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.32%) Terraform
4 9 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.66%) Ansible
5 7 (1.66%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (1.18%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (0.95%) CSIRT
7 4 (0.95%) Grafana
7 4 (0.95%) Nagios
7 4 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.71%) cPanel
8 3 (0.71%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.71%) Nessus
8 3 (0.71%) Plesk
9 1 (0.24%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.24%) Kibana
9 1 (0.24%) SCOM
9 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 141 (33.41%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.11%) Cisco
3 28 (6.64%) VMware
4 19 (4.50%) Oracle
5 14 (3.32%) CheckPoint
5 14 (3.32%) F5
6 11 (2.61%) SolarWinds
7 9 (2.13%) Blue Prism
7 9 (2.13%) Fortinet
7 9 (2.13%) Pega
8 8 (1.90%) Juniper
8 8 (1.90%) Palo Alto
8 8 (1.90%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.90%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.66%) Qualys
9 7 (1.66%) Veeam
10 6 (1.42%) Citrix
10 6 (1.42%) iManage
10 6 (1.42%) Intapp
11 5 (1.18%) Carbon Black