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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 535 426
Rank change year-on-year +187 -109 +114
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 371 269 396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.75% 0.34% 0.66%
As % of the General category 1.09% 0.60% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 258 157 310
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,300 £31,700
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,938
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -18.18%

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 33,907 44,547 39,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 68.56% 57.03% 65.66%
Number of salaries quoted 17,683 23,133 28,629
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,750 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,700 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,627
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,985
% change year-on-year -10.00% -1.93% +0.96%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills 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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Top 15 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 18 September 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 +185 354 £53,500 -17.69% 262
UK excluding London +183 227 £45,000 +5.88% 239
London +72 121 £67,250 -7.24% 59
Work from Home +72 119 £55,750 -10.80% 112
North of England +53 67 £42,500 +20.14% 49
South East +74 61 £60,000 +41.18% 69
Midlands +75 57 £44,500 +8.54% 41
Yorkshire +52 36 £42,500 +34.92% 17
West Midlands +61 35 £51,447 -6.46% 18
North West +16 27 £39,750 -0.63% 28
East of England +2 24 £54,000 +86.21% 35
East Midlands +42 22 £42,500 +6.25% 22
South West +81 16 £40,000 -5.88% 28
North East +21 4 £25,000 -30.56% 4
Scotland +41 3 - - 18

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (7.28%) SharePoint
2 25 (6.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.50%) Confluence
4 2 (0.54%) Apache
4 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.54%) Liferay
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 52 (14.02%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (4.04%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (3.23%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.89%) Oracle Cash Management
3 7 (1.89%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.62%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (1.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (1.35%) Oracle Assets
5 5 (1.35%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.35%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (1.35%) SAP IBP
5 5 (1.35%) SAP PP
6 4 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (1.08%) PlanetPress Connect
6 4 (1.08%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.81%) SAP EHS
7 3 (0.81%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.54%) Bloomberg AIM
8 2 (0.54%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 117 (31.54%) Azure
2 59 (15.90%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (11.59%) AWS
4 42 (11.32%) Power Platform
5 34 (9.16%) SaaS
6 23 (6.20%) Entra ID
7 20 (5.39%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (5.12%) IaaS
9 17 (4.58%) Azure Data Factory
10 15 (4.04%) Power Automate
11 14 (3.77%) GitHub
11 14 (3.77%) PowerApps
12 13 (3.50%) GCP
12 13 (3.50%) PaaS
13 10 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.89%) Boomi
14 7 (1.89%) OCI
15 5 (1.35%) Azure AI
15 5 (1.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (13.75%) Firewall
2 33 (8.89%) VPN
3 28 (7.55%) DNS
3 28 (7.55%) TCP/IP
4 26 (7.01%) BGP
4 26 (7.01%) DHCP
5 23 (6.20%) LAN
6 18 (4.85%) OSPF
7 16 (4.31%) Network Security
8 14 (3.77%) MPLS
9 13 (3.50%) VLAN
10 12 (3.23%) WAN
11 8 (2.16%) Ethernet VPN
12 7 (1.89%) VoIP
13 6 (1.62%) SD-WAN
14 5 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (1.35%) DMZ
14 5 (1.35%) STUN
14 5 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (1.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.51%) SQL Server
2 29 (7.82%) Power BI
3 16 (4.31%) Tableau
4 15 (4.04%) BigQuery
5 12 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (2.70%) MySQL
6 10 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.62%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.35%) MariaDB
10 4 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.08%) FileMaker
11 3 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.81%) CockroachDB
11 3 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.81%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 17 (4.58%) JIRA
2 4 (1.08%) Git
2 4 (1.08%) Postman
3 2 (0.54%) GitLab
3 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 178 (47.98%) Social Skills
2 90 (24.26%) Finance
3 56 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.28%) Law
5 26 (7.01%) Legal
6 24 (6.47%) Banking
6 24 (6.47%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (5.66%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (4.04%) Advertising
10 14 (3.77%) Back Office
10 14 (3.77%) Telecoms
11 13 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (3.23%) Public Sector
13 10 (2.70%) Retail
14 7 (1.89%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.08%) Marketing
16 3 (0.81%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.81%) Publishing
17 2 (0.54%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 93 (25.07%) Analyst
2 46 (12.40%) Senior
3 37 (9.97%) Network Engineer
4 36 (9.70%) Developer
5 26 (7.01%) Architect
6 23 (6.20%) Business Analyst
7 22 (5.93%) Consultant
8 21 (5.66%) Data Analyst
9 20 (5.39%) Lead
9 20 (5.39%) Quality Analyst
10 19 (5.12%) Data Quality Analyst
11 17 (4.58%) Service Analyst
12 16 (4.31%) Service Desk Analyst
12 16 (4.31%) Support Engineer
13 15 (4.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (3.77%) Applications Support
14 14 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
15 13 (3.50%) Infrastructure Support
16 12 (3.23%) IT Support
17 11 (2.96%) Dynamics NAV Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.85%) XML
2 11 (2.96%) .NET
3 9 (2.43%) REST
4 7 (1.89%) HTML
4 7 (1.89%) React
5 6 (1.62%) Kafka
6 5 (1.35%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.35%) FreeSWITCH
7 4 (1.08%) SOAP
8 3 (0.81%) EDI
8 3 (0.81%) Spring
8 3 (0.81%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.54%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.54%) Flask
9 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.54%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.54%) Pandas
9 2 (0.54%) pytest
9 2 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.54%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.85%) Data Centre
2 14 (3.77%) Product Ownership
2 14 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.50%) Driving Licence
4 12 (3.23%) NHS
4 12 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.70%) CMDB
7 8 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (2.16%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.62%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.08%) Clustering
11 4 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.08%) IoT
11 4 (1.08%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.08%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.81%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 74 (19.95%) Windows
2 37 (9.97%) Windows Server
3 20 (5.39%) Linux
4 5 (1.35%) Debian
4 5 (1.35%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.54%) Unix
5 2 (0.54%) VMS
6 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.27%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (14.29%) Agile
3 51 (13.75%) ITIL
3 51 (13.75%) Migration
4 46 (12.40%) Business Intelligence
5 41 (11.05%) DevOps
6 40 (10.78%) Validation
7 38 (10.24%) Computer Science
8 37 (9.97%) Project Delivery
9 35 (9.43%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (8.89%) Incident Management
11 32 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 29 (7.82%) Inventory Management
13 27 (7.28%) Project Management
13 27 (7.28%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (6.47%) Time Management
15 23 (6.20%) Business Analysis
15 23 (6.20%) Data Cleansing
15 23 (6.20%) ERP
15 23 (6.20%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 74 (19.95%) SQL
2 41 (11.05%) Python
3 34 (9.16%) PowerShell
4 27 (7.28%) C#
5 15 (4.04%) Bash
5 15 (4.04%) Java
6 14 (3.77%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.50%) T-SQL
8 12 (3.23%) C
9 5 (1.35%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.08%) PHP
10 4 (1.08%) VBA
11 3 (0.81%) Perl
11 3 (0.81%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.54%) Bicep
12 2 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.27%) ABAP
13 1 (0.27%) Go
13 1 (0.27%) SPARQL
13 1 (0.27%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 83 (22.37%) Degree
2 55 (14.82%) Security Cleared
3 36 (9.70%) Cisco Certification
4 34 (9.16%) SC Cleared
5 30 (8.09%) CCNP
6 26 (7.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (4.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (4.58%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.04%) CCNA
10 13 (3.50%) Numerate Degree
11 10 (2.70%) CCIE
11 10 (2.70%) CISSP
11 10 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.62%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.62%) CCSA
12 6 (1.62%) CCSE
12 6 (1.62%) CISM
12 6 (1.62%) MCSA
12 6 (1.62%) MCSE
12 6 (1.62%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.20%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.85%) GDPR
4 17 (4.58%) ISO 9001
5 12 (3.23%) NIST
5 12 (3.23%) QA
6 11 (2.96%) SLA
7 9 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.89%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.62%) GRC
10 5 (1.35%) PMO
11 4 (1.08%) Accessibility
11 4 (1.08%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.81%) MiFID
12 3 (0.81%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.81%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.54%) COBIT
13 2 (0.54%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.54%) UCITS
System Software
1 52 (14.02%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (5.12%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.62%) Docker
4 6 (1.62%) Firmware
5 5 (1.35%) Kamailio
5 5 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (4.04%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.77%) SCCM
3 12 (3.23%) Terraform
4 10 (2.70%) Nagios
5 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.62%) Ansible
7 5 (1.35%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (1.35%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (1.08%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.54%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.54%) Kibana
10 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 135 (36.39%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.51%) Cisco
3 31 (8.36%) VMware
4 22 (5.93%) Oracle
5 14 (3.77%) CheckPoint
5 14 (3.77%) F5
5 14 (3.77%) Fortinet
5 14 (3.77%) SAP
6 13 (3.50%) Citrix
6 13 (3.50%) SolarWinds
7 9 (2.43%) Dell
8 8 (2.16%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.89%) Juniper
10 6 (1.62%) Google
10 6 (1.62%) Meraki
11 5 (1.35%) Arista
11 5 (1.35%) Intapp
12 4 (1.08%) Carbon Black
12 4 (1.08%) Darktrace
12 4 (1.08%) Palo Alto