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 14 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 440 416
Rank change year-on-year +89 -24 +65
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 435 206 533
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.50% 0.57%
As % of the General category 0.99% 0.71% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 265 133 463
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £51,200
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +4.49% -14.67%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - +4.40%

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 43,861 29,152 56,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 51.72% 70.78% 60.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,788 15,823 39,176
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,200 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,055 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.10% +5.38% -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 14 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Top 17 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 14 April 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 +82 386 £55,000 +1.38% 168
UK excluding London +77 288 £47,500 - 137
London +29 130 £75,000 +19.05% 53
Work from Home +55 108 £55,000 -2.22% 64
South East +27 79 £48,000 -12.73% 43
Midlands -23 55 £55,000 +6.91% 31
North of England -20 53 £45,000 +7.14% 22
East of England -3 40 £32,500 -33.33% 20
West Midlands -17 33 £60,000 +16.62% 22
South West -35 28 £45,000 +12.50% 14
North West -9 27 £45,000 -18.18% 11
East Midlands -38 21 £55,000 +13.40% 9
Yorkshire -51 20 £34,000 -19.05% 7
Northern Ireland - 18 - - 2
Scotland - 13 £35,000 - 6
North East -29 6 £45,000 +42.86% 6
Wales -28 2 £50,250 +3.08% 1

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 23 (5.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 23 (5.29%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.92%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.92%) IIS
3 4 (0.92%) WebSphere
3 4 (0.92%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (0.69%) Confluence
5 2 (0.46%) WordPress
6 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
Applications
1 45 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.37%) AutoCAD
3 16 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.23%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.23%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.46%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.46%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.46%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.23%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.23%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.23%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.23%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 149 (34.25%) Azure
2 90 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (10.34%) AWS
3 45 (10.34%) Power Platform
4 39 (8.97%) Entra ID
5 27 (6.21%) Power Automate
5 27 (6.21%) SaaS
6 16 (3.68%) dbt
7 15 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.22%) PaaS
9 12 (2.76%) Microsoft Copilot
9 12 (2.76%) PowerApps
10 11 (2.53%) IaaS
11 10 (2.30%) ChatGPT
11 10 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
12 9 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (2.07%) GCP
13 8 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (1.38%) OpenShift
15 5 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 45 (10.34%) DNS
2 44 (10.11%) Firewall
3 34 (7.82%) DHCP
4 30 (6.90%) VPN
5 26 (5.98%) TCP/IP
6 22 (5.06%) VLAN
7 17 (3.91%) TETRA
7 17 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (3.68%) WAN
9 13 (2.99%) LAN
9 13 (2.99%) Network Security
10 10 (2.30%) VoIP
11 8 (1.84%) NAS
12 7 (1.61%) SAN
13 6 (1.38%) DMZ
14 5 (1.15%) NetScaler
14 5 (1.15%) Reverse Proxy
14 5 (1.15%) STUN
15 4 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (0.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.97%) SQL Server
2 36 (8.28%) Power BI
3 16 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.22%) Metadata
5 12 (2.76%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.76%) Metabase
6 10 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.38%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.92%) Big Data
10 4 (0.92%) Metadata Repository
10 4 (0.92%) MySQL
11 3 (0.69%) Looker
11 3 (0.69%) Power Query
11 3 (0.69%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 24 (5.52%) Git
2 18 (4.14%) JIRA
3 15 (3.45%) Visual Studio
4 9 (2.07%) GitLab
5 6 (1.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (1.15%) Subversion
7 3 (0.69%) Selenium
8 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.46%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.46%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.23%) JMeter
9 1 (0.23%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.23%) Postman
9 1 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
General
1 241 (55.40%) Social Skills
2 91 (20.92%) Finance
3 85 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.20%) Retail
5 37 (8.51%) Legal
6 36 (8.28%) Banking
7 32 (7.36%) Manufacturing
8 23 (5.29%) Law
9 21 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (3.91%) Electronics
12 15 (3.45%) Telecoms
13 14 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (2.76%) German Language
15 8 (1.84%) Automotive
15 8 (1.84%) Public Sector
16 7 (1.61%) Advertising
16 7 (1.61%) Marketing
17 6 (1.38%) Billing
18 5 (1.15%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 91 (20.92%) Analyst
2 57 (13.10%) Senior
3 50 (11.49%) IT Support
4 39 (8.97%) Support Analyst
5 36 (8.28%) Lead
6 29 (6.67%) Architect
7 25 (5.75%) Business Analyst
7 25 (5.75%) IT Analyst
8 22 (5.06%) Support Engineer
9 21 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (4.60%) IT Support Analyst
11 19 (4.37%) Consultant
12 17 (3.91%) Audio Visual Engineer
12 17 (3.91%) Design Engineer
12 17 (3.91%) RF Design Engineer
12 17 (3.91%) RF Engineer
12 17 (3.91%) Security Engineer
13 16 (3.68%) Financial Analyst
14 15 (3.45%) Applications Support Analyst
14 15 (3.45%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.99%) REST
2 10 (2.30%) .NET
3 8 (1.84%) SOAP
4 7 (1.61%) JSON
5 6 (1.38%) PySpark
6 5 (1.15%) ARM Templates
6 5 (1.15%) FreeSWITCH
6 5 (1.15%) Jinja
6 5 (1.15%) Middleware
6 5 (1.15%) YAML
7 3 (0.69%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.69%) CSS
7 3 (0.69%) HTML
7 3 (0.69%) Kafka
7 3 (0.69%) React
8 2 (0.46%) Laravel
8 2 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.46%) WPF
9 1 (0.23%) jQuery
9 1 (0.23%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.83%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (3.91%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.68%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.45%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.22%) Low-Code
6 13 (2.99%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.53%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.07%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.07%) Life Science
10 8 (1.84%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.84%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.61%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.38%) CCTV
12 6 (1.38%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (1.38%) Fixed Income
13 5 (1.15%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.15%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 73 (16.78%) Windows
2 51 (11.72%) Windows Server
3 33 (7.59%) Linux
4 8 (1.84%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.38%) Unix
6 5 (1.15%) Debian
6 5 (1.15%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.15%) VMS
6 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.92%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.92%) CentOS
8 1 (0.23%) Android
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (30.80%) Continuous Improvement
2 113 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (14.94%) Agile
3 65 (14.94%) ITIL
4 58 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (12.18%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (10.57%) Change Management
7 45 (10.34%) Project Delivery
8 43 (9.89%) AI
9 40 (9.20%) Analytics
10 38 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
11 36 (8.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 34 (7.82%) CI/CD
13 32 (7.36%) Incident Management
14 31 (7.13%) ERP
15 30 (6.90%) Data Modelling
16 29 (6.67%) Data Analysis
16 29 (6.67%) Process Improvement
16 29 (6.67%) Project Management
16 29 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 68 (15.63%) SQL
2 45 (10.34%) Python
3 44 (10.11%) PowerShell
4 15 (3.45%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.22%) Bash
6 9 (2.07%) C#
6 9 (2.07%) Java
6 9 (2.07%) VBA
7 6 (1.38%) C++
7 6 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.38%) PHP
7 6 (1.38%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.15%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.69%) Bicep
9 3 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.23%) Go
10 1 (0.23%) Groovy
10 1 (0.23%) R
10 1 (0.23%) VB
10 1 (0.23%) VB6
Qualifications
1 95 (21.84%) Degree
2 45 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 26 (5.98%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.52%) CISSP
5 18 (4.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (3.45%) CISM
7 13 (2.99%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (2.53%) CEH
9 11 (2.53%) Numerate Degree
10 8 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.84%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.84%) IIBA
10 8 (1.84%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.84%) PMP
11 7 (1.61%) DBS Check
11 7 (1.61%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (1.15%) CCIE
13 5 (1.15%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.11%) Data Quality
2 33 (7.59%) QA
3 25 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (5.29%) SLA
5 11 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.30%) GDPR
7 9 (2.07%) NIST
8 7 (1.61%) GRC
8 7 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (1.38%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.92%) MiFID
11 4 (0.92%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.69%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.69%) GAAP
12 3 (0.69%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 2 (0.46%) COBIT
System Software
1 70 (16.09%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.99%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.07%) Docker
5 6 (1.38%) vSphere
6 5 (1.15%) Firmware
6 5 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.69%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.69%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.46%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.23%) Ceph
9 1 (0.23%) KVM
9 1 (0.23%) Lustre
9 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.23%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 14 (3.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (3.22%) Terraform
2 11 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.53%) SCCM
2 11 (2.53%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 6 (1.38%) Ansible
3 6 (1.38%) Nagios
3 6 (1.38%) vCenter Server
4 5 (1.15%) Backup Exec
4 5 (1.15%) Grafana
4 5 (1.15%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.92%) Control-M
5 4 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.92%) SolarWinds Orion
6 3 (0.69%) cPanel
6 3 (0.69%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.69%) Plesk
7 2 (0.46%) Nessus
7 2 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 133 (30.57%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.36%) VMware
3 23 (5.29%) Cisco
4 20 (4.60%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.37%) Citrix
6 17 (3.91%) SAP
7 14 (3.22%) Pega
8 13 (2.99%) SolarWinds
9 11 (2.53%) Salesforce
10 10 (2.30%) Blue Prism
10 10 (2.30%) iManage
11 9 (2.07%) Alteryx
11 9 (2.07%) Databricks
12 8 (1.84%) Anaplan
12 8 (1.84%) UiPath
12 8 (1.84%) Veeam
13 7 (1.61%) MuleSoft
13 7 (1.61%) Oracle
14 6 (1.38%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.38%) Red Hat