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 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 467 401
Rank change year-on-year +137 -66 +109
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 417 189 513
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.45% 0.60%
As % of the General category 1.04% 0.63% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 263 113 448
10th Percentile £31,050 £32,100 £26,175
25th Percentile £39,375 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,200
Median % change year-on-year - +7.42% -14.67%
75th Percentile £74,375 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -9.52%

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 40,288 29,868 52,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 53.45% 70.60% 61.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,076 15,518 37,584
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,398 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.12% +10.31% -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 20 March 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 20 March 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 +132 379 £55,000 - 189
UK excluding London +116 271 £45,000 -5.26% 158
London +50 129 £76,750 +21.83% 54
Work from Home +61 106 £55,000 +4.76% 85
South East +46 76 £47,500 +2.70% 53
Midlands -7 58 £55,000 +10.00% 36
North of England -15 50 £45,000 +7.14% 33
East of England +17 38 £31,435 -37.13% 21
West Midlands +6 30 £60,000 -4.00% 22
South West -17 27 £45,000 +38.46% 12
East Midlands -33 27 £45,000 - 14
North West -7 24 £45,000 -18.18% 22
Yorkshire -32 20 £34,000 -19.05% 9
Scotland -7 13 £35,000 - 9
Northern Ireland - 7 - -
North East -21 6 £45,000 +42.86% 2
Wales -22 2 £48,000 -1.54% 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 26 (6.24%) SharePoint
2 22 (5.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.20%) Confluence
5 4 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.96%) IIS
5 4 (0.96%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.96%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.48%) WordPress
7 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
Applications
1 51 (12.23%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.92%) AutoCAD
4 7 (1.68%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.24%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.48%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.24%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.24%) PlanetPress Connect
4 1 (0.24%) Postilion
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.24%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 150 (35.97%) Azure
2 81 (19.42%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (11.27%) AWS
4 38 (9.11%) Power Platform
5 36 (8.63%) Entra ID
6 29 (6.95%) SaaS
7 24 (5.76%) Power Automate
8 15 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (3.36%) PaaS
10 12 (2.88%) dbt
10 12 (2.88%) GCP
10 12 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (2.64%) IaaS
11 11 (2.64%) PowerApps
12 10 (2.40%) ChatGPT
12 10 (2.40%) Microsoft Purview
13 9 (2.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (1.44%) OpenShift
16 5 (1.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (9.83%) DNS
2 40 (9.59%) Firewall
3 34 (8.15%) DHCP
4 28 (6.71%) TCP/IP
5 26 (6.24%) VPN
6 22 (5.28%) VLAN
7 14 (3.36%) LAN
8 13 (3.12%) WAN
9 12 (2.88%) Network Security
9 12 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (2.16%) SAN
11 6 (1.44%) DMZ
11 6 (1.44%) TETRA
11 6 (1.44%) VoIP
12 5 (1.20%) NAS
12 5 (1.20%) NetScaler
12 5 (1.20%) Reverse Proxy
12 5 (1.20%) STUN
13 4 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (0.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.83%) SQL Server
2 29 (6.95%) Power BI
3 16 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.88%) Data Lake
4 12 (2.88%) Metabase
4 12 (2.88%) Metadata
5 10 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.96%) Big Data
9 4 (0.96%) Metadata Repository
9 4 (0.96%) MySQL
10 3 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.72%) Power Query
11 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.48%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (5.76%) Git
2 20 (4.80%) JIRA
3 15 (3.60%) Visual Studio
4 9 (2.16%) GitLab
5 6 (1.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (1.20%) Subversion
7 3 (0.72%) Selenium
8 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.48%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.48%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.24%) Postman
9 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 243 (58.27%) Social Skills
2 92 (22.06%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (20.62%) Finance
4 40 (9.59%) Legal
5 34 (8.15%) Retail
6 32 (7.67%) Banking
7 30 (7.19%) Manufacturing
8 21 (5.04%) Law
9 19 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.36%) German Language
10 14 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (3.12%) Electronics
11 13 (3.12%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.92%) Automotive
12 8 (1.92%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.68%) Advertising
14 6 (1.44%) Billing
14 6 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 87 (20.86%) Analyst
2 63 (15.11%) Senior
3 46 (11.03%) IT Support
4 33 (7.91%) Lead
5 32 (7.67%) Architect
5 32 (7.67%) Support Analyst
6 27 (6.47%) Business Analyst
7 23 (5.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (5.28%) IT Analyst
9 18 (4.32%) Consultant
10 17 (4.08%) IT Support Analyst
10 17 (4.08%) Support Engineer
11 16 (3.84%) Security Engineer
12 15 (3.60%) Financial Analyst
13 14 (3.36%) Applications Support
13 14 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
14 13 (3.12%) Applications Support Analyst
14 13 (3.12%) Systems Analyst
14 13 (3.12%) Systems Support
14 13 (3.12%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.12%) REST
2 11 (2.64%) .NET
3 8 (1.92%) SOAP
4 7 (1.68%) JSON
5 6 (1.44%) PySpark
6 5 (1.20%) ARM Templates
6 5 (1.20%) FreeSWITCH
6 5 (1.20%) Jinja
6 5 (1.20%) Middleware
6 5 (1.20%) YAML
7 4 (0.96%) HTML
8 3 (0.72%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.72%) CSS
8 3 (0.72%) React
8 3 (0.72%) XML
9 2 (0.48%) Kafka
9 2 (0.48%) Laravel
9 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.48%) OAuth
9 2 (0.48%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (4.56%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.84%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.60%) Driving Licence
5 14 (3.36%) Low-Code
6 13 (3.12%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.88%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.40%) Data Centre
9 10 (2.40%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.16%) Cloud Native
10 9 (2.16%) Life Science
11 8 (1.92%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.68%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (1.20%) Algorithms
13 5 (1.20%) CCTV
13 5 (1.20%) Fixed Income
13 5 (1.20%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 70 (16.79%) Windows
2 51 (12.23%) Windows Server
3 34 (8.15%) Linux
4 8 (1.92%) Unix
5 6 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.20%) Debian
6 5 (1.20%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.20%) VMS
6 5 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.96%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.96%) CentOS
8 1 (0.24%) Android
8 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (28.06%) Continuous Improvement
2 115 (27.58%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (17.27%) Agile
4 56 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (12.47%) ITIL
6 51 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
7 44 (10.55%) Project Delivery
8 43 (10.31%) AI
9 42 (10.07%) Change Management
10 35 (8.39%) Analytics
11 32 (7.67%) CI/CD
11 32 (7.67%) Roadmaps
11 32 (7.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 31 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
12 31 (7.43%) ERP
13 30 (7.19%) Project Management
14 29 (6.95%) Data Analysis
14 29 (6.95%) Process Improvement
15 27 (6.47%) Business Analysis
15 27 (6.47%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (14.63%) SQL
2 41 (9.83%) PowerShell
2 41 (9.83%) Python
3 15 (3.60%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.88%) Bash
5 10 (2.40%) C#
6 9 (2.16%) Java
6 9 (2.16%) VBA
7 6 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.44%) PHP
7 6 (1.44%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.20%) C++
8 5 (1.20%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.48%) C
11 1 (0.24%) ABAP
11 1 (0.24%) Bicep
11 1 (0.24%) Go
11 1 (0.24%) VB
11 1 (0.24%) VB6
Qualifications
1 97 (23.26%) Degree
2 39 (9.35%) Security Cleared
3 27 (6.47%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (6.00%) CISSP
5 24 (5.76%) SC Cleared
6 15 (3.60%) CISM
7 14 (3.36%) Numerate Degree
8 13 (3.12%) Azure Certification
9 11 (2.64%) CEH
10 10 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (1.92%) IIBA
12 8 (1.92%) PMI Certification
12 8 (1.92%) PMP
13 7 (1.68%) Master's Degree
14 6 (1.44%) CCIE
14 6 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (1.44%) HNC
14 6 (1.44%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.07%) Data Quality
2 25 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (5.76%) QA
4 18 (4.32%) SLA
5 12 (2.88%) GDPR
6 11 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.16%) NIST
8 7 (1.68%) GRC
8 7 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (1.44%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (1.20%) MiFID
11 4 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.96%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.72%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.72%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.48%) COBIT
13 2 (0.48%) GAAP
13 2 (0.48%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 68 (16.31%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.60%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.92%) Docker
5 6 (1.44%) vSphere
6 5 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.96%) Firmware
8 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.24%) Ceph
9 1 (0.24%) KVM
9 1 (0.24%) Lustre
9 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.24%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 14 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.64%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.64%) Terraform
3 10 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.16%) SCCM
5 6 (1.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.44%) Ansible
5 6 (1.44%) Nagios
5 6 (1.44%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.20%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.20%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.96%) Control-M
7 4 (0.96%) Grafana
7 4 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.96%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.72%) cPanel
8 3 (0.72%) Plesk
9 2 (0.48%) Nessus
9 2 (0.48%) Netcool
9 2 (0.48%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 128 (30.70%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.95%) VMware
3 23 (5.52%) Cisco
4 21 (5.04%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.32%) Citrix
6 16 (3.84%) SAP
7 14 (3.36%) Pega
8 13 (3.12%) SolarWinds
9 10 (2.40%) Blue Prism
9 10 (2.40%) iManage
9 10 (2.40%) Salesforce
9 10 (2.40%) Veeam
10 9 (2.16%) Alteryx
10 9 (2.16%) UiPath
11 8 (1.92%) Anaplan
11 8 (1.92%) Databricks
11 8 (1.92%) Oracle
12 6 (1.44%) MuleSoft
12 6 (1.44%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.44%) Red Hat