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 28 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 500 420
Rank change year-on-year +180 -80 +54
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 382 199 403
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.38% 0.59%
As % of the General category 1.05% 0.56% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 251 96 365
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,995 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,547 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £86,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,250 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -4.76%

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 36,267 35,285 41,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.48% 67.32% 61.58%
Number of salaries quoted 19,585 15,811 31,178
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,375 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +8.25% -7.62%

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 28 January 2026.

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 28 January 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 +182 354 £55,000 -12.00% 177
UK excluding London +156 242 £46,250 -2.63% 161
Work from Home +92 126 £55,000 - 75
London +93 124 £77,125 +6.38% 48
South East +83 75 £47,750 +0.53% 59
Midlands +34 62 £55,000 +5.77% 28
North of England +32 43 £45,000 -0.84% 37
West Midlands +36 33 £60,000 -4.00% 20
East Midlands +7 28 £45,000 -7.22% 7
East of England +41 27 £30,370 -23.25% 12
North West +24 21 £45,000 -0.84% 21
South West +16 21 £55,000 +74.60% 18
Yorkshire -6 20 £34,000 -19.05% 10
Scotland +5 12 £35,000 - 7
North East -3 2 £61,750 +51.53% 6
Wales -5 2 £48,000 +1.05% 2

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 (7.07%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.36%) Confluence
4 5 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.79%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.79%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.52%) WordPress
7 1 (0.26%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 60 (15.71%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.14%) MS Visio
3 10 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.26%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.31%) PlanetPress Connect
3 2 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.52%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.26%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.26%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.26%) Postilion
4 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 135 (35.34%) Azure
2 75 (19.63%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (11.26%) AWS
4 30 (7.85%) Entra ID
4 30 (7.85%) Power Platform
5 28 (7.33%) SaaS
6 18 (4.71%) Power Automate
7 15 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.66%) PowerApps
9 12 (3.14%) PaaS
10 11 (2.88%) GCP
10 11 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (2.62%) ChatGPT
12 9 (2.36%) IaaS
12 9 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.57%) dbt
14 6 (1.57%) iPaaS
14 6 (1.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 49 (12.83%) Firewall
2 39 (10.21%) DNS
3 34 (8.90%) DHCP
4 30 (7.85%) VPN
5 28 (7.33%) TCP/IP
6 21 (5.50%) LAN
6 21 (5.50%) VLAN
7 15 (3.93%) Network Security
7 15 (3.93%) WAN
8 14 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (2.88%) BGP
10 10 (2.62%) SAN
11 8 (2.09%) OSPF
11 8 (2.09%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.83%) Wireless
13 6 (1.57%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.57%) Wireshark
14 4 (1.05%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.05%) DMZ
14 4 (1.05%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.64%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.97%) Power BI
3 11 (2.88%) Metadata
4 10 (2.62%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.57%) Metabase
7 6 (1.57%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.05%) Metadata Repository
8 4 (1.05%) MySQL
9 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.52%) Big Data
10 2 (0.52%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.52%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 16 (4.19%) JIRA
2 13 (3.40%) Git
3 8 (2.09%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.31%) Subversion
5 4 (1.05%) Postman
6 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.52%) Selenium
6 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.52%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.26%) GitLab
7 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 205 (53.66%) Social Skills
2 85 (22.25%) Finance
3 80 (20.94%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.47%) Legal
5 36 (9.42%) Banking
6 32 (8.38%) Retail
7 20 (5.24%) Law
7 20 (5.24%) Manufacturing
8 19 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.40%) German Language
10 11 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.36%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.09%) Automotive
14 7 (1.83%) Electronics
15 5 (1.31%) Advertising
15 5 (1.31%) Back Office
15 5 (1.31%) Marketing
15 5 (1.31%) Public Sector
15 5 (1.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 80 (20.94%) Analyst
2 67 (17.54%) Senior
3 35 (9.16%) IT Support
4 32 (8.38%) Architect
5 27 (7.07%) Business Analyst
6 26 (6.81%) Lead
7 24 (6.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (5.24%) Network Engineer
9 19 (4.97%) IT Analyst
9 19 (4.97%) Support Engineer
10 16 (4.19%) Service Analyst
10 16 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.93%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (3.66%) Support Analyst
13 13 (3.40%) Applications Support
13 13 (3.40%) Security Engineer
14 12 (3.14%) Service Desk Analyst
15 11 (2.88%) Lead Designer
15 11 (2.88%) Project Manager
15 11 (2.88%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.40%) REST
2 11 (2.88%) .NET
3 7 (1.83%) SOAP
4 6 (1.57%) PySpark
5 5 (1.31%) Middleware
6 4 (1.05%) HTML
6 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.05%) OAuth
6 4 (1.05%) OAuth2
6 4 (1.05%) OpenID
6 4 (1.05%) React
6 4 (1.05%) SAML
6 4 (1.05%) XML
7 3 (0.79%) CSS
7 3 (0.79%) FreeSWITCH
7 3 (0.79%) Kafka
8 2 (0.52%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.52%) JSON
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.24%) Analytical Mindset
1 20 (5.24%) Onboarding
2 18 (4.71%) Data Centre
3 15 (3.93%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.40%) Low-Code
5 13 (3.40%) Mobile App
6 12 (3.14%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.14%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.88%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.36%) Life Science
8 9 (2.36%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.09%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.09%) Clustering
9 8 (2.09%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.57%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.31%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.31%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 71 (18.59%) Windows
2 42 (10.99%) Windows Server
3 23 (6.02%) Linux
4 7 (1.83%) Unix
5 5 (1.31%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.05%) VMS
7 3 (0.79%) Debian
7 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (24.87%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (22.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 61 (15.97%) Agile
3 61 (15.97%) ITIL
4 50 (13.09%) Cybersecurity
5 44 (11.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (9.16%) AI
7 34 (8.90%) Change Management
8 31 (8.12%) Analytics
9 30 (7.85%) Roadmaps
9 30 (7.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (7.59%) Project Delivery
11 27 (7.07%) Project Management
12 26 (6.81%) Business Analysis
12 26 (6.81%) Data Analysis
12 26 (6.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (6.81%) Process Improvement
12 26 (6.81%) Validation
13 25 (6.54%) Incident Response
13 25 (6.54%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 52 (13.61%) SQL
2 37 (9.69%) PowerShell
3 25 (6.54%) Python
4 16 (4.19%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.40%) VBA
6 12 (3.14%) C#
7 9 (2.36%) Java
8 6 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (1.31%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.05%) Bash
10 4 (1.05%) PHP
10 4 (1.05%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.52%) Bicep
11 2 (0.52%) C
11 2 (0.52%) C++
11 2 (0.52%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) Perl
12 1 (0.26%) R
12 1 (0.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 94 (24.61%) Degree
2 37 (9.69%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 26 (6.81%) CISSP
4 22 (5.76%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (5.50%) SC Cleared
6 18 (4.71%) CCNP
7 17 (4.45%) CISM
8 13 (3.40%) Numerate Degree
9 11 (2.88%) Azure Certification
10 10 (2.62%) CCIE
10 10 (2.62%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (2.09%) CEH
12 8 (2.09%) IIBA
12 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (2.09%) PMI Certification
12 8 (2.09%) PMP
13 7 (1.83%) CCSA
13 7 (1.83%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.12%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (5.50%) QA
4 19 (4.97%) GDPR
4 19 (4.97%) SLA
5 12 (3.14%) NIST
6 11 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (2.09%) GRC
7 8 (2.09%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.83%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (1.31%) MiFID
10 5 (1.31%) PMO
11 4 (1.05%) ISO 20022
11 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.79%) COBIT
12 3 (0.79%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.26%) GAAP
13 1 (0.26%) GxP
System Software
1 62 (16.23%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.19%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.31%) Docker
4 5 (1.31%) Firmware
4 5 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.52%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.52%) vSphere
6 1 (0.26%) Ceph
6 1 (0.26%) Lustre
6 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.26%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 16 (4.19%) SCCM
2 12 (3.14%) Terraform
3 11 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.83%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (1.31%) Dell DRAC
7 5 (1.31%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.05%) Ansible
8 4 (1.05%) Control-M
8 4 (1.05%) Grafana
8 4 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.05%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.79%) cPanel
9 3 (0.79%) Nagios
9 3 (0.79%) Nessus
9 3 (0.79%) Plesk
10 2 (0.52%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.52%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 129 (33.77%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.07%) Cisco
3 25 (6.54%) VMware
4 18 (4.71%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.66%) SAP
6 12 (3.14%) Citrix
6 12 (3.14%) Oracle
6 12 (3.14%) Pega
7 11 (2.88%) CheckPoint
7 11 (2.88%) F5
7 11 (2.88%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.88%) SolarWinds
7 11 (2.88%) Veeam
8 10 (2.62%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.36%) Alteryx
9 9 (2.36%) Blue Prism
10 8 (2.09%) Anaplan
10 8 (2.09%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.09%) UiPath
11 7 (1.83%) Databricks