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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 478 419
Rank change year-on-year +148 -59 +66
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 403 197 452
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.42% 0.58%
As % of the General category 1.04% 0.61% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 265 106 402
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,610 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.03% +5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,875 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -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 38,784 32,438 48,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 55.34% 69.40% 61.60%
Number of salaries quoted 21,092 15,270 35,328
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -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 1 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 1 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 +167 371 £55,000 -5.98% 218
UK excluding London +135 263 £45,000 -5.26% 189
Work from Home +69 123 £55,000 - 103
London +65 122 £75,000 +15.38% 70
South East +55 78 £47,500 +2.70% 73
Midlands +21 61 £55,000 +10.00% 33
North of England +5 48 £45,000 +4.19% 37
East of England +30 34 £30,370 -39.26% 16
West Midlands +26 32 £60,000 +20.00% 22
East Midlands -13 28 £45,000 - 11
South West -1 26 £48,000 +52.38% 17
North West +8 22 £45,000 -10.34% 19
Yorkshire -23 20 £34,000 -19.05% 13
Scotland 0 13 £35,000 - 14
North East -5 6 £45,000 +42.86% 5
Wales -11 2 £48,000 -1.54% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 25 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 21 (5.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.49%) Confluence
5 4 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.99%) IIS
5 4 (0.99%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.99%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.50%) WordPress
7 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
Applications
1 53 (13.15%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.99%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.25%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.25%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.99%) PlanetPress Connect
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.50%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.25%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.25%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.25%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 148 (36.72%) Azure
2 77 (19.11%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (11.17%) AWS
4 35 (8.68%) Power Platform
5 32 (7.94%) Entra ID
6 29 (7.20%) SaaS
7 22 (5.46%) Power Automate
8 15 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (3.47%) PaaS
10 13 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (2.98%) GCP
11 12 (2.98%) IaaS
11 12 (2.98%) PowerApps
12 11 (2.73%) Microsoft Copilot
13 10 (2.48%) ChatGPT
13 10 (2.48%) dbt
14 9 (2.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (2.23%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (1.24%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.24%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 47 (11.66%) Firewall
2 43 (10.67%) DNS
3 39 (9.68%) DHCP
4 32 (7.94%) TCP/IP
5 29 (7.20%) VPN
6 27 (6.70%) VLAN
7 15 (3.72%) LAN
8 13 (3.23%) Network Security
8 13 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (2.98%) WAN
10 10 (2.48%) SAN
11 6 (1.49%) DMZ
11 6 (1.49%) VoIP
12 5 (1.24%) BGP
12 5 (1.24%) Reverse Proxy
12 5 (1.24%) SD-WAN
12 5 (1.24%) STUN
12 5 (1.24%) Wireless
13 4 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 26 (6.45%) Power BI
3 15 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.98%) Data Lake
4 12 (2.98%) Metadata
5 10 (2.48%) Metabase
6 9 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.49%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.99%) Big Data
9 4 (0.99%) Metadata Repository
9 4 (0.99%) MySQL
10 3 (0.74%) Power Query
11 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.50%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.50%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.50%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 21 (5.21%) Git
2 18 (4.47%) JIRA
3 12 (2.98%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.49%) GitLab
4 6 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (1.24%) Subversion
6 4 (0.99%) Postman
7 3 (0.74%) Selenium
8 2 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.50%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.50%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.25%) Zephyr
General
1 234 (58.06%) Social Skills
2 90 (22.33%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (20.84%) Finance
4 40 (9.93%) Legal
5 34 (8.44%) Banking
6 33 (8.19%) Retail
7 26 (6.45%) Manufacturing
8 22 (5.46%) Law
9 18 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (3.23%) German Language
12 10 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (2.23%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.99%) Advertising
14 8 (1.99%) Automotive
14 8 (1.99%) Electronics
15 6 (1.49%) Billing
15 6 (1.49%) Marketing
15 6 (1.49%) Public Sector
16 5 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (21.09%) Analyst
2 66 (16.38%) Senior
3 45 (11.17%) IT Support
4 32 (7.94%) Architect
5 29 (7.20%) Lead
6 26 (6.45%) Business Analyst
6 26 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 26 (6.45%) Support Analyst
7 20 (4.96%) IT Analyst
7 20 (4.96%) Support Engineer
8 15 (3.72%) Applications Support
8 15 (3.72%) Consultant
8 15 (3.72%) Infrastructure Support
8 15 (3.72%) Security Engineer
8 15 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (3.47%) IT Support Analyst
10 13 (3.23%) Network Engineer
10 13 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
11 12 (2.98%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (2.98%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.98%) REST
2 10 (2.48%) .NET
3 8 (1.99%) SOAP
4 6 (1.49%) PySpark
5 5 (1.24%) ARM Templates
5 5 (1.24%) FreeSWITCH
5 5 (1.24%) Middleware
6 4 (0.99%) HTML
6 4 (0.99%) JSON
6 4 (0.99%) React
7 3 (0.74%) CSS
7 3 (0.74%) Kafka
7 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (0.74%) OAuth
7 3 (0.74%) OAuth2
7 3 (0.74%) OpenID
7 3 (0.74%) SAML
7 3 (0.74%) XML
8 2 (0.50%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.50%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (4.47%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.97%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.47%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (3.47%) Low-Code
5 12 (2.98%) Driving Licence
5 12 (2.98%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.98%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.73%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.48%) Life Science
8 9 (2.23%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.99%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.99%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (1.74%) Clustering
11 6 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.24%) Fixed Income
13 4 (0.99%) NHS
13 4 (0.99%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 75 (18.61%) Windows
2 56 (13.90%) Windows Server
3 30 (7.44%) Linux
4 7 (1.74%) Unix
5 5 (1.24%) Debian
5 5 (1.24%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.24%) VMS
5 5 (1.24%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.99%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.99%) CentOS
6 4 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (28.04%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 69 (17.12%) Agile
4 53 (13.15%) ITIL
5 50 (12.41%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
7 42 (10.42%) AI
8 38 (9.43%) Change Management
9 37 (9.18%) Project Delivery
10 34 (8.44%) Analytics
11 32 (7.94%) Roadmaps
11 32 (7.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 31 (7.69%) ERP
13 29 (7.20%) CI/CD
13 29 (7.20%) Data Analysis
14 28 (6.95%) Business Analysis
14 28 (6.95%) Business Intelligence
15 27 (6.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 27 (6.70%) Process Improvement
15 27 (6.70%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (15.63%) SQL
2 43 (10.67%) PowerShell
3 39 (9.68%) Python
4 15 (3.72%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.98%) Bash
5 12 (2.98%) VBA
6 11 (2.73%) C#
7 10 (2.48%) Java
8 6 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.49%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.24%) PHP
9 5 (1.24%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.99%) C++
11 3 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.50%) Bicep
12 2 (0.50%) Go
13 1 (0.25%) ABAP
13 1 (0.25%) C
13 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 96 (23.82%) Degree
2 37 (9.18%) Security Cleared
3 27 (6.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (5.71%) CISSP
4 23 (5.71%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.97%) Azure Certification
6 15 (3.72%) CISM
7 14 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (3.47%) Numerate Degree
8 10 (2.48%) CCNP
9 9 (2.23%) CEH
9 9 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.99%) IIBA
10 8 (1.99%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.99%) PMP
11 7 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.74%) HNC
11 7 (1.74%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.49%) DV Cleared
13 5 (1.24%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.68%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (5.71%) QA
3 20 (4.96%) SLA
4 18 (4.47%) GDPR
5 10 (2.48%) NIST
6 9 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.74%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (1.49%) GRC
8 6 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (1.24%) MiFID
9 5 (1.24%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.74%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.74%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.50%) COBIT
11 2 (0.50%) GAAP
11 2 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 67 (16.63%) Active Directory
2 18 (4.47%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.48%) Docker
5 6 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.99%) Firmware
6 4 (0.99%) vSphere
7 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.50%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.25%) Ceph
8 1 (0.25%) KVM
8 1 (0.25%) Lustre
8 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 15 (3.72%) Terraform
2 14 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.23%) Kubernetes
4 12 (2.98%) SCCM
5 10 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.49%) Ansible
6 6 (1.49%) Nagios
6 6 (1.49%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.24%) Backup Exec
7 5 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (1.24%) Grafana
7 5 (1.24%) ZABBIX
8 4 (0.99%) Control-M
8 4 (0.99%) Dell DRAC
8 4 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.99%) SolarWinds Orion
9 3 (0.74%) cPanel
9 3 (0.74%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.74%) Nessus
Vendors
1 129 (32.01%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.20%) VMware
3 23 (5.71%) Cisco
4 19 (4.71%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.97%) SAP
6 15 (3.72%) SolarWinds
7 14 (3.47%) Pega
8 13 (3.23%) Citrix
8 13 (3.23%) Veeam
9 11 (2.73%) Oracle
10 10 (2.48%) Blue Prism
11 9 (2.23%) Alteryx
11 9 (2.23%) Fortinet
11 9 (2.23%) Salesforce
11 9 (2.23%) UiPath
12 8 (1.99%) Anaplan
12 8 (1.99%) Databricks
12 8 (1.99%) iManage
12 8 (1.99%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.24%) MuleSoft