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 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 366 512
Rank change year-on-year -30 +146 -76
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 488 358 315
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.72% 0.39%
As % of the General category 0.97% 1.06% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 302 250 205
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,425 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -6.52% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £79,750 £87,500 £88,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +9.76% -8.89%

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 50,557 33,894 45,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 45.92% 68.12% 56.78%
Number of salaries quoted 31,117 17,880 25,664
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,284 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -1.30% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,026 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £96,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.91%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -36 424 £52,500 -0.94% 370
UK excluding London +14 375 £50,000 +11.11% 254
Work from Home -2 131 £52,500 -11.39% 171
London -83 94 £70,000 +3.70% 169
South East +7 92 £50,000 -23.08% 72
North of England -37 76 £55,000 +29.41% 56
Midlands -35 61 £55,000 +29.41% 36
South West -30 60 £42,500 +6.25% 35
North West +9 52 £55,000 +29.41% 29
West Midlands -26 40 £54,000 +10.20% 24
East of England -22 38 £55,000 +4.76% 27
East Midlands -18 21 £60,000 +41.18% 12
Yorkshire -68 21 £57,500 +35.29% 19
Northern Ireland - 19 - - 7
Scotland +25 16 £33,500 - 18
Wales - 13 £55,000 - 5
North East -58 3 £37,250 +49.00% 9

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 40 (8.20%) SharePoint
2 26 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (4.10%) Confluence
4 11 (2.25%) IIS
5 5 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 33 (6.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 33 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.89%) AutoCAD
3 13 (2.66%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.02%) CorelDRAW
6 4 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.64%) SAP CO
1 8 (1.64%) SAP FI
2 7 (1.43%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (1.02%) Infor CloudSuite
3 5 (1.02%) Infor LN
3 5 (1.02%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.61%) Infor M3
5 3 (0.61%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.41%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.20%) C-CURE
7 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.20%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 134 (27.46%) Azure
2 92 (18.85%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (10.45%) Power Platform
4 49 (10.04%) AWS
5 47 (9.63%) Entra ID
6 27 (5.53%) SaaS
7 18 (3.69%) Power Automate
8 16 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (2.46%) GitHub
10 12 (2.46%) PowerApps
11 11 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (2.05%) dbt
13 8 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.64%) Azure Stack
13 8 (1.64%) Serverless
14 7 (1.43%) Boomi
14 7 (1.43%) Lucidchart
14 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (1.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 58 (11.89%) Firewall
2 48 (9.84%) DNS
3 45 (9.22%) VPN
4 32 (6.56%) TCP/IP
5 27 (5.53%) DHCP
6 24 (4.92%) WAN
7 20 (4.10%) Network Security
7 20 (4.10%) VLAN
8 19 (3.89%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (3.69%) Wireless
10 17 (3.48%) TETRA
11 15 (3.07%) LAN
12 10 (2.05%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (2.05%) SAN
12 10 (2.05%) SD-WAN
13 9 (1.84%) BGP
14 8 (1.64%) HTTP
14 8 (1.64%) OSPF
15 7 (1.43%) VoIP
16 5 (1.02%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.99%) Power BI
2 18 (3.69%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.84%) Metadata
4 8 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.23%) Looker
6 4 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.82%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.82%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.61%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.41%) EDMS
8 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.41%) Redis
8 2 (0.41%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.20%) Big Data
9 1 (0.20%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (6.76%) JIRA
2 15 (3.07%) Git
3 8 (1.64%) GitLab
4 5 (1.02%) JUnit
5 4 (0.82%) Postman
6 3 (0.61%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.61%) JMeter
6 3 (0.61%) Selenium
7 2 (0.41%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.41%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.41%) Mockito
7 2 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.41%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.20%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.20%) Hudson
8 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
General
1 260 (53.28%) Social Skills
2 91 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (17.83%) Finance
4 47 (9.63%) Manufacturing
5 37 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
6 30 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (5.74%) Legal
8 27 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (5.33%) Law
10 24 (4.92%) Retail
11 19 (3.89%) Public Sector
12 17 (3.48%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.87%) Aerospace
13 14 (2.87%) Banking
13 14 (2.87%) Electronics
13 14 (2.87%) Marketing
14 7 (1.43%) Front Office
14 7 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.23%) Military
16 4 (0.82%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 98 (20.08%) Analyst
2 59 (12.09%) Senior
3 49 (10.04%) Support Engineer
4 43 (8.81%) Support Analyst
5 42 (8.61%) Consultant
6 39 (7.99%) IT Support
7 29 (5.94%) Business Analyst
8 27 (5.53%) IT Engineer
8 27 (5.53%) Lead
9 26 (5.33%) Applications Support
9 26 (5.33%) Architect
10 25 (5.12%) Developer
11 24 (4.92%) IT Support Engineer
12 20 (4.10%) Systems Engineer
13 18 (3.69%) Security Engineer
14 17 (3.48%) Audio Visual Engineer
14 17 (3.48%) Design Engineer
14 17 (3.48%) RF Design Engineer
14 17 (3.48%) RF Engineer
14 17 (3.48%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.30%) REST
2 20 (4.10%) Terraform
3 9 (1.84%) CSS
3 9 (1.84%) HTML
3 9 (1.84%) Middleware
3 9 (1.84%) Node.js
4 7 (1.43%) JSON
5 6 (1.23%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.23%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.23%) SOAP
6 5 (1.02%) EDI
6 5 (1.02%) React
6 5 (1.02%) RESTful
7 4 (0.82%) .NET
7 4 (0.82%) CSS3
7 4 (0.82%) HTML5
7 4 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (0.82%) Playwright
7 4 (0.82%) XML
8 3 (0.61%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.61%) Driving Licence
2 35 (7.17%) Onboarding
3 21 (4.30%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (3.28%) CCTV
4 16 (3.28%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (2.46%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.25%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.84%) Client/Server
8 9 (1.84%) PKI
9 8 (1.64%) CMDB
10 7 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.43%) IoT
10 7 (1.43%) Replication
10 7 (1.43%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.23%) Blog
11 6 (1.23%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 99 (20.29%) Windows
2 49 (10.04%) Windows Server
3 32 (6.56%) Linux
4 14 (2.87%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.46%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.05%) Mac OS
7 9 (1.84%) CentOS
8 8 (1.64%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.82%) Rocky
10 4 (0.82%) Unix
11 3 (0.61%) AIX
11 3 (0.61%) Android
11 3 (0.61%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.20%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.20%) Solaris
12 1 (0.20%) VMS
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (28.07%) Continuous Improvement
2 121 (24.80%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (14.34%) Agile
4 58 (11.89%) ITIL
5 57 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 53 (10.86%) DevOps
7 49 (10.04%) Business Analysis
8 48 (9.84%) Root Cause Analysis
9 45 (9.22%) ERP
10 44 (9.02%) AI
10 44 (9.02%) Business Intelligence
10 44 (9.02%) Change Management
10 44 (9.02%) Customer Service
11 41 (8.40%) Disaster Recovery
11 41 (8.40%) Project Delivery
11 41 (8.40%) Validation
12 38 (7.79%) CI/CD
12 38 (7.79%) Requirements Gathering
12 38 (7.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 37 (7.58%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 99 (20.29%) SQL
2 52 (10.66%) PowerShell
3 39 (7.99%) Python
4 22 (4.51%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.25%) Java
6 9 (1.84%) Bash
7 8 (1.64%) C++
7 8 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (1.43%) C#
8 7 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (1.23%) C
10 5 (1.02%) PHP
11 4 (0.82%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.61%) Ruby
13 2 (0.41%) Bicep
13 2 (0.41%) Go
13 2 (0.41%) Groovy
13 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.41%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (12.50%) Degree
1 61 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 34 (6.97%) SC Cleared
3 15 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (2.66%) HND
6 11 (2.25%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.05%) SAP Certification
8 9 (1.84%) CCNA
8 9 (1.84%) CCNP
9 7 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.23%) CISSP
10 6 (1.23%) HNC
11 5 (1.02%) ACCA
11 5 (1.02%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.82%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.82%) CIMA
12 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.61%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (10.25%) QA
2 29 (5.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (4.71%) Data Quality
4 20 (4.10%) GDPR
5 13 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.05%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (1.64%) SLA
9 7 (1.43%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.23%) NIST
11 5 (1.02%) ISO 22301
11 5 (1.02%) ISO 9001
11 5 (1.02%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.82%) GRC
12 4 (0.82%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 3 (0.61%) NCSC
13 3 (0.61%) WCAG
14 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 53 (10.86%) Active Directory
2 26 (5.33%) Hyper-V
3 24 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.07%) Docker
4 15 (3.07%) Firmware
5 7 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.02%) vSphere
7 4 (0.82%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.61%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.61%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.20%) KVM
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (5.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.87%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.46%) Ansible
4 11 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.84%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.43%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.82%) Grafana
8 4 (0.82%) Nagios
8 4 (0.82%) NetBackup
8 4 (0.82%) Podman
8 4 (0.82%) VxRail
9 3 (0.61%) SCCM
10 2 (0.41%) Puppet
11 1 (0.20%) Argo
11 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 162 (33.20%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.58%) Cisco
3 31 (6.35%) VMware
4 24 (4.92%) SAP
5 20 (4.10%) Fortinet
6 16 (3.28%) ServiceNow
7 15 (3.07%) Salesforce
8 13 (2.66%) Veeam
9 12 (2.46%) JD Edwards
9 12 (2.46%) Palo Alto
10 11 (2.25%) Dell
11 9 (1.84%) Aruba
12 8 (1.64%) Google
12 8 (1.64%) Juniper
12 8 (1.64%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.64%) Oracle
13 7 (1.43%) Sophos
14 6 (1.23%) Citrix
14 6 (1.23%) NetApp
14 6 (1.23%) Sage