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 19 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 420 469
Rank change year-on-year +54 +49 -12
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 446 268 506
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.60% 0.46%
As % of the General category 1.01% 0.82% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 281 185 417
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,550 £26,150
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,875 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -

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 44,305 32,615 62,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.19% 72.72% 57.01%
Number of salaries quoted 27,175 15,975 41,170
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,424 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,564 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -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 19 June 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 19 June 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 +30 394 £52,500 -4.55% 146
UK excluding London +82 340 £47,500 - 133
Work from Home +45 109 £47,500 -24.60% 80
North of England +12 87 £45,000 +7.14% 32
South East +37 86 £47,500 -29.63% 47
London -50 86 £73,750 +16.14% 42
Midlands -1 53 £58,000 +14.35% 24
North West +35 49 £53,386 -2.93% 18
East of England -1 39 £50,000 - 7
South West -35 39 £40,000 - 6
West Midlands -12 30 £55,000 +0.05% 16
Yorkshire -35 30 £34,000 -19.05% 9
East Midlands -8 23 £60,000 +60.00% 8
Northern Ireland - 20 - - 3
Scotland - 10 £33,500 - 8
North East -38 8 £45,000 +66.67% 5
Wales -41 6 £55,000 +10.00% 7

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 (5.83%) SharePoint
2 25 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.24%) IIS
4 9 (2.02%) Confluence
5 7 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.67%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 44 (9.87%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (6.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (4.26%) AutoCAD
4 7 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.67%) CorelDRAW
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.12%) SAP CO
1 5 (1.12%) SAP FI
1 5 (1.12%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.45%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.45%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.45%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.22%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.22%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 129 (28.92%) Azure
2 90 (20.18%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (10.76%) AWS
4 44 (9.87%) Power Platform
5 39 (8.74%) Entra ID
6 29 (6.50%) SaaS
7 24 (5.38%) Power Automate
8 15 (3.36%) dbt
9 14 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (2.69%) PowerApps
11 10 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (2.02%) GitHub
12 9 (2.02%) IaaS
12 9 (2.02%) PaaS
13 8 (1.79%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (1.79%) Serverless
14 7 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (1.57%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 56 (12.56%) Firewall
2 46 (10.31%) DNS
3 45 (10.09%) VPN
4 35 (7.85%) DHCP
5 33 (7.40%) TCP/IP
6 26 (5.83%) VLAN
7 24 (5.38%) WAN
8 18 (4.04%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (3.81%) TETRA
10 16 (3.59%) Network Security
11 13 (2.91%) LAN
12 12 (2.69%) VoIP
13 11 (2.47%) Wireless
14 10 (2.24%) Intrusion Detection
15 9 (2.02%) SD-WAN
16 6 (1.35%) NAS
16 6 (1.35%) SAN
17 5 (1.12%) BGP
17 5 (1.12%) DMZ
17 5 (1.12%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.30%) Power BI
2 32 (7.17%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.79%) Metabase
7 7 (1.57%) Metadata
7 7 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.35%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.35%) Looker
9 5 (1.12%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.90%) Power Query
10 4 (0.90%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.67%) Big Data
11 3 (0.67%) MySQL
12 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (5.61%) JIRA
2 24 (5.38%) Git
3 13 (2.91%) GitLab
4 10 (2.24%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.67%) JUnit
7 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.45%) JMeter
7 2 (0.45%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.45%) Mockito
7 2 (0.45%) Postman
7 2 (0.45%) Selenium
7 2 (0.45%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.22%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.22%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
General
1 235 (52.69%) Social Skills
2 89 (19.96%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (19.06%) Finance
4 40 (8.97%) Manufacturing
5 35 (7.85%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (6.05%) Retail
7 25 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (4.93%) Law
9 20 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (4.04%) Banking
11 17 (3.81%) Telecoms
12 16 (3.59%) Legal
13 13 (2.91%) Electronics
13 13 (2.91%) Marketing
14 9 (2.02%) Aerospace
15 8 (1.79%) Public Sector
16 7 (1.57%) Front Office
17 5 (1.12%) Advertising
17 5 (1.12%) Automotive
17 5 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 92 (20.63%) Analyst
2 49 (10.99%) IT Support
3 48 (10.76%) Support Analyst
4 38 (8.52%) Senior
5 36 (8.07%) Consultant
6 31 (6.95%) Support Engineer
7 25 (5.61%) Architect
8 22 (4.93%) Lead
8 22 (4.93%) Security Engineer
8 22 (4.93%) Systems Analyst
9 20 (4.48%) Applications Support
9 20 (4.48%) IT Analyst
9 20 (4.48%) Systems Engineer
10 19 (4.26%) Business Analyst
10 19 (4.26%) Systems Support
11 18 (4.04%) Systems Support Analyst
12 17 (3.81%) Audio Visual Engineer
12 17 (3.81%) Design Engineer
12 17 (3.81%) RF Design Engineer
12 17 (3.81%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.69%) REST
2 9 (2.02%) ARM Templates
3 8 (1.79%) SOAP
4 7 (1.57%) Middleware
5 6 (1.35%) .NET
5 6 (1.35%) CSS
5 6 (1.35%) HTML
5 6 (1.35%) Node.js
6 5 (1.12%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.12%) FreeSWITCH
6 5 (1.12%) Jinja
6 5 (1.12%) JSON
6 5 (1.12%) YAML
7 3 (0.67%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.67%) PySpark
7 3 (0.67%) RESTful
8 2 (0.45%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 2 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.45%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.40%) Driving Licence
2 26 (5.83%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 18 (4.04%) Product Ownership
5 16 (3.59%) CCTV
6 12 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.24%) Low-Code
9 9 (2.02%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.79%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.79%) CMDB
10 8 (1.79%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.57%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.35%) Blog
12 6 (1.35%) Cloud Native
13 5 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
13 5 (1.12%) Mobile Computing
14 4 (0.90%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 96 (21.52%) Windows
2 58 (13.00%) Windows Server
3 44 (9.87%) Linux
4 10 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.02%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.79%) CentOS
6 8 (1.79%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.12%) Debian
8 5 (1.12%) Unix
8 5 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.90%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.90%) VMS
10 3 (0.67%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.22%) AIX
11 1 (0.22%) Android
11 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (28.25%) Problem-Solving
2 125 (28.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 54 (12.11%) ITIL
4 53 (11.88%) Agile
5 45 (10.09%) Project Delivery
6 44 (9.87%) CI/CD
7 43 (9.64%) Business Intelligence
8 42 (9.42%) ERP
9 39 (8.74%) Change Management
10 37 (8.30%) Analytics
10 37 (8.30%) Incident Management
11 36 (8.07%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (7.85%) DevOps
13 34 (7.62%) AI
14 33 (7.40%) Cybersecurity
14 33 (7.40%) Root Cause Analysis
15 32 (7.17%) Business Analysis
15 32 (7.17%) Customer Service
16 31 (6.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 27 (6.05%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 95 (21.30%) SQL
2 54 (12.11%) Python
3 50 (11.21%) PowerShell
4 23 (5.16%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.59%) Bash
6 13 (2.91%) Java
7 8 (1.79%) C#
8 7 (1.57%) C++
9 6 (1.35%) PHP
10 5 (1.12%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.12%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.67%) C
13 2 (0.45%) ABAP
13 2 (0.45%) Bicep
13 2 (0.45%) Groovy
13 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.22%) VB6
14 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (16.59%) Degree
2 51 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.16%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.69%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.47%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (2.02%) HND
9 8 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.57%) CISSP
11 6 (1.35%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.35%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (1.12%) CCNP
12 5 (1.12%) PMP
13 4 (0.90%) CCNA
13 4 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.90%) HNC
13 4 (0.90%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.90%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.87%) QA
2 28 (6.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (5.83%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.81%) SLA
5 10 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (2.02%) GDPR
7 7 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.35%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.35%) GRC
8 6 (1.35%) NIST
9 5 (1.12%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.90%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.67%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.67%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.45%) NCSC
12 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 72 (16.14%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.26%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.81%) Docker
5 6 (1.35%) Firmware
5 6 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.35%) vSphere
6 3 (0.67%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.67%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.22%) KVM
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 21 (4.71%) Terraform
2 17 (3.81%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.24%) Ansible
3 10 (2.24%) Nagios
4 8 (1.79%) SCCM
5 6 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.35%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.12%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.12%) Docker Swarm
6 5 (1.12%) Podman
6 5 (1.12%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.12%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.90%) Control-M
7 4 (0.90%) Grafana
7 4 (0.90%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.45%) Argo
8 2 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.45%) Puppet
8 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 148 (33.18%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.42%) Cisco
3 33 (7.40%) VMware
4 22 (4.93%) SAP
5 17 (3.81%) ServiceNow
6 14 (3.14%) Citrix
6 14 (3.14%) Fortinet
7 11 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.24%) SolarWinds
9 9 (2.02%) Oracle
9 9 (2.02%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.79%) Splunk
10 8 (1.79%) Veeam
11 7 (1.57%) Databricks
11 7 (1.57%) Google
11 7 (1.57%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.57%) Pega
12 6 (1.35%) iManage
12 6 (1.35%) JD Edwards
12 6 (1.35%) Juniper