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 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 505 423
Rank change year-on-year +175 -82 +67
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 386 198 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.39% 0.59%
As % of the General category 1.05% 0.58% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 255 94 389
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,995 £29,700
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,142 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.80% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,875 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -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 36,835 34,430 45,003
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.04% 67.46% 61.50%
Number of salaries quoted 19,930 15,504 33,608
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +183 357 £55,000 -12.00% 192
UK excluding London +152 249 £47,500 - 170
Work from Home +88 122 £55,000 - 85
London +80 120 £75,875 +4.66% 58
South East +84 78 £49,000 +3.16% 61
Midlands +34 61 £55,000 +5.77% 30
North of England +17 44 £45,000 +4.19% 35
West Midlands +38 33 £60,000 -4.00% 24
East of England +38 28 £30,370 -23.25% 15
East Midlands +13 27 £45,000 -7.22% 6
South West +16 24 £55,000 +74.60% 22
North West +17 21 £45,000 -0.84% 19
Yorkshire 0 20 £34,000 -19.05% 10
Scotland -7 12 £35,000 - 7
North East -4 3 £45,000 +55.17% 6
Wales -10 2 £48,000 -1.54% 3

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 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.07%) Confluence
4 7 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.78%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.78%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.52%) IIS
7 2 (0.52%) WordPress
8 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 57 (14.77%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.85%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.26%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.30%) PlanetPress Connect
2 5 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.52%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.26%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.26%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.26%) Postilion
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 138 (35.75%) Azure
2 76 (19.69%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (11.40%) AWS
4 31 (8.03%) Entra ID
4 31 (8.03%) Power Platform
5 27 (6.99%) SaaS
6 19 (4.92%) Power Automate
7 14 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (3.37%) GCP
8 13 (3.37%) PaaS
8 13 (3.37%) PowerApps
9 11 (2.85%) Microsoft Copilot
10 10 (2.59%) ChatGPT
10 10 (2.59%) IaaS
11 9 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.81%) dbt
14 6 (1.55%) iPaaS
14 6 (1.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 50 (12.95%) Firewall
2 42 (10.88%) DNS
3 37 (9.59%) DHCP
4 30 (7.77%) TCP/IP
4 30 (7.77%) VPN
5 23 (5.96%) VLAN
6 20 (5.18%) LAN
7 15 (3.89%) WAN
8 14 (3.63%) Network Security
8 14 (3.63%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (2.85%) BGP
10 10 (2.59%) SAN
11 8 (2.07%) OSPF
11 8 (2.07%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.81%) Wireless
13 6 (1.55%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.55%) Wireshark
14 4 (1.04%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.04%) DMZ
14 4 (1.04%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.55%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.44%) Power BI
3 11 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.85%) Metadata
4 10 (2.59%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.81%) Metabase
5 7 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.55%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.04%) Big Data
7 4 (1.04%) Metadata Repository
7 4 (1.04%) MySQL
7 4 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.52%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.52%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 15 (3.89%) JIRA
2 13 (3.37%) Git
3 9 (2.33%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.30%) Subversion
5 4 (1.04%) Postman
6 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.52%) Selenium
7 2 (0.52%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.26%) GitLab
8 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 209 (54.15%) Social Skills
2 88 (22.80%) Finance
3 85 (22.02%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.36%) Legal
5 37 (9.59%) Banking
6 32 (8.29%) Retail
7 21 (5.44%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.18%) Law
8 20 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.37%) German Language
10 11 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.59%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.07%) Automotive
13 7 (1.81%) Electronics
14 6 (1.55%) Marketing
15 5 (1.30%) Billing
15 5 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.30%) Publishing
16 4 (1.04%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 82 (21.24%) Analyst
2 66 (17.10%) Senior
3 38 (9.84%) IT Support
4 31 (8.03%) Architect
5 27 (6.99%) Business Analyst
6 25 (6.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (6.48%) Lead
7 20 (5.18%) IT Analyst
8 19 (4.92%) Network Engineer
9 18 (4.66%) Support Engineer
10 16 (4.15%) Support Analyst
11 15 (3.89%) Senior Analyst
11 15 (3.89%) Service Analyst
11 15 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.37%) Security Engineer
13 12 (3.11%) Applications Support
14 11 (2.85%) Consultant
14 11 (2.85%) Lead Designer
14 11 (2.85%) Service Desk Analyst
14 11 (2.85%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.37%) REST
2 10 (2.59%) .NET
3 7 (1.81%) SOAP
4 6 (1.55%) PySpark
5 5 (1.30%) Middleware
6 4 (1.04%) HTML
6 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.04%) OAuth
6 4 (1.04%) OAuth2
6 4 (1.04%) OpenID
6 4 (1.04%) React
6 4 (1.04%) SAML
7 3 (0.78%) CSS
7 3 (0.78%) FreeSWITCH
7 3 (0.78%) Kafka
7 3 (0.78%) XML
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 21 (5.44%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.40%) Data Centre
4 15 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.37%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.37%) Low-Code
5 13 (3.37%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.11%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.11%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.85%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.33%) Life Science
8 9 (2.33%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.07%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.07%) Clustering
9 8 (2.07%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.30%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.04%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 71 (18.39%) Windows
2 45 (11.66%) Windows Server
3 21 (5.44%) Linux
4 7 (1.81%) Unix
5 5 (1.30%) VMS
5 5 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.04%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.78%) Debian
8 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (23.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 61 (15.80%) Agile
3 61 (15.80%) ITIL
4 50 (12.95%) Cybersecurity
5 47 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (9.07%) AI
7 34 (8.81%) Change Management
8 33 (8.55%) Analytics
8 33 (8.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 31 (8.03%) Project Delivery
9 31 (8.03%) Roadmaps
10 28 (7.25%) Process Improvement
11 27 (6.99%) Data Analysis
11 27 (6.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (6.74%) Business Analysis
12 26 (6.74%) ERP
12 26 (6.74%) Project Management
13 25 (6.48%) Decision-Making
13 25 (6.48%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 56 (14.51%) SQL
2 40 (10.36%) PowerShell
3 29 (7.51%) Python
4 16 (4.15%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.37%) VBA
6 11 (2.85%) C#
7 9 (2.33%) Java
8 6 (1.55%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (1.30%) Bash
9 5 (1.30%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.04%) PHP
10 4 (1.04%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.52%) Bicep
11 2 (0.52%) C++
11 2 (0.52%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) ABAP
12 1 (0.26%) C
12 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.26%) R
12 1 (0.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 91 (23.58%) Degree
2 35 (9.07%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 25 (6.48%) CISSP
4 21 (5.44%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (5.18%) SC Cleared
6 17 (4.40%) CCNP
6 17 (4.40%) CISM
7 13 (3.37%) Azure Certification
7 13 (3.37%) Numerate Degree
8 10 (2.59%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.33%) CCIE
10 8 (2.07%) CEH
10 8 (2.07%) IIBA
10 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.07%) PMI Certification
10 8 (2.07%) PMP
11 7 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.81%) HNC
12 6 (1.55%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.07%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (5.44%) QA
4 20 (5.18%) GDPR
4 20 (5.18%) SLA
5 12 (3.11%) NIST
6 10 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (2.07%) GRC
7 8 (2.07%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.81%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (1.30%) MiFID
11 4 (1.04%) ISO 20022
11 4 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.78%) COBIT
12 3 (0.78%) PMO
13 2 (0.52%) GAAP
13 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.26%) GxP
System Software
1 65 (16.84%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.40%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.30%) Docker
5 5 (1.30%) Firmware
6 3 (0.78%) vSphere
7 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.26%) Ceph
8 1 (0.26%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.26%) Lustre
8 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.26%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 15 (3.89%) SCCM
2 12 (3.11%) Terraform
3 11 (2.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.55%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (1.55%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.30%) Dell DRAC
6 5 (1.30%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.30%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.04%) Ansible
7 4 (1.04%) Control-M
7 4 (1.04%) Grafana
7 4 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.78%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.78%) cPanel
8 3 (0.78%) Nagios
8 3 (0.78%) Nessus
8 3 (0.78%) Plesk
8 3 (0.78%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 128 (33.16%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.99%) Cisco
2 27 (6.99%) VMware
3 18 (4.66%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.89%) SAP
5 13 (3.37%) Citrix
5 13 (3.37%) Pega
6 12 (3.11%) Oracle
6 12 (3.11%) SolarWinds
6 12 (3.11%) Veeam
7 10 (2.59%) Blue Prism
7 10 (2.59%) CheckPoint
7 10 (2.59%) F5
7 10 (2.59%) Fortinet
7 10 (2.59%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.33%) Alteryx
8 9 (2.33%) UiPath
9 8 (2.07%) Anaplan
9 8 (2.07%) Databricks
9 8 (2.07%) Palo Alto