Hybrid/Remote Documentation Skills Job Trends

Documentation Skills
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 360 392
Rank change year-on-year +53 +32 +58
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 115 68 189
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.43% 0.56%
As % of the General category 0.96% 0.59% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 80 50 155
10th Percentile £32,750 £33,400 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.60% +14.55% +1.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £95,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,850
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.08% -9.83%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,939 11,605 20,591
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.59% 74.19% 60.87%
Number of salaries quoted 7,834 6,425 15,049
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Documentation Skills and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Documentation Skills job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Documentation Skills
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Documentation Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Documentation Skills

Documentation Skills
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Documentation Skills salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Documentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 11 (9.57%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.22%) IIS
3 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.48%) CorelDRAW
5 2 (1.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.35%) SAP CO
1 5 (4.35%) SAP FI
1 5 (4.35%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.74%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.74%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.87%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.87%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.87%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 35 (30.43%) Azure
2 20 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (16.52%) Power Platform
4 11 (9.57%) AWS
5 8 (6.96%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.22%) dbt
6 6 (5.22%) Power Automate
7 5 (4.35%) IaaS
7 5 (4.35%) OpenShift
8 4 (3.48%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.48%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.61%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.61%) SaaS
10 2 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.74%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.74%) AWS Control Tower
10 2 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (20.87%) Firewall
2 12 (10.43%) DNS
3 11 (9.57%) VPN
4 10 (8.70%) TCP/IP
5 9 (7.83%) DHCP
6 8 (6.96%) VoIP
7 7 (6.09%) VLAN
8 5 (4.35%) DMZ
8 5 (4.35%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (4.35%) STUN
8 5 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (3.48%) Network Security
10 3 (2.61%) NAS
11 2 (1.74%) SSL
11 2 (1.74%) Wireless
12 1 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
12 1 (0.87%) LAN
12 1 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.04%) Power BI
2 13 (11.30%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.22%) Looker
4 4 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.61%) SAP HANA
6 2 (1.74%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.74%) Metadata
6 2 (1.74%) Power Query
6 2 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.87%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.87%) Parquet
7 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.87%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.35%) Git
1 5 (4.35%) GitLab
1 5 (4.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (2.61%) JIRA
3 2 (1.74%) Terragrunt
3 2 (1.74%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.87%) JMeter
4 1 (0.87%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.87%) Postman
4 1 (0.87%) Selenium
General
1 67 (58.26%) Social Skills
2 30 (26.09%) Finance
3 26 (22.61%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.30%) Law
4 13 (11.30%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (11.30%) Retail
5 10 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 8 (6.96%) Banking
7 6 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (5.22%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.61%) Electronics
10 2 (1.74%) Automotive
10 2 (1.74%) Marketing
11 1 (0.87%) Back Office
11 1 (0.87%) Billing
11 1 (0.87%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.87%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (22.61%) Support Engineer
2 12 (10.43%) Analyst
2 12 (10.43%) Consultant
3 9 (7.83%) IT Engineer
3 9 (7.83%) IT Support
3 9 (7.83%) IT Support Engineer
3 9 (7.83%) Senior
4 8 (6.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 8 (6.96%) 2nd Line Support
4 8 (6.96%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 8 (6.96%) Cloud Engineer
4 8 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (6.09%) Security Engineer
6 6 (5.22%) Automation Engineer
6 6 (5.22%) Business Analyst
6 6 (5.22%) Support Specialist
7 5 (4.35%) Applications Specialist
7 5 (4.35%) Applications Support
7 5 (4.35%) Network Engineer
7 5 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.22%) JSON
1 6 (5.22%) Middleware
2 5 (4.35%) FreeSWITCH
2 5 (4.35%) Jinja
2 5 (4.35%) YAML
3 3 (2.61%) .NET
3 3 (2.61%) PySpark
3 3 (2.61%) REST
4 2 (1.74%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.74%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.74%) WPF
5 1 (0.87%) Blazor
5 1 (0.87%) JWT
5 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.87%) SOAP
5 1 (0.87%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.43%) Onboarding
2 11 (9.57%) Driving Licence
3 6 (5.22%) Blog
4 4 (3.48%) CCTV
4 4 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.48%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.61%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.74%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.74%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.74%) Legacy Code
6 2 (1.74%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.74%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.74%) Replication
6 2 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.87%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.87%) Derivative
7 1 (0.87%) iPad
7 1 (0.87%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.74%) Windows
2 16 (13.91%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.09%) Linux
4 6 (5.22%) Windows 10
5 5 (4.35%) Debian
6 3 (2.61%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.87%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.83%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (24.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (13.04%) High Availability
4 13 (11.30%) CI/CD
4 13 (11.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (10.43%) Analytics
5 12 (10.43%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (10.43%) Project Delivery
5 12 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (9.57%) Change Management
6 11 (9.57%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (9.57%) Data Modelling
6 11 (9.57%) Migration
6 11 (9.57%) Roadmaps
7 10 (8.70%) Agile
7 10 (8.70%) DevOps
7 10 (8.70%) Risk Management
8 9 (7.83%) Business Analysis
8 9 (7.83%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 33 (28.70%) SQL
2 18 (15.65%) PowerShell
3 17 (14.78%) Python
4 6 (5.22%) Bash
5 3 (2.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.74%) C#
6 2 (1.74%) Java
6 2 (1.74%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.87%) ABAP
7 1 (0.87%) Bicep
7 1 (0.87%) Groovy
7 1 (0.87%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (11.30%) Degree
2 7 (6.09%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.22%) Azure Certification
3 6 (5.22%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.48%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.48%) HNC
4 4 (3.48%) HND
4 4 (3.48%) SAP Certification
5 3 (2.61%) CEH
5 3 (2.61%) CISSP
6 2 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.87%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.87%) CCNP
7 1 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.87%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.87%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.57%) QA
2 4 (3.48%) GDPR
2 4 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.48%) SLA
3 3 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.61%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.74%) GAAP
5 1 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.87%) GRC
5 1 (0.87%) NIST
5 1 (0.87%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (13.91%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.22%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.61%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.61%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.61%) Terraform
3 1 (0.87%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.87%) Grafana
3 1 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.87%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 44 (38.26%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.57%) Cisco
2 11 (9.57%) SAP
2 11 (9.57%) VMware
3 5 (4.35%) Red Hat
4 4 (3.48%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.48%) Siemens
5 3 (2.61%) Barracuda Networks
5 3 (2.61%) Databricks
5 3 (2.61%) iManage
5 3 (2.61%) Sophos
6 2 (1.74%) Autodesk
6 2 (1.74%) Google
6 2 (1.74%) IBM
6 2 (1.74%) Pega
6 2 (1.74%) Sage
7 1 (0.87%) Apple
7 1 (0.87%) Dell
7 1 (0.87%) Foundry
7 1 (0.87%) Oracle