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 9 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 357 377
Rank change year-on-year +38 +20 +42
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 129 83 184
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.61% 0.51% 0.56%
As % of the General category 1.02% 0.70% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 90 57 148
10th Percentile £32,450 £33,100 £34,746
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £63,438 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £76,375 £90,500 £87,693
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -11.89%

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 12,617 11,921 20,034
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.51% 72.66% 61.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,220 6,677 14,546
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,266
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +7.21% -11.20%
75th Percentile £79,127 £80,000 £75,772
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 9 July 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 14 (10.85%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.20%) IIS
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.88%) CorelDRAW
4 2 (1.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.65%) SAP CO
1 6 (4.65%) SAP FI
1 6 (4.65%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.55%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.55%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.78%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.78%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 40 (31.01%) Azure
2 26 (20.16%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (15.50%) Power Platform
4 13 (10.08%) AWS
5 11 (8.53%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.65%) dbt
6 6 (4.65%) Power Automate
7 5 (3.88%) IaaS
7 5 (3.88%) OpenShift
8 4 (3.10%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.10%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.33%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.33%) SaaS
10 2 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.55%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.55%) AWS Control Tower
10 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 27 (20.93%) Firewall
2 17 (13.18%) DNS
3 15 (11.63%) TCP/IP
4 14 (10.85%) DHCP
5 13 (10.08%) VPN
6 8 (6.20%) VLAN
6 8 (6.20%) VoIP
7 6 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (3.88%) DMZ
8 5 (3.88%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (3.88%) STUN
9 4 (3.10%) Network Security
10 3 (2.33%) NAS
10 3 (2.33%) Wireless
11 2 (1.55%) SSL
12 1 (0.78%) Cisco Nexus
12 1 (0.78%) LAN
12 1 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.78%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.40%) Power BI
1 16 (12.40%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.65%) Looker
3 4 (3.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.33%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.55%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.55%) Metadata
5 2 (1.55%) Power Query
5 2 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.78%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.78%) Parquet
6 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.78%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Git
2 5 (3.88%) GitLab
2 5 (3.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (3.10%) JIRA
4 2 (1.55%) Terragrunt
4 2 (1.55%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.78%) JMeter
5 1 (0.78%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.78%) Postman
5 1 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.78%) Selenium
General
1 79 (61.24%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.81%) Finance
3 28 (21.71%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (12.40%) Retail
5 14 (10.85%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (10.08%) Law
7 11 (8.53%) Manufacturing
8 7 (5.43%) Banking
8 7 (5.43%) Telecoms
9 6 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.33%) Automotive
11 3 (2.33%) Electronics
11 3 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.33%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.55%) Billing
12 2 (1.55%) Marketing
13 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.78%) Back Office
13 1 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (22.48%) Support Engineer
2 14 (10.85%) Consultant
3 12 (9.30%) Analyst
3 12 (9.30%) IT Engineer
3 12 (9.30%) IT Support
3 12 (9.30%) IT Support Engineer
4 11 (8.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 11 (8.53%) 2nd Line Support
4 11 (8.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 11 (8.53%) Senior
5 8 (6.20%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (6.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (4.65%) Automation Engineer
6 6 (4.65%) Business Analyst
6 6 (4.65%) Senior Consultant
6 6 (4.65%) Support Specialist
7 5 (3.88%) Applications Specialist
7 5 (3.88%) Applications Support
7 5 (3.88%) Network Engineer
7 5 (3.88%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.20%) Middleware
2 6 (4.65%) JSON
3 5 (3.88%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (3.88%) Jinja
3 5 (3.88%) YAML
4 3 (2.33%) .NET
4 3 (2.33%) PySpark
4 3 (2.33%) REST
5 2 (1.55%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.55%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.55%) WPF
6 1 (0.78%) Blazor
6 1 (0.78%) JWT
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.78%) SOAP
6 1 (0.78%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.63%) Onboarding
2 13 (10.08%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.65%) Blog
4 5 (3.88%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.10%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.55%) CCTV
7 2 (1.55%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.55%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.55%) iPad
7 2 (1.55%) iPhone
7 2 (1.55%) Legacy Code
7 2 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.55%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 33 (25.58%) Windows
2 19 (14.73%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.98%) Linux
4 8 (6.20%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.88%) Debian
6 4 (3.10%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.55%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.78%) CentOS
8 1 (0.78%) Solaris
8 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (24.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (14.73%) High Availability
4 17 (13.18%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (12.40%) Business Continuity
5 16 (12.40%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (12.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (11.63%) Roadmaps
7 13 (10.08%) Change Management
7 13 (10.08%) CI/CD
7 13 (10.08%) Project Delivery
8 12 (9.30%) Analytics
8 12 (9.30%) Migration
8 12 (9.30%) Risk Management
9 11 (8.53%) Agile
9 11 (8.53%) Customer Service
9 11 (8.53%) Data Modelling
9 11 (8.53%) Data Protection
9 11 (8.53%) DevOps
9 11 (8.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 35 (27.13%) SQL
2 19 (14.73%) PowerShell
2 19 (14.73%) Python
3 7 (5.43%) Bash
4 3 (2.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.55%) C#
5 2 (1.55%) Java
5 2 (1.55%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.78%) ABAP
6 1 (0.78%) Ada
6 1 (0.78%) Bicep
6 1 (0.78%) C
6 1 (0.78%) C++
6 1 (0.78%) Groovy
6 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (11.63%) Degree
2 10 (7.75%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.65%) Azure Certification
5 5 (3.88%) HNC
5 5 (3.88%) HND
5 5 (3.88%) SAP Certification
6 4 (3.10%) DBS Check
6 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.33%) CEH
7 3 (2.33%) CISSP
8 2 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.78%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.78%) CCNP
9 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.78%) MCSE
9 1 (0.78%) RHCE
9 1 (0.78%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.53%) GDPR
2 9 (6.98%) QA
3 8 (6.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (3.88%) ISO 22301
5 5 (3.88%) ISO 9001
5 5 (3.88%) SLA
6 3 (2.33%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (1.55%) GAAP
7 2 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.55%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 18 (13.95%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.98%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.33%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.33%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.78%) KVM
Systems Management
1 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.33%) Terraform
3 2 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.78%) Ansible
4 1 (0.78%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.78%) Grafana
4 1 (0.78%) Puppet
4 1 (0.78%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 53 (41.09%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.08%) VMware
3 12 (9.30%) SAP
4 11 (8.53%) Cisco
5 6 (4.65%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.10%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.33%) Barracuda Networks
7 3 (2.33%) Databricks
7 3 (2.33%) IBM
7 3 (2.33%) iManage
7 3 (2.33%) Sophos
8 2 (1.55%) Apple
8 2 (1.55%) Autodesk
8 2 (1.55%) Google
8 2 (1.55%) Okta
8 2 (1.55%) Pega
8 2 (1.55%) Sage
8 2 (1.55%) Siemens
9 1 (0.78%) Dell
9 1 (0.78%) NetApp