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 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 338 375
Rank change year-on-year +53 +37 +96
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 107 60 206
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.61% 0.46% 0.64%
As % of the General category 1.09% 0.64% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 86 44 183
10th Percentile £42,500 £29,750 £36,400
25th Percentile £43,438 £38,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,375 £80,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,500 £53,500 £51,200
% change year-on-year +1.87% +4.49% -14.67%

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 9,855 9,372 19,913
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.40% 71.52% 61.96%
Number of salaries quoted 6,545 6,423 15,101
10th Percentile £30,141 £30,767 £31,579
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year - +6.54% -9.89%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 15 April 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 5 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.87%) WordPress
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.87%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.93%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.93%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.93%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.93%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.93%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (42.99%) Azure
2 16 (14.95%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (14.02%) Power Platform
4 9 (8.41%) AWS
5 6 (5.61%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (5.61%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.61%) IaaS
6 5 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.67%) OpenShift
6 5 (4.67%) Power Automate
7 4 (3.74%) GCP
7 4 (3.74%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.80%) dbt
8 3 (2.80%) Intacct
9 2 (1.87%) ChatGPT
9 2 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.87%) SaaS
10 1 (0.93%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (17.76%) Firewall
2 8 (7.48%) VoIP
2 8 (7.48%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (6.54%) Network Security
3 7 (6.54%) VPN
4 5 (4.67%) DMZ
4 5 (4.67%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (4.67%) STUN
4 5 (4.67%) VLAN
5 3 (2.80%) DNS
5 3 (2.80%) NAS
6 2 (1.87%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.87%) LAN
6 2 (1.87%) SSL
6 2 (1.87%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (0.93%) InfiniBand
7 1 (0.93%) OSPF
7 1 (0.93%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.21%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.48%) Power BI
3 4 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.80%) Looker
5 2 (1.87%) Power Query
5 2 (1.87%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.93%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (7.48%) Git
2 7 (6.54%) JIRA
3 5 (4.67%) GitLab
3 5 (4.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (4.67%) Subversion
4 3 (2.80%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.93%) JMeter
5 1 (0.93%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.93%) Postman
5 1 (0.93%) Selenium
General
1 62 (57.94%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.69%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (15.89%) Finance
4 15 (14.02%) Law
5 10 (9.35%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (7.48%) Electronics
7 7 (6.54%) Retail
8 6 (5.61%) Marketing
8 6 (5.61%) Telecoms
9 5 (4.67%) Automotive
9 5 (4.67%) Billing
9 5 (4.67%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (3.74%) Banking
10 4 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.74%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.87%) Advertising
12 2 (1.87%) Back Office
12 2 (1.87%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (15.89%) Senior
2 16 (14.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (12.15%) Analyst
3 13 (12.15%) Support Engineer
4 10 (9.35%) Security Engineer
5 9 (8.41%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (7.48%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Architect
7 7 (6.54%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Consultant
7 7 (6.54%) Lead
8 6 (5.61%) Automation Engineer
8 6 (5.61%) Business Analyst
8 6 (5.61%) Developer
8 6 (5.61%) Information Security Engineer
8 6 (5.61%) Network Engineer
8 6 (5.61%) Test Engineer
9 5 (4.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 5 (4.67%) Software Test Engineer
9 5 (4.67%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.67%) .NET
1 5 (4.67%) FreeSWITCH
1 5 (4.67%) Jinja
1 5 (4.67%) JSON
1 5 (4.67%) PySpark
1 5 (4.67%) YAML
2 4 (3.74%) REST
3 3 (2.80%) ASP.NET
3 3 (2.80%) CSS
3 3 (2.80%) HTML
3 3 (2.80%) React
4 2 (1.87%) Laravel
4 2 (1.87%) WPF
5 1 (0.93%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.93%) Blazor
5 1 (0.93%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.93%) jQuery
5 1 (0.93%) JWT
5 1 (0.93%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.54%) Security Posture
2 5 (4.67%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (4.67%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.67%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.67%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.74%) CCTV
3 4 (3.74%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.74%) iPad
3 4 (3.74%) iPhone
3 4 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.74%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.80%) Blog
4 3 (2.80%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.80%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.87%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.87%) Legacy Code
5 2 (1.87%) NHS
5 2 (1.87%) Replication
5 2 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.28%) Windows
2 9 (8.41%) Linux
3 8 (7.48%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.67%) Debian
5 4 (3.74%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.80%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (21.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (15.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (14.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (14.02%) Agile
6 14 (13.08%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (12.15%) CI/CD
7 13 (12.15%) Project Delivery
8 12 (11.21%) Mentoring
9 11 (10.28%) Change Management
9 11 (10.28%) Data Loss Prevention
9 11 (10.28%) Risk Management
10 10 (9.35%) Data Modelling
11 9 (8.41%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (8.41%) Migration
11 9 (8.41%) Roadmaps
11 9 (8.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (7.48%) Cost Management
12 8 (7.48%) Security Architecture
12 8 (7.48%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.50%) SQL
2 21 (19.63%) Python
3 16 (14.95%) PowerShell
4 7 (6.54%) Bash
5 6 (5.61%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (4.67%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.74%) C#
7 4 (3.74%) PHP
8 2 (1.87%) Bicep
8 2 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.87%) Java
8 2 (1.87%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.93%) Go
9 1 (0.93%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 7 (6.54%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.61%) CEH
2 6 (5.61%) CISSP
2 6 (5.61%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.67%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.74%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.74%) Degree
5 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.93%) CCNP
5 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.93%) FFIEC
5 1 (0.93%) GSEC
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.93%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 5 (4.67%) QA
3 4 (3.74%) SLA
4 3 (2.80%) GAAP
4 3 (2.80%) GDPR
5 2 (1.87%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.87%) NIST
6 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.93%) GRC
6 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (9.35%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.80%) BitLocker
3 3 (2.80%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.93%) Ceph
4 1 (0.93%) Docker
4 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.93%) Lustre
4 1 (0.93%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.93%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 5 (4.67%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (3.74%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.80%) cPanel
3 3 (2.80%) Plesk
3 3 (2.80%) Terraform
4 2 (1.87%) Ansible
4 2 (1.87%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.93%) Grafana
5 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.93%) Nessus
Vendors
1 23 (21.50%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.21%) Cisco
3 7 (6.54%) iManage
3 7 (6.54%) VMware
4 5 (4.67%) Databricks
4 5 (4.67%) Red Hat
4 5 (4.67%) SAP
5 4 (3.74%) Apple
5 4 (3.74%) Okta
5 4 (3.74%) Siemens
6 3 (2.80%) Autodesk
6 3 (2.80%) Barracuda Networks
6 3 (2.80%) Sage
6 3 (2.80%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.80%) Sophos
6 3 (2.80%) Sparx
7 2 (1.87%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.87%) Google
7 2 (1.87%) IBM
7 2 (1.87%) Intapp