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 21 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 352 354
Rank change year-on-year +104 +2 +96
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 125 84 155
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 0.51% 0.64%
As % of the General category 1.36% 0.74% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 106 47 144
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,817 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.80% +13.64% -8.33%

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 9,216 11,292 14,999
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.76% 69.11% 62.37%
Number of salaries quoted 5,831 6,381 11,824
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.50% +8.23% -11.15%

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 21 January 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 6 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.20%) Confluence
3 2 (1.60%) WordPress
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (19.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.80%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.80%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (4.00%) PlanetPress Connect
2 2 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.80%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (37.60%) Azure
2 22 (17.60%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (10.40%) AWS
4 10 (8.00%) Power Platform
5 9 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.60%) Entra ID
6 7 (5.60%) GCP
7 6 (4.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (4.00%) PowerApps
8 5 (4.00%) SaaS
9 4 (3.20%) IaaS
10 3 (2.40%) GitHub
10 3 (2.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (1.60%) ChatGPT
11 2 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (1.60%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.80%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.80%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.20%) VPN
2 13 (10.40%) Firewall
3 8 (6.40%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (5.60%) BGP
5 6 (4.80%) Network Security
5 6 (4.80%) VLAN
5 6 (4.80%) Wireshark
6 5 (4.00%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (4.00%) DNS
7 4 (3.20%) OSPF
7 4 (3.20%) SD-WAN
7 4 (3.20%) WAN
7 4 (3.20%) Wireless
8 3 (2.40%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (2.40%) DHCP
8 3 (2.40%) DMZ
8 3 (2.40%) IPsec
8 3 (2.40%) LAN
8 3 (2.40%) MPLS
8 3 (2.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.20%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.60%) Power BI
3 1 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.80%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (7.20%) JIRA
2 5 (4.00%) Subversion
3 4 (3.20%) Git
3 4 (3.20%) Postman
4 2 (1.60%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.80%) GitLab
5 1 (0.80%) Zephyr
General
1 73 (58.40%) Social Skills
2 26 (20.80%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (13.60%) Finance
4 8 (6.40%) Law
4 8 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (5.60%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.80%) Automotive
7 5 (4.00%) Advertising
7 5 (4.00%) Billing
7 5 (4.00%) Electronics
8 4 (3.20%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.20%) Marketing
8 4 (3.20%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.60%) Back Office
10 2 (1.60%) Legal
10 2 (1.60%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.80%) Banking
11 1 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (23.20%) Analyst
2 19 (15.20%) Senior
3 14 (11.20%) Service Analyst
3 14 (11.20%) Service Desk Analyst
4 13 (10.40%) Architect
5 12 (9.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.40%) Applications Support
6 8 (6.40%) Support Engineer
7 7 (5.60%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (5.60%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.60%) Developer
7 7 (5.60%) Network Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Data Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Security Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Senior Data Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) Software Test Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) Technical Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) Technical Support Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.60%) .NET
2 6 (4.80%) PySpark
3 4 (3.20%) HTML
3 4 (3.20%) React
4 3 (2.40%) CSS
4 3 (2.40%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (2.40%) REST
5 2 (1.60%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.60%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.60%) Laravel
5 2 (1.60%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.80%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.80%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.80%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.80%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.80%) jQuery
6 1 (0.80%) Loki
6 1 (0.80%) Swagger
6 1 (0.80%) WPF
6 1 (0.80%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.60%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.40%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.80%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.80%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (4.80%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.00%) Mobile App
4 5 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.20%) iPad
5 4 (3.20%) iPhone
5 4 (3.20%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.40%) CCTV
6 3 (2.40%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.40%) NHS
7 2 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.60%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 30 (24.00%) Windows
2 9 (7.20%) Linux
3 8 (6.40%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.20%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.40%) Debian
6 2 (1.60%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.60%) Unix
7 1 (0.80%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (25.60%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (16.80%) Agile
2 21 (16.80%) ITIL
3 19 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
4 15 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (11.20%) Customer Service
5 14 (11.20%) DevOps
5 14 (11.20%) Mentoring
6 13 (10.40%) Change Management
7 12 (9.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (8.80%) Workflow
9 10 (8.00%) User Experience
10 9 (7.20%) Data Analysis
10 9 (7.20%) ERP
10 9 (7.20%) Incident Response
10 9 (7.20%) Roadmaps
10 9 (7.20%) SIEM
11 8 (6.40%) CI/CD
11 8 (6.40%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 28 (22.40%) SQL
2 14 (11.20%) PowerShell
3 12 (9.60%) C#
4 11 (8.80%) JavaScript
4 11 (8.80%) Python
5 6 (4.80%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (4.00%) VBA
7 4 (3.20%) PHP
8 2 (1.60%) Bicep
8 2 (1.60%) C
8 2 (1.60%) Go
8 2 (1.60%) Java
9 1 (0.80%) Bash
9 1 (0.80%) C++
9 1 (0.80%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (7.20%) Degree
2 7 (5.60%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.80%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.00%) CCNP
5 3 (2.40%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.40%) CEH
5 3 (2.40%) CISSP
5 3 (2.40%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.60%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.60%) MCP
6 2 (1.60%) MCSA
6 2 (1.60%) MCSE
6 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.80%) ACCA
7 1 (0.80%) CCNA
7 1 (0.80%) CIMA
7 1 (0.80%) GSEC
7 1 (0.80%) HNC
7 1 (0.80%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.60%) QA
2 11 (8.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (7.20%) SLA
4 5 (4.00%) GDPR
5 4 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (3.20%) ISO 9001
6 3 (2.40%) PMO
7 2 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (1.60%) NIST
7 2 (1.60%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.80%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.80%) GAAP
8 1 (0.80%) GRC
8 1 (0.80%) GxP
8 1 (0.80%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (13.60%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.20%) Firmware
4 3 (2.40%) Kamailio
5 2 (1.60%) Docker
5 2 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.80%) Ceph
6 1 (0.80%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.80%) Lustre
6 1 (0.80%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.80%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 12 (9.60%) SCCM
2 7 (5.60%) Terraform
3 5 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.20%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.20%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (3.20%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.40%) cPanel
5 3 (2.40%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (2.40%) Plesk
6 2 (1.60%) Ansible
6 2 (1.60%) Nessus
7 1 (0.80%) Argo
7 1 (0.80%) Grafana
7 1 (0.80%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 42 (33.60%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.20%) Cisco
3 8 (6.40%) VMware
4 6 (4.80%) Databricks
4 6 (4.80%) Fortinet
5 4 (3.20%) Apple
5 4 (3.20%) iManage
5 4 (3.20%) Okta
5 4 (3.20%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.40%) Aruba
6 3 (2.40%) Dell
6 3 (2.40%) Juniper
6 3 (2.40%) Meraki
6 3 (2.40%) Oracle
6 3 (2.40%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.40%) Siemens
6 3 (2.40%) SolarWinds
6 3 (2.40%) Sparx
6 3 (2.40%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.60%) Intapp