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 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 348 352
Rank change year-on-year +81 +4 +127
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 115 66 197
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.48% 0.66%
As % of the General category 1.19% 0.67% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 100 46 180
10th Percentile £37,375 £29,750 £32,425
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £70,313 £66,563 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £73,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £51,200
% change year-on-year -1.82% +7.42% -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 9,655 9,884 18,416
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.41% 71.45% 61.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,212 6,240 14,696
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,800
25th Percentile £40,188 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,000 £75,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 14 March 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 4 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.61%) Confluence
3 2 (1.74%) WordPress
4 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (6.96%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.74%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.87%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (3.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.74%) PlanetPress Connect
3 1 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.87%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.87%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.87%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.87%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.87%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 49 (42.61%) Azure
2 12 (10.43%) AWS
2 12 (10.43%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.09%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (6.09%) GCP
5 6 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (5.22%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.22%) IaaS
6 5 (4.35%) OpenShift
7 4 (3.48%) SaaS
8 3 (2.61%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.74%) ChatGPT
9 2 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.74%) Intacct
9 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.74%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.87%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.87%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.91%) Firewall
2 8 (6.96%) Network Security
2 8 (6.96%) VPN
3 6 (5.22%) VLAN
3 6 (5.22%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (4.35%) DMZ
4 5 (4.35%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (4.35%) STUN
4 5 (4.35%) VoIP
5 3 (2.61%) DNS
6 2 (1.74%) BGP
6 2 (1.74%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.74%) LAN
6 2 (1.74%) OSPF
6 2 (1.74%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.74%) SSL
6 2 (1.74%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.74%) WAN
7 1 (0.87%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.87%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.48%) Power BI
3 3 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.74%) Power Query
4 2 (1.74%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.87%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.87%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.87%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (8.70%) JIRA
2 9 (7.83%) Git
3 5 (4.35%) GitLab
3 5 (4.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (4.35%) Subversion
4 3 (2.61%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.74%) Postman
6 1 (0.87%) Selenium
6 1 (0.87%) Zephyr
General
1 70 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 24 (20.87%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (15.65%) Finance
4 13 (11.30%) Law
5 10 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (6.96%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (6.09%) Telecoms
8 6 (5.22%) Automotive
9 5 (4.35%) Billing
9 5 (4.35%) Electronics
9 5 (4.35%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.35%) Marketing
10 4 (3.48%) Advertising
10 4 (3.48%) Public Sector
10 4 (3.48%) Retail
11 3 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.74%) Back Office
12 2 (1.74%) Legal
13 1 (0.87%) Banking
13 1 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (17.39%) Senior
2 19 (16.52%) Analyst
3 15 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (8.70%) Security Engineer
5 9 (7.83%) Support Engineer
6 8 (6.96%) Architect
6 8 (6.96%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (6.96%) Consultant
7 7 (6.09%) Business Analyst
7 7 (6.09%) Lead
7 7 (6.09%) Network Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) Data Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) Developer
8 6 (5.22%) Information Security Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) Senior Data Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) Test Engineer
9 5 (4.35%) Automation Engineer
9 5 (4.35%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.35%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.22%) .NET
1 6 (5.22%) PySpark
2 5 (4.35%) FreeSWITCH
2 5 (4.35%) Jinja
2 5 (4.35%) JSON
2 5 (4.35%) YAML
3 4 (3.48%) HTML
3 4 (3.48%) REST
4 3 (2.61%) ASP.NET
4 3 (2.61%) CSS
4 3 (2.61%) React
5 2 (1.74%) Laravel
5 2 (1.74%) WPF
6 1 (0.87%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.87%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.87%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.87%) jQuery
6 1 (0.87%) Loki
6 1 (0.87%) SOAP
6 1 (0.87%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.09%) Management Information System
1 7 (6.09%) Onboarding
1 7 (6.09%) Security Posture
2 6 (5.22%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.22%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.48%) CCTV
4 4 (3.48%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.48%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.48%) iPad
4 4 (3.48%) iPhone
4 4 (3.48%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.61%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.61%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.74%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.30%) Windows
2 11 (9.57%) Linux
3 7 (6.09%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.35%) Debian
5 4 (3.48%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.74%) Unix
7 1 (0.87%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.57%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (22.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (18.26%) Agile
4 16 (13.91%) Collaborative Working
5 15 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (12.17%) CI/CD
7 12 (10.43%) Change Management
7 12 (10.43%) Project Delivery
7 12 (10.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (9.57%) Data Loss Prevention
8 11 (9.57%) Mentoring
8 11 (9.57%) Roadmaps
9 10 (8.70%) ERP
9 10 (8.70%) Risk Management
10 9 (7.83%) Data Analysis
10 9 (7.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (6.96%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (6.96%) DevOps
11 8 (6.96%) Security Architecture
11 8 (6.96%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 28 (24.35%) SQL
2 23 (20.00%) Python
3 17 (14.78%) PowerShell
4 9 (7.83%) JavaScript
5 8 (6.96%) C#
6 6 (5.22%) Bash
6 6 (5.22%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (3.48%) PHP
8 3 (2.61%) Java
9 2 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.74%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.74%) VBA
10 1 (0.87%) Bicep
10 1 (0.87%) C
10 1 (0.87%) C++
10 1 (0.87%) Go
Qualifications
1 6 (5.22%) Azure Certification
1 6 (5.22%) CEH
1 6 (5.22%) CISSP
1 6 (5.22%) Degree
2 4 (3.48%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.61%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.74%) CCNP
4 2 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.87%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.87%) FFIEC
5 1 (0.87%) GSEC
5 1 (0.87%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.83%) QA
2 8 (6.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 4 (3.48%) GDPR
5 2 (1.74%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.74%) GAAP
5 2 (1.74%) NIST
6 1 (0.87%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.87%) GRC
6 1 (0.87%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.87%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.87%) PMO
6 1 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.87%) SLA
6 1 (0.87%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.87%) Ceph
3 1 (0.87%) Docker
3 1 (0.87%) Firmware
3 1 (0.87%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.87%) Lustre
3 1 (0.87%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.87%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 5 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (3.48%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (3.48%) Terraform
3 3 (2.61%) cPanel
3 3 (2.61%) Plesk
4 2 (1.74%) Ansible
4 2 (1.74%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.74%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.74%) Nessus
5 1 (0.87%) Argo
5 1 (0.87%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.87%) Grafana
5 1 (0.87%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.87%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (24.35%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.30%) Cisco
3 7 (6.09%) iManage
4 6 (5.22%) Databricks
5 5 (4.35%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.35%) SAP
5 5 (4.35%) VMware
6 4 (3.48%) Apple
6 4 (3.48%) Okta
6 4 (3.48%) Siemens
7 3 (2.61%) Oracle
7 3 (2.61%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.61%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.61%) Sparx
8 2 (1.74%) Autodesk
8 2 (1.74%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.74%) Google
8 2 (1.74%) IBM
8 2 (1.74%) Sage
8 2 (1.74%) Workday