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 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 362 404
Rank change year-on-year +50 +42 +40
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 108 65 192
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 0.42% 0.56%
As % of the General category 0.93% 0.57% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 76 50 159
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,450 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.60% +14.55% -
75th Percentile £64,063 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £75,625 £83,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -8.70%

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 11,626 11,450 20,857
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.23% 74.59% 60.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,580 6,288 15,255
10th Percentile £31,975 £27,500 £31,579
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,753 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,271 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,565 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.02% +5.84% -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 17 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 8 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.70%) IIS
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.78%) CorelDRAW
5 2 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.70%) SAP CO
1 4 (3.70%) SAP FI
1 4 (3.70%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.85%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.93%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.93%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.93%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.93%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 32 (29.63%) Azure
2 18 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 15 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (8.33%) AWS
5 6 (5.56%) dbt
5 6 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.56%) Power Automate
6 5 (4.63%) IaaS
6 5 (4.63%) OpenShift
7 4 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (3.70%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.85%) Intacct
9 2 (1.85%) Route 53
9 2 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (19.44%) Firewall
2 9 (8.33%) DNS
2 9 (8.33%) VPN
3 8 (7.41%) VoIP
4 7 (6.48%) TCP/IP
5 6 (5.56%) DHCP
5 6 (5.56%) VLAN
6 5 (4.63%) DMZ
6 5 (4.63%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (4.63%) STUN
6 5 (4.63%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (3.70%) Network Security
8 3 (2.78%) NAS
9 2 (1.85%) SSL
10 1 (0.93%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.93%) LAN
10 1 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.93%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.96%) Power BI
2 12 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.56%) Looker
4 3 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.78%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.85%) Power Query
5 2 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.93%) Metadata
6 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.93%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.63%) Git
1 5 (4.63%) GitLab
1 5 (4.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (2.78%) JIRA
3 2 (1.85%) Terragrunt
3 2 (1.85%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.93%) JMeter
4 1 (0.93%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.93%) Postman
4 1 (0.93%) Selenium
General
1 63 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.00%) Finance
3 25 (23.15%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (12.04%) Law
5 12 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (11.11%) Retail
6 9 (8.33%) Manufacturing
7 8 (7.41%) Banking
8 6 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (5.56%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.78%) Automotive
10 3 (2.78%) Electronics
11 2 (1.85%) Marketing
12 1 (0.93%) Back Office
12 1 (0.93%) Billing
12 1 (0.93%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (20.37%) Support Engineer
2 12 (11.11%) Analyst
3 10 (9.26%) Consultant
3 10 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (9.26%) Senior
4 7 (6.48%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (6.48%) IT Engineer
4 7 (6.48%) IT Support
4 7 (6.48%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (6.48%) Security Engineer
5 6 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 6 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 6 (5.56%) Automation Engineer
5 6 (5.56%) Business Analyst
5 6 (5.56%) Support Specialist
6 5 (4.63%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (4.63%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (4.63%) Infrastructure Support
6 5 (4.63%) VoIP Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.63%) FreeSWITCH
1 5 (4.63%) Jinja
1 5 (4.63%) JSON
1 5 (4.63%) YAML
2 4 (3.70%) Middleware
3 3 (2.78%) .NET
3 3 (2.78%) PySpark
3 3 (2.78%) REST
4 2 (1.85%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.85%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.85%) WPF
5 1 (0.93%) Blazor
5 1 (0.93%) JWT
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.93%) SOAP
5 1 (0.93%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.19%) Onboarding
2 8 (7.41%) Driving Licence
3 6 (5.56%) Blog
4 4 (3.70%) CCTV
4 4 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.70%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.78%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.85%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.85%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.85%) Legacy Code
6 2 (1.85%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.85%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.85%) Replication
6 2 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.93%) iPad
7 1 (0.93%) iPhone
7 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.52%) Windows
2 13 (12.04%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.48%) Linux
4 5 (4.63%) Debian
4 5 (4.63%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.85%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (12.96%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (12.04%) CI/CD
4 13 (12.04%) High Availability
5 12 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 12 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (10.19%) Analytics
6 11 (10.19%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (10.19%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (9.26%) Change Management
7 10 (9.26%) Data Modelling
7 10 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (9.26%) Risk Management
7 10 (9.26%) Visualisation
8 9 (8.33%) Agile
8 9 (8.33%) Business Analysis
8 9 (8.33%) DevOps
8 9 (8.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 31 (28.70%) SQL
2 18 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 17 (15.74%) Python
4 6 (5.56%) Bash
5 2 (1.85%) C#
5 2 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.85%) Java
5 2 (1.85%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.93%) ABAP
6 1 (0.93%) Bicep
6 1 (0.93%) Groovy
6 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (11.11%) Degree
2 7 (6.48%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.63%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.70%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.78%) CEH
6 3 (2.78%) CISSP
6 3 (2.78%) HNC
6 3 (2.78%) HND
6 3 (2.78%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.93%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.93%) CCNP
8 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.93%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.19%) QA
2 4 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.70%) SLA
3 3 (2.78%) GDPR
3 3 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.85%) GAAP
5 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.93%) GRC
5 1 (0.93%) NIST
5 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (13.89%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.70%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.78%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.78%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.78%) Terraform
2 1 (0.93%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.93%) Grafana
2 1 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.93%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 36 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.19%) Cisco
3 10 (9.26%) SAP
3 10 (9.26%) VMware
4 5 (4.63%) Red Hat
5 4 (3.70%) Databricks
5 4 (3.70%) Siemens
6 3 (2.78%) Barracuda Networks
6 3 (2.78%) iManage
6 3 (2.78%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.78%) Sophos
7 2 (1.85%) Autodesk
7 2 (1.85%) Google
7 2 (1.85%) IBM
7 2 (1.85%) Pega
7 2 (1.85%) Sage
8 1 (0.93%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.93%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.93%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.93%) Workday