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 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 332 368
Rank change year-on-year +8 +36 +56
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 129 101 134
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.58% 0.61% 0.53%
As % of the General category 0.96% 0.84% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 85 70 100
10th Percentile £30,950 £33,400 £35,600
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,313 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,000 £88,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -7.08%

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 13,419 11,978 15,462
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.82% 72.59% 61.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,575 6,695 10,479
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,103
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 5 August 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 15 (11.63%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.20%) IIS
3 3 (2.33%) Confluence
4 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.88%) CorelDRAW
5 1 (0.78%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (6.20%) SAP CO
1 8 (6.20%) SAP FI
1 8 (6.20%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.55%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.55%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.78%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.78%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.78%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (29.46%) Azure
2 30 (23.26%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (15.50%) Power Platform
4 14 (10.85%) AWS
5 12 (9.30%) Entra ID
6 8 (6.20%) Power Automate
7 6 (4.65%) dbt
8 5 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.88%) OpenShift
8 5 (3.88%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.33%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.33%) IaaS
9 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (2.33%) SaaS
10 2 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.55%) AWS Control Tower
10 2 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.60%) Firewall
2 19 (14.73%) DNS
3 16 (12.40%) TCP/IP
4 14 (10.85%) DHCP
5 13 (10.08%) VPN
6 6 (4.65%) VLAN
6 6 (4.65%) VoIP
7 5 (3.88%) Network Security
7 5 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (2.33%) DMZ
8 3 (2.33%) NAS
8 3 (2.33%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (2.33%) STUN
8 3 (2.33%) Wireless
9 2 (1.55%) HTTP
9 2 (1.55%) SSL
10 1 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.78%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.63%) Power BI
2 12 (9.30%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.65%) Looker
4 3 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.55%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.55%) Metadata
5 2 (1.55%) Power Query
6 1 (0.78%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.78%) Parquet
6 1 (0.78%) Redis
6 1 (0.78%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.78%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (6.20%) JIRA
2 6 (4.65%) Git
3 5 (3.88%) GitLab
4 3 (2.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (1.55%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.78%) JMeter
6 1 (0.78%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.78%) Postman
6 1 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.78%) Selenium
6 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 77 (59.69%) Social Skills
2 35 (27.13%) Finance
3 31 (24.03%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (13.18%) Retail
5 12 (9.30%) Law
5 12 (9.30%) Manufacturing
6 11 (8.53%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (5.43%) Banking
8 7 (5.43%) Telecoms
9 6 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.88%) Public Sector
11 4 (3.10%) Electronics
12 3 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.55%) Legal
13 2 (1.55%) Marketing
14 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.78%) Automotive
14 1 (0.78%) Billing
14 1 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (19.38%) Support Engineer
2 15 (11.63%) Analyst
2 15 (11.63%) Consultant
2 15 (11.63%) Senior
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
5 7 (5.43%) Business Analyst
5 7 (5.43%) Lead
5 7 (5.43%) SAP CO Specialist
5 7 (5.43%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
6 6 (4.65%) Automation Engineer
6 6 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (4.65%) Support Specialist
7 5 (3.88%) Applications Support
7 5 (3.88%) Network Engineer
7 5 (3.88%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.20%) Middleware
2 6 (4.65%) JSON
3 5 (3.88%) Jinja
3 5 (3.88%) YAML
4 3 (2.33%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (2.33%) REST
5 2 (1.55%) .NET
5 2 (1.55%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.78%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.78%) Blazor
6 1 (0.78%) JWT
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.78%) PySpark
6 1 (0.78%) SOAP
6 1 (0.78%) WebAssembly
6 1 (0.78%) WebSockets
6 1 (0.78%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.40%) Onboarding
2 11 (8.53%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.65%) Blog
4 5 (3.88%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.10%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.10%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.55%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.55%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.55%) Online Gambling
7 2 (1.55%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.78%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.78%) iPhone
8 1 (0.78%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 32 (24.81%) Windows
2 17 (13.18%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.20%) Windows 10
4 7 (5.43%) Linux
5 4 (3.10%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.10%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.33%) Debian
6 3 (2.33%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.33%) Unix
7 2 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.78%) Android
8 1 (0.78%) CentOS
8 1 (0.78%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (29.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 33 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (13.95%) High Availability
4 17 (13.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (13.18%) Roadmaps
4 17 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (11.63%) Business Continuity
5 15 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (10.85%) Agile
6 14 (10.85%) Process Improvement
6 14 (10.85%) Risk Management
7 13 (10.08%) Change Management
7 13 (10.08%) Data Protection
7 13 (10.08%) Information Security
7 13 (10.08%) Project Delivery
8 12 (9.30%) Cloud Security
8 12 (9.30%) Customer Service
8 12 (9.30%) ITIL
8 12 (9.30%) User Experience
8 12 (9.30%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 34 (26.36%) SQL
2 17 (13.18%) PowerShell
3 15 (11.63%) Python
4 5 (3.88%) Bash
5 3 (2.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (2.33%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.55%) C
6 2 (1.55%) C++
7 1 (0.78%) ABAP
7 1 (0.78%) Ada
7 1 (0.78%) Bicep
7 1 (0.78%) C#
7 1 (0.78%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.78%) Go
7 1 (0.78%) Groovy
7 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (12.40%) Degree
2 13 (10.08%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.43%) SAP Certification
5 5 (3.88%) CISSP
5 5 (3.88%) HNC
5 5 (3.88%) HND
5 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.10%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.10%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.33%) ACCA
7 3 (2.33%) CEH
8 2 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.55%) CCSP
8 2 (1.55%) CIMA
8 2 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.78%) RHCE
9 1 (0.78%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.08%) GDPR
2 12 (9.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (6.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (5.43%) QA
5 6 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (3.88%) ISO 22301
6 5 (3.88%) ISO 9001
6 5 (3.88%) SLA
7 4 (3.10%) Data Quality
8 3 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (2.33%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.78%) GAAP
10 1 (0.78%) GRC
10 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (10.85%) 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%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.78%) Firmware
6 1 (0.78%) KVM
Systems Management
1 8 (6.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.33%) Terraform
3 1 (0.78%) Ansible
3 1 (0.78%) Grafana
3 1 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.78%) Puppet
3 1 (0.78%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 51 (39.53%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.30%) VMware
3 11 (8.53%) SAP
4 8 (6.20%) Cisco
4 8 (6.20%) Red Hat
5 6 (4.65%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.33%) Barracuda Networks
6 3 (2.33%) IBM
6 3 (2.33%) iManage
6 3 (2.33%) Sophos
7 2 (1.55%) Adaptive Insights
7 2 (1.55%) Google
7 2 (1.55%) Pega
7 2 (1.55%) Workday
7 2 (1.55%) YouTube
8 1 (0.78%) Apple
8 1 (0.78%) Dell
8 1 (0.78%) EMC
8 1 (0.78%) NetApp
8 1 (0.78%) Sage