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 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 348 391
Rank change year-on-year +35 +43 +50
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 127 88 166
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.59% 0.54% 0.54%
As % of the General category 0.99% 0.74% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 85 62 130
10th Percentile £30,950 £33,500 £31,139
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,063 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £87,000 £88,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -10.71%

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 12,799 11,885 18,779
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.56% 72.34% 61.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,292 6,649 13,411
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,000 £76,500
90th Percentile £99,220 £107,500 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 18 July 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 14 (11.02%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.30%) IIS
3 2 (1.57%) Confluence
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.94%) CorelDRAW
5 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (5.51%) SAP CO
1 7 (5.51%) SAP FI
1 7 (5.51%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.57%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.57%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.79%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.79%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.79%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (28.35%) Azure
2 28 (22.05%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (14.17%) Power Platform
4 14 (11.02%) AWS
5 10 (7.87%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.72%) dbt
6 6 (4.72%) Power Automate
7 5 (3.94%) IaaS
7 5 (3.94%) OpenShift
8 4 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.36%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.36%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.36%) SaaS
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.57%) AWS Control Tower
10 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.57%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 27 (21.26%) Firewall
2 17 (13.39%) DNS
3 15 (11.81%) TCP/IP
3 15 (11.81%) VPN
4 14 (11.02%) DHCP
5 8 (6.30%) VLAN
5 8 (6.30%) VoIP
6 6 (4.72%) Network Security
7 5 (3.94%) DMZ
7 5 (3.94%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (3.94%) STUN
7 5 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (2.36%) NAS
8 3 (2.36%) Wireless
9 2 (1.57%) SSL
10 1 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.79%) LAN
10 1 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.79%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.81%) Power BI
2 14 (11.02%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.72%) Looker
4 3 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.36%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.57%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.57%) Metadata
5 2 (1.57%) Power Query
6 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.79%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.79%) Parquet
6 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.79%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.72%) Git
1 6 (4.72%) JIRA
2 5 (3.94%) GitLab
2 5 (3.94%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.57%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.79%) JMeter
4 1 (0.79%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.79%) Postman
4 1 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.79%) Selenium
4 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 76 (59.84%) Social Skills
2 33 (25.98%) Finance
3 29 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (13.39%) Retail
5 13 (10.24%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (9.45%) Law
6 12 (9.45%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.51%) Banking
7 7 (5.51%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.15%) Electronics
9 4 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.36%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.57%) Marketing
12 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.79%) Automotive
12 1 (0.79%) Back Office
12 1 (0.79%) Billing
12 1 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (22.05%) Support Engineer
2 14 (11.02%) Consultant
3 12 (9.45%) Analyst
3 12 (9.45%) IT Engineer
3 12 (9.45%) IT Support
3 12 (9.45%) IT Support Engineer
4 11 (8.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 11 (8.66%) 2nd Line Support
4 11 (8.66%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 11 (8.66%) Senior
5 8 (6.30%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (6.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (4.72%) Automation Engineer
6 6 (4.72%) SAP CO Specialist
6 6 (4.72%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
6 6 (4.72%) Senior Consultant
6 6 (4.72%) Support Specialist
7 5 (3.94%) Applications Support
7 5 (3.94%) Business Analyst
7 5 (3.94%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.30%) Middleware
2 6 (4.72%) JSON
3 5 (3.94%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (3.94%) Jinja
3 5 (3.94%) YAML
4 2 (1.57%) .NET
4 2 (1.57%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.57%) REST
5 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.79%) Blazor
5 1 (0.79%) JWT
5 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.79%) PySpark
5 1 (0.79%) SOAP
5 1 (0.79%) WebAssembly
5 1 (0.79%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.02%) Onboarding
2 12 (9.45%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.72%) Blog
4 5 (3.94%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.15%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.36%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.57%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.57%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.57%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.57%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.57%) Replication
8 1 (0.79%) CCTV
8 1 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.79%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.79%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.79%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 33 (25.98%) Windows
2 19 (14.96%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.09%) Linux
4 8 (6.30%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.94%) Debian
6 4 (3.15%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.36%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.79%) CentOS
8 1 (0.79%) Solaris
8 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (25.20%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (24.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (14.96%) High Availability
4 17 (13.39%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (12.60%) Business Continuity
5 16 (12.60%) Roadmaps
6 15 (11.81%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (11.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (11.02%) Risk Management
8 13 (10.24%) Change Management
8 13 (10.24%) Data Protection
8 13 (10.24%) Project Delivery
9 12 (9.45%) Agile
9 12 (9.45%) Analytics
9 12 (9.45%) Cloud Security
9 12 (9.45%) Information Security
9 12 (9.45%) ITIL
10 11 (8.66%) CI/CD
10 11 (8.66%) Customer Service
10 11 (8.66%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 34 (26.77%) SQL
2 19 (14.96%) PowerShell
3 17 (13.39%) Python
4 7 (5.51%) Bash
5 3 (2.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.57%) C
6 2 (1.57%) C++
6 2 (1.57%) Java
7 1 (0.79%) ABAP
7 1 (0.79%) Ada
7 1 (0.79%) Bicep
7 1 (0.79%) C#
7 1 (0.79%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.79%) Groovy
7 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (12.60%) Degree
2 10 (7.87%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.09%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.72%) Azure Certification
4 6 (4.72%) SAP Certification
5 5 (3.94%) CISSP
5 5 (3.94%) HNC
5 5 (3.94%) HND
6 4 (3.15%) DBS Check
6 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.36%) CEH
7 3 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.57%) CCSP
8 2 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.79%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.79%) CCNP
9 1 (0.79%) RHCE
9 1 (0.79%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.02%) GDPR
2 10 (7.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (6.30%) QA
4 6 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (3.94%) ISO 22301
5 5 (3.94%) ISO 9001
5 5 (3.94%) SLA
6 3 (2.36%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (1.57%) GAAP
7 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.57%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.79%) GRC
8 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (14.17%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.09%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.36%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.36%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.79%) Firmware
6 1 (0.79%) KVM
Systems Management
1 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.36%) Terraform
3 1 (0.79%) Ansible
3 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.79%) Grafana
3 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.79%) Puppet
3 1 (0.79%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 51 (40.16%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.24%) SAP
2 13 (10.24%) VMware
3 11 (8.66%) Cisco
4 6 (4.72%) Red Hat
4 6 (4.72%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.15%) Google
6 3 (2.36%) Barracuda Networks
6 3 (2.36%) IBM
6 3 (2.36%) iManage
6 3 (2.36%) Sophos
7 2 (1.57%) Autodesk
7 2 (1.57%) Pega
7 2 (1.57%) Sage
8 1 (0.79%) Apple
8 1 (0.79%) Dell
8 1 (0.79%) EMC
8 1 (0.79%) NetApp
8 1 (0.79%) Oracle
8 1 (0.79%) Siemens