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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 353 365
Rank change year-on-year +94 +12 +85
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 122 83 169
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.77% 0.51% 0.64%
As % of the General category 1.30% 0.74% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 107 46 158
10th Percentile £35,500 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,221 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,875 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £73,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +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 9,376 11,196 16,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.30% 69.08% 62.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5,895 6,326 12,973
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +7.46% -4.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,250 £108,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.31%

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 31 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 5 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.46%) Confluence
3 2 (1.64%) WordPress
4 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (15.57%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.82%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (4.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (4.10%) PlanetPress Connect
2 1 (0.82%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.82%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (37.70%) Azure
2 18 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (9.02%) AWS
4 9 (7.38%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (7.38%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.74%) Entra ID
5 7 (5.74%) GCP
6 6 (4.92%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (4.10%) IaaS
7 5 (4.10%) SaaS
8 4 (3.28%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.46%) GitHub
10 2 (1.64%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.64%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.82%) Azure AI
11 1 (0.82%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.30%) Firewall
2 13 (10.66%) VPN
3 8 (6.56%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (5.74%) BGP
4 7 (5.74%) VLAN
5 6 (4.92%) Network Security
5 6 (4.92%) Wireshark
6 5 (4.10%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (4.10%) DNS
7 4 (3.28%) DMZ
7 4 (3.28%) OSPF
7 4 (3.28%) SD-WAN
7 4 (3.28%) STUN
7 4 (3.28%) VoIP
7 4 (3.28%) WAN
7 4 (3.28%) Wireless
8 3 (2.46%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (2.46%) IPsec
8 3 (2.46%) LAN
8 3 (2.46%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.30%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.64%) Power BI
2 2 (1.64%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.56%) JIRA
2 5 (4.10%) Subversion
3 4 (3.28%) Git
3 4 (3.28%) Postman
4 2 (1.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (1.64%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.82%) GitLab
5 1 (0.82%) Zephyr
General
1 69 (56.56%) Social Skills
2 25 (20.49%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.48%) Finance
4 9 (7.38%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (6.56%) Law
6 7 (5.74%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.92%) Automotive
8 5 (4.10%) Billing
8 5 (4.10%) Electronics
9 4 (3.28%) Advertising
9 4 (3.28%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.28%) Marketing
9 4 (3.28%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.46%) Back Office
10 3 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.64%) Legal
11 2 (1.64%) Retail
11 2 (1.64%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.82%) Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (20.49%) Analyst
2 18 (14.75%) Senior
3 14 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (10.66%) Architect
5 10 (8.20%) Service Analyst
5 10 (8.20%) Service Desk Analyst
6 8 (6.56%) Support Engineer
7 7 (5.74%) Applications Support
7 7 (5.74%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (5.74%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.74%) Developer
7 7 (5.74%) Network Engineer
7 7 (5.74%) Security Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Data Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Senior Data Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Applications Support Specialist
9 5 (4.10%) Embedded Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Software Test Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.74%) .NET
2 6 (4.92%) PySpark
3 4 (3.28%) FreeSWITCH
3 4 (3.28%) HTML
3 4 (3.28%) React
4 3 (2.46%) CSS
4 3 (2.46%) REST
5 2 (1.64%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.64%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.64%) Laravel
6 1 (0.82%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.82%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.82%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.82%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.82%) jQuery
6 1 (0.82%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.82%) Svelte
6 1 (0.82%) Swagger
6 1 (0.82%) WPF
6 1 (0.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.84%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.74%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.92%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.92%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.92%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (4.10%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.10%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.10%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.28%) CCTV
5 4 (3.28%) iPad
5 4 (3.28%) iPhone
5 4 (3.28%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.46%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.46%) NHS
6 3 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.64%) Replication
7 2 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (20.49%) Windows
2 10 (8.20%) Linux
3 9 (7.38%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.28%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.28%) Debian
5 2 (1.64%) Unix
6 1 (0.82%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.41%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (15.57%) Agile
4 17 (13.93%) Collaborative Working
4 17 (13.93%) ITIL
5 14 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (10.66%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (10.66%) DevOps
6 13 (10.66%) Mentoring
7 12 (9.84%) Change Management
8 11 (9.02%) Customer Service
8 11 (9.02%) Workflow
9 10 (8.20%) User Experience
10 9 (7.38%) Data Analysis
10 9 (7.38%) ERP
10 9 (7.38%) Incident Response
10 9 (7.38%) Roadmaps
10 9 (7.38%) SIEM
11 8 (6.56%) CI/CD
11 8 (6.56%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 29 (23.77%) SQL
2 17 (13.93%) PowerShell
3 14 (11.48%) Python
4 12 (9.84%) C#
5 11 (9.02%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.92%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (4.10%) VBA
8 4 (3.28%) PHP
9 3 (2.46%) Bash
9 3 (2.46%) Java
10 2 (1.64%) Bicep
10 2 (1.64%) C
10 2 (1.64%) Go
11 1 (0.82%) C++
11 1 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (4.92%) Degree
2 5 (4.10%) Azure Certification
2 5 (4.10%) CCNP
3 4 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.28%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.46%) CEH
4 3 (2.46%) CISSP
5 2 (1.64%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.64%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.82%) CCNA
6 1 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.82%) FFIEC
6 1 (0.82%) GSEC
6 1 (0.82%) HNC
6 1 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.82%) OSCP
6 1 (0.82%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.66%) QA
2 10 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.92%) SLA
4 5 (4.10%) GDPR
5 3 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.46%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.64%) NIST
6 2 (1.64%) PMO
6 2 (1.64%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.82%) GAAP
7 1 (0.82%) GRC
7 1 (0.82%) GxP
7 1 (0.82%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.82%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (13.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.28%) Firmware
2 4 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.64%) Docker
3 2 (1.64%) Kamailio
3 2 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.82%) Ceph
4 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.82%) Lustre
4 1 (0.82%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.82%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 8 (6.56%) SCCM
2 7 (5.74%) Terraform
3 5 (4.10%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.28%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.28%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (3.28%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.46%) cPanel
5 3 (2.46%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (2.46%) Plesk
6 2 (1.64%) Ansible
6 2 (1.64%) Nessus
7 1 (0.82%) Argo
7 1 (0.82%) Grafana
7 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 37 (30.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.02%) Cisco
3 7 (5.74%) VMware
4 6 (4.92%) Databricks
4 6 (4.92%) Fortinet
5 4 (3.28%) Apple
5 4 (3.28%) iManage
5 4 (3.28%) Okta
5 4 (3.28%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.28%) Siemens
6 3 (2.46%) Aruba
6 3 (2.46%) Dell
6 3 (2.46%) Juniper
6 3 (2.46%) Meraki
6 3 (2.46%) SAP
6 3 (2.46%) SolarWinds
6 3 (2.46%) Sparx
6 3 (2.46%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.64%) Aderant
7 2 (1.64%) Intapp