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 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 305 375
Rank change year-on-year -17 +70 +9
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 135 112 122
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.69% 0.53%
As % of the General category 0.93% 0.96% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 90 82 71
10th Percentile £32,750 £33,275 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,063 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -7.60% +10.62%
75th Percentile £64,688 £75,000 £81,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,625 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -13.60% +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 14,529 11,640 14,483
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.61% 71.91% 62.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8,982 6,326 8,483
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 15 September 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 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.93%) IIS
3 4 (2.96%) Confluence
4 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.70%) CorelDRAW
5 1 (0.74%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.74%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (5.19%) SAP CO
1 7 (5.19%) SAP FI
1 7 (5.19%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.48%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.74%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.74%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.74%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 34 (25.19%) Azure
2 31 (22.96%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (18.52%) Power Platform
4 14 (10.37%) AWS
4 14 (10.37%) Entra ID
5 13 (9.63%) Power Automate
6 7 (5.19%) dbt
6 7 (5.19%) SaaS
7 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (3.70%) n8n
7 5 (3.70%) PowerApps
7 5 (3.70%) Zapier
8 4 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.22%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.48%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.48%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.48%) AWS Control Tower
10 2 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.56%) DNS
2 18 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 16 (11.85%) Firewall
4 15 (11.11%) DHCP
5 11 (8.15%) VPN
6 7 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (3.70%) HTTP
8 3 (2.22%) NAS
8 3 (2.22%) SAN
8 3 (2.22%) VLAN
8 3 (2.22%) VoIP
8 3 (2.22%) Wireless
9 2 (1.48%) Fibre Channel
9 2 (1.48%) Network Security
10 1 (0.74%) 5G
10 1 (0.74%) LTE
10 1 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.74%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (15.56%) Power BI
2 9 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.44%) Looker
4 3 (2.22%) Big Data
5 2 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.48%) Metadata
5 2 (1.48%) Redis
6 1 (0.74%) Airbyte
6 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.74%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.74%) GIS
6 1 (0.74%) Parquet
6 1 (0.74%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.19%) JIRA
2 2 (1.48%) Terragrunt
3 1 (0.74%) Git
3 1 (0.74%) JMeter
3 1 (0.74%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.74%) Rational DOORS
General
1 76 (56.30%) Social Skills
2 30 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (22.22%) Finance
3 15 (11.11%) Retail
4 13 (9.63%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (8.89%) Manufacturing
6 10 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (5.19%) Banking
7 7 (5.19%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.44%) Law
9 5 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.96%) Electronics
11 3 (2.22%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.22%) Billing
11 3 (2.22%) Legal
12 2 (1.48%) Marketing
12 2 (1.48%) Military
12 2 (1.48%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (17.78%) Support Engineer
2 19 (14.07%) Senior
3 18 (13.33%) Analyst
4 15 (11.11%) Consultant
5 14 (10.37%) IT Engineer
5 14 (10.37%) IT Support
5 14 (10.37%) IT Support Engineer
6 11 (8.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 11 (8.15%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (8.15%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 8 (5.93%) Business Analyst
8 7 (5.19%) SAP CO Specialist
8 7 (5.19%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
9 6 (4.44%) Support Specialist
10 5 (3.70%) Applications Specialist
10 5 (3.70%) Applications Support
10 5 (3.70%) Applications Support Specialist
10 5 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (3.70%) Compliance Manager
10 5 (3.70%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.93%) Middleware
2 4 (2.96%) Terraform
3 3 (2.22%) REST
4 2 (1.48%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.48%) Matplotlib
4 2 (1.48%) NumPy
4 2 (1.48%) Pandas
4 2 (1.48%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.74%) .NET
5 1 (0.74%) JSON
5 1 (0.74%) JWT
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.74%) Pulumi
5 1 (0.74%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 13 (9.63%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.44%) Blog
4 5 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.70%) Online Gambling
4 5 (3.70%) Video\Live Streaming
5 4 (2.96%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.22%) iPad
6 3 (2.22%) iPhone
6 3 (2.22%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.22%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.48%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.48%) Replication
7 2 (1.48%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.74%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 31 (22.96%) Windows
2 14 (10.37%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.93%) Linux
3 8 (5.93%) Windows 10
4 7 (5.19%) Apple iOS
5 6 (4.44%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.96%) Ubuntu
6 4 (2.96%) Unix
7 3 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.48%) Android
8 2 (1.48%) VMS
9 1 (0.74%) CentOS
9 1 (0.74%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.74%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.74%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (28.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 30 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (15.56%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
5 19 (14.07%) AI
6 18 (13.33%) Process Improvement
6 18 (13.33%) Workflow
7 17 (12.59%) Roadmaps
8 15 (11.11%) Business Continuity
8 15 (11.11%) Migration
8 15 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 15 (11.11%) User Experience
9 14 (10.37%) Agile
9 14 (10.37%) Analytics
9 14 (10.37%) Customer Service
9 14 (10.37%) High Availability
9 14 (10.37%) ITIL
10 13 (9.63%) Change Management
10 13 (9.63%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 30 (22.22%) SQL
2 16 (11.85%) PowerShell
3 10 (7.41%) Python
4 4 (2.96%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.48%) Bash
5 2 (1.48%) C
5 2 (1.48%) C++
5 2 (1.48%) Go
6 1 (0.74%) ABAP
6 1 (0.74%) Ada
6 1 (0.74%) Bicep
6 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.74%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.74%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 16 (11.85%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.37%) Degree
3 13 (9.63%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.19%) SAP Certification
5 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.70%) HNC
6 5 (3.70%) HND
7 4 (2.96%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.22%) ACCA
9 2 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.48%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.48%) CCSP
9 2 (1.48%) CIMA
9 2 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.48%) CISSP
9 2 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.74%) Linux+ Certification
10 1 (0.74%) MCSE
10 1 (0.74%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.07%) GDPR
2 10 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 10 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (5.93%) QA
4 6 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (4.44%) SLA
5 5 (3.70%) ISO 22301
5 5 (3.70%) ISO 9001
5 5 (3.70%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.74%) GAAP
7 1 (0.74%) GRC
7 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (8.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (8.15%) Active Directory
3 9 (6.67%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.22%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.22%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.48%) Firmware
5 2 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.74%) KVM
Systems Management
1 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.48%) Ansible
5 1 (0.74%) Grafana
5 1 (0.74%) Puppet
5 1 (0.74%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 54 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.37%) VMware
3 10 (7.41%) SAP
4 4 (2.96%) Red Hat
5 3 (2.22%) Apple
5 3 (2.22%) Barracuda Networks
5 3 (2.22%) Dell
5 3 (2.22%) Okta
5 3 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.22%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.22%) Sophos
5 3 (2.22%) YouTube
6 2 (1.48%) Adaptive Insights
6 2 (1.48%) Google
6 2 (1.48%) Veeam
6 2 (1.48%) Workday
7 1 (0.74%) New Relic
7 1 (0.74%) Pega
7 1 (0.74%) Qualys
7 1 (0.74%) Rapid7