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 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 346 370
Rank change year-on-year +72 +24 +103
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 112 67 195
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 0.48% 0.65%
As % of the General category 1.17% 0.67% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 98 47 178
10th Percentile £37,125 £29,750 £32,275
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -4.55% -0.90%
75th Percentile £74,063 £65,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,000 £73,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,200
% change year-on-year - +7.42% -14.67%

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 9,583 9,943 18,402
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.63% 71.27% 61.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,088 6,264 14,684
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 11 March 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 4 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.68%) Confluence
3 2 (1.79%) WordPress
4 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.79%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.89%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (4.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.79%) PlanetPress Connect
3 1 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.89%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.89%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.89%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.89%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.89%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.89%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.89%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (41.96%) Azure
2 12 (10.71%) AWS
3 11 (9.82%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (8.04%) Power Platform
5 7 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (6.25%) GCP
6 6 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (5.36%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.36%) IaaS
7 4 (3.57%) SaaS
8 3 (2.68%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.79%) ChatGPT
9 2 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.79%) Intacct
9 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.79%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.79%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.89%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.89%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.39%) Firewall
2 8 (7.14%) VPN
3 7 (6.25%) Network Security
4 6 (5.36%) VLAN
4 6 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (4.46%) DMZ
5 5 (4.46%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (4.46%) STUN
5 5 (4.46%) VoIP
6 3 (2.68%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (2.68%) DNS
6 3 (2.68%) LAN
7 2 (1.79%) BGP
7 2 (1.79%) OSPF
7 2 (1.79%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.79%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.79%) WAN
8 1 (0.89%) DHCP
8 1 (0.89%) HTTP
8 1 (0.89%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.39%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.57%) Power BI
3 2 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.79%) Power Query
3 2 (1.79%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.89%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.89%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.89%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (8.04%) JIRA
2 7 (6.25%) Git
3 5 (4.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (4.46%) Subversion
4 3 (2.68%) GitLab
5 2 (1.79%) Postman
5 2 (1.79%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.89%) Selenium
6 1 (0.89%) Zephyr
General
1 68 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 24 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (15.18%) Finance
4 11 (9.82%) Law
5 10 (8.93%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.36%) Automotive
8 5 (4.46%) Billing
8 5 (4.46%) Electronics
8 5 (4.46%) Marketing
8 5 (4.46%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.57%) Advertising
9 4 (3.57%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.57%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.68%) Retail
11 2 (1.79%) Back Office
11 2 (1.79%) Legal
12 1 (0.89%) Banking
12 1 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (17.86%) Senior
2 18 (16.07%) Analyst
3 15 (13.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (8.04%) Architect
4 9 (8.04%) Security Engineer
4 9 (8.04%) Support Engineer
5 8 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (7.14%) Consultant
6 7 (6.25%) Business Analyst
7 6 (5.36%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.36%) Data Engineer
7 6 (5.36%) Lead
7 6 (5.36%) Senior Data Engineer
7 6 (5.36%) Test Engineer
8 5 (4.46%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (4.46%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.46%) Developer
8 5 (4.46%) Embedded Engineer
8 5 (4.46%) Infrastructure Support
8 5 (4.46%) VoIP Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.36%) PySpark
2 5 (4.46%) .NET
2 5 (4.46%) FreeSWITCH
3 4 (3.57%) HTML
4 3 (2.68%) CSS
4 3 (2.68%) Jinja
4 3 (2.68%) JSON
4 3 (2.68%) React
4 3 (2.68%) REST
4 3 (2.68%) YAML
5 2 (1.79%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.79%) Laravel
6 1 (0.89%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.89%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.89%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.89%) jQuery
6 1 (0.89%) Loki
6 1 (0.89%) SOAP
6 1 (0.89%) WebAssembly
6 1 (0.89%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.25%) Data Centre
1 7 (6.25%) Management Information System
1 7 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.36%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (5.36%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.46%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.57%) CCTV
4 4 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.57%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.57%) iPad
4 4 (3.57%) iPhone
4 4 (3.57%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.68%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.68%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.79%) NHS
6 2 (1.79%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.50%) Windows
2 11 (9.82%) Linux
3 7 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.46%) Debian
5 4 (3.57%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.79%) Unix
7 1 (0.89%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (27.68%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (22.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (18.75%) Agile
4 16 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 15 (13.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (10.71%) Change Management
6 12 (10.71%) CI/CD
7 11 (9.82%) Mentoring
7 11 (9.82%) Roadmaps
7 11 (9.82%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (8.93%) Data Loss Prevention
8 10 (8.93%) ERP
8 10 (8.93%) Project Delivery
9 9 (8.04%) Data Analysis
9 9 (8.04%) Risk Management
9 9 (8.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (7.14%) Data Protection
10 8 (7.14%) DevOps
11 7 (6.25%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 26 (23.21%) SQL
2 21 (18.75%) Python
3 17 (15.18%) PowerShell
4 9 (8.04%) JavaScript
5 7 (6.25%) C#
6 6 (5.36%) Bash
6 6 (5.36%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (3.57%) PHP
8 3 (2.68%) Java
9 2 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.79%) VBA
10 1 (0.89%) Bicep
10 1 (0.89%) C
10 1 (0.89%) C++
10 1 (0.89%) Go
10 1 (0.89%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (5.36%) Azure Certification
1 6 (5.36%) Degree
2 5 (4.46%) CEH
2 5 (4.46%) CISSP
3 4 (3.57%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.68%) CCNP
4 3 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.68%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.89%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.89%) FFIEC
5 1 (0.89%) GSEC
5 1 (0.89%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.93%) QA
2 7 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.46%) GDPR
4 4 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.79%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.79%) GAAP
5 2 (1.79%) NIST
6 1 (0.89%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.89%) GRC
6 1 (0.89%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.89%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.89%) PMO
6 1 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.89%) SLA
6 1 (0.89%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (8.93%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.89%) Ceph
3 1 (0.89%) Docker
3 1 (0.89%) Firmware
3 1 (0.89%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.89%) Lustre
3 1 (0.89%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.89%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 5 (4.46%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (3.57%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (3.57%) Terraform
3 3 (2.68%) cPanel
3 3 (2.68%) Plesk
4 2 (1.79%) Ansible
4 2 (1.79%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.79%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.79%) Nessus
5 1 (0.89%) Argo
5 1 (0.89%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.89%) Grafana
5 1 (0.89%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.89%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.71%) Cisco
3 6 (5.36%) Databricks
3 6 (5.36%) iManage
4 5 (4.46%) SAP
4 5 (4.46%) VMware
5 4 (3.57%) Apple
5 4 (3.57%) Okta
5 4 (3.57%) Siemens
6 3 (2.68%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.68%) Oracle
6 3 (2.68%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.68%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.68%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.68%) Sparx
7 2 (1.79%) Aderant
7 2 (1.79%) Autodesk
7 2 (1.79%) Google
7 2 (1.79%) Intapp
7 2 (1.79%) Sage