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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 362 401
Rank change year-on-year +64 +39 +39
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 110 63 186
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 0.42% 0.56%
As % of the General category 1.00% 0.56% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 84 50 162
10th Percentile £41,075 £31,100 £36,375
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +9.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £65,313 £73,438 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,588 £79,125 £82,500
UK median annual salary £53,649 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.46% +4.76% -12.50%

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 11,009 11,203 20,405
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.37% 74.99% 61.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7,264 6,177 15,110
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 31 May 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 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.82%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.91%) CorelDRAW
Business Applications
1 3 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.73%) SAP CO
1 3 (2.73%) SAP FI
1 3 (2.73%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.82%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.91%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.91%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.91%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (32.73%) Azure
2 19 (17.27%) Power Platform
3 14 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (7.27%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.45%) AWS
5 6 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (5.45%) dbt
5 6 (5.45%) Power Automate
6 5 (4.55%) IaaS
6 5 (4.55%) OpenShift
7 4 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (3.64%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.73%) Intacct
9 2 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.82%) AWS Control Tower
9 2 (1.82%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.82%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.45%) Firewall
2 9 (8.18%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (7.27%) VoIP
4 5 (4.55%) DMZ
4 5 (4.55%) Network Security
4 5 (4.55%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (4.55%) STUN
4 5 (4.55%) VLAN
4 5 (4.55%) VPN
5 4 (3.64%) DNS
6 3 (2.73%) NAS
7 2 (1.82%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.82%) LAN
7 2 (1.82%) SSL
7 2 (1.82%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.91%) BGP
8 1 (0.91%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.91%) Cisco Wireless
8 1 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.91%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.91%) Power BI
2 8 (7.27%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.45%) Looker
4 3 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.73%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.82%) Power Query
5 2 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.91%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.91%) Metadata
6 1 (0.91%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.91%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.91%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (6.36%) JIRA
2 5 (4.55%) Git
2 5 (4.55%) GitLab
2 5 (4.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (3.64%) Subversion
4 3 (2.73%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.82%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.91%) JMeter
6 1 (0.91%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.91%) Postman
6 1 (0.91%) Selenium
General
1 67 (60.91%) Social Skills
2 27 (24.55%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (22.73%) Finance
4 13 (11.82%) Law
5 12 (10.91%) Retail
6 11 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (6.36%) Banking
7 7 (6.36%) Electronics
7 7 (6.36%) Manufacturing
8 6 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (5.45%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.64%) Billing
9 4 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.64%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.73%) Automotive
10 3 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.73%) Marketing
11 2 (1.82%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 15 (13.64%) Support Engineer
2 12 (10.91%) Analyst
2 12 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (10.00%) Senior
4 10 (9.09%) Consultant
5 7 (6.36%) Azure Engineer
5 7 (6.36%) Cloud Engineer
5 7 (6.36%) Security Engineer
5 7 (6.36%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (5.45%) Architect
6 6 (5.45%) Automation Engineer
6 6 (5.45%) Business Analyst
6 6 (5.45%) Network Engineer
6 6 (5.45%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (4.55%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.55%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 5 (4.55%) Telecoms Engineer
7 5 (4.55%) Test Engineer
7 5 (4.55%) VoIP Engineer
7 5 (4.55%) VoIP Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.55%) FreeSWITCH
1 5 (4.55%) Jinja
1 5 (4.55%) JSON
1 5 (4.55%) YAML
2 4 (3.64%) .NET
2 4 (3.64%) REST
3 3 (2.73%) ASP.NET
3 3 (2.73%) PySpark
4 2 (1.82%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.82%) WPF
5 1 (0.91%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.91%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.91%) Blazor
5 1 (0.91%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.91%) jQuery
5 1 (0.91%) JWT
5 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.91%) SOAP
5 1 (0.91%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.45%) Blog
3 5 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.64%) CCTV
4 4 (3.64%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.64%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (3.64%) iPad
4 4 (3.64%) iPhone
4 4 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.64%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.64%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.73%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.82%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.82%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.82%) Legacy Code
6 2 (1.82%) Replication
6 2 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.91%) Windows
2 8 (7.27%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.36%) Linux
4 5 (4.55%) Debian
5 4 (3.64%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (28.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (11.82%) Agile
3 13 (11.82%) CI/CD
3 13 (11.82%) Data Modelling
3 13 (11.82%) Project Delivery
3 13 (11.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (10.91%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (10.00%) Analytics
5 11 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 11 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 11 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (9.09%) DevOps
6 10 (9.09%) Migration
6 10 (9.09%) Roadmaps
6 10 (9.09%) Visualisation
7 9 (8.18%) Change Management
7 9 (8.18%) Cost Management
7 9 (8.18%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 28 (25.45%) SQL
2 17 (15.45%) Python
3 16 (14.55%) PowerShell
4 6 (5.45%) Bash
5 3 (2.73%) C#
5 3 (2.73%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.82%) Java
6 2 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.82%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.91%) ABAP
7 1 (0.91%) Bicep
7 1 (0.91%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 10 (9.09%) Degree
2 7 (6.36%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.45%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.55%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.64%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.73%) CEH
6 3 (2.73%) CISSP
7 2 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.82%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.91%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.91%) CCNP
8 1 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.91%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.91%) FFIEC
8 1 (0.91%) HNC
8 1 (0.91%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.27%) QA
2 4 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.64%) SLA
3 3 (2.73%) GAAP
3 3 (2.73%) GDPR
3 3 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.82%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.91%) GRC
5 1 (0.91%) NIST
5 1 (0.91%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (11.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.73%) BitLocker
2 3 (2.73%) Terminal Services
2 3 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.64%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.73%) Terraform
3 2 (1.82%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.91%) Grafana
4 1 (0.91%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 28 (25.45%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.91%) Cisco
3 9 (8.18%) SAP
4 6 (5.45%) VMware
5 5 (4.55%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.64%) Apple
6 4 (3.64%) Databricks
6 4 (3.64%) Okta
6 4 (3.64%) Siemens
7 3 (2.73%) Autodesk
7 3 (2.73%) Barracuda Networks
7 3 (2.73%) iManage
7 3 (2.73%) Sage
7 3 (2.73%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.73%) Sophos
7 3 (2.73%) Sparx
8 2 (1.82%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.82%) Google
8 2 (1.82%) IBM
8 2 (1.82%) Pega