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 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 240 364 351
Rank change year-on-year +124 -13 +130
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 139 96 126
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.91% 0.51% 0.61%
As % of the General category 1.45% 0.77% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 108 48 115
10th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,188 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -8.70%
75th Percentile £76,750 £72,813 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,348 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £63,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.70% +14.55% -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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,600 12,414 13,428
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 62.77% 66.01% 65.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,140 7,236 10,563
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,750 £35,900
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 7 December 2025.

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 6 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.60%) Confluence
3 2 (1.44%) WordPress
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (20.14%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.72%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (8.63%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (3.60%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (2.88%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.72%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.72%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.72%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.72%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 45 (32.37%) Azure
2 24 (17.27%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (12.95%) AWS
4 16 (11.51%) SaaS
5 15 (10.79%) GitHub
6 13 (9.35%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (7.19%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (6.47%) Power Platform
9 8 (5.76%) GCP
10 6 (4.32%) IaaS
11 5 (3.60%) PowerApps
11 5 (3.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (2.88%) Entra ID
12 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (2.16%) Power Automate
14 2 (1.44%) Azure AI
14 2 (1.44%) Azure AKS
14 2 (1.44%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.67%) VPN
2 14 (10.07%) Firewall
3 8 (5.76%) Network Security
3 8 (5.76%) VLAN
4 6 (4.32%) BGP
4 6 (4.32%) Wireshark
5 5 (3.60%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (3.60%) DMZ
5 5 (3.60%) DNS
5 5 (3.60%) STUN
5 5 (3.60%) VoIP
6 4 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.16%) DHCP
7 3 (2.16%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (2.16%) IPsec
7 3 (2.16%) MPLS
7 3 (2.16%) OSPF
7 3 (2.16%) SD-WAN
7 3 (2.16%) WAN
7 3 (2.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (20.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.44%) Power BI
3 1 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.72%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 12 (8.63%) JIRA
2 4 (2.88%) Git
2 4 (2.88%) Postman
3 3 (2.16%) Subversion
4 2 (1.44%) GitLab
5 1 (0.72%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.72%) Zephyr
General
1 70 (50.36%) Social Skills
2 27 (19.42%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (18.71%) Finance
4 12 (8.63%) Back Office
5 10 (7.19%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (6.47%) Law
7 8 (5.76%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.32%) Advertising
8 6 (4.32%) Telecoms
9 5 (3.60%) Legal
9 5 (3.60%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.88%) Marketing
11 3 (2.16%) Automotive
11 3 (2.16%) Electronics
11 3 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.44%) Billing
12 2 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.72%) Games
13 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (21.58%) Analyst
2 18 (12.95%) Senior
3 17 (12.23%) Developer
4 16 (11.51%) Architect
5 14 (10.07%) Service Analyst
5 14 (10.07%) Service Desk Analyst
6 11 (7.91%) Dynamics NAV Developer
6 11 (7.91%) SaaS Developer
7 10 (7.19%) Applications Support
7 10 (7.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (7.19%) Support Engineer
8 9 (6.47%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (6.47%) Support Specialist
9 7 (5.04%) Business Analyst
10 6 (4.32%) Network Engineer
10 6 (4.32%) Security Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Applications Support Specialist
11 5 (3.60%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Technical Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.63%) XML
2 7 (5.04%) .NET
3 5 (3.60%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (2.88%) HTML
4 4 (2.88%) React
5 3 (2.16%) CSS
5 3 (2.16%) PySpark
6 2 (1.44%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.44%) Laravel
6 2 (1.44%) REST
6 2 (1.44%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.72%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.72%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.72%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.72%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.72%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.72%) jQuery
7 1 (0.72%) Loki
7 1 (0.72%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.72%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.07%) Data Centre
1 14 (10.07%) NHS
2 10 (7.19%) Driving Licence
3 8 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.04%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.60%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.60%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (3.60%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.88%) CMDB
6 4 (2.88%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.88%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.88%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.16%) Client/Server
7 3 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.44%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.44%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 35 (25.18%) Windows
2 14 (10.07%) Linux
3 10 (7.19%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.60%) Debian
4 5 (3.60%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.44%) Unix
6 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.72%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (30.22%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (20.86%) DevOps
3 25 (17.99%) ITIL
4 23 (16.55%) Mentoring
5 21 (15.11%) Agile
5 21 (15.11%) Computer Science
5 21 (15.11%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (12.23%) Clean Code
7 16 (11.51%) ERP
7 16 (11.51%) Workflow
8 15 (10.79%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (10.79%) Test Automation
9 14 (10.07%) Customer Service
10 13 (9.35%) Data Privacy
10 13 (9.35%) Quality Management
11 12 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (8.63%) Data Integration
11 12 (8.63%) Inventory Management
11 12 (8.63%) OOP
12 11 (7.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 32 (23.02%) SQL
2 22 (15.83%) C#
3 13 (9.35%) C
3 13 (9.35%) Java
4 11 (7.91%) JavaScript
4 11 (7.91%) PowerShell
5 9 (6.47%) Python
6 5 (3.60%) VBA
7 4 (2.88%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (2.88%) PHP
8 2 (1.44%) Bash
8 2 (1.44%) Bicep
8 2 (1.44%) Go
9 1 (0.72%) C++
Qualifications
1 28 (20.14%) Degree
2 20 (14.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (7.91%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.60%) CCNP
5 5 (3.60%) MCP
5 5 (3.60%) MCSA
5 5 (3.60%) MCSE
6 4 (2.88%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.16%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.16%) CEH
7 3 (2.16%) CISSP
8 2 (1.44%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.72%) CBAP
9 1 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.72%) OSCP
9 1 (0.72%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (18.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (12.23%) ISO 9001
3 10 (7.19%) QA
4 9 (6.47%) SLA
5 6 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (3.60%) GDPR
7 4 (2.88%) NIST
8 3 (2.16%) PMO
9 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.44%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.72%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.72%) GxP
10 1 (0.72%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.72%) PERC
System Software
1 14 (10.07%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.60%) Kamailio
4 4 (2.88%) Firmware
5 2 (1.44%) Docker
5 2 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.72%) Ceph
6 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.72%) Lustre
6 1 (0.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.72%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 12 (8.63%) SCCM
2 8 (5.76%) Terraform
3 6 (4.32%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.16%) Ansible
4 3 (2.16%) cPanel
4 3 (2.16%) Dell DRAC
4 3 (2.16%) FortiGate
4 3 (2.16%) Plesk
5 2 (1.44%) Nessus
5 2 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.72%) Argo
6 1 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.72%) Grafana
6 1 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 60 (43.17%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.47%) VMware
3 8 (5.76%) Cisco
4 5 (3.60%) Fortinet
4 5 (3.60%) iManage
4 5 (3.60%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.16%) Aruba
5 3 (2.16%) Databricks
5 3 (2.16%) Dell
5 3 (2.16%) Intapp
5 3 (2.16%) Juniper
5 3 (2.16%) Meraki
5 3 (2.16%) Oracle
5 3 (2.16%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.16%) SAP
5 3 (2.16%) SolarWinds
5 3 (2.16%) Zscaler
6 2 (1.44%) Aderant
6 2 (1.44%) Citrix
6 2 (1.44%) Sparx