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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 367 403
Rank change year-on-year +54 +36 +29
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 111 67 191
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.55% 0.43% 0.55%
As % of the General category 0.94% 0.58% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 78 50 157
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,450 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.60% +14.55% +0.61%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,688 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £88,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,200
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.42% -10.96%

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 11,870 11,564 20,890
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.34% 74.32% 60.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7,754 6,393 15,266
10th Percentile £32,261 £27,500 £31,579
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 23 June 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 10 (9.01%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.60%) IIS
3 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.70%) CorelDRAW
5 2 (1.80%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.50%) SAP CO
1 5 (4.50%) SAP FI
1 5 (4.50%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.80%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.80%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.90%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.90%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.90%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 32 (28.83%) Azure
2 19 (17.12%) Power Platform
3 18 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (8.11%) AWS
5 7 (6.31%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.41%) dbt
6 6 (5.41%) Power Automate
7 5 (4.50%) IaaS
7 5 (4.50%) OpenShift
8 4 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.60%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.70%) SaaS
10 2 (1.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.80%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.80%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.80%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 21 (18.92%) Firewall
2 10 (9.01%) DNS
3 9 (8.11%) VPN
4 8 (7.21%) TCP/IP
4 8 (7.21%) VoIP
5 7 (6.31%) DHCP
6 6 (5.41%) VLAN
7 5 (4.50%) DMZ
7 5 (4.50%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (4.50%) STUN
7 5 (4.50%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (3.60%) Network Security
9 3 (2.70%) NAS
10 2 (1.80%) SSL
11 1 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.90%) LAN
11 1 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.90%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.51%) Power BI
2 11 (9.91%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.41%) Looker
4 4 (3.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.70%) SAP HANA
6 2 (1.80%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.80%) Metadata
6 2 (1.80%) Power Query
6 2 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.90%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.90%) Parquet
7 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.90%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Git
1 5 (4.50%) GitLab
1 5 (4.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (2.70%) JIRA
3 2 (1.80%) Terragrunt
3 2 (1.80%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.90%) JMeter
4 1 (0.90%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.90%) Postman
4 1 (0.90%) Selenium
General
1 63 (56.76%) Social Skills
2 29 (26.13%) Finance
3 26 (23.42%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.71%) Law
4 13 (11.71%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (11.71%) Retail
5 9 (8.11%) Manufacturing
6 8 (7.21%) Banking
7 6 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (5.41%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.70%) Electronics
10 2 (1.80%) Automotive
10 2 (1.80%) Marketing
11 1 (0.90%) Back Office
11 1 (0.90%) Billing
11 1 (0.90%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.90%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (20.72%) Support Engineer
2 12 (10.81%) Analyst
3 11 (9.91%) Consultant
4 9 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (8.11%) Senior
5 8 (7.21%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (7.21%) IT Engineer
5 8 (7.21%) IT Support
5 8 (7.21%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (6.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 7 (6.31%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (6.31%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (6.31%) Security Engineer
7 6 (5.41%) Automation Engineer
7 6 (5.41%) Business Analyst
7 6 (5.41%) Support Specialist
8 5 (4.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.50%) Infrastructure Support
8 5 (4.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 5 (4.50%) VoIP Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.41%) JSON
2 5 (4.50%) FreeSWITCH
2 5 (4.50%) Jinja
2 5 (4.50%) YAML
3 4 (3.60%) Middleware
4 3 (2.70%) .NET
4 3 (2.70%) PySpark
4 3 (2.70%) REST
5 2 (1.80%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.80%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.80%) WPF
6 1 (0.90%) Blazor
6 1 (0.90%) JWT
6 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.90%) SOAP
6 1 (0.90%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.81%) Onboarding
2 9 (8.11%) Driving Licence
3 6 (5.41%) Blog
4 4 (3.60%) CCTV
4 4 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.60%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.80%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.80%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.80%) Legacy Code
6 2 (1.80%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.80%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.80%) Replication
6 2 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.90%) Derivative
7 1 (0.90%) iPad
7 1 (0.90%) iPhone
7 1 (0.90%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 21 (18.92%) Windows
2 13 (11.71%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.31%) Linux
4 6 (5.41%) Windows 10
5 5 (4.50%) Debian
6 2 (1.80%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.90%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (25.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (11.71%) CI/CD
4 13 (11.71%) High Availability
4 13 (11.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (10.81%) Analytics
5 12 (10.81%) Collaborative Working
5 12 (10.81%) Project Delivery
5 12 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (9.91%) Data Modelling
6 11 (9.91%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (9.01%) Agile
7 10 (9.01%) DevOps
7 10 (9.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (9.01%) Migration
7 10 (9.01%) Risk Management
7 10 (9.01%) Roadmaps
8 9 (8.11%) Business Analysis
8 9 (8.11%) Workflow Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (27.93%) SQL
2 17 (15.32%) PowerShell
2 17 (15.32%) Python
3 6 (5.41%) Bash
4 3 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.80%) C#
5 2 (1.80%) Java
5 2 (1.80%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.90%) ABAP
6 1 (0.90%) Bicep
6 1 (0.90%) Groovy
6 1 (0.90%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (10.81%) Degree
2 7 (6.31%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.41%) Azure Certification
3 6 (5.41%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.60%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.60%) SAP Certification
5 3 (2.70%) CEH
5 3 (2.70%) CISSP
5 3 (2.70%) HNC
5 3 (2.70%) HND
6 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.90%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.90%) CCNP
7 1 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.90%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.90%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.91%) QA
2 4 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.60%) SLA
3 3 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.70%) GDPR
3 3 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.80%) GAAP
5 1 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.90%) GRC
5 1 (0.90%) NIST
5 1 (0.90%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (14.41%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.60%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.70%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.70%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.70%) Terraform
2 1 (0.90%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.90%) Grafana
2 1 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.90%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 39 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.91%) Cisco
2 11 (9.91%) SAP
3 10 (9.01%) VMware
4 5 (4.50%) Red Hat
5 4 (3.60%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.60%) Siemens
6 3 (2.70%) Barracuda Networks
6 3 (2.70%) Databricks
6 3 (2.70%) iManage
6 3 (2.70%) Sophos
7 2 (1.80%) Autodesk
7 2 (1.80%) Google
7 2 (1.80%) IBM
7 2 (1.80%) Pega
7 2 (1.80%) Sage
8 1 (0.90%) Apple
8 1 (0.90%) Dell
8 1 (0.90%) Foundry
8 1 (0.90%) Oracle