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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 337 368
Rank change year-on-year +20 +31 +39
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 127 97 132
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.55% 0.59% 0.53%
As % of the General category 0.91% 0.82% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 84 67 92
10th Percentile £32,750 £33,500 £30,400
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £66,036 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,250 £88,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%

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 13,998 11,790 15,194
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.32% 71.31% 61.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,801 6,592 9,823
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £107,500
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 26 August 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 (11.81%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.30%) IIS
3 4 (3.15%) Confluence
4 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.94%) CorelDRAW
5 1 (0.79%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.79%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (5.51%) SAP CO
1 7 (5.51%) SAP FI
1 7 (5.51%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.57%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.79%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.79%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.79%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.79%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 35 (27.56%) Azure
2 29 (22.83%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (15.75%) Power Platform
4 14 (11.02%) AWS
4 14 (11.02%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.30%) Power Automate
6 7 (5.51%) dbt
7 5 (3.94%) PowerApps
8 4 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (2.36%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.36%) OpenShift
9 3 (2.36%) SaaS
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.57%) GitHub
10 2 (1.57%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.57%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 21 (16.54%) DNS
2 19 (14.96%) Firewall
3 18 (14.17%) TCP/IP
4 15 (11.81%) DHCP
5 11 (8.66%) VPN
6 7 (5.51%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (3.94%) HTTP
8 4 (3.15%) Network Security
9 3 (2.36%) NAS
9 3 (2.36%) VLAN
9 3 (2.36%) VoIP
9 3 (2.36%) Wireless
10 1 (0.79%) 5G
10 1 (0.79%) LTE
10 1 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.79%) SAN
10 1 (0.79%) SSL
10 1 (0.79%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.81%) Power BI
2 9 (7.09%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.72%) Looker
4 3 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.57%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.57%) Metadata
5 2 (1.57%) Redis
6 1 (0.79%) Airbyte
6 1 (0.79%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.79%) Parquet
6 1 (0.79%) Power Query
6 1 (0.79%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.79%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (6.30%) JIRA
2 4 (3.15%) Git
3 3 (2.36%) GitLab
4 2 (1.57%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.79%) JMeter
5 1 (0.79%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (55.91%) Social Skills
2 31 (24.41%) Finance
3 27 (21.26%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (12.60%) Retail
5 13 (10.24%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (8.66%) Manufacturing
7 10 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (7.87%) Law
8 7 (5.51%) Banking
9 6 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.94%) Telecoms
11 4 (3.15%) Electronics
11 4 (3.15%) Public Sector
12 3 (2.36%) Billing
12 3 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.36%) Legal
13 2 (1.57%) Marketing
14 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.79%) Automotive
14 1 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (17.32%) Support Engineer
2 16 (12.60%) Analyst
2 16 (12.60%) Senior
3 13 (10.24%) Consultant
4 12 (9.45%) IT Engineer
4 12 (9.45%) IT Support
4 12 (9.45%) IT Support Engineer
5 11 (8.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 11 (8.66%) 2nd Line Support
5 11 (8.66%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 8 (6.30%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.51%) SAP CO Specialist
7 7 (5.51%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
8 6 (4.72%) Lead
8 6 (4.72%) Support Specialist
9 5 (3.94%) Applications Specialist
9 5 (3.94%) Applications Support
9 5 (3.94%) Applications Support Specialist
9 5 (3.94%) Compliance Manager
9 5 (3.94%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.30%) Middleware
2 4 (3.15%) JSON
2 4 (3.15%) REST
2 4 (3.15%) Terraform
3 3 (2.36%) Jinja
3 3 (2.36%) YAML
4 2 (1.57%) .NET
4 2 (1.57%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.57%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.79%) JWT
5 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.79%) Pulumi
5 1 (0.79%) PySpark
5 1 (0.79%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.81%) Onboarding
2 11 (8.66%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.72%) Blog
4 5 (3.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.94%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.94%) Online Gambling
4 5 (3.94%) Video\Live Streaming
5 4 (3.15%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.36%) iPad
6 3 (2.36%) iPhone
6 3 (2.36%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.36%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.57%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.79%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 29 (22.83%) Windows
2 14 (11.02%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.30%) Windows 10
4 7 (5.51%) Apple iOS
5 6 (4.72%) Linux
6 4 (3.15%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.15%) Ubuntu
6 4 (3.15%) Unix
7 3 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.57%) Android
9 1 (0.79%) CentOS
9 1 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.79%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.79%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (30.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 28 (22.05%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (14.17%) Disaster Recovery
3 18 (14.17%) Roadmaps
3 18 (14.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (11.81%) Business Continuity
4 15 (11.81%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (11.81%) High Availability
4 15 (11.81%) Process Improvement
4 15 (11.81%) User Experience
5 14 (11.02%) Agile
5 14 (11.02%) Information Security
6 13 (10.24%) Change Management
6 13 (10.24%) Workflow
7 12 (9.45%) AI
7 12 (9.45%) Analytics
7 12 (9.45%) ITIL
7 12 (9.45%) Project Delivery
7 12 (9.45%) Risk Management
7 12 (9.45%) Workflow Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (24.41%) SQL
2 14 (11.02%) PowerShell
3 11 (8.66%) Python
4 4 (3.15%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.57%) Bash
5 2 (1.57%) C
5 2 (1.57%) C++
5 2 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.57%) Go
6 1 (0.79%) ABAP
6 1 (0.79%) Ada
6 1 (0.79%) Bicep
6 1 (0.79%) C#
6 1 (0.79%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.79%) Groovy
6 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (11.02%) Degree
1 14 (11.02%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.66%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.51%) SAP Certification
4 5 (3.94%) HNC
4 5 (3.94%) HND
4 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.15%) CISSP
5 4 (3.15%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.36%) ACCA
7 2 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.57%) CCSP
7 2 (1.57%) CEH
7 2 (1.57%) CIMA
7 2 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.79%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (0.79%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.81%) GDPR
2 12 (9.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (6.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (5.51%) QA
5 6 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (3.94%) Data Quality
6 5 (3.94%) ISO 22301
6 5 (3.94%) ISO 9001
6 5 (3.94%) PCI DSS
6 5 (3.94%) SLA
7 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.79%) GAAP
8 1 (0.79%) GRC
8 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (9.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (8.66%) Active Directory
3 9 (7.09%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.36%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.36%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.57%) Firmware
5 2 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.79%) KVM
Systems Management
1 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.94%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.36%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.57%) Ansible
5 1 (0.79%) Grafana
5 1 (0.79%) Puppet
5 1 (0.79%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 48 (37.80%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.45%) VMware
3 9 (7.09%) SAP
4 7 (5.51%) Red Hat
5 3 (2.36%) Apple
5 3 (2.36%) Barracuda Networks
5 3 (2.36%) Cisco
5 3 (2.36%) Okta
5 3 (2.36%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.36%) Sophos
5 3 (2.36%) YouTube
6 2 (1.57%) Adaptive Insights
6 2 (1.57%) Google
6 2 (1.57%) IBM
6 2 (1.57%) iManage
6 2 (1.57%) Workday
7 1 (0.79%) Dell
7 1 (0.79%) EMC
7 1 (0.79%) NetApp
7 1 (0.79%) Sage