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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 337 376
Rank change year-on-year +18 +39 +42
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 128 90 148
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.59% 0.55% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.99% 0.75% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 86 63 113
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £76,875 £86,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -10.71%

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 12,938 11,925 17,304
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.61% 72.42% 61.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8,326 6,676 12,131
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,982 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,046
% change year-on-year - +3.68% -11.59%

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 24 July 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 14 (10.94%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.25%) IIS
3 2 (1.56%) Confluence
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.91%) CorelDRAW
5 1 (0.78%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (5.47%) SAP CO
1 7 (5.47%) SAP FI
1 7 (5.47%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.56%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.56%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.78%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.78%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.78%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 36 (28.13%) Azure
2 28 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (14.84%) Power Platform
4 14 (10.94%) AWS
5 10 (7.81%) Entra ID
6 7 (5.47%) Power Automate
7 6 (4.69%) dbt
8 5 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.91%) OpenShift
9 4 (3.13%) IaaS
9 4 (3.13%) PowerApps
10 3 (2.34%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (2.34%) SaaS
11 2 (1.56%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.56%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.56%) GitHub
11 2 (1.56%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.56%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 26 (20.31%) Firewall
2 17 (13.28%) DNS
3 15 (11.72%) TCP/IP
4 14 (10.94%) DHCP
4 14 (10.94%) VPN
5 7 (5.47%) VLAN
5 7 (5.47%) VoIP
6 6 (4.69%) Network Security
7 5 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (3.13%) DMZ
8 4 (3.13%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (3.13%) STUN
9 3 (2.34%) NAS
9 3 (2.34%) Wireless
10 2 (1.56%) SSL
11 1 (0.78%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.78%) HTTP
11 1 (0.78%) LAN
11 1 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.78%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.72%) Power BI
2 13 (10.16%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.69%) Looker
4 3 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.34%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.56%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.56%) Metadata
5 2 (1.56%) Power Query
6 1 (0.78%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.78%) Parquet
6 1 (0.78%) Redis
6 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.78%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.47%) JIRA
2 6 (4.69%) Git
3 5 (3.91%) GitLab
4 4 (3.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (1.56%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.78%) JMeter
6 1 (0.78%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.78%) Postman
6 1 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.78%) Selenium
6 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 74 (57.81%) Social Skills
2 34 (26.56%) Finance
3 29 (22.66%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (12.50%) Retail
5 12 (9.38%) Law
5 12 (9.38%) Manufacturing
5 12 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.47%) Banking
6 7 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (5.47%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.13%) Electronics
8 4 (3.13%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.34%) Marketing
10 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.78%) Automotive
10 1 (0.78%) Billing
10 1 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (21.09%) Support Engineer
2 15 (11.72%) Consultant
3 13 (10.16%) Analyst
4 12 (9.38%) IT Engineer
4 12 (9.38%) IT Support
4 12 (9.38%) IT Support Engineer
4 12 (9.38%) Senior
5 11 (8.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 11 (8.59%) 2nd Line Support
5 11 (8.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (5.47%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (5.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.69%) Automation Engineer
7 6 (4.69%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.69%) Lead
7 6 (4.69%) SAP CO Specialist
7 6 (4.69%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
7 6 (4.69%) Senior Consultant
7 6 (4.69%) Support Specialist
8 5 (3.91%) Applications Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.25%) Middleware
2 6 (4.69%) JSON
3 5 (3.91%) Jinja
3 5 (3.91%) YAML
4 4 (3.13%) FreeSWITCH
5 3 (2.34%) REST
6 2 (1.56%) .NET
6 2 (1.56%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.78%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.78%) Blazor
7 1 (0.78%) JWT
7 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.78%) PySpark
7 1 (0.78%) SOAP
7 1 (0.78%) WebAssembly
7 1 (0.78%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.78%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 12 (9.38%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.69%) Blog
4 5 (3.91%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.13%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.34%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.56%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.56%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.56%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.56%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.56%) Replication
8 1 (0.78%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.78%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.78%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.78%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (24.22%) Windows
2 18 (14.06%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.25%) Linux
3 8 (6.25%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.13%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.13%) Debian
4 4 (3.13%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.78%) Android
5 1 (0.78%) CentOS
5 1 (0.78%) Solaris
5 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (25.78%) Continuous Improvement
1 33 (25.78%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (14.84%) High Availability
3 17 (13.28%) Roadmaps
3 17 (13.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 15 (11.72%) Business Continuity
5 15 (11.72%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (10.94%) Project Delivery
6 14 (10.94%) Risk Management
7 13 (10.16%) Agile
7 13 (10.16%) Data Protection
8 12 (9.38%) Analytics
8 12 (9.38%) Change Management
8 12 (9.38%) Cloud Security
8 12 (9.38%) Customer Service
8 12 (9.38%) DevOps
8 12 (9.38%) Information Security
8 12 (9.38%) ITIL
9 11 (8.59%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 33 (25.78%) SQL
2 18 (14.06%) PowerShell
3 16 (12.50%) Python
4 6 (4.69%) Bash
5 3 (2.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.56%) C
6 2 (1.56%) C++
6 2 (1.56%) Java
7 1 (0.78%) ABAP
7 1 (0.78%) Ada
7 1 (0.78%) Bicep
7 1 (0.78%) C#
7 1 (0.78%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.78%) Go
7 1 (0.78%) Groovy
7 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (12.50%) Degree
2 11 (8.59%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.81%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.69%) SAP Certification
5 5 (3.91%) Azure Certification
5 5 (3.91%) CISSP
5 5 (3.91%) HNC
5 5 (3.91%) HND
6 4 (3.13%) DBS Check
6 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.34%) CEH
7 3 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.56%) ACCA
8 2 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.56%) CCSP
8 2 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.78%) CIMA
9 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.78%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.94%) GDPR
2 11 (8.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (6.25%) QA
4 7 (5.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (3.91%) ISO 22301
6 5 (3.91%) ISO 9001
6 5 (3.91%) SLA
7 4 (3.13%) Data Quality
8 3 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.56%) GAAP
9 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (1.56%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.78%) GRC
10 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.03%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.34%) BitLocker
4 3 (2.34%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.78%) Firmware
6 1 (0.78%) KVM
Systems Management
1 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.34%) Terraform
3 1 (0.78%) Ansible
3 1 (0.78%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.78%) Grafana
3 1 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.78%) Puppet
3 1 (0.78%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 50 (39.06%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.16%) SAP
2 13 (10.16%) VMware
3 10 (7.81%) Cisco
4 6 (4.69%) Red Hat
4 6 (4.69%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.13%) Google
6 3 (2.34%) Barracuda Networks
6 3 (2.34%) IBM
6 3 (2.34%) iManage
6 3 (2.34%) Sophos
7 2 (1.56%) Autodesk
7 2 (1.56%) Pega
7 2 (1.56%) Sage
7 2 (1.56%) Workday
8 1 (0.78%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.78%) Databricks
8 1 (0.78%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.78%) Okta
8 1 (0.78%) OpenAI