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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 300 383
Rank change year-on-year -25 +83 +5
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 144 126 117
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.58% 0.75% 0.53%
As % of the General category 0.95% 1.06% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 100 96 65
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £54,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% -13.20% +13.64%
75th Percentile £62,813 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £75,250 £85,625 £102,150
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% -14.00% +9.65%

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 15,222 11,882 13,949
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.28% 70.69% 62.82%
Number of salaries quoted 9,179 6,201 7,773
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,625 £84,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,200
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 5 October 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 13 (9.03%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.56%) IIS
3 5 (3.47%) Confluence
4 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (7.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.47%) CorelDRAW
3 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.69%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.69%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.69%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 7 (4.86%) SAP CO
1 7 (4.86%) SAP FI
1 7 (4.86%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.39%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.39%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.69%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.69%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.69%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 35 (24.31%) Azure
1 35 (24.31%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (19.44%) Power Platform
3 17 (11.81%) Entra ID
4 15 (10.42%) Power Automate
5 14 (9.72%) AWS
6 12 (8.33%) SaaS
7 10 (6.94%) n8n
7 10 (6.94%) Zapier
8 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (3.47%) dbt
10 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (2.08%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.39%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (1.39%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (1.39%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.89%) DNS
2 18 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 15 (10.42%) DHCP
4 13 (9.03%) Firewall
5 11 (7.64%) VPN
6 5 (3.47%) HTTP
6 5 (3.47%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (3.47%) Wireless
7 4 (2.78%) Network Security
8 3 (2.08%) SAN
8 3 (2.08%) VLAN
9 2 (1.39%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.69%) 5G
10 1 (0.69%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.69%) LTE
10 1 (0.69%) NAS
10 1 (0.69%) Profibus
10 1 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.69%) VoIP
10 1 (0.69%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (18.06%) Power BI
2 9 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 8 (5.56%) Big Data
4 4 (2.78%) Looker
5 2 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.39%) Metadata
5 2 (1.39%) Redis
6 1 (0.69%) Airbyte
6 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.69%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.69%) GIS
6 1 (0.69%) Parquet
6 1 (0.69%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (5.56%) JIRA
2 2 (1.39%) PowerBuilder
2 2 (1.39%) Terragrunt
3 1 (0.69%) Git
3 1 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
General
1 82 (56.94%) Social Skills
2 33 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (20.14%) Finance
4 13 (9.03%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (9.03%) Retail
5 11 (7.64%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (4.86%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.47%) Banking
10 4 (2.78%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.78%) Law
11 3 (2.08%) Billing
11 3 (2.08%) Legal
12 2 (1.39%) Automotive
12 2 (1.39%) Military
12 2 (1.39%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.69%) Back Office
13 1 (0.69%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 24 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 20 (13.89%) Analyst
3 18 (12.50%) Consultant
3 18 (12.50%) Senior
4 16 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 15 (10.42%) IT Support
5 15 (10.42%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 9 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
6 9 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 9 (6.25%) Business Analyst
7 8 (5.56%) Systems Support
8 7 (4.86%) SAP CO Specialist
8 7 (4.86%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
9 6 (4.17%) Support Specialist
10 5 (3.47%) Applications Specialist
10 5 (3.47%) Applications Support
10 5 (3.47%) Applications Support Specialist
10 5 (3.47%) Compliance Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.56%) Middleware
2 4 (2.78%) REST
3 3 (2.08%) Matplotlib
3 3 (2.08%) NumPy
3 3 (2.08%) Pandas
3 3 (2.08%) Terraform
4 2 (1.39%) .NET
4 2 (1.39%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.39%) JSON
4 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.39%) Web Services
4 2 (1.39%) WebSockets
4 2 (1.39%) XML
5 1 (0.69%) JWT
5 1 (0.69%) PySpark
5 1 (0.69%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.89%) Driving Licence
2 16 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (3.47%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.47%) Online Gambling
3 5 (3.47%) Video\Live Streaming
4 4 (2.78%) Blog
4 4 (2.78%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.08%) iPad
5 3 (2.08%) iPhone
5 3 (2.08%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.39%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.39%) Replication
6 2 (1.39%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.69%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 32 (22.22%) Windows
2 12 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 10 (6.94%) Mac OS
4 8 (5.56%) Apple iOS
4 8 (5.56%) Linux
5 6 (4.17%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.78%) Ubuntu
6 4 (2.78%) Unix
7 3 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.39%) Android
8 2 (1.39%) VMS
9 1 (0.69%) CentOS
9 1 (0.69%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.69%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.69%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (27.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (18.06%) AI
3 26 (18.06%) Business Intelligence
4 25 (17.36%) Process Improvement
5 24 (16.67%) Workflow
6 21 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (13.89%) Migration
8 19 (13.19%) Disaster Recovery
8 19 (13.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 18 (12.50%) Roadmaps
10 16 (11.11%) Agile
10 16 (11.11%) Customer Service
11 15 (10.42%) Business Continuity
11 15 (10.42%) User Experience
12 14 (9.72%) Analytics
12 14 (9.72%) Data Migration
12 14 (9.72%) High Availability
13 13 (9.03%) Information Security
14 12 (8.33%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 30 (20.83%) SQL
2 19 (13.19%) PowerShell
3 11 (7.64%) Python
4 4 (2.78%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.39%) C
5 2 (1.39%) C#
5 2 (1.39%) C++
5 2 (1.39%) Go
5 2 (1.39%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.39%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.69%) ABAP
6 1 (0.69%) Ada
6 1 (0.69%) Bash
6 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.69%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 14 (9.72%) Degree
2 13 (9.03%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.94%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.86%) SAP Certification
5 5 (3.47%) HNC
5 5 (3.47%) HND
5 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.78%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.08%) ACCA
8 2 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.39%) CCNP
8 2 (1.39%) CCSP
8 2 (1.39%) CIMA
8 2 (1.39%) CISSP
8 2 (1.39%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.69%) RHCSA
9 1 (0.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (17.36%) GDPR
2 15 (10.42%) Data Quality
3 12 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (6.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (5.56%) QA
6 6 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (3.47%) ISO 22301
7 5 (3.47%) ISO 9001
7 5 (3.47%) PCI DSS
8 4 (2.78%) SLA
9 2 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.69%) GRC
10 1 (0.69%) IFRS
10 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.39%) Firmware
4 2 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.69%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.69%) KVM
5 1 (0.69%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.47%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.39%) Ansible
5 1 (0.69%) Puppet
5 1 (0.69%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 59 (40.97%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.33%) VMware
3 10 (6.94%) SAP
4 4 (2.78%) Red Hat
5 3 (2.08%) Apple
5 3 (2.08%) Dell
5 3 (2.08%) Okta
5 3 (2.08%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.08%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.08%) YouTube
6 2 (1.39%) Adaptive Insights
6 2 (1.39%) Cisco
6 2 (1.39%) Foundry
6 2 (1.39%) Google
6 2 (1.39%) Oracle
6 2 (1.39%) Veeam
6 2 (1.39%) Workday
7 1 (0.69%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (0.69%) IBM
7 1 (0.69%) Qualys