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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 358 407
Rank change year-on-year +43 +49 +28
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 105 67 189
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 0.45% 0.56%
As % of the General category 0.94% 0.60% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 77 52 161
10th Percentile £39,600 £31,325 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +11.36% +2.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,550 £82,125 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -8.70%

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 11,177 11,215 20,615
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.57% 74.88% 60.82%
Number of salaries quoted 7,263 6,195 15,194
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,273 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -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 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 5 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.95%) IIS
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.90%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.95%) CorelDRAW
Business Applications
1 4 (3.81%) SAP CO
1 4 (3.81%) SAP FI
1 4 (3.81%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.90%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.95%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.95%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.95%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 33 (31.43%) Azure
2 17 (16.19%) Power Platform
3 12 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.71%) AWS
5 6 (5.71%) dbt
5 6 (5.71%) Power Automate
6 5 (4.76%) IaaS
6 5 (4.76%) OpenShift
7 4 (3.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.81%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.86%) Intacct
9 2 (1.90%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.90%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.90%) AWS Control Tower
9 2 (1.90%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.90%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.14%) Firewall
2 8 (7.62%) VoIP
2 8 (7.62%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (5.71%) VPN
4 5 (4.76%) DMZ
4 5 (4.76%) DNS
4 5 (4.76%) Network Security
4 5 (4.76%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (4.76%) STUN
4 5 (4.76%) VLAN
5 3 (2.86%) NAS
5 3 (2.86%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.90%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.90%) DHCP
6 2 (1.90%) LAN
6 2 (1.90%) SSL
7 1 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.95%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.95%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.43%) Power BI
2 9 (8.57%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.71%) Looker
4 3 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.86%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.90%) Power Query
5 2 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.95%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.95%) Metadata
6 1 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.95%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.95%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.76%) Git
1 5 (4.76%) GitLab
1 5 (4.76%) JIRA
1 5 (4.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (1.90%) Subversion
2 2 (1.90%) Terragrunt
2 2 (1.90%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.95%) JMeter
3 1 (0.95%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.95%) Postman
3 1 (0.95%) Selenium
General
1 62 (59.05%) Social Skills
2 26 (24.76%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (24.76%) Finance
3 13 (12.38%) Law
3 13 (12.38%) Retail
4 11 (10.48%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (6.67%) Banking
5 7 (6.67%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.71%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.76%) Electronics
8 4 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.86%) Automotive
9 3 (2.86%) Billing
9 3 (2.86%) Marketing
10 2 (1.90%) Back Office
10 2 (1.90%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (15.24%) Support Engineer
2 12 (11.43%) Analyst
3 11 (10.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (10.48%) Senior
4 10 (9.52%) Consultant
5 7 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
5 7 (6.67%) Security Engineer
6 6 (5.71%) Automation Engineer
6 6 (5.71%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (5.71%) Business Analyst
6 6 (5.71%) Network Engineer
6 6 (5.71%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (4.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.76%) Infrastructure Support
7 5 (4.76%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 5 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (4.76%) Telecoms Engineer
7 5 (4.76%) VoIP Engineer
7 5 (4.76%) VoIP Support Engineer
8 4 (3.81%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.76%) FreeSWITCH
1 5 (4.76%) Jinja
1 5 (4.76%) JSON
1 5 (4.76%) YAML
2 3 (2.86%) .NET
2 3 (2.86%) PySpark
2 3 (2.86%) REST
3 2 (1.90%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.90%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.90%) WPF
4 1 (0.95%) Blazor
4 1 (0.95%) JWT
4 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.95%) Middleware
4 1 (0.95%) SOAP
4 1 (0.95%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.71%) Blog
3 4 (3.81%) CCTV
3 4 (3.81%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.81%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.86%) iPad
4 3 (2.86%) iPhone
4 3 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.86%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.90%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.90%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (1.90%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.90%) Legacy Code
5 2 (1.90%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.90%) Replication
5 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.38%) Windows
2 9 (8.57%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.67%) Linux
4 5 (4.76%) Debian
5 4 (3.81%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.62%) Continuous Improvement
2 27 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (12.38%) CI/CD
3 13 (12.38%) Project Delivery
3 13 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (10.48%) Agile
5 11 (10.48%) Analytics
5 11 (10.48%) Collaborative Working
5 11 (10.48%) Data Modelling
5 11 (10.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (10.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (9.52%) High Availability
6 10 (9.52%) Migration
6 10 (9.52%) Risk Management
6 10 (9.52%) Visualisation
7 9 (8.57%) Change Management
7 9 (8.57%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (8.57%) Roadmaps
8 8 (7.62%) Cost Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (25.71%) SQL
2 17 (16.19%) Python
3 16 (15.24%) PowerShell
4 6 (5.71%) Bash
5 2 (1.90%) C#
5 2 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.90%) Java
5 2 (1.90%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.90%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.95%) ABAP
6 1 (0.95%) Bicep
6 1 (0.95%) Groovy
6 1 (0.95%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (9.52%) Degree
2 7 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.76%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.81%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.86%) CEH
6 3 (2.86%) CISSP
6 3 (2.86%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.95%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.95%) CCNP
8 1 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.95%) FFIEC
8 1 (0.95%) HNC
8 1 (0.95%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.62%) QA
2 4 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.81%) SLA
3 3 (2.86%) GAAP
3 3 (2.86%) GDPR
3 3 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.95%) GRC
5 1 (0.95%) NIST
5 1 (0.95%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (12.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.86%) BitLocker
3 3 (2.86%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.95%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (2.86%) Terraform
2 2 (1.90%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.95%) Grafana
3 1 (0.95%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 26 (24.76%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.43%) Cisco
3 10 (9.52%) SAP
4 7 (6.67%) VMware
5 5 (4.76%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.81%) Databricks
6 4 (3.81%) Siemens
7 3 (2.86%) Apple
7 3 (2.86%) Autodesk
7 3 (2.86%) Barracuda Networks
7 3 (2.86%) iManage
7 3 (2.86%) Okta
7 3 (2.86%) Sage
7 3 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.86%) Sophos
8 2 (1.90%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.90%) Google
8 2 (1.90%) IBM
8 2 (1.90%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.90%) Pega