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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 362 401
Rank change year-on-year +62 +39 +48
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 108 61 187
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 0.42% 0.57%
As % of the General category 1.02% 0.56% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 83 49 164
10th Percentile £41,250 £29,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,600 £75,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.38% +3.33% -12.50%

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 10,628 10,949 20,268
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.17% 75.02% 61.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,083 6,020 15,109
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £31,800
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 24 May 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 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.85%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.85%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.85%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.85%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.93%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.93%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.93%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.93%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 35 (32.41%) Azure
2 17 (15.74%) Power Platform
3 15 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.56%) dbt
4 6 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.56%) Power Automate
5 5 (4.63%) AWS
5 5 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.63%) IaaS
5 5 (4.63%) OpenShift
6 4 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (3.70%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.78%) Intacct
8 2 (1.85%) ChatGPT
8 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.85%) SaaS
9 1 (0.93%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.93%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.74%) Firewall
2 8 (7.41%) VoIP
2 8 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (4.63%) DMZ
3 5 (4.63%) Network Security
3 5 (4.63%) Reverse Proxy
3 5 (4.63%) STUN
3 5 (4.63%) VLAN
3 5 (4.63%) VPN
4 3 (2.78%) NAS
5 2 (1.85%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.85%) DNS
5 2 (1.85%) LAN
5 2 (1.85%) SSL
6 1 (0.93%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.93%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.93%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.93%) WAN
6 1 (0.93%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.26%) Power BI
2 8 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.56%) Looker
4 3 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.78%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.85%) Power Query
5 2 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.93%) Metadata
6 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.93%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (6.48%) JIRA
2 5 (4.63%) Git
2 5 (4.63%) GitLab
2 5 (4.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 5 (4.63%) Subversion
3 3 (2.78%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.93%) JMeter
4 1 (0.93%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.93%) Postman
4 1 (0.93%) Selenium
4 1 (0.93%) Terragrunt
General
1 65 (60.19%) Social Skills
2 26 (24.07%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (23.15%) Finance
4 16 (14.81%) Law
5 11 (10.19%) Retail
6 10 (9.26%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (7.41%) Electronics
8 7 (6.48%) Banking
9 6 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (5.56%) Telecoms
10 5 (4.63%) Billing
10 5 (4.63%) Manufacturing
11 4 (3.70%) Public Sector
12 3 (2.78%) Automotive
12 3 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.78%) Marketing
13 2 (1.85%) Back Office
13 2 (1.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (12.96%) Analyst
2 13 (12.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (12.04%) Support Engineer
3 11 (10.19%) Senior
4 9 (8.33%) Consultant
5 8 (7.41%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (6.48%) Azure Engineer
6 7 (6.48%) Security Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Architect
7 6 (5.56%) Automation Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Business Analyst
7 6 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Network Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Test Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (4.63%) Software Test Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) Systems Test Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) Telecoms Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) VoIP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.63%) FreeSWITCH
1 5 (4.63%) Jinja
1 5 (4.63%) JSON
1 5 (4.63%) YAML
2 4 (3.70%) .NET
2 4 (3.70%) REST
3 3 (2.78%) ASP.NET
3 3 (2.78%) PySpark
4 2 (1.85%) WPF
5 1 (0.93%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.93%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.93%) Blazor
5 1 (0.93%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.93%) jQuery
5 1 (0.93%) JWT
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.93%) SOAP
5 1 (0.93%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.41%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.56%) Blog
3 5 (4.63%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (4.63%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.70%) CCTV
4 4 (3.70%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.70%) iPad
4 4 (3.70%) iPhone
4 4 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.70%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.70%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.78%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.85%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.85%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.85%) Legacy Code
6 2 (1.85%) Replication
6 2 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.19%) Windows
2 8 (7.41%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.48%) Linux
4 5 (4.63%) Debian
5 4 (3.70%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.78%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (23.15%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (12.96%) Agile
4 13 (12.04%) Data Modelling
4 13 (12.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 13 (12.04%) Project Delivery
4 13 (12.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 11 (10.19%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (10.19%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (10.19%) Risk Management
6 11 (10.19%) Roadmaps
6 11 (10.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (9.26%) Analytics
7 10 (9.26%) Change Management
7 10 (9.26%) Visualisation
8 9 (8.33%) Migration
9 8 (7.41%) ERP
9 8 (7.41%) High Availability
9 8 (7.41%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 26 (24.07%) SQL
2 17 (15.74%) Python
3 15 (13.89%) PowerShell
4 6 (5.56%) Bash
5 4 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (2.78%) C#
7 2 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.85%) Java
7 2 (1.85%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.85%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.93%) ABAP
8 1 (0.93%) Bicep
8 1 (0.93%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 9 (8.33%) Degree
2 6 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 6 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.63%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.70%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.78%) CEH
5 3 (2.78%) CISSP
6 2 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.93%) CCNP
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.93%) FFIEC
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.93%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.56%) QA
2 4 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.70%) SLA
3 3 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.78%) GAAP
3 3 (2.78%) GDPR
3 3 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.93%) GRC
4 1 (0.93%) NIST
4 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (10.19%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.78%) BitLocker
2 3 (2.78%) Terminal Services
2 3 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.85%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.85%) Terraform
3 1 (0.93%) Grafana
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.93%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 25 (23.15%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.11%) Cisco
3 7 (6.48%) SAP
4 6 (5.56%) VMware
5 5 (4.63%) iManage
5 5 (4.63%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.70%) Apple
6 4 (3.70%) Databricks
6 4 (3.70%) Okta
6 4 (3.70%) Siemens
7 3 (2.78%) Autodesk
7 3 (2.78%) Barracuda Networks
7 3 (2.78%) Sage
7 3 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.78%) Sophos
7 3 (2.78%) Sparx
8 2 (1.85%) Aderant
8 2 (1.85%) Intapp
8 2 (1.85%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.85%) Workday