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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 297 368
Rank change year-on-year -20 +71 +20
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 150 127 111
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.60% 0.77% 0.53%
As % of the General category 0.97% 1.08% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 108 97 59
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £41,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £54,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -13.60% +13.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,000 £93,050
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% -13.60% +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 15,459 11,713 13,125
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.66% 70.87% 62.53%
Number of salaries quoted 9,262 6,184 7,410
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,891 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,468 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% -8.05% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,560
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.79% -4.07%

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 14 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 14 (9.33%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.33%) IIS
3 5 (3.33%) Confluence
4 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.33%) CorelDRAW
3 5 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.33%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.67%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.67%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (4.67%) SAP CO
1 7 (4.67%) SAP FI
1 7 (4.67%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.33%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.33%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.67%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.67%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.67%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 39 (26.00%) Azure
2 36 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (18.67%) Power Platform
4 19 (12.67%) Entra ID
5 15 (10.00%) Power Automate
6 14 (9.33%) AWS
6 14 (9.33%) SaaS
7 11 (7.33%) n8n
7 11 (7.33%) Zapier
8 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (3.33%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (2.67%) dbt
12 3 (2.00%) Azure Key Vault
12 3 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (2.00%) Copilot Studio
12 3 (2.00%) GitHub
12 3 (2.00%) PowerApps
13 2 (1.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 2 (1.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.33%) DNS
2 18 (12.00%) TCP/IP
3 15 (10.00%) DHCP
4 12 (8.00%) Firewall
5 11 (7.33%) VPN
6 5 (3.33%) HTTP
6 5 (3.33%) Wireless
7 4 (2.67%) Network Security
7 4 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (2.00%) SAN
8 3 (2.00%) VLAN
9 2 (1.33%) Ethernet
9 2 (1.33%) Fibre Channel
9 2 (1.33%) Profibus
10 1 (0.67%) 5G
10 1 (0.67%) LTE
10 1 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.67%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (16.67%) Power BI
2 9 (6.00%) Big Data
2 9 (6.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.00%) Looker
4 2 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.33%) Metadata
4 2 (1.33%) Redis
5 1 (0.67%) Airbyte
5 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.67%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.67%) GIS
5 1 (0.67%) Parquet
5 1 (0.67%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (5.33%) JIRA
2 2 (1.33%) PowerBuilder
2 2 (1.33%) Terragrunt
3 1 (0.67%) Git
3 1 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 87 (58.00%) Social Skills
2 33 (22.00%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (19.33%) Finance
4 13 (8.67%) Manufacturing
4 13 (8.67%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (8.00%) Retail
6 8 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (5.33%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.00%) Aerospace
8 6 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.67%) Automotive
9 4 (2.67%) Banking
9 4 (2.67%) Law
10 3 (2.00%) Billing
10 3 (2.00%) Legal
11 2 (1.33%) Electronics
11 2 (1.33%) Military
11 2 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.67%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 24 (16.00%) Support Engineer
2 20 (13.33%) Analyst
2 20 (13.33%) Senior
3 18 (12.00%) Consultant
4 16 (10.67%) IT Engineer
5 15 (10.00%) IT Support
5 15 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (6.00%) Systems Support
7 8 (5.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 8 (5.33%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (5.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 8 (5.33%) Business Analyst
8 7 (4.67%) SAP CO Specialist
8 7 (4.67%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
9 6 (4.00%) Support Specialist
10 5 (3.33%) Applications Specialist
10 5 (3.33%) Applications Support
10 5 (3.33%) Applications Support Specialist
10 5 (3.33%) Compliance Manager
10 5 (3.33%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.33%) Middleware
2 5 (3.33%) REST
3 3 (2.00%) Matplotlib
3 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (2.00%) NumPy
3 3 (2.00%) Pandas
3 3 (2.00%) Terraform
4 2 (1.33%) .NET
4 2 (1.33%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.33%) JSON
4 2 (1.33%) STL
4 2 (1.33%) Web Services
4 2 (1.33%) WebSockets
4 2 (1.33%) XML
5 1 (0.67%) JWT
5 1 (0.67%) LDAP
5 1 (0.67%) OAuth
5 1 (0.67%) OpenID
5 1 (0.67%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.33%) Driving Licence
2 16 (10.67%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.33%) Online Gambling
3 5 (3.33%) Video\Live Streaming
4 4 (2.67%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.00%) Blog
5 3 (2.00%) iPad
5 3 (2.00%) iPhone
5 3 (2.00%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.33%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.33%) Replication
6 2 (1.33%) Robotics
6 2 (1.33%) SCADA
6 2 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (22.00%) Windows
2 11 (7.33%) macOS
2 11 (7.33%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.33%) Apple iOS
3 8 (5.33%) Linux
4 5 (3.33%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.67%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.67%) Unix
6 3 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.33%) Android
7 2 (1.33%) VMS
8 1 (0.67%) CentOS
8 1 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.67%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (29.33%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (18.67%) AI
4 26 (17.33%) Process Improvement
5 25 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 25 (16.67%) Workflow
6 22 (14.67%) Migration
7 21 (14.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (12.67%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (12.00%) Roadmaps
11 16 (10.67%) Agile
11 16 (10.67%) Customer Service
11 16 (10.67%) Data Migration
12 15 (10.00%) Business Continuity
12 15 (10.00%) User Experience
13 14 (9.33%) High Availability
13 14 (9.33%) Information Security
14 13 (8.67%) CRM
14 13 (8.67%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 29 (19.33%) SQL
2 20 (13.33%) PowerShell
3 11 (7.33%) Python
4 4 (2.67%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.33%) C
5 2 (1.33%) C#
5 2 (1.33%) C++
5 2 (1.33%) Go
5 2 (1.33%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.33%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.67%) ABAP
6 1 (0.67%) Ada
6 1 (0.67%) Bash
6 1 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.67%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (10.00%) Degree
1 15 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (4.67%) SAP Certification
4 5 (3.33%) HNC
4 5 (3.33%) HND
5 4 (2.67%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.00%) ACCA
7 2 (1.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.33%) CCNP
7 2 (1.33%) CCSP
7 2 (1.33%) CIMA
7 2 (1.33%) CISSP
7 2 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.67%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.67%) RHCSA
8 1 (0.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (17.33%) GDPR
2 16 (10.67%) Data Quality
3 14 (9.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (5.33%) QA
6 6 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (3.33%) ISO 22301
7 5 (3.33%) ISO 9001
7 5 (3.33%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (1.33%) NIST
8 2 (1.33%) SLA
9 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.67%) GRC
9 1 (0.67%) IFRS
9 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (9.33%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.00%) Hyper-V
2 9 (6.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.33%) Firmware
3 2 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.67%) KVM
Systems Management
1 9 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.33%) Ansible
5 1 (0.67%) Puppet
5 1 (0.67%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 62 (41.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.33%) VMware
3 10 (6.67%) SAP
4 4 (2.67%) Red Hat
5 3 (2.00%) Apple
5 3 (2.00%) Dell
5 3 (2.00%) Okta
5 3 (2.00%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.00%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.00%) YouTube
6 2 (1.33%) Adaptive Insights
6 2 (1.33%) Cisco
6 2 (1.33%) EMC
6 2 (1.33%) Foundry
6 2 (1.33%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.33%) Oracle
6 2 (1.33%) Rockwell
6 2 (1.33%) Siemens
6 2 (1.33%) Veeam
6 2 (1.33%) Workday