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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 344 350
Rank change year-on-year +95 +6 +100
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 131 88 125
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 0.53% 0.60%
As % of the General category 1.43% 0.77% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 110 49 115
10th Percentile £33,175 £38,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,250 £96,500
UK median annual salary £54,750 £64,000 £55,148
% change year-on-year -14.45% +16.05% -8.09%

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 9,191 11,422 13,158
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.59% 68.63% 62.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,833 6,489 10,216
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,768 £62,500 £60,394
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +3.49% -3.37%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,018
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.44%

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 January 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 6 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.05%) Confluence
3 2 (1.53%) WordPress
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (18.32%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.76%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (3.82%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (3.82%) PlanetPress Connect
2 2 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.76%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (35.88%) Azure
2 22 (16.79%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (10.69%) AWS
4 10 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (6.87%) SaaS
6 8 (6.11%) Power Platform
7 7 (5.34%) GCP
7 7 (5.34%) GitHub
8 6 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (4.58%) Entra ID
8 6 (4.58%) IaaS
9 5 (3.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (3.05%) PowerApps
11 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (1.53%) Azure AI
12 2 (1.53%) Azure AKS
12 2 (1.53%) Azure App Service
12 2 (1.53%) ChatGPT
12 2 (1.53%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.74%) VPN
2 13 (9.92%) Firewall
3 8 (6.11%) VLAN
4 7 (5.34%) BGP
4 7 (5.34%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (4.58%) Network Security
5 6 (4.58%) Wireshark
6 5 (3.82%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (3.82%) DMZ
6 5 (3.82%) DNS
6 5 (3.82%) STUN
6 5 (3.82%) VoIP
7 4 (3.05%) OSPF
7 4 (3.05%) SD-WAN
7 4 (3.05%) WAN
7 4 (3.05%) Wireless
8 3 (2.29%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (2.29%) DHCP
8 3 (2.29%) IPsec
8 3 (2.29%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.76%) Power BI
2 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (8.40%) JIRA
2 5 (3.82%) Subversion
3 4 (3.05%) Git
3 4 (3.05%) Postman
4 1 (0.76%) GitLab
4 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.76%) Zephyr
General
1 75 (57.25%) Social Skills
2 28 (21.37%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (15.27%) Finance
4 8 (6.11%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (6.11%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (5.34%) Law
6 6 (4.58%) Advertising
6 6 (4.58%) Back Office
6 6 (4.58%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.82%) Electronics
8 4 (3.05%) Automotive
8 4 (3.05%) Billing
8 4 (3.05%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.05%) Marketing
9 3 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.29%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.53%) Legal
11 1 (0.76%) Banking
11 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 28 (21.37%) Analyst
2 18 (13.74%) Senior
3 16 (12.21%) Architect
4 14 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (10.69%) Service Analyst
4 14 (10.69%) Service Desk Analyst
5 10 (7.63%) Applications Support
5 10 (7.63%) Developer
5 10 (7.63%) Support Engineer
6 8 (6.11%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (5.34%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (5.34%) Network Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Business Analyst
8 6 (4.58%) Support Specialist
9 5 (3.82%) Applications Specialist
9 5 (3.82%) Software Test Engineer
9 5 (3.82%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (3.82%) Technical Engineer
9 5 (3.82%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.34%) .NET
2 5 (3.82%) FreeSWITCH
2 5 (3.82%) XML
3 4 (3.05%) HTML
3 4 (3.05%) PySpark
3 4 (3.05%) React
4 3 (2.29%) CSS
5 2 (1.53%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.53%) Laravel
5 2 (1.53%) REST
5 2 (1.53%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.76%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.76%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.76%) jQuery
6 1 (0.76%) Loki
6 1 (0.76%) Next.js
6 1 (0.76%) Svelte
6 1 (0.76%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.69%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.63%) Driving Licence
3 8 (6.11%) Mobile App
4 7 (5.34%) NHS
5 6 (4.58%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (3.82%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.82%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.82%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.05%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.29%) Client/Server
8 3 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.29%) iPad
8 3 (2.29%) iPhone
9 2 (1.53%) CMDB
9 2 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.53%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (25.19%) Windows
2 13 (9.92%) Linux
3 10 (7.63%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.82%) Debian
5 4 (3.05%) Mac OS X
6 3 (2.29%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.53%) Unix
8 1 (0.76%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (17.56%) ITIL
3 21 (16.03%) Agile
3 21 (16.03%) DevOps
4 19 (14.50%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (12.98%) Mentoring
6 15 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (10.69%) Collaborative Working
7 14 (10.69%) Customer Service
7 14 (10.69%) ERP
7 14 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (9.92%) Computer Science
9 12 (9.16%) Change Management
9 12 (9.16%) Workflow
10 10 (7.63%) Clean Code
10 10 (7.63%) Roadmaps
10 10 (7.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (7.63%) Test Automation
11 9 (6.87%) Collaborative Culture
11 9 (6.87%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 30 (22.90%) SQL
2 15 (11.45%) C#
2 15 (11.45%) PowerShell
3 11 (8.40%) JavaScript
4 9 (6.87%) Python
5 6 (4.58%) C
5 6 (4.58%) Java
5 6 (4.58%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (3.82%) VBA
7 4 (3.05%) PHP
8 2 (1.53%) Bicep
8 2 (1.53%) Go
9 1 (0.76%) Bash
9 1 (0.76%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (12.98%) Degree
2 12 (9.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (7.63%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.82%) CCNP
5 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.05%) MCP
6 4 (3.05%) MCSA
6 4 (3.05%) MCSE
6 4 (3.05%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.29%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.29%) CEH
7 3 (2.29%) CISSP
8 2 (1.53%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.76%) FFIEC
9 1 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.76%) OSCP
9 1 (0.76%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (12.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (8.40%) QA
3 10 (7.63%) ISO 9001
4 9 (6.87%) SLA
5 6 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (3.82%) GDPR
7 3 (2.29%) PMO
8 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.53%) NIST
8 2 (1.53%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.76%) GAAP
9 1 (0.76%) GRC
9 1 (0.76%) GxP
9 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (12.21%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.82%) Kamailio
4 4 (3.05%) Firmware
5 2 (1.53%) Docker
5 2 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.76%) Ceph
6 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.76%) Lustre
6 1 (0.76%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.76%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 12 (9.16%) SCCM
2 7 (5.34%) Terraform
3 5 (3.82%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.05%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.29%) cPanel
5 3 (2.29%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (2.29%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.29%) Plesk
6 2 (1.53%) Ansible
6 2 (1.53%) Nessus
7 1 (0.76%) Argo
7 1 (0.76%) Grafana
7 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 48 (36.64%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.63%) VMware
3 9 (6.87%) Cisco
4 6 (4.58%) Fortinet
5 5 (3.82%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.05%) Databricks
6 4 (3.05%) iManage
6 4 (3.05%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.29%) Apple
7 3 (2.29%) Aruba
7 3 (2.29%) Dell
7 3 (2.29%) Juniper
7 3 (2.29%) Meraki
7 3 (2.29%) Okta
7 3 (2.29%) Oracle
7 3 (2.29%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.29%) Sparx
7 3 (2.29%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.53%) Citrix
8 2 (1.53%) SAP