Documentation Skills Jobs

Documentation Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 486 540
Rank change year-on-year -3 +54 -69
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 492 553 1,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.59% 0.62%
As % of the General category 0.79% 0.88% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 412 399 631
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,250 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,625 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -18.18% +29.41%

All General Skills
UK

Documentation Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 62,409 62,826 112,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.55% 67.49% 65.31%
Number of salaries quoted 40,598 35,177 52,328
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,874 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills.

Salary trend for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Documentation Skills within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +11 461 £55,000 -8.33% 147
UK excluding London +3 327 £45,000 - 105
Work from Home +58 188 £55,000 +2.01% 71
London -34 146 £70,000 +3.70% 39
South East +12 111 £50,000 - 31
Midlands -4 77 £41,000 -8.89% 21
North of England +34 70 £36,750 -11.45% 30
West Midlands +13 60 £41,000 +26.15% 13
North West -12 40 £38,375 -14.72% 19
South West -11 31 £66,250 +55.88% 11
East of England -9 22 £32,500 -35.64% 10
Yorkshire +66 19 £31,500 +5.00% 9
East Midlands -29 17 £40,000 -28.89% 8
North East - 11 £34,000 - 2
Wales - 9 £45,000 - 4
Scotland -72 7 £65,000 +60.49%

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 56 (11.38%) SharePoint
2 26 (5.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.85%) Confluence
4 8 (1.63%) IIS
5 3 (0.61%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.61%) SAS
6 2 (0.41%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.20%) WildFly
Applications
1 102 (20.73%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (8.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.63%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.42%) Trello
6 2 (0.41%) CATIA
6 2 (0.41%) NASTRAN
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.20%) InDesign
7 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (1.63%) SAP HR
2 5 (1.02%) SAP PP
3 4 (0.81%) MIS ActiveH
3 4 (0.81%) SAP APO
3 4 (0.81%) SAP MM
3 4 (0.81%) SAP SD
3 4 (0.81%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.61%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.41%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 2 (0.41%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.20%) Postilion
6 1 (0.20%) Relativity
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.20%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 140 (28.46%) Microsoft 365
2 134 (27.24%) Azure
3 44 (8.94%) Power Platform
4 36 (7.32%) AWS
5 35 (7.11%) OneDrive
6 32 (6.50%) Entra ID
7 22 (4.47%) GCP
7 22 (4.47%) SaaS
8 13 (2.64%) PaaS
9 11 (2.24%) Mimecast
10 10 (2.03%) IaaS
11 9 (1.83%) GitHub
12 8 (1.63%) Boomi
12 8 (1.63%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
13 7 (1.42%) Azure API Management
13 7 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
14 5 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 82 (16.67%) Firewall
2 54 (10.98%) Wi-Fi
3 41 (8.33%) LAN
3 41 (8.33%) WAN
4 28 (5.69%) DNS
5 23 (4.67%) DHCP
5 23 (4.67%) VPN
6 21 (4.27%) VLAN
7 20 (4.07%) SAN
8 15 (3.05%) SD-WAN
9 14 (2.85%) Network Security
10 13 (2.64%) Internet
10 13 (2.64%) VoIP
11 12 (2.44%) TCP/IP
12 11 (2.24%) Ethernet
12 11 (2.24%) Intrusion Detection
13 10 (2.03%) Wireless
14 6 (1.22%) FTP
14 6 (1.22%) Remote Desktop
15 5 (1.02%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.35%) SQL Server
2 38 (7.72%) Power BI
3 19 (3.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 16 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (2.03%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 7 (1.42%) Data Vault
7 7 (1.42%) Snowflake Schema
7 7 (1.42%) Star Schema
8 6 (1.22%) MySQL
8 6 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.22%) Power Query
9 5 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.02%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle Database 12c
12 1 (0.20%) Big Data
12 1 (0.20%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 32 (6.50%) JIRA
2 18 (3.66%) Git
3 8 (1.63%) GitLab
4 7 (1.42%) Katalon Studio
5 6 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.61%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.61%) ERwin
6 3 (0.61%) Selenium
6 3 (0.61%) Subversion
6 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.41%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.41%) Hudson
7 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.41%) JUnit
7 2 (0.41%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.41%) TestNG
8 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
General
1 255 (51.83%) Social Skills
2 133 (27.03%) Finance
3 86 (17.48%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (8.74%) Law
5 41 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 31 (6.30%) Presentation Skills
7 29 (5.89%) Retail
8 26 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (4.27%) Banking
10 18 (3.66%) Legal
10 18 (3.66%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.85%) Aerospace
12 12 (2.44%) Marketing
13 11 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.83%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.83%) Publishing
15 7 (1.42%) Electronics
15 7 (1.42%) Public Sector
16 6 (1.22%) Automotive
16 6 (1.22%) Police
Job Titles
1 93 (18.90%) Senior
2 79 (16.06%) Analyst
3 58 (11.79%) Support Engineer
4 53 (10.77%) Architect
5 41 (8.33%) Lead
6 35 (7.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 29 (5.89%) IT Engineer
7 29 (5.89%) Project Manager
8 28 (5.69%) IT Support
9 26 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
10 24 (4.88%) Business Analyst
11 23 (4.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 23 (4.67%) Consultant
12 22 (4.47%) IT Analyst
13 21 (4.27%) 3rd Line Support
13 21 (4.27%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 21 (4.27%) Developer
14 20 (4.07%) IT Support Engineer
15 19 (3.86%) Senior Manager
16 18 (3.66%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.52%) .NET
2 25 (5.08%) React
3 14 (2.85%) CSS
4 11 (2.24%) HTML
4 11 (2.24%) Middleware
5 9 (1.83%) AngularJS
6 8 (1.63%) RESTful
6 8 (1.63%) SailPoint
7 7 (1.42%) EDI
7 7 (1.42%) YAML
8 6 (1.22%) OpenAPI
8 6 (1.22%) Swagger
8 6 (1.22%) Vue
9 4 (0.81%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (0.81%) React Native
10 3 (0.61%) COM
10 3 (0.61%) D3.js
10 3 (0.61%) Google Chart
10 3 (0.61%) WinForms
11 2 (0.41%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.13%) Management Information System
2 36 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (4.67%) Security Posture
4 20 (4.07%) Driving Licence
5 15 (3.05%) Clustering
6 13 (2.64%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.44%) Data Centre
8 10 (2.03%) Robotics
9 9 (1.83%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (1.83%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.63%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.42%) Cloud Security Posture
11 7 (1.42%) CMDB
12 6 (1.22%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
13 5 (1.02%) Reinsurance
13 5 (1.02%) Replication
13 5 (1.02%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.81%) Equities
14 4 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 139 (28.25%) Windows
2 85 (17.28%) Windows Server
3 30 (6.10%) Linux
4 18 (3.66%) Windows 10
5 16 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (2.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (2.64%) Mac OS
8 9 (1.83%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.81%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.41%) Android
10 2 (0.41%) CentOS
10 2 (0.41%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.41%) Unix
11 1 (0.20%) Debian
11 1 (0.20%) Fedora
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (18.70%) Customer Service
3 72 (14.63%) Agile
4 65 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
5 63 (12.80%) Project Management
6 62 (12.60%) Mentoring
7 55 (11.18%) ITIL
8 38 (7.72%) Change Control
9 37 (7.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 34 (6.91%) Business Intelligence
10 34 (6.91%) Presales
10 34 (6.91%) Project Delivery
11 33 (6.71%) Migration
12 31 (6.30%) DevOps
13 30 (6.10%) Analytics
14 29 (5.89%) Cloud Security
14 29 (5.89%) Decision-Making
14 29 (5.89%) Information Security
14 29 (5.89%) PRINCE2
15 28 (5.69%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 98 (19.92%) SQL
2 52 (10.57%) PowerShell
3 36 (7.32%) Python
4 29 (5.89%) Java
5 28 (5.69%) C#
6 19 (3.86%) JavaScript
7 16 (3.25%) Bash
8 11 (2.24%) C
9 9 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.42%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.42%) VB
11 4 (0.81%) ActionScript
11 4 (0.81%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.61%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.61%) R
12 3 (0.61%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.61%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.20%) C++
14 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (18.29%) Degree
2 34 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 21 (4.27%) CISSP
4 19 (3.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 15 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.24%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.24%) CCNA
8 11 (2.24%) GIAC
8 11 (2.24%) GSEC
8 11 (2.24%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.24%) SSCP
9 9 (1.83%) CEH
9 9 (1.83%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.63%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.63%) PMP
11 7 (1.42%) CCNP
12 6 (1.22%) MCSE
13 5 (1.02%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.10%) SLA
2 19 (3.86%) QA
3 15 (3.05%) GDPR
3 15 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 6 (1.22%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.02%) SEPA
6 5 (1.02%) TARGET2
7 3 (0.61%) PMO
8 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.41%) GRC
8 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.20%) MISRA
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
9 1 (0.20%) P3O
9 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.20%) TickIT
System Software
1 101 (20.53%) Active Directory
2 52 (10.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (7.32%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.44%) vSphere
5 11 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.42%) Docker
6 7 (1.42%) Firmware
7 6 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.02%) NFS
8 5 (1.02%) XenApp
9 4 (0.81%) OpenSSH
9 4 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.20%) Shibboleth
10 1 (0.20%) Varnish
10 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 39 (7.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (5.28%) SCCM
3 16 (3.25%) Kubernetes
4 14 (2.85%) Terraform
5 11 (2.24%) Autotask
5 11 (2.24%) Failover Clustering
5 11 (2.24%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.22%) WSUS
7 5 (1.02%) Graphite
8 4 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.81%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.81%) IBM BigFix
8 4 (0.81%) PowerCLI
8 4 (0.81%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.61%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.61%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.61%) Nessus
9 3 (0.61%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.41%) Nmap
10 2 (0.41%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 219 (44.51%) Microsoft
2 69 (14.02%) VMware
3 29 (5.89%) Citrix
4 26 (5.28%) ServiceNow
5 25 (5.08%) Cisco
6 22 (4.47%) Veeam
7 21 (4.27%) SAP
8 17 (3.46%) CyberArk
9 15 (3.05%) CheckPoint
9 15 (3.05%) Salesforce
10 14 (2.85%) Datto
10 14 (2.85%) Sophos
11 13 (2.64%) Acronis
11 13 (2.64%) Meraki
12 12 (2.44%) Apple
12 12 (2.44%) Dell
12 12 (2.44%) HP
13 11 (2.24%) Oracle
14 10 (2.03%) Palo Alto
15 9 (1.83%) Ubiquiti