Document Controller
UK

The median Document Controller salary in the UK is £31,283 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 877 992 1202
Rank change year-on-year +115 +210 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Document Controller 31 6 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.006% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.006% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £25,925 - -
25th Percentile £29,188 £32,500 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,283 £33,000 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.20% +46.67% -
75th Percentile £34,986 £33,500 £23,750
90th Percentile £36,115 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,250 £33,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year -11.36% +46.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Document Controller
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Document Controller in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Document Controller in the UK

Document Controller
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Document Controller.

Salary trend for Document Controller in the UK

Document Controller
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Document Controller within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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 +155 29 £32,566 -1.32% 39
UK excluding London +40 24 £29,250 -11.36% 36
South East +11 11 £33,000 - 9
North of England - 11 £25,000 - 9
London +156 7 £32,566 -1.32% 7
Yorkshire - 7 £25,000 - 3
North West - 4 - - 4
Scotland - 2 £30,000 - 4

Document Controller Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Document Controller job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Document Controller in the job title.

1 22 (70.97%) Social Skills
2 21 (67.74%) Document Management
3 20 (64.52%) Legal
4 19 (61.29%) QA
5 17 (54.84%) Agile
5 17 (54.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (54.84%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (48.39%) Management Information System
7 14 (45.16%) HNC
7 14 (45.16%) Computer Science
8 9 (29.03%) SharePoint
8 9 (29.03%) EDMS
9 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Excel
9 8 (25.81%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (19.35%) Housing Association
10 6 (19.35%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
10 6 (19.35%) Information Management
10 6 (19.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 6 (19.35%) Time Management
11 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
11 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (16.13%) Power BI
11 5 (16.13%) Power Platform
12 3 (9.68%) Driving Licence
12 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (9.68%) ProjectWise
12 3 (9.68%) Data Collection
12 3 (9.68%) Data Management
12 3 (9.68%) Advertising

Document Controller Skill Set
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 9 (29.03%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) Alfresco
2 1 (3.23%) Documentum
Applications
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (25.81%) Spreadsheet
2 6 (19.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (9.68%) ProjectWise
5 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (54.84%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (16.13%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (29.03%) EDMS
2 5 (16.13%) Power BI
3 1 (3.23%) Metadata
General
1 22 (70.97%) Social Skills
2 20 (64.52%) Legal
3 17 (54.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (19.35%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Advertising
6 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 15 (48.39%) Management Information System
2 6 (19.35%) Housing Association
3 3 (9.68%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (67.74%) Document Management
2 17 (54.84%) Agile
3 14 (45.16%) Computer Science
4 6 (19.35%) Information Management
4 6 (19.35%) Time Management
5 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (9.68%) Data Collection
6 3 (9.68%) Data Management
6 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (6.45%) Architectural Design
7 2 (6.45%) Workflow
8 1 (3.23%) Asset Management
8 1 (3.23%) CAPA
8 1 (3.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.23%) Customer Service
8 1 (3.23%) ERP
8 1 (3.23%) Information Security
8 1 (3.23%) Internal Audit
8 1 (3.23%) QMS
8 1 (3.23%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.23%) VB
1 1 (3.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (45.16%) HNC
2 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (61.29%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) Autodesk
2 1 (3.23%) NCR
2 1 (3.23%) OpenText