Document Management Contracts

Document Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Document Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Document Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 412 429 544
Rank change year-on-year +17 +115 +45
Contract jobs citing Document Management 109 154 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.35% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.41% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 79 132
10th Percentile £250 £163 £201
25th Percentile £395 £200 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -12.20% +2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £663 £638
90th Percentile £651 £775 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £443 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +18.00% -21.05% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 40 2
10th Percentile - £14.00 £21.08
25th Percentile £16.00 £17.00 £21.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.99 £22.33
Median % change year-on-year +225.24% -10.48% -62.16%
75th Percentile £75.63 £40.94 £22.83
90th Percentile £82.00 £51.63 £22.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £20.97 £21.75
% change year-on-year +209.97% -3.59% -57.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Document Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Document Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Document Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Document Management in the UK

Document Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Document Management.

Daily rate trend for Document Management in the UK

Document Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Document Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Document Management in the UK

Document Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Document Management.

Hourly rate trend for Document Management in the UK

Document Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Document Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Document Management in the UK

Document Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Document Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +17 86 £488 +16.77% 155
London +48 55 £488 - 79
UK excluding London +2 37 £443 +18.00% 90
Work from Home +20 27 £563 +50.00% 61
East of England +25 9 £650 +73.33% 28
South East +26 6 £394 +96.88% 31
Midlands +23 6 £400 -20.00% 10
West Midlands +17 5 £400 +3.23% 8
Scotland +1 5 £443 -31.92% 2
South West +30 4 £238 -68.33% 8
Yorkshire +10 4 £520 +19.48% 6
North of England +7 4 £520 +103.82% 13
Wales - 3 - - 3
East Midlands +8 1 - - 2

Document Management
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 43 (39.45%) SharePoint
2 12 (11.01%) Confluence
3 5 (4.59%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (3.67%) IIS
5 1 (0.92%) Camunda
5 1 (0.92%) Documentum
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (9.17%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (5.50%) InfoPath
5 2 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.83%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.92%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.92%) Simulink
6 1 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.92%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (8.26%) SAP PP
1 9 (8.26%) SAP R/3
2 6 (5.50%) Teamcenter
3 3 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.83%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (1.83%) SAP EHS
4 2 (1.83%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.92%) iTrent
5 1 (0.92%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.92%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.60%) Power Platform
2 16 (14.68%) Azure
2 16 (14.68%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (11.93%) Power Automate
4 10 (9.17%) PowerApps
5 8 (7.34%) PaaS
6 7 (6.42%) GitHub
7 6 (5.50%) Serverless
8 5 (4.59%) Azure Functions
8 5 (4.59%) Azure WebJobs
8 5 (4.59%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.59%) OneDrive
8 5 (4.59%) SaaS
8 5 (4.59%) ShareGate
9 3 (2.75%) AWS
9 3 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.75%) Google Docs
9 3 (2.75%) Google Sheets
9 3 (2.75%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.67%) Intranet
2 2 (1.83%) LAN
2 2 (1.83%) WAN
2 2 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.92%) DHCP
3 1 (0.92%) DNS
3 1 (0.92%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.92%) Firewall
3 1 (0.92%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.50%) Power BI
2 4 (3.67%) EDMS
2 4 (3.67%) Metadata
3 3 (2.75%) Tableau
4 2 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.83%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.92%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.92%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.92%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (10.09%) JIRA
2 5 (4.59%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (3.67%) Cucumber
3 4 (3.67%) Git
3 4 (3.67%) Gradle
3 4 (3.67%) HP UFT
3 4 (3.67%) IntelliJ
3 4 (3.67%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.67%) JUnit
3 4 (3.67%) Maven
3 4 (3.67%) Selenium
4 3 (2.75%) Subversion
5 1 (0.92%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.92%) SonarQube
General
1 37 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 28 (25.69%) Finance
3 13 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.17%) Manufacturing
5 9 (8.26%) Aerospace
5 9 (8.26%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (6.42%) Banking
6 7 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (5.50%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (5.50%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.67%) Legal
10 2 (1.83%) Electronics
10 2 (1.83%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.92%) Advertising
11 1 (0.92%) Automotive
11 1 (0.92%) Back Office
11 1 (0.92%) Military
11 1 (0.92%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (15.60%) Consultant
2 14 (12.84%) Architect
3 12 (11.01%) Analyst
4 11 (10.09%) SAP Consultant
5 10 (9.17%) Functional Consultant
5 10 (9.17%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 9 (8.26%) Lead
6 9 (8.26%) Project Manager
6 9 (8.26%) SAP PP Consultant
6 9 (8.26%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
7 8 (7.34%) Business Analyst
7 8 (7.34%) Developer
8 7 (6.42%) Administrator
8 7 (6.42%) SharePoint Architect
9 6 (5.50%) SAP MM Consultant
9 6 (5.50%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
9 6 (5.50%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (4.59%) SharePoint Developer
11 3 (2.75%) Oracle Technical Architect
11 3 (2.75%) Project Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.34%) SPFx
2 2 (1.83%) ADO
2 2 (1.83%) Middleware
3 1 (0.92%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.92%) React
3 1 (0.92%) REST
3 1 (0.92%) SOAP
3 1 (0.92%) Spring
3 1 (0.92%) TypeORM
3 1 (0.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.84%) Management Information System
2 10 (9.17%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (7.34%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (4.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (1.83%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.92%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.92%) CMDB
6 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.92%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.92%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.92%) Online Banking
6 1 (0.92%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.92%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.92%) SCADA
6 1 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.34%) Windows
2 5 (4.59%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (23.85%) Agile
2 22 (20.18%) Migration
3 21 (19.27%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (13.76%) Project Management
5 14 (12.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (9.17%) Change Management
6 10 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (9.17%) Integration Testing
6 10 (9.17%) Validation
7 9 (8.26%) DevOps
7 9 (8.26%) Inventory Management
8 8 (7.34%) Data Migration
8 8 (7.34%) Roadmaps
8 8 (7.34%) Workflow
9 7 (6.42%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (6.42%) Content Management
9 7 (6.42%) CRM
9 7 (6.42%) PDM
9 7 (6.42%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.09%) PowerShell
2 9 (8.26%) ABAP
3 7 (6.42%) Java
4 5 (4.59%) SQL
5 4 (3.67%) Python
6 3 (2.75%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.83%) C#
7 2 (1.83%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.92%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (33.03%) Security Cleared
2 28 (25.69%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.42%) Degree
4 3 (2.75%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.75%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.75%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.75%) PMP
5 2 (1.83%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.83%) RIBA
6 1 (0.92%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.92%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.92%) HNC
6 1 (0.92%) IIBA
6 1 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.42%) QA
2 3 (2.75%) GDPR
3 2 (1.83%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.83%) PMO
4 1 (0.92%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.92%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.92%) Docker
3 1 (0.92%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.75%) Data Guard
1 3 (2.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (24.77%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.76%) SAP
3 11 (10.09%) Oracle
4 3 (2.75%) Ab Initio
4 3 (2.75%) Google
4 3 (2.75%) Guidewire
4 3 (2.75%) Xero
5 2 (1.83%) Autodesk
5 2 (1.83%) iManage
5 2 (1.83%) NEC
5 2 (1.83%) OpenText
6 1 (0.92%) Adobe
6 1 (0.92%) Ariba
6 1 (0.92%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.92%) F5
6 1 (0.92%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.92%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.92%) VMware