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 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 881 993 1210
Rank change year-on-year +112 +217 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Document Controller 30 6 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.006% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 4 May 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 +112 28 £32,566 -1.32% 35
UK excluding London +8 23 £29,250 -11.36% 36
South East +23 11 £33,000 - 9
North of England - 10 £25,000 - 10
London +125 7 £32,566 -1.32% 5
Yorkshire - 7 £25,000 - 4
North West - 3 - - 3
Scotland - 2 £30,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 20 (66.67%) Legal
2 20 (66.67%) Document Management
3 18 (60.00%) QA
4 17 (56.67%) Agile
4 17 (56.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (50.00%) Management Information System
7 14 (46.67%) HNC
7 14 (46.67%) Computer Science
8 9 (30.00%) EDMS
9 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
10 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Excel
10 7 (23.33%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (20.00%) Housing Association
11 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
12 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
12 5 (16.67%) Information Management
12 5 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 5 (16.67%) Time Management
12 5 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (13.33%) Power BI
13 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
13 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
14 3 (10.00%) Data Management
14 3 (10.00%) Advertising
14 3 (10.00%) Driving Licence
14 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
14 3 (10.00%) ProjectWise
14 3 (10.00%) Data Collection

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 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) Alfresco
2 1 (3.33%) Documentum
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (23.33%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (10.00%) ProjectWise
4 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (30.00%) EDMS
2 4 (13.33%) Power BI
3 1 (3.33%) Metadata
General
1 22 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 20 (66.67%) Legal
3 17 (56.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Advertising
6 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 15 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (20.00%) Housing Association
3 3 (10.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (66.67%) Document Management
2 17 (56.67%) Agile
3 14 (46.67%) Computer Science
4 5 (16.67%) Information Management
4 5 (16.67%) Time Management
5 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (10.00%) Data Collection
6 3 (10.00%) Data Management
6 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (6.67%) Architectural Design
7 2 (6.67%) Workflow
8 1 (3.33%) Asset Management
8 1 (3.33%) Business Strategy
8 1 (3.33%) CAPA
8 1 (3.33%) Customer Service
8 1 (3.33%) ERP
8 1 (3.33%) Information Security
8 1 (3.33%) Internal Audit
8 1 (3.33%) QMS
8 1 (3.33%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.33%) VB
1 1 (3.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) HNC
2 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (60.00%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Autodesk
2 1 (3.33%) NCR
2 1 (3.33%) OpenText