Document Management Job Trends

Document Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Document Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 497 507
Rank change year-on-year +36 +10 +212
Permanent jobs citing Document Management 188 224 212
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.41% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.45% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 139 138 177
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,350 £31,700
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +6.80%
75th Percentile £72,250 £67,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

All Process & 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,662 49,693 47,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.06% 89.92% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 28,549 24,753 35,968
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,565 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -3.83%

Document Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Document Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Document Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Document Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Document Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Document Management

Document Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Document Management over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Document Management in the UK

Document Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Document Management within the UK over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +27 172 £45,000 -10.00% 88
UK excluding London +94 125 £45,000 - 65
London -15 60 £62,500 +25.00% 29
Work from Home +81 50 £48,122 -19.80% 30
North of England +43 45 £45,000 +2.86% 15
Midlands +45 31 £45,000 +20.00% 9
South East +40 26 £35,000 -28.57% 22
Yorkshire +18 25 £45,000 -12.20% 3
West Midlands +43 21 £45,000 +5.88% 8
North West +32 18 £45,000 +50.00% 11
Wales +11 10 £48,122 +55.23%
East Midlands -12 10 £45,000 +20.00% 1
South West +17 7 £86,108 +91.35% 7
Scotland +17 4 £40,500 - 1
East of England +2 4 £53,754 -28.33% 13
North East - 2 £45,000 - 1

Document Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 13 (6.91%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.06%) CMS
2 2 (1.06%) Confluence
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.06%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.53%) FileNet
Applications
1 45 (23.94%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (15.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (11.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.53%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.53%) Revit
5 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.06%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.53%) Actimize
3 1 (0.53%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.53%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 21 (11.17%) Microsoft 365
1 21 (11.17%) Power Platform
2 17 (9.04%) Datadog
3 15 (7.98%) Azure
4 10 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (5.32%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (4.79%) IaaS
6 8 (4.26%) PaaS
7 7 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.72%) Power Automate
8 6 (3.19%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.19%) PowerApps
8 6 (3.19%) Serverless
9 2 (1.06%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.06%) BrowserStack
9 2 (1.06%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.79%) WebEx
2 4 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (1.60%) Intranet
3 3 (1.60%) VPN
4 2 (1.06%) WAN
5 1 (0.53%) DHCP
5 1 (0.53%) DNS
5 1 (0.53%) LAN
5 1 (0.53%) NAS
5 1 (0.53%) SAN
5 1 (0.53%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.53%) VLAN
5 1 (0.53%) VSAN
5 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.57%) Metadata
2 17 (9.04%) Relational Database
3 14 (7.45%) Power BI
4 10 (5.32%) Geospatial Data
4 10 (5.32%) GIS
5 4 (2.13%) EDMS
6 3 (1.60%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.06%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.53%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.13%) JIRA
2 2 (1.06%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.06%) NUnit
2 2 (1.06%) Selenium
2 2 (1.06%) SpecFlow
2 2 (1.06%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.53%) Git
3 1 (0.53%) Ranorex
3 1 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 55 (29.26%) Legal
2 53 (28.19%) Social Skills
3 47 (25.00%) Finance
4 33 (17.55%) Law
5 28 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (12.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (10.11%) Telecoms
8 9 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.13%) Marketing
10 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.60%) Publishing
11 2 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.06%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.53%) Banking
12 1 (0.53%) Billing
12 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.53%) International Banking
12 1 (0.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (19.68%) Senior
2 26 (13.83%) Sales Representative
3 24 (12.77%) Analyst
3 24 (12.77%) Developer
4 20 (10.64%) Support Analyst
5 19 (10.11%) IT Analyst
5 19 (10.11%) IT Support
6 18 (9.57%) IT Support Analyst
7 16 (8.51%) Lead
8 15 (7.98%) IT Manager
9 12 (6.38%) Project Officer
9 12 (6.38%) Project Support Officer
9 12 (6.38%) Senior Project Officer
9 12 (6.38%) Senior Project Support Officer
9 12 (6.38%) Support Officer
10 11 (5.85%) IT Support Specialist
10 11 (5.85%) Senior Developer
10 11 (5.85%) Support Specialist
11 10 (5.32%) Account Manager
11 10 (5.32%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.19%) HTML
1 6 (3.19%) XML
2 4 (2.13%) Middleware
3 3 (1.60%) CSS
4 2 (1.06%) .NET
4 2 (1.06%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.06%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.06%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (1.06%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (0.53%) Kafka
5 1 (0.53%) Spring
5 1 (0.53%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 34 (18.09%) Management Information System
2 20 (10.64%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (5.85%) Video Conferencing
4 10 (5.32%) e-Learning
5 9 (4.79%) Life Science
6 8 (4.26%) iPhone
7 7 (3.72%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.66%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.66%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.60%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.60%) Social Media
11 2 (1.06%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.06%) Learning Management System
11 2 (1.06%) LIMS
11 2 (1.06%) Video Editing
12 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.53%) Pharmacovigilance
12 1 (0.53%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 34 (18.09%) Windows
2 8 (4.26%) Android
2 8 (4.26%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.06%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (25.53%) Workflow
2 27 (14.36%) DevOps
3 26 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (12.23%) CI/CD
5 22 (11.70%) Change Management
5 22 (11.70%) Data Management
6 21 (11.17%) Agile
6 21 (11.17%) ITIL
6 21 (11.17%) Test Automation
7 20 (10.64%) Scrum
7 20 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (10.11%) Migration
9 18 (9.57%) Case Management
9 18 (9.57%) Requirements Gathering
10 17 (9.04%) Error Analysis
11 15 (7.98%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (7.98%) Project Delivery
12 13 (6.91%) Data Governance
12 13 (6.91%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.36%) SQL
2 22 (11.70%) C#
3 19 (10.11%) Python
4 17 (9.04%) Java
5 4 (2.13%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.60%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 40 (21.28%) Degree
2 12 (6.38%) DBS Check
3 11 (5.85%) A+ Certification
4 9 (4.79%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.66%) CISM
5 5 (2.66%) CISSP
5 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.13%) MCP
6 4 (2.13%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.60%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.06%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.06%) HNC
8 2 (1.06%) HND
8 2 (1.06%) ISEB
9 1 (0.53%) CCNP
9 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.53%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.38%) PMO
2 9 (4.79%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.72%) QA
4 6 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.66%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (2.66%) NIST
6 3 (1.60%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.06%) ISO 19650
7 2 (1.06%) WCAG
8 1 (0.53%) P3O
8 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Firmware
2 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.60%) PaperCut
2 2 (1.06%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.06%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.53%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.53%) Ansible
3 1 (0.53%) SCCM
3 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 82 (43.62%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.11%) Guidewire
3 16 (8.51%) iManage
4 8 (4.26%) Cisco
5 5 (2.66%) HP
5 5 (2.66%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.13%) Citrix
7 3 (1.60%) Canon
7 3 (1.60%) Intapp
7 3 (1.60%) Openreach
8 2 (1.06%) Google
8 2 (1.06%) NEC
8 2 (1.06%) Northgate
8 2 (1.06%) Oracle
8 2 (1.06%) Siebel
9 1 (0.53%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.53%) Dell
9 1 (0.53%) OpenText
9 1 (0.53%) SAP
9 1 (0.53%) VMware