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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 507 563
Rank change year-on-year +29 +56 -12
Permanent jobs citing Document Management 356 147 229
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.30% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.33% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 231 111 141
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £87,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,205 £48,122 £44,000
% change year-on-year -3.98% +9.37% -20.00%

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 86,155 44,192 60,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.18% 88.99% 81.99%
Number of salaries quoted 59,150 24,458 32,463
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 8 October 2026.

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 8 October 2026. 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 +21 290 £55,000 -5.58% 244
UK excluding London +40 225 £46,205 -3.98% 163
Work from Home +43 115 £55,000 +14.29% 80
London -36 107 £70,000 +7.69% 86
South East +15 71 £40,000 +10.34% 39
North of England -40 54 £52,500 -44.74% 35
East of England - 30 £70,000 - 21
North West -6 27 £45,000 +5.88% 23
Northern Ireland - 23 - - 1
Midlands -27 22 £46,205 -14.39% 29
Scotland +16 21 £32,500 -38.10% 14
Yorkshire -32 19 £60,000 -36.84% 11
East Midlands -21 11 £32,500 -23.53% 8
West Midlands -36 11 £50,602 -10.44% 21
South West -70 8 £41,250 +50.00% 18
North East - 8 £32,500 - 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 84 (23.60%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.69%) IIS
4 3 (0.84%) Confluence
Applications
1 107 (30.06%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (19.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (13.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (6.18%) Acrobat
5 7 (1.97%) ProjectWise
6 6 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.56%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.28%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.28%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.28%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 13 (3.65%) Elite 3E
2 9 (2.53%) Carpe Diem
3 4 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.84%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.84%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.84%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.56%) BambooHR
6 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 83 (23.31%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (19.10%) Azure
3 61 (17.13%) Power Platform
4 39 (10.96%) Power Automate
5 26 (7.30%) OneDrive
6 25 (7.02%) PowerApps
7 24 (6.74%) Azure Logic Apps
8 23 (6.46%) SaaS
9 19 (5.34%) Azure Service Bus
9 19 (5.34%) Microsoft Copilot
10 14 (3.93%) Entra ID
11 13 (3.65%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (2.81%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (2.53%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 9 (2.53%) AWS
14 9 (2.53%) Azure API Management
14 9 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (2.53%) NetDocuments
15 8 (2.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.53%) Intranet
2 5 (1.40%) DHCP
2 5 (1.40%) DNS
2 5 (1.40%) VPN
2 5 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.12%) Firewall
4 3 (0.84%) LAN
4 3 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.84%) VoIP
5 2 (0.56%) Wireless
6 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.28%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.28%) TETRA
6 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.48%) SQL Server
2 31 (8.71%) Power BI
3 20 (5.62%) EDMS
4 17 (4.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (3.93%) Metadata
6 12 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (2.53%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.28%) MySQL
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (1.40%) JIRA
2 4 (1.12%) Git
3 3 (0.84%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.56%) Subversion
5 1 (0.28%) Ranorex
5 1 (0.28%) Selenium
5 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.28%) TestRail
5 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 194 (54.49%) Social Skills
2 120 (33.71%) Legal
3 87 (24.44%) Finance
4 76 (21.35%) Law
5 60 (16.85%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (11.52%) Manufacturing
7 37 (10.39%) Marketing
8 33 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
9 21 (5.90%) Pharmaceutical
10 18 (5.06%) Banking
10 18 (5.06%) Public Sector
11 17 (4.78%) Legal Technology
11 17 (4.78%) Telecoms
12 15 (4.21%) Billing
13 12 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (3.37%) Retail
14 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.12%) Advertising
16 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (13.76%) Developer
2 32 (8.99%) Consultant
2 32 (8.99%) Senior
3 31 (8.71%) Analyst
4 30 (8.43%) IT Support
5 29 (8.15%) Document Controller
6 27 (7.58%) Administrator
7 22 (6.18%) Support Analyst
8 19 (5.34%) Applications Support
8 19 (5.34%) Architect
8 19 (5.34%) IT Analyst
9 17 (4.78%) IT Support Analyst
10 14 (3.93%) Lead
11 13 (3.65%) Applications Developer
11 13 (3.65%) SharePoint Consultant
12 12 (3.37%) Coordinator
13 11 (3.09%) Software Developer
14 10 (2.81%) Applications Engineer
15 9 (2.53%) Senior Architect
15 9 (2.53%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.02%) .NET
2 20 (5.62%) HTML
3 18 (5.06%) CSS
4 15 (4.21%) REST
5 12 (3.37%) .NET Core
6 11 (3.09%) HTML5 Canvas
6 11 (3.09%) Middleware
6 11 (3.09%) SPFx
7 10 (2.81%) Microsoft Graph
8 9 (2.53%) JSON
9 6 (1.69%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.84%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.84%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (0.84%) Blazor
10 3 (0.84%) EDI
10 3 (0.84%) MIDP
10 3 (0.84%) Web Services
11 2 (0.56%) XML
11 2 (0.56%) XSLT
12 1 (0.28%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 93 (26.12%) Management Information System
2 47 (13.20%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.18%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.09%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.53%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.40%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.40%) Web Conferencing
8 4 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.12%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.12%) Replication
9 3 (0.84%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.84%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.84%) Social Media
9 3 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.56%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.56%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 40 (11.24%) Windows
2 11 (3.09%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (1.12%) Linux
5 1 (0.28%) Android
5 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (21.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 73 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (16.57%) AI
4 40 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (10.96%) Agile
5 39 (10.96%) Business Intelligence
5 39 (10.96%) CRM
5 39 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 38 (10.67%) ERP
7 37 (10.39%) Project Management
8 36 (10.11%) Workflow
9 35 (9.83%) Case Management
10 33 (9.27%) Project Delivery
11 30 (8.43%) Translating Business Requirements
12 27 (7.58%) Customer Service
12 27 (7.58%) Data Protection
12 27 (7.58%) Information Management
13 26 (7.30%) Decision-Making
14 24 (6.74%) Disaster Recovery
15 23 (6.46%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (11.52%) SQL
2 31 (8.71%) C#
3 20 (5.62%) JavaScript
3 20 (5.62%) PowerShell
4 12 (3.37%) TypeScript
5 9 (2.53%) T-SQL
6 8 (2.25%) Python
7 7 (1.97%) VBA
8 6 (1.69%) VBScript
9 2 (0.56%) PHP
10 1 (0.28%) Bicep
10 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.28%) Java
Qualifications
1 52 (14.61%) Degree
2 9 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.25%) Postgraduate
3 8 (2.25%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.69%) A+ Certification
5 5 (1.40%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.56%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.56%) PMP
8 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.99%) QA
2 13 (3.65%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.37%) ISO 19650
4 11 (3.09%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.09%) GDPR
5 10 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (2.25%) GMP
6 8 (2.25%) PMO
7 6 (1.69%) ISO 14001
7 6 (1.69%) ISO 9001
8 4 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.84%) SLA
10 2 (0.56%) TickIT
System Software
1 22 (6.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.56%) Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Docker
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.28%) Grafana
2 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 222 (62.36%) Microsoft
2 50 (14.04%) iManage
3 42 (11.80%) Adobe
4 24 (6.74%) Google
5 16 (4.49%) Intapp
6 14 (3.93%) SAP
7 12 (3.37%) HubSpot
8 9 (2.53%) Aderant
8 9 (2.53%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.53%) Workday
8 9 (2.53%) Xero
9 5 (1.40%) Autodesk
9 5 (1.40%) HighQ
10 4 (1.12%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.12%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.84%) Citrix
11 3 (0.84%) ConnectWise
11 3 (0.84%) ESET
11 3 (0.84%) Litera
11 3 (0.84%) Sage