Data Entry
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Entry skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Entry over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 722 477 559
Rank change year-on-year -245 +82 +291
Permanent jobs citing Data Entry 164 616 938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.62% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.65% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 117 50 60
10th Percentile £22,000 £21,750 £24,100
25th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,400 £37,685 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.95% -11.33% +70.00%
75th Percentile £40,358 £55,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £49,299 £65,000 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,500 £25,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% -37.50% +78.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Entry is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Entry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Entry in the UK

Data Entry
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Entry.

Salary trend for Data Entry in the UK

Data Entry
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Entry over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Entry in the UK

Data Entry
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Entry within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 -176 152 £27,000 -32.50% 170
UK excluding London -261 125 £25,500 +2.00% 148
South East -8 47 £27,500 -21.43% 33
Work from Home -257 45 £28,015 +12.06% 33
London +16 36 £35,000 -41.42% 40
North of England -77 32 £24,200 -51.60% 44
Midlands -33 25 £27,500 -31.25% 21
North West -15 21 £24,200 -35.47% 23
West Midlands +10 16 £27,500 -31.25% 9
Scotland -121 10 £25,250 +8.60% 5
East Midlands -41 9 £22,000 - 12
North East -56 8 £26,000 - 6
East of England -43 6 £30,000 +20.00% 16
South West -35 5 £25,500 -32.45% 24
Yorkshire +37 3 £28,750 -42.50% 15

Data Entry
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 7 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.22%) CMS
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 87 (53.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (14.02%) Spreadsheet
4 20 (12.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.61%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 4 (2.44%) Raiser’s Edge
1 4 (2.44%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.83%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.83%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.83%) Sage 200
3 2 (1.22%) Magento
3 2 (1.22%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 2 (1.22%) Shopify
4 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.49%) Power Platform
2 5 (3.05%) Azure
2 5 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (3.05%) Power Automate
2 5 (3.05%) PowerApps
2 5 (3.05%) SaaS
3 3 (1.83%) Blackbaud
3 3 (1.83%) Canva
3 3 (1.83%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.22%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.61%) Google Ads
5 1 (0.61%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.22%) Intranet
1 2 (1.22%) LAN
1 2 (1.22%) MPLS
1 2 (1.22%) VoIP
1 2 (1.22%) WAN
1 2 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (1.22%) Wireless
2 1 (0.61%) Internet
2 1 (0.61%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.49%) Power BI
2 6 (3.66%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.61%) Big Data
4 1 (0.61%) MS Access
4 1 (0.61%) Power Query
4 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Bugzilla
1 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 103 (62.80%) Social Skills
2 50 (30.49%) Finance
3 43 (26.22%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (13.41%) Retail
5 21 (12.80%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (9.15%) Legal
7 13 (7.93%) Marketing
8 12 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (5.49%) Manufacturing
10 8 (4.88%) Local Government
10 8 (4.88%) Public Sector
11 7 (4.27%) Banking
12 6 (3.66%) Billing
13 5 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (2.44%) Advertising
14 4 (2.44%) Publishing
15 3 (1.83%) Back Office
15 3 (1.83%) Fire and Rescue
15 3 (1.83%) Police
15 3 (1.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (28.05%) Administrator
2 39 (23.78%) Analyst
3 16 (9.76%) Data Administrator
3 16 (9.76%) Senior
4 14 (8.54%) Data Analyst
5 12 (7.32%) Performance Officer
6 11 (6.71%) Coordinator
7 9 (5.49%) Lead
7 9 (5.49%) Project Leader
7 9 (5.49%) Senior Project Leader
8 8 (4.88%) Data Manager
9 7 (4.27%) Operations Analyst
10 6 (3.66%) Data Entry Administrator
11 5 (3.05%) Account Executive
11 5 (3.05%) Developer
11 5 (3.05%) IT Support
11 5 (3.05%) Power Platform Developer
11 5 (3.05%) Product Analyst
11 5 (3.05%) Technical Administrator
12 3 (1.83%) Service Delivery Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.22%) JSR 170
2 1 (0.61%) CSS
2 1 (0.61%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.76%) Management Information System
2 13 (7.93%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (7.32%) Digital Media
4 9 (5.49%) Life Science
4 9 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.83%) Podcast
6 1 (0.61%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.61%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.44%) Windows
2 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (28.66%) Customer Service
2 43 (26.22%) Time Management
3 42 (25.61%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (14.02%) Data Analysis
5 20 (12.20%) Mathematics
5 20 (12.20%) Project Management
6 18 (10.98%) CRM
7 17 (10.37%) Workflow
8 14 (8.54%) Inventory Management
9 13 (7.93%) ERP
10 12 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
10 12 (7.32%) Data Science
10 12 (7.32%) Kalman Filter
11 11 (6.71%) Analytics
11 11 (6.71%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (6.71%) Data Management
11 11 (6.71%) Project Delivery
11 11 (6.71%) Statistics
12 10 (6.10%) Risk Management
13 9 (5.49%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.10%) SQL
2 5 (3.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (15.85%) Degree
2 4 (2.44%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.83%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 2 (1.22%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.59%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.49%) Good Clinical Practice
3 6 (3.66%) SLA
4 5 (3.05%) GDPR
4 5 (3.05%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.83%) QA
6 2 (1.22%) PMO
7 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.61%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 72 (43.90%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.93%) SAP
3 6 (3.66%) Facebook
3 6 (3.66%) Sage
4 5 (3.05%) Apple
4 5 (3.05%) Google
4 5 (3.05%) HubSpot
4 5 (3.05%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.05%) YouTube
5 3 (1.83%) Xero
6 1 (0.61%) Adobe
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle
6 1 (0.61%) Yardi
6 1 (0.61%) Zoho