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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 699 478 547
Rank change year-on-year -221 +69 +301
Permanent jobs citing Data Entry 178 616 923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.59% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.62% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 112 50 55
10th Percentile £22,000 £21,750 £22,225
25th Percentile £23,875 £25,000 £28,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £37,685 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.68% -11.33% +70.00%
75th Percentile £41,206 £55,750 £45,625
90th Percentile £48,831 £65,000 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,500 £25,000 £31,250
% change year-on-year +2.00% -20.00% +39.15%

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 84,683 99,249 149,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,831 58,284 83,142
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,182 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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% +9.38%

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 2 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 2 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 -158 163 £27,000 -32.50% 140
UK excluding London -242 139 £25,500 +2.00% 128
Work from Home -235 74 £27,758 -11.18% 45
North of England -57 44 £24,200 -51.60% 33
South East -7 38 £27,500 -21.43% 39
London +28 36 £35,000 -41.18% 24
Midlands -13 30 £27,500 -31.25% 16
North West -6 24 £24,200 -35.47% 23
West Midlands +24 18 £27,500 -31.25% 8
Scotland -111 13 £25,250 +12.22% 6
East Midlands -35 12 £22,000 - 8
North East -58 11 £26,000 - 4
Yorkshire +53 9 £28,750 -42.50% 6
South West -36 8 £25,500 -32.45% 24
East of England -34 6 £30,000 +20.00% 10

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 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.12%) CMS
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 73 (41.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (16.85%) Chatbot
3 28 (15.73%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (12.92%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (8.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.56%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 4 (2.25%) Raiser’s Edge
1 4 (2.25%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.69%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.69%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.69%) Sage 200
3 2 (1.12%) Magento
3 2 (1.12%) Shopify
4 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.06%) Power Platform
2 5 (2.81%) Azure
2 5 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (2.81%) Power Automate
2 5 (2.81%) PowerApps
2 5 (2.81%) SaaS
3 3 (1.69%) Blackbaud
3 3 (1.69%) Canva
3 3 (1.69%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.12%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.56%) Google Ads
5 1 (0.56%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.12%) Intranet
1 2 (1.12%) LAN
1 2 (1.12%) MPLS
1 2 (1.12%) VoIP
1 2 (1.12%) WAN
1 2 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (1.12%) Wireless
2 1 (0.56%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.06%) Power BI
2 6 (3.37%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.56%) Big Data
4 1 (0.56%) MS Access
4 1 (0.56%) Power Query
4 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Bugzilla
1 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 88 (49.44%) Social Skills
2 38 (21.35%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (20.22%) Finance
4 22 (12.36%) Retail
5 21 (11.80%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (6.74%) Marketing
7 10 (5.62%) Legal
8 9 (5.06%) Manufacturing
9 8 (4.49%) Local Government
9 8 (4.49%) Public Sector
10 7 (3.93%) Banking
11 6 (3.37%) Billing
12 5 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (2.25%) Advertising
13 4 (2.25%) Publishing
14 3 (1.69%) Back Office
14 3 (1.69%) Fire and Rescue
14 3 (1.69%) Police
14 3 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (25.28%) Administrator
2 39 (21.91%) Analyst
3 15 (8.43%) Data Administrator
4 14 (7.87%) Data Analyst
5 11 (6.18%) Coordinator
6 8 (4.49%) Data Manager
7 7 (3.93%) Operations Analyst
7 7 (3.93%) Performance Officer
7 7 (3.93%) Senior
8 6 (3.37%) Data Entry Administrator
9 5 (2.81%) Account Executive
9 5 (2.81%) Developer
9 5 (2.81%) IT Support
9 5 (2.81%) Power Platform Developer
9 5 (2.81%) Product Analyst
9 5 (2.81%) Technical Administrator
10 3 (1.69%) Help Desk Analyst
10 3 (1.69%) Research Analyst
10 3 (1.69%) Service Analyst
10 3 (1.69%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.12%) JSR 170
2 1 (0.56%) CSS
2 1 (0.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.55%) Management Information System
2 13 (7.30%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.93%) Digital Media
5 3 (1.69%) Podcast
6 1 (0.56%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.56%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.56%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.25%) Windows
2 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (25.28%) Customer Service
2 30 (16.85%) Artificial Intelligence
2 30 (16.85%) Conversational UI
3 29 (16.29%) Time Management
4 28 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (10.11%) CRM
6 15 (8.43%) Mathematics
7 14 (7.87%) Data Analysis
7 14 (7.87%) Inventory Management
8 13 (7.30%) ERP
9 11 (6.18%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (6.18%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (6.18%) Data Management
9 11 (6.18%) Statistics
10 10 (5.62%) Project Management
11 8 (4.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (4.49%) Data Collection
11 8 (4.49%) E-Commerce
11 8 (4.49%) Line Management
11 8 (4.49%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.62%) SQL
2 5 (2.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 47 (26.40%) Degree
2 4 (2.25%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.87%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.37%) SLA
3 5 (2.81%) GDPR
3 5 (2.81%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.69%) QA
5 2 (1.12%) PMO
6 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 58 (32.58%) Microsoft
2 30 (16.85%) PayPal
3 12 (6.74%) SAP
4 6 (3.37%) Facebook
4 6 (3.37%) Sage
5 5 (2.81%) Apple
5 5 (2.81%) Google
5 5 (2.81%) HubSpot
5 5 (2.81%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.81%) YouTube
6 3 (1.69%) Xero
7 1 (0.56%) Adobe
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle
7 1 (0.56%) Yardi
7 1 (0.56%) Zoho