Data Entry Contract Job Trends in Central London

Data Entry
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Data Entry skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 115 156
Rank change year-on-year -1 +41 +56
Contract jobs citing Data Entry 6 9 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.31% 0.39% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.43% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £233 £144 -
25th Percentile £244 £146 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £264 £150 £550
Median % change year-on-year +76.00% -72.73% +292.86%
75th Percentile £294 £205 £600
90th Percentile £328 £238 £608
London median daily rate £262 £250 £513
% change year-on-year +4.60% -51.22% +156.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Data Entry falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,821 2,106 2,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.82% 92.09% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,217 1,362 2,052
10th Percentile £316 £375 £358
25th Percentile £413 £475 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £774 £787 £813
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 26 17
10th Percentile £18.96 £17.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.28 £16.61
Median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%
75th Percentile £50.75 £41.75 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £115.00 £59.30
London median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £39.63
% change year-on-year -8.57% -11.67% +7.09%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Entry in Central London

Data Entry
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Entry.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Entry.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Entry within the Central London region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +3 6 £264 +30.37% 4
Data Entry
London

Data Entry
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
General
1 4 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Administrator
1 3 (50.00%) Data Administrator
2 2 (33.33%) Administration Assistant
2 2 (33.33%) Data Entry Administrator
2 2 (33.33%) Data Entry Assistant
3 1 (16.67%) Junior
3 1 (16.67%) Junior PMO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 2 (33.33%) Business Case
1 2 (33.33%) CRM
1 2 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (33.33%) Data Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Process Management
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Records Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft