Data Entry Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Entry
Central London > City of London

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 113 143
Rank change year-on-year -6 +30 +56
Contract jobs citing Data Entry 4 8 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.23% 0.38% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.41% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £256 £154 -
25th Percentile £258 £172 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £264 £203 £550
Median % change year-on-year +30.37% -63.18% +400.00%
75th Percentile £268 £232 £600
90th Percentile £269 £249 £608
Central London median daily rate £264 £150 £550
% change year-on-year +76.00% -72.73% +292.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,625 1,948 2,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.42% 91.93% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,208 1,779
10th Percentile £328 £363 £371
25th Percentile £424 £463 £475
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 £770 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.63 £23.13 £16.31
Median hourly rate £27.04 £42.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.39% +36.00% -27.73%
75th Percentile £35.88 £112.00 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -36.05%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Entry relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Data Entry job vacancy trend in the City of London

Data Entry
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Entry.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Entry.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Data Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Junior
1 1 (25.00%) Junior PMO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (50.00%) Business Case
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Process Management
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Records Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft