Data Entry Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Data Entry
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Data Entry skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 73 97
Rank change year-on-year +10 +24 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Entry 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.63% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.14% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £105
25th Percentile - £513 £113
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £525 £125
Median % change year-on-year -61.90% +320.00% +22.55%
75th Percentile - £538 £138
90th Percentile - - £145
Scotland median daily rate £200 £205 £125
% change year-on-year -2.44% +64.00% +22.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £31.00 - -
25th Percentile £32.50 - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
75th Percentile £37.50 - -
90th Percentile £39.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 597 698 991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.16% 85.43% 91.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 365 629
10th Percentile £304 £223 £230
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £546 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £625 £600
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 23 6
10th Percentile - £13.27 £12.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.50 £20.18
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -53.68% +152.32%
75th Percentile £42.90 £24.18 £53.74
90th Percentile £61.00 £48.84 £58.13
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £20.94 £19.06
% change year-on-year -4.48% +9.88% -9.26%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Entry in Edinburgh

Data Entry
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 3 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Software Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Financial Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) KYC
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
1 2 (50.00%) Software Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Licensing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (50.00%) Snow
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft