Data Entry Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Data Entry
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Data Entry skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Entry 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.79% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £165 £1,300 -
% change year-on-year -87.31% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.25 - -
Median hourly rate £14.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £14.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 137 98 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 81.55% 77.17% 77.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 59 78
10th Percentile £197 £132 £188
25th Percentile £313 £250 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £375 £437
Median % change year-on-year +16.73% -14.19% +2.82%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £525
90th Percentile £638 £547 £625
East Midlands median daily rate £488 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +18.90% -8.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 3
10th Percentile £13.22 £19.03 £21.30
25th Percentile £15.66 £19.81 £22.13
Median hourly rate £22.20 £20.90 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.22% -12.92% +14.29%
75th Percentile £30.94 £22.60 £26.63
90th Percentile £33.75 £24.94 £27.90
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.97 £18.87 £20.75
% change year-on-year -4.77% -9.06% -37.86%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Data Entry job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Data Entry
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Data Entry
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Data Entry
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 11 August 2026. 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
Coalville - 1 - - 2
Leicester - 1 £165 - 4
Data Entry
East Midlands

Data Entry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
General
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Administration Assistant
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Data Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Data Entry Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft