Data Entry Contract Job Trends in the South East

Data Entry
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Data Entry skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 160 192
Rank change year-on-year -12 +32 +44
Contract jobs citing Data Entry 17 9 18
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.39% 0.24% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.27% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile £137 - £145
25th Percentile £153 - £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - £175
Median % change year-on-year - - -65.00%
75th Percentile £190 - £311
90th Percentile £196 - £431
England median daily rate £190 £313 £225
% change year-on-year -39.20% +38.89% -38.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 9
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.73 £16.40
25th Percentile £13.88 £17.65 £25.00
Median hourly rate £16.75 £25.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% -1.96% +88.89%
75th Percentile £17.50 £26.75 £26.00
90th Percentile - £27.20 -
England median hourly rate £16.31 £23.00 £19.12
% change year-on-year -29.09% +20.29% +52.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,711 3,307 4,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.31% 88.12% 89.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,428 2,059 2,912
10th Percentile £221 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 370 125 234
10th Percentile £14.73 £19.33 £16.60
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.00 £25.43
Median hourly rate £22.38 £47.78 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.16% -10.69% +42.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.43 £65.71
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.95 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Data Entry job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Entry
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Entry.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Entry.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Surrey +3 3 £154 - 3
Thames Valley -11 3 - - 14
Hampshire -15 3 £200 - 3
West Sussex - 3 - - 1
Berkshire - 2 - - 3
Oxfordshire -14 1 - - 8
Data Entry
England

Data Entry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (5.88%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Metadata
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Marketing
4 2 (11.76%) Electronics
4 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Administrator
2 6 (35.29%) Data Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Coordinator
3 3 (17.65%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Content Coordinator
4 1 (5.88%) Data Entry Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) Data Quality Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Document Controller
4 1 (5.88%) Junior
4 1 (5.88%) Quality Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Web Content Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) CMDB
3 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.88%) iPhone
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) CRM
2 5 (29.41%) Process Improvement
3 4 (23.53%) Data Protection
4 3 (17.65%) Asset Management
4 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.76%) Configuration Management
5 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Data Management
5 2 (11.76%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (11.76%) Document Management
5 2 (11.76%) ERP
5 2 (11.76%) Logistics
5 2 (11.76%) Migration
5 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
6 1 (5.88%) Data Governance
6 1 (5.88%) Data Mapping
6 1 (5.88%) DataOps
6 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) GDPR
2 3 (17.65%) Data Quality
3 2 (11.76%) Accessibility
3 2 (11.76%) ISO 9001
3 2 (11.76%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Facebook
3 1 (5.88%) Google