Data Entry Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Entry
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data Entry skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 103 138
Rank change year-on-year -29 +35 +8
Contract jobs citing Data Entry 12 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.44% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.14% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £162 - -
25th Percentile £201 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 - -
75th Percentile £336 - -
90th Percentile £375 - -
South East median daily rate £140 £165 £275
% change year-on-year -15.15% -40.00% -45.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £16.73 £25.35 £25.40
25th Percentile £21.56 £25.64 £25.63
Median hourly rate £26.00 £26.53 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +2.04% +0.19%
75th Percentile £27.50 £27.67 -
90th Percentile - £28.12 -
South East median hourly rate £15.25 £25.30 £14.00
% change year-on-year -39.72% +80.71% -46.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,313 1,412 2,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.05% 93.39% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,517 861 1,432
10th Percentile £288 £300 £213
25th Percentile £401 £409 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% -
75th Percentile £598 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £505 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -0.98% +2.00% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 54 178
10th Percentile £15.91 £14.20 £14.94
25th Percentile £19.41 £20.15 £19.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.30 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.39% +8.94% -12.19%
75th Percentile £85.43 £62.24 £62.89
90th Percentile £95.00 £73.10 £85.37
South East median hourly rate £36.86 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +13.40% -23.53% -5.56%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Data Entry job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Data Entry
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Entry.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Entry in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Entry in the Thames Valley

Data Entry
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Entry.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Entry in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Entry in the Thames Valley

Data Entry
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 March 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
Berkshire - 7 - - 4
Oxfordshire -9 3 - - 4
Buckinghamshire - 2 £270 -
Data Entry
South East

Data Entry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) ArcGIS
2 1 (8.33%) Smallworld
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (8.33%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (8.33%) MicroStation
3 1 (8.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DWDM
1 1 (8.33%) Internet
1 1 (8.33%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Metadata
2 1 (8.33%) GIS
2 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (16.67%) Aviation
1 2 (16.67%) Military
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (8.33%) Marketing
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Administrator
2 3 (25.00%) Coordinator
3 2 (16.67%) Data Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Data Entry Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) DBA
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Content Coordinator
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Document Controller
4 1 (8.33%) Fibre Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
4 1 (8.33%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Project Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Web Content Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (16.67%) Document Management
2 2 (16.67%) Order Management
2 2 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (8.33%) Business Case
3 1 (8.33%) Data Management
3 1 (8.33%) Data Validation
3 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (8.33%) Inventory Management
3 1 (8.33%) Logistics
3 1 (8.33%) Network Design
3 1 (8.33%) Network Planning
3 1 (8.33%) Process Management
3 1 (8.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (8.33%) Quantitative Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Storytelling
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) Time Management
3 1 (8.33%) Validation
3 1 (8.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) BC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 2 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Autodesk
2 1 (8.33%) Facebook
2 1 (8.33%) Google