Data Entry Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Entry
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Entry skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Entry over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 326 425
Rank change year-on-year +29 +99 +54
Contract jobs citing Data Entry 39 73 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.35% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.41% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 7
10th Percentile £158 £110 £97
25th Percentile £178 £131 £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £180 £275
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -34.55% -21.43%
75th Percentile £205 £211 £505
90th Percentile £340 £363 £614
UK median daily rate £200 £200 £481
% change year-on-year - -58.44% +37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 48 14
10th Percentile £12.93 £10.90 £13.03
25th Percentile £13.50 £11.11 £14.60
Median hourly rate £18.00 £12.00 £19.68
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -39.01% +52.40%
75th Percentile £23.00 £12.91 £25.84
90th Percentile £25.11 £14.83 £25.99
UK median hourly rate £17.75 £12.25 £16.13
% change year-on-year +44.90% -24.03% +19.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Entry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Entry in the UK excluding London

Data Entry
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Entry in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Data Entry in the UK excluding London

Data Entry
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Entry in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Entry in the UK excluding London

Data Entry
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Entry in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Entry in the UK excluding London

Data Entry
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Entry in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Entry in the UK excluding London

Data Entry
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
East of England +36 10 £200 +11.11% 78
North of England 0 10 £496 +37.81% 112
Midlands +18 9 £195 -13.33% 117
West Midlands +16 9 £195 -13.33% 57
South East +37 6 £165 -8.33% 141
North West +11 6 £496 - 50
Yorkshire +4 4 - - 47
Scotland +12 3 £181 -8.57% 20
South West +41 1 £450 +331.74% 66
Data Entry
UK

Data Entry
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 17 (43.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (28.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) iTrent
1 2 (5.13%) Movex
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.56%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) MS Access
2 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) RStudio
General
1 17 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 13 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Finance
4 3 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Aviation
5 2 (5.13%) Law
5 2 (5.13%) Marketing
6 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (48.72%) Administrator
2 6 (15.38%) Analyst
2 6 (15.38%) Data Administrator
3 5 (12.82%) Data Analyst
4 3 (7.69%) Data Entry Analyst
4 3 (7.69%) Help Desk Administrator
5 2 (5.13%) Data Entry Clerk
5 2 (5.13%) Procurement Administrator
5 2 (5.13%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (2.56%) Accounts Assistant
6 1 (2.56%) Change Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Data Entry Administrator
6 1 (2.56%) Data Steward
6 1 (2.56%) Document Controller
6 1 (2.56%) IT Administrator
6 1 (2.56%) Junior
6 1 (2.56%) Junior IT Administrator
6 1 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.56%) Service Analyst
6 1 (2.56%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) SailPoint
1 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) CMDB
2 2 (5.13%) e-Learning
2 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Asset Management
2 7 (17.95%) Customer Service
3 6 (15.38%) Configuration Management
3 6 (15.38%) CRM
3 6 (15.38%) Inventory Management
3 6 (15.38%) IT Asset Management
3 6 (15.38%) ITSM
3 6 (15.38%) Service Management
3 6 (15.38%) Time Management
4 4 (10.26%) Validation
5 3 (7.69%) OpenUP
6 2 (5.13%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (5.13%) Contract Management
6 2 (5.13%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (5.13%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (5.13%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (5.13%) Data Management
6 2 (5.13%) Data Validation
6 2 (5.13%) Order Management
6 2 (5.13%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) Degree
2 8 (20.51%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
3 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) SLA
2 2 (5.13%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.56%) Google
4 1 (2.56%) Oracle
4 1 (2.56%) Ping Identity
4 1 (2.56%) Sage
4 1 (2.56%) SAP
4 1 (2.56%) Twitter
4 1 (2.56%) Xero