Data Entry Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Entry
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Entry skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 311 354
Rank change year-on-year -25 +43 +92
Contract jobs citing Data Entry 58 36 50
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.25% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.28% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 12 17
10th Percentile £138 £162 £106
25th Percentile £169 £192 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £203 £163
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +24.62% -64.67%
75th Percentile £1,300 £480 £219
90th Percentile - £496 £258
UK median daily rate £200 £338 £188
% change year-on-year -40.74% +80.00% -50.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 12
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.17 £12.60
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.75 £16.81
Median hourly rate £16.75 £18.00 £22.06
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% -18.40% +76.48%
75th Percentile £19.91 £22.63 £25.96
90th Percentile £29.25 £24.20 £26.00
UK median hourly rate £16.50 £19.75 £19.12
% change year-on-year -16.46% +3.29% +46.15%

All Process & 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 15,633 12,740 17,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.61% 87.32% 87.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,564 7,476 11,022
10th Percentile £220 £240 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,732 732 1,229
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.58 £30.78 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.41% -31.60% +43.91%
75th Percentile £51.21 £64.20 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Data Entry job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Entry
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Entry.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Entry

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 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Entry in the UK excluding London

Data Entry
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Entry.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Entry

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 29 December 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 29 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
South East +4 18 £180 - 39
Midlands -34 15 £1,300 +579.74% 27
South West +4 10 £190 -57.78% 16
East Midlands - 8 £1,300 - 11
West Midlands -28 7 £190 -0.65% 15
North of England -48 6 £166 -66.49% 33
Scotland +4 5 - - 14
East of England -22 5 - - 20
North West -22 4 £190 -61.70% 19
North East -7 1 £143 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £120 - 13
Data Entry
UK

Data Entry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (43.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (10.34%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.72%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Maximo
2 1 (1.72%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) Metadata
2 1 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.72%) Power BI
General
1 26 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Finance
2 13 (22.41%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (10.34%) Telecoms
4 5 (8.62%) Manufacturing
4 5 (8.62%) Marketing
4 5 (8.62%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.90%) Electronics
6 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Banking
6 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.45%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.45%) Local Government
7 1 (1.72%) Aviation
7 1 (1.72%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.72%) Law
7 1 (1.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (50.00%) Administrator
2 13 (22.41%) Data Administrator
3 7 (12.07%) Analyst
4 4 (6.90%) Data Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Coordinator
5 3 (5.17%) Help Desk Administrator
6 2 (3.45%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (3.45%) Configuration Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) Data Entry Administrator
6 2 (3.45%) Deployment Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) Desktop Support
6 2 (3.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) IT Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) Software Analyst
6 2 (3.45%) Support Engineer
7 1 (1.72%) IT Administrator
7 1 (1.72%) IT Analyst
7 1 (1.72%) Project Support Officer
7 1 (1.72%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.17%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.45%) CMDB
3 2 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.72%) CCTV
4 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.72%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.72%) iPhone
4 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (15.52%) Asset Management
1 9 (15.52%) Migration
1 9 (15.52%) Time Management
2 7 (12.07%) CRM
2 7 (12.07%) Data Migration
3 6 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (10.34%) Customer Service
3 6 (10.34%) Logistics
3 6 (10.34%) Process Improvement
4 5 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (8.62%) Data Protection
4 5 (8.62%) Order Management
4 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (6.90%) Data Analysis
5 4 (6.90%) Data Management
5 4 (6.90%) Decision-Making
5 4 (6.90%) Document Management
5 4 (6.90%) Programme Management
5 4 (6.90%) Service Delivery
5 4 (6.90%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared
1 6 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.90%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.62%) GDPR
3 2 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.45%) ISO 9001
3 2 (3.45%) QA
4 1 (1.72%) SLA
Vendors
1 21 (36.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.97%) SAP
3 6 (10.34%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.45%) Snow
5 1 (1.72%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.72%) Facebook
5 1 (1.72%) Google