Data Entry Contracts

Data Entry
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Entry skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Entry over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 633 765
Rank change year-on-year +148 +132 -119
Contract jobs citing Data Entry 97 70 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.12% 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.13% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 24 36
10th Percentile £107 £184 £125
25th Percentile £146 £325 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £481 £350
Median % change year-on-year -58.44% +37.50% +12.00%
75th Percentile £309 £541 £400
90th Percentile £418 £614 £475
UK excluding London median daily rate £180 £288 £350
% change year-on-year -37.39% -17.86% +55.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 22 19
10th Percentile £10.90 £11.28 £10.48
25th Percentile £11.13 £12.50 £11.31
Median hourly rate £12.25 £16.68 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.54% +23.52% +11.89%
75th Percentile £13.75 £23.62 £19.88
90th Percentile £17.00 £25.95 £21.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.00 £17.50 £12.91
% change year-on-year -31.43% +35.55% +7.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Entry is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,090 51,996 79,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,884 36,030 55,497
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,721 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Entry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Entry in the UK

Data Entry
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Entry.

Daily rate trend for Data Entry in the UK

Data Entry
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Entry over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Entry in the UK

Data Entry
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Entry.

Hourly rate trend for Data Entry in the UK

Data Entry
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Entry over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Entry in the UK

Data Entry
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
England +120 87 £200 -58.97% 174
UK excluding London +91 74 £180 -37.39% 158
North of England +48 29 £360 -36.28% 46
London +86 19 £330 -32.31% 30
Work from Home +116 18 £330 -34.00% 43
South East +25 15 £180 -62.11% 37
Midlands +33 13 £225 +136.84% 23
North West +21 12 - - 25
North East - 9 - - 6
Yorkshire +26 8 £360 -36.28% 15
West Midlands +19 7 £225 +136.84% 9
South West +22 6 £104 -52.08% 27
East Midlands - 6 - - 14
East of England +18 5 £180 -57.65% 15
Scotland +42 4 £198 +97.50% 8
Wales - 2 - - 4

Data Entry
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.15%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.09%) SAS
Applications
1 38 (39.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (29.90%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (8.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (5.15%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.03%) FileZilla
5 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.03%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (1.03%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.03%) SAP EWM
1 1 (1.03%) SAP GTS
1 1 (1.03%) SAP MDG
1 1 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.12%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.09%) Veeva
3 1 (1.03%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.03%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.12%) Internet
2 3 (3.09%) ADSL
2 3 (3.09%) Ethernet
2 3 (3.09%) MPLS
2 3 (3.09%) PSTN
2 3 (3.09%) WAN
3 1 (1.03%) FTP
3 1 (1.03%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.12%) Power BI
2 2 (2.06%) Metadata
3 1 (1.03%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (1.03%) GIS
3 1 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 35 (36.08%) Social Skills
2 19 (19.59%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (19.59%) Organisational Skills
3 18 (18.56%) Finance
4 7 (7.22%) Legal
4 7 (7.22%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.15%) Retail
6 4 (4.12%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.09%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.06%) Aviation
8 2 (2.06%) Banking
8 2 (2.06%) General Ledger
8 2 (2.06%) Local Government
8 2 (2.06%) Publishing
9 1 (1.03%) Arabic Language
9 1 (1.03%) Billing
9 1 (1.03%) French Language
9 1 (1.03%) German Language
9 1 (1.03%) Law
Job Titles
1 42 (43.30%) Administrator
2 17 (17.53%) Data Administrator
3 9 (9.28%) Analyst
3 9 (9.28%) Coordinator
4 7 (7.22%) Support Officer
5 5 (5.15%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (4.12%) Data Manager
7 3 (3.09%) Asset Management Analyst
7 3 (3.09%) Clinical Data Manager
7 3 (3.09%) Consultant
7 3 (3.09%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.09%) IT Analyst
7 3 (3.09%) Project Administrator
7 3 (3.09%) Project Coordinator
8 2 (2.06%) Data Entry Administrator
8 2 (2.06%) Document Controller
8 2 (2.06%) Help Desk Administrator
8 2 (2.06%) IT Consultant
8 2 (2.06%) Senior
8 2 (2.06%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) Google Maps API
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.40%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.09%) CMDB
3 3 (3.09%) Learning Management System
3 3 (3.09%) NHS
4 2 (2.06%) Blog
4 2 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.03%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.03%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (16.49%) Customer Service
2 15 (15.46%) Validation
3 11 (11.34%) Asset Management
3 11 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (9.28%) Data Management
4 9 (9.28%) Document Management
5 8 (8.25%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (8.25%) Configuration Management
5 8 (8.25%) Mathematics
5 8 (8.25%) Time Management
6 7 (7.22%) Data Protection
7 6 (6.19%) Data Validation
8 5 (5.15%) CRM
8 5 (5.15%) Service Delivery
9 4 (4.12%) Agile
9 4 (4.12%) Change Management
9 4 (4.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (4.12%) Logistics
9 4 (4.12%) Process Improvement
9 4 (4.12%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.09%) C#
1 3 (3.09%) PL/SQL
1 3 (3.09%) R
1 3 (3.09%) SQL
1 3 (3.09%) VB
2 1 (1.03%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 16 (16.49%) Degree
2 14 (14.43%) Security Cleared
3 10 (10.31%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.09%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.03%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.34%) GDPR
2 9 (9.28%) QA
3 4 (4.12%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.09%) CDISC
4 3 (3.09%) Good Clinical Practice
4 3 (3.09%) GxP
4 3 (3.09%) ISO 9001
4 3 (3.09%) SLA
5 2 (2.06%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.06%) ISO 14001
6 1 (1.03%) GMP
6 1 (1.03%) PMO
Vendors
1 36 (37.11%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.25%) SAP
3 5 (5.15%) Google
4 3 (3.09%) BT
4 3 (3.09%) Cisco
4 3 (3.09%) Openreach
5 2 (2.06%) Ariba
5 2 (2.06%) Fujitsu
5 2 (2.06%) Kenexa
5 2 (2.06%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (1.03%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.03%) Datix
6 1 (1.03%) Salesforce