Data Entry Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Entry
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Data Entry skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 233 203
Rank change year-on-year +30 -30 +130
Permanent jobs citing Data Entry 17 10 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.22% 0.15% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.17% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 11
10th Percentile - £19,070 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £25,176 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £26,201 £21,426
Median % change year-on-year +90.83% +22.29% -8.83%
75th Percentile £52,500 £30,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £37,750 £27,500 £25,126
% change year-on-year +37.27% +9.45% -48.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Data Entry falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,360 5,857 4,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.47% 89.85% 88.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,509 2,562 3,797
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,309
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Entry relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Data Entry job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Entry
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Entry.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Entry within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +33 12 £50,000 +90.83% 3
East Midlands -6 5 - - 3
Data Entry
England

Data Entry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
General
1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Advertising
3 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Data Entry Assistant
2 4 (23.53%) Automation Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Support Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Technical Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Technical Support
2 4 (23.53%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Administrator
3 1 (5.88%) Sales Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 4 (23.53%) Renewable Energy
1 4 (23.53%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) B2B
1 4 (23.53%) B2B Sales
1 4 (23.53%) Business Development
1 4 (23.53%) Commercial Awareness
1 4 (23.53%) Customer Experience
1 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
1 4 (23.53%) Mathematics
1 4 (23.53%) Telesales
2 1 (5.88%) CRM
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
1 4 (23.53%) HNC
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft