Data Entry Job Trends in the North of England

Data Entry
England > North of England

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 269 259
Rank change year-on-year +51 -10 +145
Permanent jobs citing Data Entry 45 14 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.42% 0.15% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.17% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 3
10th Percentile - £23,938 £23,200
25th Percentile £37,500 £24,595 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £24,980 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.13% -10.79% -44.00%
75th Percentile £42,500 £25,000 £41,500
90th Percentile - - £49,600
England median annual salary £37,750 £27,500 £25,126
% change year-on-year +37.27% +9.45% -48.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,592 8,328 7,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.06% 90.23% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,558 3,739 5,516
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,507
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -1.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
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 North of England

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

Data Entry job vacancy trend in the North of England

Data Entry
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Data Entry.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Entry within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
North West +42 24 - - 7
North East +15 13 £40,000 +60.00% 1
Yorkshire -8 8 - - 3
Data Entry
England

Data Entry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Primavera
1 1 (2.22%) SAP ERP
1 1 (2.22%) SAP PM
General
1 18 (40.00%) Finance
1 18 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (37.78%) Legal
3 11 (24.44%) Advertising
4 9 (20.00%) French Language
5 3 (6.67%) Hungarian Language
5 3 (6.67%) Law
6 2 (4.44%) Spanish Language
7 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (33.33%) Data Entry Assistant
2 14 (31.11%) HR Advisor
3 11 (24.44%) Support Engineer
3 11 (24.44%) Technical Engineer
3 11 (24.44%) Technical Support
3 11 (24.44%) Technical Support Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) HR Specialist
5 1 (2.22%) Administrator
5 1 (2.22%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 17 (37.78%) Onboarding
2 11 (24.44%) Driving Licence
2 11 (24.44%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (31.11%) CRM
3 14 (31.11%) Decision-Making
4 11 (24.44%) B2B
4 11 (24.44%) B2B Sales
4 11 (24.44%) Business Development
4 11 (24.44%) Commercial Awareness
4 11 (24.44%) Customer Experience
4 11 (24.44%) Customer Service
4 11 (24.44%) Mathematics
4 11 (24.44%) Telesales
5 3 (6.67%) Case Management
5 3 (6.67%) Mentoring
5 3 (6.67%) Service Delivery
5 3 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (6.67%) Workflow
6 1 (2.22%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.22%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.22%) EAM
Qualifications
1 11 (24.44%) HNC
2 5 (11.11%) Degree
3 3 (6.67%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (31.11%) GDPR
2 1 (2.22%) GMP
Vendors
1 17 (37.78%) ServiceNow
1 17 (37.78%) Workday
2 14 (31.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.22%) Infor
3 1 (2.22%) SAP