Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring OCR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OCR over the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 368 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +137 |
| Permanent jobs citing OCR | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East | - | - | 0.084% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.090% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £43,162 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £44,666 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +19.11% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £46,169 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median annual salary | £57,500 | £62,783 | £90,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.41% | -30.24% | +58.59% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
South East
OCR 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 South East.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 8,838 | 15,075 | 12,286 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East | 91.53% | 81.87% | 94.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,443 | 10,296 | 7,466 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £28,000 | £31,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,500 | £37,500 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.09% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £65,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £78,750 | £85,000 |
| England median annual salary | £56,500 | £55,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.73% | -12.00% | +4.17% |
OCR
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing OCR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
OCR
Salary Trend in the South East
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OCR in the South East.