Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 31 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 255 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing OCR | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West | - | - | 0.065% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.069% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £61,180 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £69,447 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £77,715 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median annual salary | £57,500 | £62,783 | £85,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.41% | -26.14% | +49.78% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
South West
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 West.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 3,493 | 6,719 | 5,823 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West | 86.25% | 77.21% | 94.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,128 | 4,551 | 3,617 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,250 | £30,000 | £30,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,750 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £65,250 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £80,000 | £82,500 |
| England median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £62,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -11.29% | +3.33% |
OCR
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing OCR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
OCR
Salary Trend in the South West
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OCR in the South West.