Data Entry Job Trends in the West Midlands

Data Entry
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Data Entry skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 205 191
Rank change year-on-year +45 -14 +117
Permanent jobs citing Data Entry 5 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.17% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.21% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 9
10th Percentile - £20,275 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £24,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £26,201 £21,426
Median % change year-on-year +90.83% +22.29% -40.07%
75th Percentile £52,500 £33,613 -
90th Percentile - £65,000 £25,641
England median annual salary £30,000 £29,250 £24,230
% change year-on-year +2.56% +20.72% -46.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,804 4,818 3,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 86.14% 79.72% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,786 2,505 2,763
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,850 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,009 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,498 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Data Entry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Entry in the West Midlands

Data Entry
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Data Entry
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. 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
Staffordshire - 4 £50,000 - 2
Birmingham +20 1 - - 2
Data Entry
England

Data Entry
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 4 (80.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Automation Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Support
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 4 (80.00%) Renewable Energy
1 4 (80.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (80.00%) B2B
2 4 (80.00%) B2B Sales
2 4 (80.00%) Business Development
2 4 (80.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Experience
2 4 (80.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (80.00%) Telesales
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Disruptive Innovation
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) HNC
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft