Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for OCR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OCR over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 29 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 588 | 650 | 836 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +62 | +186 | -287 |
| Permanent jobs citing OCR | 3 | 19 | 6 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option | 0.009% | 0.044% | 0.009% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.010% | 0.046% | 0.009% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £55,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,597 | £43,162 | £66,563 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,783 | £47,333 | £95,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.64% | -50.18% | +18.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,968 | £68,125 | £107,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £91,750 | £116,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £47,641 | £85,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -43.95% | +21.43% | +33.33% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home
OCR is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 30,987 | 41,089 | 65,497 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option | 91.64% | 96.07% | 96.93% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 23,565 | 28,569 | 41,256 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,944 | £37,500 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £47,500 | £45,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.00% | +4.17% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £82,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £55,000 | £61,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.57% | +2.50% | +9.09% |
OCR
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with a work from home option citing OCR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
OCR
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing OCR.
OCR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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: