Data Entry Job Trends in Scotland

Data Entry
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Data Entry skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 141 159
Rank change year-on-year +12 +18 +80
Permanent jobs citing Data Entry 15 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.54% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.26% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 1
10th Percentile - £24,400 -
25th Percentile - £24,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £26,000 - -
UK median annual salary £30,000 £27,500 £25,126
% change year-on-year +9.09% +9.45% -44.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,302 2,706 2,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 83.35% 88.52% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,167 1,235 1,762
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,500 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Data Entry job vacancy trend in Scotland

Data Entry
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Entry.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Entry

Data Entry
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Entry within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 December 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
Edinburgh +1 13 £25,000 -
Glasgow - 2 - -
Data Entry
UK

Data Entry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) Relational Database
1 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Consultant
1 10 (66.67%) Database Consultant
1 10 (66.67%) Graduate
1 10 (66.67%) Graduate Consultant
1 10 (66.67%) Graduate Database Consultant
1 10 (66.67%) Graduate Support Consultant
1 10 (66.67%) Support Consultant
2 5 (33.33%) Data Entry Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) e-Learning
1 10 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Oracle