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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 210 160
Rank change year-on-year +69 -50 +80
Permanent jobs citing Data Entry 6 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.24% 0.088% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.10% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £24,500 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +2.08% +3.23%
UK median annual salary £30,000 £29,250 £24,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +21.88% -46.67%

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 2,284 3,920 2,614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.92% 86.06% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 996 1,643 2,016
10th Percentile £26,625 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,150 £41,479 £37,746
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Data Entry
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data Entry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Entry 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 13 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
Edinburgh +16 6 £25,000 +2.04% 1
Data Entry
UK

Data Entry
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Consultant
1 6 (100.00%) Database Consultant
1 6 (100.00%) Graduate
1 6 (100.00%) Graduate Consultant
1 6 (100.00%) Graduate Database Consultant
1 6 (100.00%) Graduate Support Consultant
1 6 (100.00%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 6 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle