Data entry administrators: salary in the UK
About £25,236 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +6.5% on last year
£2,514 a month About £2,103 a month after tax 12 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £20,368 in 2021 to £30,162 in 2026 (+48%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | £18,097 | £20,368 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £19,022 | £21,649 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £19,914 | £23,288 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £23,518 | £25,896 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £25,002 | £28,334 | £32,931 | x |
| 2026 | £24,762 | £26,842 | £30,162 | £36,518 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £30,162 a year and half earn more. That is 26% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £26,842 and £36,518; one in ten earns less than £24,762.
Ranked by median, it is number 287 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,103 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,106 in Scotland.
The median for men is £31,447 and for women £28,543, a gap of 9% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £24,762 | £2,064 |
| 20th | £26,598 | £2,216 |
| 25th (P25) | £26,842 | £2,237 |
| 30th | £27,544 | £2,295 |
| 40th | £28,911 | £2,409 |
| Median (50th) | £30,162 | £2,514 |
| 60th | £31,521 | £2,627 |
| 70th | £34,170 | £2,848 |
| 75th (P75) | £36,518 | £3,043 |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £31,447 | £34,275 | 6 |
| Women | £28,543 | £29,720 | 5 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £25,236 | £2,103 |
| Scotland | £25,270 | £2,106 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £30,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 73 job titles to SOC 4152 Data entry administrators. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Accounting machinist
- Accounts machinist
- Adding machinist
- Addressing machinist
- Addressograph operator
- AI data annotator
- AI data labeller
- Banda operator
- Book-keeping machinist
- Burster operator
- Calculating machinist
- Clerk-vdu operator
- Clinical data officer
- Comptometer operator
- Computer assistant
- Computer clerk
- Computer control supervisor
- Computer data controller
- Computer inputter
- Computer operative
- Computer operator
- Copy inputter
- Data administrator
- Data assistant
- Data capture clerk
- Data capture operator
- Data capturer
- Data control clerk
- Data coordinator
- Data entry administrator
- Data entry assistant
- Data entry clerk
- Data entry keyer
- Data entry officer
- Data entry operator
- Data input clerk
- Data input operator
- Data inputter
- Data preparation officer
- Data preparation operator
- Data processing clerk
- Data processing officer
- Data processing supervisor
- Data processor
- Data technician
- Database assistant
- Database inputter
- Flexowriter operator
- Ibm operator
- Icl operator
- Input assistant
- Input clerk
- Inputter
- Kardex operator
- Key punch operator
- Key-punch operator
- Key-time operator
- Key-to-disc operator
- Keyboard operator
- Ncr operator
Show all 73 titles
- Order entry clerk
- Punch card operator
- Punch key operator
- Punch operator
- Rotaprint operator
- Screen operator
- Tabulator operator
- Tape edit operator
- Text inputter
- Vdu clerk
- Vdu operator
- Visual display operator
- Word processing supervisor
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.