- Locate and correct data entry errors, or report them to supervisors.
- Compile, sort, and verify the accuracy of data before it is entered.
- Compare data with source documents, or re-enter data in verification format to detect errors.
- Store completed documents in appropriate locations.
- Select materials needed to complete work
Data entry clerk | Average UK Salary & Outlook
Data entry clerks type information into databases and systems and create letters, reports and other documents.
Data entry clerks typically work around 38 to 40 hours per week.
As a Data entry clerk you will typically work between 8am and 6pm.
This occupation tends to be:
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical,
| Average salary |
| 25,034 GBP * |
| per year |
Salary statistics
Average salary for Data entry clerk
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27,374 GBP
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23,828 GBP
Average salary for part-time Data entry clerk
Average salary for full-time Data entry clerk
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Salary over time for Data entry clerk
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22,777 GBP
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22,674 GBP
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22,687 GBP
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Things to highlight for your Data entry clerk interview
Integrity Job requires being honest and ethical. Attention to Detail Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. Dependability Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. Achievement/Effort Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. Independence Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
