Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a data entry clerk can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a data entry clerk already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Data entry clerks update, maintain and retrieve information held on computer systems. They prepare source data for computer entry by compiling and sorting information, process customer and account source documents by reviewing data for deficiencies and verify entered customer and account data.

Clerical support workers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: data entry supervisor, 62%

data entry supervisor 62% covered data quality specialist 41% covered data analyst 33% covered data engineer 28% covered big data archive librarian 26% covered data entry clerk You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from data entry clerk. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a data entry clerk already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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data entry clerk is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a data entry clerk already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.