HR Manager Contracts

Human Resources Manager
UK

The median Human Resources Manager daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 642 754
Rank change year-on-year +92 +112 -110
Contract jobs requiring an HR Manager 50 74 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 52 76
10th Percentile £394 £450 £438
25th Percentile £403 £497 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% -1.14% +10.00%
75th Percentile £576 £678 £656
90th Percentile £625 £840 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £575 £539
% change year-on-year -19.57% +6.73% +26.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £51.75 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% - -
75th Percentile £62.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -32.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

HR Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured HR Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HR Manager in the UK

HR Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HR Manager.

Daily rate trend for HR Manager in the UK

HR Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Manager over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HR Manager in the UK

HR Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HR Manager.

Hourly rate trend for HR Manager in the UK

HR Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HR Manager over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for HR Manager in the UK

HR Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HR Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +91 39 £488 -10.34% 45
Work from Home +117 30 £475 -20.83% 23
UK excluding London +57 26 £463 -19.57% 30
London +90 14 £513 -8.89% 19
South East +25 13 £425 -44.81% 6
North of England +33 9 £413 -25.00% 8
North West +31 9 £413 -17.50% 5
Midlands +30 2 £600 +41.18% 5
West Midlands - 2 £600 - 1
Scotland +41 1 - - 3
South West +23 1 £575 - 7

HR Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, HR Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring HR Manager in the job title.

1 20 (40.00%) Project Management
2 17 (34.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (24.00%) Legal
4 10 (20.00%) Change Management
4 10 (20.00%) Agile
4 10 (20.00%) Smartsheet
4 10 (20.00%) Analytics
5 9 (18.00%) SuccessFactors
5 9 (18.00%) Decision-Making
5 9 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (18.00%) Life Science
6 8 (16.00%) SAP
7 7 (14.00%) Matrix Organization
7 7 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (12.00%) Workday
8 6 (12.00%) Oracle
8 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (12.00%) Degree
8 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (12.00%) Budget Management
9 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
9 5 (10.00%) Sage
9 5 (10.00%) Finance
9 5 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 5 (10.00%) Data Protection
10 4 (8.00%) Release Management
10 4 (8.00%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (8.00%) Mobile App
10 4 (8.00%) Project Delivery

HR Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Oracle 11i
1 4 (8.00%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (8.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (4.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (2.00%) iTrent
3 1 (2.00%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.00%) Smartsheet
2 9 (18.00%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.00%) SAP Fieldglass
4 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Power BI
2 1 (2.00%) Data Lake
General
1 17 (34.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (24.00%) Legal
3 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.00%) Finance
5 4 (8.00%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (4.00%) Retail
8 1 (2.00%) Automotive
8 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.00%) Life Science
2 4 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.00%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.00%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.00%) Project Management
2 10 (20.00%) Agile
2 10 (20.00%) Analytics
2 10 (20.00%) Change Management
3 9 (18.00%) Decision-Making
3 9 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (14.00%) Matrix Organization
5 6 (12.00%) Budget Management
5 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (10.00%) Data Protection
6 5 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (8.00%) BPR
7 4 (8.00%) Project Delivery
7 4 (8.00%) Release Management
8 3 (6.00%) PRINCE2
8 3 (6.00%) Resource Management
9 2 (4.00%) Balanced Scorecard
9 2 (4.00%) Service Delivery
9 2 (4.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) Degree
2 2 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.00%) CIPD
3 1 (2.00%) ISEB
3 1 (2.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) GDPR
1 2 (4.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (16.00%) SAP
2 6 (12.00%) Oracle
2 6 (12.00%) Workday
3 5 (10.00%) Sage
4 4 (8.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.00%) Ariba
5 1 (2.00%) Ceridian
5 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow