The first table below looks at the demand for the HR Specialist role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HR Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HR Specialist
Rank 528 549 585
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +36
Contract jobs requiring an HR Specialist 5 24 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.041% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.044% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 17 1
Average daily rate £474 £575 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.60% +15.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £474 £575 -
% change year-on-year
-17.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42921 54032 55868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.62% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24602 29796 30366
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2138 2561 2889
Average hourly rate £18.53 £18.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.20% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.74 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

HR Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HR Specialist within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

HR Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

HR Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HR Specialist within the UK.

HR Specialist Daily Rate Trend

HR Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HR Specialist within the UK.

HR Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

HR Specialist
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HR Specialist within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +43 3 £474 -19.36%
Surrey +6 1 £525 -12.50%
South East +6 1 £525 -12.50%
South West - 1 £423 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Edinburgh - 1 - -
Taunton - 1 £423 -
York - 1 - -
North Yorkshire - 1 - -
Somerset - 1 £423 -
Scotland - 1 - -

HR Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited HR Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with HR Specialist in their job title.

1 6 (46.15%) SAP
2 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
3 3 (23.08%) CIPD
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) SAP HR
3 3 (23.08%) PeopleSoft
3 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Change Management
4 2 (15.38%) BPR
4 2 (15.38%) Oracle
4 2 (15.38%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 2 (15.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Back Office
5 1 (7.692%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (7.692%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (7.692%) Banking
5 1 (7.692%) Retail
5 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
5 1 (7.692%) Logistics
5 1 (7.692%) Workflow
5 1 (7.692%) Retail Banking
5 1 (7.692%) SAP SRM
5 1 (7.692%) Dutch Language
5 1 (7.692%) SAP HCM
5 1 (7.692%) System Testing
5 1 (7.692%) BC Cleared
5 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.692%) HTML5

HR Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited HR Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with HR Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) HTML
1 1 (7.692%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) SAP HR
2 2 (15.38%) PeopleSoft HRMS
3 1 (7.692%) SAP MM
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (7.692%) SAP SRM
3 1 (7.692%) SAP HCM
General
1 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Back Office
3 1 (7.692%) Banking
3 1 (7.692%) Retail
3 1 (7.692%) Retail Banking
3 1 (7.692%) Dutch Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Project Management
2 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) BPR
4 1 (7.692%) ITIL
4 1 (7.692%) CRM
4 1 (7.692%) E-business
4 1 (7.692%) Workflow
4 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.692%) Logistics
4 1 (7.692%) System Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CIPD
2 1 (7.692%) BC Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (7.692%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) PeopleSoft
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle
Stockton-On-Tees, Cleveland
A 12 month fixed term contract due to maternity leave has arisen within Cummins in Stockton on Tees for someone with HR Systems experience (Oracle HRMS and OneSource...
Clearchoice Careers
Rate: £36k - 40k per year
Posted: 16 May 2013