Human Resources Manager
UK

The median Human Resources Manager salary in the UK is £51,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

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

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 836 943 1210
Rank change year-on-year +107 +267 -320
Permanent jobs requiring an HR Manager 42 29 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.029% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.031% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 36 19 21
10th Percentile £41,212 £47,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £49,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.60% +8.70% -1.29%
75th Percentile £65,938 £100,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £106,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £61,250 £56,250
% change year-on-year -15.92% +8.89% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for HR Manager in the UK

HR Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing HR Manager over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for HR Manager in the UK

HR Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HR Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +122 40 £51,500 -17.60% 44
London +123 20 £70,000 -13.85% 13
UK excluding London -1 20 £51,500 -15.92% 36
Work from Home +83 12 £45,000 -14.29% 15
North of England +55 8 £50,000 +17.65% 8
East of England +22 6 £51,500 -
Midlands -3 4 £49,215 -24.29% 7
Yorkshire - 4 £60,000 - 2
North East - 3 £40,000 -
West Midlands +15 2 £67,500 +8.00% 2
South East +13 2 £33,000 -47.20% 10
East Midlands -6 2 £43,430 -35.66% 5
North West +2 1 £50,000 +17.65% 6

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, HR Manager 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 permanent job ads featuring HR Manager in the job title.

1 14 (33.33%) Law
2 12 (28.57%) SAP
3 10 (23.81%) Change Management
4 9 (21.43%) SuccessFactors
5 7 (16.67%) Project Management
6 6 (14.29%) Retail
6 6 (14.29%) Logistics
6 6 (14.29%) FMCG
6 6 (14.29%) PMO
6 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Identification
6 6 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
6 6 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
7 5 (11.90%) Onboarding
7 5 (11.90%) Systems Analysis
7 5 (11.90%) Finance
7 5 (11.90%) ERP
8 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (9.52%) SAP HR
8 4 (9.52%) Intranet
8 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
8 4 (9.52%) Agile
8 4 (9.52%) Marketing
8 4 (9.52%) Strategic Planning
8 4 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (9.52%) Social Media
8 4 (9.52%) Degree
8 4 (9.52%) Social Media Management
8 4 (9.52%) iTrent
8 4 (9.52%) Data Science
8 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making

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:

Business Applications
1 4 (9.52%) iTrent
1 4 (9.52%) SAP HR
2 3 (7.14%) SAP ERP
3 2 (4.76%) SAP HCM
4 1 (2.38%) BambooHR
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (4.76%) Google Sheets
3 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.52%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) BusinessObjects
General
1 14 (33.33%) Law
2 6 (14.29%) Retail
3 5 (11.90%) Finance
4 4 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (9.52%) Marketing
4 4 (9.52%) Social Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Advertising
5 2 (4.76%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (4.76%) Police
5 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.38%) Local Government
6 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) FMCG
2 5 (11.90%) Onboarding
3 4 (9.52%) Blockchain
3 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 4 (9.52%) Social Media
4 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) Change Management
2 7 (16.67%) Project Management
3 6 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
3 6 (14.29%) Logistics
3 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Identification
3 6 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
4 5 (11.90%) ERP
4 5 (11.90%) Systems Analysis
5 4 (9.52%) Agile
5 4 (9.52%) Analytics
5 4 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (9.52%) Data Science
5 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making
5 4 (9.52%) Fintech
5 4 (9.52%) Mentoring
5 4 (9.52%) Mobile First
5 4 (9.52%) Social Media Management
5 4 (9.52%) Strategic Planning
6 3 (7.14%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (2.38%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) SAP
2 3 (7.14%) Oracle
3 2 (4.76%) Google
3 2 (4.76%) Workday
4 1 (2.38%) Ceridian