Payroll Consultant Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Payroll Consultant
North West > Cheshire

The median Payroll Consultant daily rate in Cheshire is £626, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payroll Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 - -
North West median daily rate £608 £600 -
% change year-on-year +1.33% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 695 607 502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 89.66% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 464 286
10th Percentile £279 £290 £325
25th Percentile £400 £358 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £446 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% -6.21% -2.86%
75th Percentile £575 £537 £575
90th Percentile £622 £688 £639
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 30 25
10th Percentile £15.93 £12.82 £13.49
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.50 £15.36
Median hourly rate £35.82 £27.08 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +32.30% +11.97% -20.83%
75th Percentile £83.75 £36.06 £43.75
90th Percentile £111.25 £67.25 £46.00
North West median hourly rate £46.96 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +86.76% -28.16% +6.06%

Payroll Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Payroll Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Payroll Consultant job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Payroll Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payroll Consultant job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payroll Consultant job vacancies in Cheshire

Payroll Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Payroll Consultant job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Payroll Consultant job vacancies in Cheshire

Payroll Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Payroll Consultant within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 October 2026. 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
Crewe - 1 £626 - 3
Payroll Consultant
North West

Payroll Consultant Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 1 October 2026, Payroll Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Payroll Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HCM
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Payroll Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HCM
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Payroll
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP