HR Consultant Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Human Resources Consultant
England > East Midlands

The median Human Resources Consultant daily rate in the East Midlands is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 54 60
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 -
Contract jobs requiring an HR Consultant 6 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.68% 0.50% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.55% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £616 £502 -
25th Percentile £693 £505 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £520 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% - -
75th Percentile £708 £530 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £539 £535 £488
% change year-on-year +0.65% +9.74% -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 814 547 682
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 91.93% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 336 482
10th Percentile £180 £226 £189
25th Percentile £352 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £525 £530 £550
90th Percentile £625 £631 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 24 47
10th Percentile £16.17 £15.10 £12.70
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.46
Median hourly rate £20.92 £22.05 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +10.23% +15.94%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £26.97
90th Percentile £25.29 £33.15 £59.60
England median hourly rate £26.40 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.57% -22.58% +39.02%

HR Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

HR Consultant job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

HR Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for HR Consultant job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for HR Consultant job vacancies in the East Midlands

HR Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Consultant in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HR Consultant in the East Midlands

HR Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HR Consultant within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. 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
Lincolnshire - 5 £700 - 1
Derbyshire - 1 £580 - 1
HR Consultant
England

HR Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, HR 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 East Midlands region featuring HR Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (50.00%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (16.67%) ABAP
5 1 (16.67%) Cutover Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
5 1 (16.67%) MBA
5 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (16.67%) SAP
5 1 (16.67%) SAP HCM
5 1 (16.67%) SAP HR
5 1 (16.67%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Time Management
5 1 (16.67%) Workflow

HR Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (16.67%) SAP HCM
2 1 (16.67%) SAP HR
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Dynamics 365
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
1 1 (16.67%) MBA
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) SAP