HR Analyst Contracts in England

Human Resources Analyst
UK > England

The median Human Resources Analyst daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 523 575
Rank change year-on-year +43 +52 +158
Contract jobs requiring an HR Analyst 31 23 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.065% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.070% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 34
10th Percentile £409 £281 £333
25th Percentile £463 £313 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.66% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £500 £530
90th Percentile £719 £530 £575
UK median daily rate £563 £470 £459
% change year-on-year +19.68% +2.45% -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - £13.90 £30.58
25th Percentile - £14.50 £32.19
Median hourly rate £25.00 £16.00 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -55.24% +2.14%
75th Percentile £26.13 £17.50 £38.69
90th Percentile £26.80 £18.10 £39.93
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £16.00 £35.75
% change year-on-year +56.25% -55.24% +2.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,034 32,902 44,253
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 92.99% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,263 21,667 31,250
10th Percentile £290 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,248 2,188 1,386
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.85 £18.13 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.39 £42.50 £44.06
Median % change year-on-year -35.56% -3.53% +75.62%
75th Percentile £56.44 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +67.45%

HR Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for HR Analyst in England

HR Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for HR Analyst in England

HR Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Analyst in England over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HR Analyst in England

HR Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for HR Analyst in England

HR Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HR Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
London +41 17 £600 +26.32% 19
South East +41 5 £650 +116.67% 13
North of England -2 5 £475 +11.76% 3
Midlands -9 4 £488 +4.84%
West Midlands +8 3 £488 +73.33%
North West +2 3 £350 -17.65% 2
Yorkshire +6 2 £600 - 1
East Midlands -2 1 - -
HR Analyst
UK

HR Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 July 2025, HR Analyst 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 across the England region featuring HR Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (41.94%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (38.71%) Finance
3 11 (35.48%) Workday
3 11 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
4 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (22.58%) Migration
4 7 (22.58%) Business Analysis
4 7 (22.58%) Data Analysis
5 6 (19.35%) Degree
5 6 (19.35%) Data Migration
6 5 (16.13%) Analytics
6 5 (16.13%) Power BI
6 5 (16.13%) Agile
6 5 (16.13%) Data Management
6 5 (16.13%) Validation
6 5 (16.13%) Oracle
6 5 (16.13%) Project Management
6 5 (16.13%) Power Platform
6 5 (16.13%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (12.90%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
7 4 (12.90%) Retail
7 4 (12.90%) CIPD
7 4 (12.90%) User Experience
7 4 (12.90%) Data Governance
8 3 (9.68%) Process Improvement
8 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement

HR Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.45%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (6.45%) Workday HCM
3 1 (3.23%) iTrent
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (3.23%) SAP HR
3 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Power Platform
2 3 (9.68%) OCI
2 3 (9.68%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.13%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.23%) Power Query
General
1 13 (41.94%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (38.71%) Finance
3 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Retail
5 3 (9.68%) Marketing
6 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.45%) Legal
6 2 (6.45%) Local Government
6 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
1 1 (3.23%) Learning Management System
1 1 (3.23%) Life Science
1 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
1 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (22.58%) Business Analysis
3 7 (22.58%) Data Analysis
3 7 (22.58%) Migration
4 6 (19.35%) Data Migration
5 5 (16.13%) Agile
5 5 (16.13%) Analytics
5 5 (16.13%) Data Management
5 5 (16.13%) Project Management
5 5 (16.13%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (16.13%) Validation
6 4 (12.90%) Data Governance
6 4 (12.90%) User Experience
7 3 (9.68%) Data Extraction
7 3 (9.68%) Data Validation
7 3 (9.68%) Investment Management
7 3 (9.68%) Process Improvement
7 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (9.68%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (6.45%) SQL
3 1 (3.23%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) Degree
2 4 (12.90%) CIPD
3 2 (6.45%) ACCA
3 2 (6.45%) CBAP
4 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.23%) GDPR
2 1 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Workday
2 5 (16.13%) Oracle
3 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.68%) SAP
4 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.45%) Alteryx
6 1 (3.23%) Aderant
6 1 (3.23%) PeopleSoft