HR Consultant Contracts in England

Human Resources Consultant
UK > England

The median Human Resources Consultant daily rate in England is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 457 507 652
Rank change year-on-year +50 +145 +111
Contract jobs requiring an HR Consultant 29 34 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.092% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.099% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 14
10th Percentile £466 £401 £386
25th Percentile £502 £450 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £566 £625 £579
90th Percentile £609 £636 £600
UK median daily rate £525 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -10.64% +6.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £29.08 - -
25th Percentile £38.56 - -
Median hourly rate £55.25 - -
75th Percentile £71.06 - -
90th Percentile £80.03 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.25 - -

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 22,595 34,453 47,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,023 22,865 33,797
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 2,434 1,402
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

HR Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for HR Consultant in England

HR Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for HR Consultant in England

HR Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Consultant in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HR Consultant in England

HR Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for HR Consultant in England

HR Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HR Consultant in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for HR Consultant in England

HR Consultant
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 Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
North of England +31 10 £600 - 4
North West +22 10 £600 - 4
Midlands +19 7 £520 +4.00%
East Midlands +16 7 £520 -22.96%
London +34 5 £525 +16.67% 5
South East +48 4 £600 -2.04% 1
East of England +28 1 £500 +2.56%
HR Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, HR Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 17 (58.62%) SAP
2 16 (55.17%) SAP HR
2 16 (55.17%) Social Skills
3 15 (51.72%) SAP Payroll
4 8 (27.59%) Time Management
5 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (24.14%) System Testing
6 4 (13.79%) Finance
6 4 (13.79%) Local Government
6 4 (13.79%) Oracle
6 4 (13.79%) Degree
6 4 (13.79%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
6 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
7 3 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (10.34%) Data Migration
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
7 3 (10.34%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (10.34%) Migration
8 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (6.90%) Law
8 2 (6.90%) Legal
8 2 (6.90%) E-business
8 2 (6.90%) ERP
8 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
8 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
8 2 (6.90%) Test Scripting
8 2 (6.90%) SAP HCM
8 2 (6.90%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (6.90%) Performance Management

HR Consultant 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 (3.45%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (55.17%) SAP HR
2 15 (51.72%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (10.34%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (6.90%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (6.90%) SAP HCM
5 1 (3.45%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (3.45%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Hudson
General
1 16 (55.17%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
3 4 (13.79%) Local Government
3 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Law
4 2 (6.90%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Dutch Language
5 1 (3.45%) French Language
5 1 (3.45%) German Language
5 1 (3.45%) Health Technology
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Time Management
2 7 (24.14%) System Testing
3 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) Data Migration
4 3 (10.34%) Migration
5 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
5 2 (6.90%) E-business
5 2 (6.90%) ERP
5 2 (6.90%) Performance Management
5 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.90%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.90%) Test Scripting
6 1 (3.45%) Analytics
6 1 (3.45%) Fintech
6 1 (3.45%) People Management
6 1 (3.45%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (3.45%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (3.45%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (3.45%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) ABAP
1 1 (3.45%) PL/SQL
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) CIPD
3 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) MBA
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) SAP
2 4 (13.79%) Oracle
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.90%) Workday
5 1 (3.45%) IFS
5 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow