HR Consultant Contracts in England

Human Resources Consultant
UK > England

The median Human Resources Consultant daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 August 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
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 489 499 609
Rank change year-on-year +10 +110 +160
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an HR Consultant 22 34 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.080% 0.10% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.11% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 19 8
10th Percentile £465 £372 £369
25th Percentile £500 £440 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -13.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £595 £638 -
90th Percentile £620 £690 £611
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - -
75th Percentile £26.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.50 - -

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,261 30,872 41,283
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 92.97% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,295 19,926 29,049
10th Percentile £281 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,382 1,691 1,334
10th Percentile £13.65 £14.16 £15.22
25th Percentile £17.34 £20.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.73 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.44% +67.81%

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
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for HR Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for HR Consultant job vacancies in England

HR Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Consultant in England over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HR Consultant in England

HR Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for HR Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for HR Consultant job vacancies in England

HR Consultant
DemandTrendContract 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 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +21 6 £525 - 3
North of England - 6 £500 -
North West - 6 £500 -
Midlands -17 4 £553 -3.49% 1
London +18 3 £600 +26.32% 4
East Midlands -9 3 £580 -14.07%
West Midlands -7 1 £525 +0.96% 1
HR Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 August 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 16 (72.73%) SAP
2 15 (68.18%) SAP HR
3 10 (45.45%) SAP Payroll
4 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
5 6 (27.27%) Time Management
6 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
6 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 4 (18.18%) SAP HCM
6 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (18.18%) ERP
6 4 (18.18%) Finance
7 3 (13.64%) ABAP
7 3 (13.64%) Migration
7 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
7 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (9.09%) System Integration Testing
8 2 (9.09%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
8 2 (9.09%) Legal
8 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
8 2 (9.09%) Workflow
9 1 (4.55%) Law
9 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
9 1 (4.55%) Change Management
9 1 (4.55%) GAP Analysis
9 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project

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 2 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (68.18%) SAP HR
2 10 (45.45%) SAP Payroll
3 4 (18.18%) SAP HCM
4 2 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (4.55%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Health Technology
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Time Management
2 4 (18.18%) ERP
2 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
3 3 (13.64%) Migration
3 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 2 (9.09%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (9.09%) Workflow
5 1 (4.55%) Agile
5 1 (4.55%) Change Management
5 1 (4.55%) Data Validation
5 1 (4.55%) ETL
5 1 (4.55%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (4.55%) People Management
5 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.55%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.55%) Project Management
5 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.55%) MBA
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) SAP
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) Workday