HR Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Human Resources Manager
UK > England

The median Human Resources Manager daily rate in England is £450, 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 521 483 526
Rank change year-on-year -38 +43 +122
Contract jobs requiring an HR Manager 18 30 38
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.057% 0.10% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 26
10th Percentile £370 £465 £425
25th Percentile £400 £503 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £581 £551
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +5.44% -4.13%
75th Percentile £500 £750 £600
90th Percentile £580 £800 £663
UK median daily rate £450 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -20.00% +2.27% -4.35%

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 28,847 26,756 34,133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 92.94% 93.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,393 16,655 23,374
10th Percentile £294 £300 £285
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,772 837 1,370
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.74 £15.24
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.40 £35.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -24.57% -22.58% +39.02%
75th Percentile £60.34 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.95 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +45.77%

HR Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

HR Manager job vacancy trend in England

HR Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

HR Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Manager in England over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HR Manager in England

HR Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

HR Manager
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 Manager within the England 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
London -10 11 £425 -19.05% 6
South East -15 4 £513 -46.05% 5
North West -32 2 - - 1
North of England -52 2 - - 1
South West -4 1 £450 -20.00%
HR Manager
UK

HR Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, HR Manager 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 England region featuring HR Manager in the job title.

1 9 (50.00%) SAP
2 6 (33.33%) Project Management
2 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (33.33%) SuccessFactors
3 5 (27.78%) PMI Certification
4 4 (22.22%) Change Management
4 4 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 4 (22.22%) PMP
4 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (16.67%) Agile
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 3 (16.67%) Workday
6 2 (11.11%) Coaching
6 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.11%) Degree
6 2 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Programme Management
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Analysis
7 1 (5.56%) AI
7 1 (5.56%) Analytics
7 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (5.56%) Budget Management
7 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.56%) Business Transformation

HR Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (5.56%) ResourceLink
1 1 (5.56%) SAP HCM
1 1 (5.56%) SAP HR
1 1 (5.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.56%) Smartsheet
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Law
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Dutch Language
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) French Language
4 1 (5.56%) German Language
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.56%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Project Management
1 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (22.22%) Change Management
2 4 (22.22%) Data Analysis
2 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (16.67%) Agile
3 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Coaching
4 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 2 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 2 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Analysis
5 1 (5.56%) Analytics
5 1 (5.56%) Business Transformation
5 1 (5.56%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) PMI Certification
2 4 (22.22%) PMP
3 2 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.56%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) SAP
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Workday
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Progress