Payroll Consultant Contracts in England

Payroll Consultant
UK > England

The median Payroll Consultant daily rate in England is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 506 609
Rank change year-on-year +59 +103 +133
Contract jobs requiring a Payroll Consultant 38 36 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.097% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.10% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 21
10th Percentile £412 £379 £463
25th Percentile £441 £500 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.10% +2.08% +6.67%
75th Percentile £537 £625 £663
90th Percentile £578 £632 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £613 £590
% change year-on-year -15.22% +3.96% +4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £86.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £86.00 - -

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £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 £643 £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 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Payroll Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Payroll Consultant in England

Payroll Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Payroll Consultant in England

Payroll Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payroll Consultant in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payroll Consultant in England

Payroll Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Payroll Consultant in England

Payroll 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 Payroll Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +26 13 £450 -28.00% 19
North of England +30 12 £600 - 8
North West - 12 £600 - 7
Midlands +27 6 £520 +9.47% 3
South East +47 5 £537 +7.40% 4
East Midlands - 4 £520 -
West Midlands +15 2 £519 +9.21% 3
Payroll Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Payroll 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 Payroll Consultant in the job title.

1 27 (71.05%) SAP
2 22 (57.89%) SAP Payroll
3 20 (52.63%) SAP HR
4 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
5 10 (26.32%) Time Management
6 9 (23.68%) Oracle
7 7 (18.42%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (18.42%) SuccessFactors
7 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (15.79%) Middleware
8 6 (15.79%) System Testing
8 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
9 5 (13.16%) Local Government
9 5 (13.16%) Requirements Analysis
9 5 (13.16%) Performance Management
10 4 (10.53%) Test Scripting
11 3 (7.89%) Agile
11 3 (7.89%) Finance
11 3 (7.89%) Legal
11 3 (7.89%) SAP HCM
11 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
11 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
11 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
12 2 (5.26%) Workday
12 2 (5.26%) OCI
12 2 (5.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (5.26%) End-to-End Testing
12 2 (5.26%) Waterfall
12 2 (5.26%) Degree
12 2 (5.26%) User Acceptance Testing

Payroll 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 (2.63%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Business Applications
1 22 (57.89%) SAP Payroll
2 20 (52.63%) SAP HR
3 3 (7.89%) SAP HCM
4 2 (5.26%) SAP FI
5 1 (2.63%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (2.63%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (2.63%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (2.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (5.26%) OCI
3 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (2.63%) Oracle Reports
General
1 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 5 (13.16%) Local Government
5 3 (7.89%) Finance
5 3 (7.89%) Legal
6 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.42%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (15.79%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.63%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) Time Management
2 6 (15.79%) System Testing
3 5 (13.16%) Performance Management
3 5 (13.16%) Requirements Analysis
4 4 (10.53%) Test Scripting
5 3 (7.89%) Agile
5 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.26%) Data Migration
6 2 (5.26%) End-to-End Testing
6 2 (5.26%) ERP
6 2 (5.26%) Migration
6 2 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (5.26%) Unit Testing
6 2 (5.26%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (5.26%) Waterfall
7 1 (2.63%) Benchmarking
7 1 (2.63%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.63%) Change Management
7 1 (2.63%) Validation
7 1 (2.63%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) ABAP
1 2 (5.26%) SQL
2 1 (2.63%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
1 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) Degree
3 1 (2.63%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 27 (71.05%) SAP
2 9 (23.68%) Oracle
3 2 (5.26%) Workday
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft