Payroll Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Payroll Consultant
UK > England

The median Payroll Consultant daily rate in England is £578, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 489 535
Rank change year-on-year +17 +46 +177
Contract jobs requiring a Payroll Consultant 40 44 45
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.15% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 25 23
10th Percentile £511 £504 £505
25th Percentile £528 £525 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +4.17% +13.21%
75th Percentile £659 £731 £631
90th Percentile £663 £735 £675
UK median daily rate £575 £627 £600
% change year-on-year -8.29% +4.50% +13.21%

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 25,424 29,760 38,335
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.09% 93.08% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,368 18,163 26,721
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £542
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -3.14% -1.45%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,439 1,251 1,400
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.31 £21.25 £19.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +68.69%
75th Percentile £50.75 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.55
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.81%

Payroll Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Payroll Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Payroll Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Payroll Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payroll Consultant in England over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payroll Consultant in England

Payroll Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Payroll Consultant job vacancies 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 13 October 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
South East +29 18 £550 +4.17% 7
London +10 10 £600 +12.68% 2
North of England -21 5 £600 -21.31% 8
North West - 4 £600 - 7
Midlands -21 3 £553 -22.46%
South West +13 2 £550 -11.13%
West Midlands -28 2 £525 -26.32%
Yorkshire -23 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £580 -
Payroll Consultant
UK

Payroll Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, Payroll Consultant 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 Payroll Consultant in the job title.

1 18 (45.00%) SAP
2 16 (40.00%) SAP Payroll
3 14 (35.00%) SAP HR
4 12 (30.00%) Security Cleared
5 10 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 10 (25.00%) Oracle
5 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 9 (22.50%) Workday
7 8 (20.00%) Public Sector
8 7 (17.50%) OCI
9 6 (15.00%) Oracle Payroll
9 6 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (12.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (10.00%) Migration
11 4 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
12 3 (7.50%) Finance
12 3 (7.50%) Validation
12 3 (7.50%) PL/SQL
12 3 (7.50%) SQL
12 3 (7.50%) Project Management
12 3 (7.50%) Agile
12 3 (7.50%) SAP HCM
12 3 (7.50%) User Acceptance Testing
12 3 (7.50%) Time Management
12 3 (7.50%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 3 (7.50%) Collaborative Working
13 2 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
13 2 (5.00%) Workshop Facilitation
13 2 (5.00%) Customer-Centricity

Payroll Consultant 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.50%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 2 (5.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (40.00%) SAP Payroll
2 14 (35.00%) SAP HR
3 6 (15.00%) Oracle Payroll
4 4 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (7.50%) SAP HCM
6 2 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) OCI
2 1 (2.50%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (2.50%) Taleo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.50%) Finance
4 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Legal
5 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (5.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (10.00%) Migration
3 3 (7.50%) Agile
3 3 (7.50%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (7.50%) Project Management
3 3 (7.50%) Time Management
3 3 (7.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (7.50%) Validation
4 2 (5.00%) Coaching
4 2 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (5.00%) Customer Experience
4 2 (5.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (5.00%) Data Management
4 2 (5.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (5.00%) Data Transformation
4 2 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (5.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (5.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (5.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) PL/SQL
1 3 (7.50%) SQL
2 2 (5.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) Degree
3 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (2.50%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (45.00%) SAP
2 10 (25.00%) Oracle
3 9 (22.50%) Workday