Payroll Manager Contracts in England

Payroll Manager
UK > England

The median Payroll Manager daily rate in England is £576, 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 471 535 628
Rank change year-on-year +64 +93 +120
Contract jobs requiring a Payroll Manager 14 7 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.057% 0.019% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.020% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 17
10th Percentile £478 - £420
25th Percentile £500 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £576 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £713 £600 £740
90th Percentile £750 £645 £784
UK median daily rate £584 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +10.09% +0.95% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £36.66 - -
25th Percentile £44.01 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - £70.00
75th Percentile £72.90 - -
90th Percentile £81.39 - -
UK median hourly rate £72.28 - £70.00

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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Payroll Manager in England

Payroll Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Payroll Manager in England

Payroll Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Payroll Manager in England

Payroll Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Payroll Manager in England

Payroll Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Payroll Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Payroll Manager in England

Payroll 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 Payroll Manager 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
South East - 6 £450 - 2
North of England +23 5 £650 +8.33% 7
North West - 4 £700 - 3
London +37 2 £526 -4.32% 3
Midlands +21 1 £700 +33.33% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £500 - 4
Payroll Manager
UK

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

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

1 10 (71.43%) SAP
2 7 (50.00%) Project Management
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Agriculture
4 4 (28.57%) Change Management
4 4 (28.57%) Finance
4 4 (28.57%) Data Migration
4 4 (28.57%) Migration
4 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (21.43%) Life Science
5 3 (21.43%) PMP
5 3 (21.43%) PMI Certification
5 3 (21.43%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) Degree
6 2 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
6 2 (14.29%) Oracle
6 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
6 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Due Diligence
6 2 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (14.29%) Workday
6 2 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (14.29%) Greenfield Project

Payroll Manager 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (7.14%) SAP HCM
2 1 (7.14%) SAP HR
2 1 (7.14%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (7.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) OCI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Agriculture
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Life Science
2 2 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 2 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Change Management
3 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (28.57%) Data Migration
3 4 (28.57%) Migration
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Digital Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Due Diligence
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 2 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
6 1 (7.14%) Risk Register
6 1 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
1 3 (21.43%) PMI Certification
1 3 (21.43%) PMP
2 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) SAP
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) Workday
3 1 (7.14%) Ceridian
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft