HR Consultant Contracts in London

Human Resources Consultant
England > London

The median Human Resources Consultant daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 382 493
Rank change year-on-year +34 +111 +109
Contract jobs requiring an HR Consultant 5 13 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.040% 0.073% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.078% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £434 £393 £390
25th Percentile £484 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -2.70% -18.43%
75th Percentile £547 £550 £516
90th Percentile £564 £558 £566
England median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,753 16,611 25,696
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.26% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,049 12,008 18,613
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £679 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 338 287
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.05 £20.02 £22.57
Median hourly rate £34.33 £27.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.82% -21.43% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.88 £64.67 £76.10
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

HR Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for HR Consultant in London

HR Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HR Consultant in London.

Daily rate trend for HR Consultant in London

HR Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HR Consultant in London.

Hourly rate trend for HR Consultant in London

HR Consultant
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London +10 1 £550 +10.00% 1
HR Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 London region featuring HR Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (40.00%) Workday
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) People Management
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Fintech
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) CIPD
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Dutch Language
2 1 (20.00%) French Language
2 1 (20.00%) German Language
2 1 (20.00%) System Testing
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System

HR Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (20.00%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Dutch Language
2 1 (20.00%) French Language
2 1 (20.00%) German Language
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Fintech
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) People Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) System Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CIPD
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) Workday
2 1 (20.00%) SAP