HR Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Human Resources Manager
England > London

The median Human Resources Manager daily rate in London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 September 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
12 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 374 411
Rank change year-on-year +8 +37 +130
Contract jobs requiring an HR Manager 8 17 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.059% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.11% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 25
10th Percentile £421 £490 £505
25th Percentile £447 £503 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £694 £688
90th Percentile £668 £726 £700
England median daily rate £550 £588 £588
% change year-on-year -6.38% - +2.17%

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 12,505 15,326 21,021
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.12% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,375 10,339 15,365
10th Percentile £330 £344 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 181 231
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £18.16
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.50 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% -6.67% +15.03%
75th Percentile £49.75 £56.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £65.96 £71.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £44.75
% change year-on-year -47.05% +6.15% +68.87%

HR Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for HR Manager in London

HR Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

HR Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Manager in London over the 6 months to 12 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HR Manager in London

HR Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

HR Manager
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 Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 12 September 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 -2 1 £450 -30.10% 5
HR Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 September 2025, HR 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 London region featuring HR Manager in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Workday
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) PMP
3 2 (25.00%) Trello
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) JIRA
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) PMI
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (12.50%) SAP
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint

HR Manager 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Trello
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
2 2 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Workday
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Kronos
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) SAP