Payroll Consultant Contracts in London

Payroll Consultant
England > London

The median Payroll Consultant daily rate in London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 July 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
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 349 447
Rank change year-on-year -13 +98 +155
Contract jobs requiring a Payroll Consultant 10 36 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.073% 0.22% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.23% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 22 11
10th Percentile £430 £437 £500
25th Percentile £481 £533 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £640
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -2.34% +9.40%
75th Percentile £631 - £688
90th Percentile £638 £627 -
England median daily rate £550 £620 £600
% change year-on-year -11.24% +3.27% +15.94%

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 12,716 15,652 23,327
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 94.26% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,606 11,145 17,079
10th Percentile £331 £340 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 233 259
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.54
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.00 £23.88
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.29 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -7.09% -18.09% +15.47%
75th Percentile £50.25 £52.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £71.25 £82.30
England median hourly rate £26.30 £43.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -38.84% -1.96% +70.79%

Payroll Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Payroll Consultant in London

Payroll Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Payroll Consultant in London

Payroll Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payroll Consultant in London over the 6 months to 26 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payroll Consultant in London

Payroll Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Payroll Consultant in London

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 London region featuring Payroll Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (40.00%) PL/SQL
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
2 4 (40.00%) SAP
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle Payroll
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (20.00%) Workday
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Legal
4 2 (20.00%) SAP HCM
4 2 (20.00%) System Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Time Management
5 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) User Stories
5 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (10.00%) Replication
5 1 (10.00%) SAP Certification
5 1 (10.00%) Middleware
5 1 (10.00%) ERP
5 1 (10.00%) ABAP

Payroll 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 4 (40.00%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle Payroll
3 2 (20.00%) SAP HCM
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (10.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Agile
1 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) System Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
3 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle
1 4 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) Workday