Payroll Consultant Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Payroll Consultant
North West > Manchester

The median Payroll Consultant daily rate in Manchester is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 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
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 - 106
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Contract jobs requiring a Payroll Consultant 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.20% - 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £650 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £600 - £720
% change year-on-year - - +22.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 935 1,132 1,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.81% 94.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 597 704 1,164
10th Percentile £300 £350 £291
25th Percentile £385 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £652 £713 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 37 59
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.80 £15.51
25th Percentile £14.20 £21.25 £16.74
Median hourly rate £21.10 £31.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.94% +63.16% +8.57%
75th Percentile £32.20 £62.50 £41.68
90th Percentile £70.75 £81.90 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £24.62 £37.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -33.46% +21.15% +30.57%

Payroll Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Payroll Consultant in Manchester

Payroll Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Payroll Consultant Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 14 September 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 Manchester region featuring Payroll Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management

Payroll Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP