HR Consultant Contracts in the Midlands

Human Resources Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Human Resources Consultant daily rate in the Midlands is £553, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 126 150
Rank change year-on-year -16 +24 -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an HR Consultant 4 10 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.16% 0.37% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.40% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £518 £336 -
25th Percentile £526 £510 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £520 £375
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +38.67% -
75th Percentile £581 £638 -
90th Percentile £589 £668 -
England median daily rate £525 £520 £600
% change year-on-year +0.96% -13.33% +9.09%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,282 2,495 2,816
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.46% 92.65% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,490 1,645 1,961
10th Percentile £220 £244 £225
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £554 £598 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 132 103
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.70 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.91 £14.27 £16.75
Median hourly rate £24.58 £19.80 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.17% -7.93% +19.44%
75th Percentile £31.72 £35.00 £42.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £69.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -42.84% +0.32% +68.69%

HR Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for HR Consultant in the Midlands

HR Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for HR Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for HR Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands

HR Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for HR Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for HR Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands

HR Consultant
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands -5 3 £580 -14.07%
West Midlands -10 1 £525 +0.96% 1
HR Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 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 Midlands region featuring HR Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) SAP Payroll
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) SAP HR
1 2 (50.00%) Time Management
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (25.00%) SAP HCM
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) ABAP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) MBA
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management

HR Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP HR
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (25.00%) SAP HCM
2 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (25.00%) MBA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) SAP