HR Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Human Resources Analyst
England > North of England

The median Human Resources Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 161 193
Rank change year-on-year -25 +32 +57
Contract jobs requiring an HR Analyst 4 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.100% 0.072% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.079% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £454 £359 £350
25th Percentile £478 £372 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year +30.30% -13.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £578 £472 £569
90th Percentile £591 £496 £575
England median daily rate £525 £475 £403
% change year-on-year +10.53% +17.79% -15.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,700 3,817 4,793
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 91.98% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,426 2,192 3,215
10th Percentile £238 £275 £263
25th Percentile £368 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - -
75th Percentile £550 £584 £600
90th Percentile £650 £670 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 242 204
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.22 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.63 £33.75 £26.99
Median % change year-on-year -32.95% +25.05% +27.49%
75th Percentile £47.12 £49.69 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £63.22
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

HR Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured HR Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for HR Analyst in the North of England

HR Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for HR Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for HR Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

HR Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HR Analyst in the North of England

HR Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for HR Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for HR Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

HR Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HR Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 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
North West -7 2 £475 - 1
Yorkshire -16 2 £600 +71.43% 1
HR Analyst
England

HR Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, HR Analyst 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 North of England region featuring HR Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (25.00%) ACCA
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) BPMN

HR Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP HR
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Power Query
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Local Government
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) API Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Expense Management
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (25.00%) Statistics
2 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) ACCA
2 1 (25.00%) CIPD
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Workday