Payroll Manager Contracts in the North of England

Payroll Manager
England > North of England

The median Payroll Manager daily rate in the North of England is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 184 218
Rank change year-on-year +23 +34 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Payroll Manager 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.15% 0.021% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.023% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £530 - -
25th Percentile £575 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £750 - £425
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £576 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.77% +4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £31.76 - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 - £70.00

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 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Payroll Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Payroll Manager in the North of England

Payroll Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Payroll Manager in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Payroll Manager in the North of England

Payroll Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payroll Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payroll Manager in the North of England

Payroll Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Payroll Manager in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Payroll Manager in the North of England

Payroll Manager
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 Payroll Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 4 £700 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £500 - 3
Payroll Manager
England

Payroll Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Payroll 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 North of England region featuring Payroll Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Due Diligence
2 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Workday
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) PMO
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) SAP HR
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management

Payroll Manager 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP HR
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Payroll
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Strategy
1 2 (40.00%) Due Diligence
1 2 (40.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Workday