HR Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Human Resources Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Human Resources Manager daily rate in Reading is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an HR Manager 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.15% - 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £800
75th Percentile £488 - £850
90th Percentile - - £880
Berkshire median daily rate £475 - £800

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 611 970 991
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 89.65% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 537 661
10th Percentile £336 £333 £238
25th Percentile £450 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £620
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 26 12
10th Percentile £14.50 £48.18 £58.98
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.56 £61.04
Median hourly rate £28.50 £62.38 £64.31
Median % change year-on-year -54.31% -3.01% +26.10%
75th Percentile £68.75 £99.38 £69.56
90th Percentile £81.00 £100.00 £75.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £26.33 £61.28 £61.79
% change year-on-year -57.04% -0.83% +49.99%

HR Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'HR Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

HR Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

HR Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for HR Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for HR Manager job vacancies in Reading

HR Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, HR Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring HR Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HCM
1 1 (100.00%) Smartsheet
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Workday
1 1 (100.00%) Workday HCM

HR Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HCM
1 1 (100.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Smartsheet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Workday