Payroll Consultant Contract Job Trends in Reading

Payroll Consultant
Berkshire > Reading

The median Payroll Consultant daily rate in Reading is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payroll Consultant 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £571 - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £663 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £625 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 814 716 1,063
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 91.68% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 408 654
10th Percentile £306 £304 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -2.43%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £613
90th Percentile £670 £670 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -0.74% +0.75% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 2 39
10th Percentile £24.25 £63.14 £20.17
25th Percentile £74.20 £65.48 £52.08
Median hourly rate £83.50 £70.17 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% +13.91% -5.23%
75th Percentile £97.50 £74.07 £67.50
90th Percentile £107.00 £75.94 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.00 £61.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +31.72% +5.48% -9.86%

Payroll Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Payroll Consultant job vacancy trend in Reading

Payroll Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Payroll Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payroll Consultant in Reading over the 6 months to 19 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Payroll Consultant in Reading

Payroll Consultant Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 19 February 2026, Payroll Consultant 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 Payroll Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Workday
2 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (9.09%) Regression Testing

Payroll Consultant 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Regression Testing
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Workday
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle