HR Consultant Contract Job Trends in the South East

Human Resources Consultant
England > South East

The median Human Resources Consultant daily rate in the South East is £537, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 175 210
Rank change year-on-year +23 +35 +45
Contract jobs requiring an HR Consultant 12 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.34% 0.047% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.051% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile £420 - £560
25th Percentile £512 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.05%
75th Percentile £540 - -
90th Percentile £543 - -
England median daily rate £539 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -13.84% +13.64% -2.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,179 3,939 5,234
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.50% 92.29% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,055 2,343 3,526
10th Percentile £204 £245 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £507
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -0.35% +1.35%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £613
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £542
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.14% -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 238 257
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.53 £27.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £58.49 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.97% +11.41% +89.33%
75th Percentile £55.00 £74.97 £68.63
90th Percentile £71.30 £78.75 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +68.69%

HR Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

HR Consultant job vacancy trend in the South East

HR Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

HR Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HR Consultant in the South East

HR Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

HR Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
West Sussex - 10 £537 - 3
Surrey +8 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 £225 -
Thames Valley - 1 £225 -
HR Consultant
England

HR Consultant Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, HR 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 South East region featuring HR Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) SAP
1 11 (91.67%) SAP HR
2 10 (83.33%) SAP Payroll
3 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
4 8 (66.67%) SC Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
6 1 (8.33%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (8.33%) Commercial Awareness
6 1 (8.33%) SAP HCM
6 1 (8.33%) CIPD
6 1 (8.33%) Degree
6 1 (8.33%) Benchmarking
6 1 (8.33%) ABAP
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (8.33%) Law
6 1 (8.33%) Legal
6 1 (8.33%) Advertising

HR Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (91.67%) SAP HR
2 10 (83.33%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (8.33%) SAP HCM
General
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Advertising
2 1 (8.33%) Law
2 1 (8.33%) Legal
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.33%) Benchmarking
1 1 (8.33%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (8.33%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) CIPD
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) SAP