HR Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Human Resources Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Human Resources Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 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
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 360 394
Rank change year-on-year +4 +34 +102
Contract jobs requiring an HR Analyst 17 11 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.059% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.065% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 20
10th Percentile £343 £276 £346
25th Percentile £438 £288 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £395 £475
Median % change year-on-year +39.24% -16.84% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £493 £544
90th Percentile £650 £504 £575
UK median daily rate £563 £470 £459
% change year-on-year +19.68% +2.45% -3.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £29.50
Median hourly rate - - £31.00
75th Percentile - - £32.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 - £35.75
% change year-on-year - - +2.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,822 17,041 21,101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.38% 92.08% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,467 10,446 14,301
10th Percentile £215 £219 £230
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,205 1,801 1,170
10th Percentile £13.41 £13.86 £13.95
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.27 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £39.03
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +10.19% +85.83%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%

HR Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured HR Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for HR Analyst in the UK excluding London

HR Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HR Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for HR Analyst in the UK excluding London

HR Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HR Analyst in the UK excluding London

HR Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HR Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for HR Analyst in the UK excluding London

HR Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
South East +25 5 £650 +126.09% 10
North of England -4 5 £475 - 3
Midlands -9 4 £488 +4.84% 7
West Midlands -5 3 £488 +73.33% 6
Scotland - 3 £505 - 1
North West - 3 £350 - 2
Yorkshire -5 2 £600 - 1
East Midlands -4 1 - - 1
HR Analyst
UK

HR Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 August 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 UK excluding London region featuring HR Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Oracle
3 7 (41.18%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (35.29%) Power BI
4 6 (35.29%) Power Platform
4 6 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (35.29%) Data Analysis
5 5 (29.41%) Migration
6 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (23.53%) Validation
6 4 (23.53%) Finance
6 4 (23.53%) SQL
6 4 (23.53%) Data Migration
6 4 (23.53%) Data Quality
7 3 (17.65%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
7 3 (17.65%) GDPR
7 3 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (17.65%) OCI
7 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (17.65%) Data Cleansing
7 3 (17.65%) Tableau
7 3 (17.65%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (17.65%) Degree
7 3 (17.65%) SAP
7 3 (17.65%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (17.65%) Identity Management

HR Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (5.88%) SAP HR
2 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Power Platform
2 3 (17.65%) OCI
2 3 (17.65%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) Power BI
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (17.65%) Tableau
3 1 (5.88%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (5.88%) Power Query
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Local Government
6 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.88%) Learning Management System
2 1 (5.88%) Life Science
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (35.29%) Data Analysis
3 5 (29.41%) Migration
4 4 (23.53%) Data Migration
4 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (23.53%) Validation
5 3 (17.65%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (17.65%) Identity Management
5 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
5 3 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (11.76%) Agile
6 2 (11.76%) Analytics
6 2 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (11.76%) Data Governance
6 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
6 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
6 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (5.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) ACCA
2 1 (5.88%) CIPD
2 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Data Quality
2 3 (17.65%) GDPR
3 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Oracle
2 3 (17.65%) SAP
3 2 (11.76%) Workday
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft