HR Specialist Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Human Resources Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Human Resources Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 352 413
Rank change year-on-year -35 +61 +92
Contract jobs requiring an HR Specialist 3 16 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.018% 0.096% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.10% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £240 £300
Median % change year-on-year +129.17% -20.00% -41.46%
UK median daily rate £550 £283 £500
% change year-on-year +94.69% -43.50% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £43.88
Median hourly rate - - £47.75
75th Percentile - - £51.63
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £18.00 - £47.75

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 14,970 15,427 19,609
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 92.11% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,269 8,847 13,033
10th Percentile £208 £220 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,438 1,078 1,268
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £19.41 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.13 £37.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.99% -15.73% +89.36%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.82% -15.56% +62.28%

HR Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'HR Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

HR Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

HR Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for HR Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for HR Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

HR Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for HR Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for HR Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

HR Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 November 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
Midlands -26 2 - - 2
West Midlands -32 2 - - 1
South West +1 1 £550 +129.17%
HR Specialist
UK

HR Specialist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, HR Specialist 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 UK excluding London region featuring HR Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) SuccessFactors
1 2 (66.67%) Workday
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Anywhere
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) iTrent
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) UiPath

HR Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SuccessFactors
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Data Security
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Workday
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Anywhere
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) UiPath