Payroll Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Payroll Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Payroll Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 387 449
Rank change year-on-year +66 +62 +58
Contract jobs requiring a Payroll Manager 13 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.034% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.037% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 4
10th Percentile £470 - £386
25th Percentile £534 £513 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £528 £438
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% +20.57% -32.69%
75th Percentile £725 £540 £491
90th Percentile £750 £570 £519
UK median daily rate £567 £530 £520
% change year-on-year +6.98% +1.92% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £36.66 - -
25th Percentile £44.01 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £72.90 - -
90th Percentile £81.39 - -
UK median hourly rate £72.28 - £70.00

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 11,771 19,161 22,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.57% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,545 11,699 15,818
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 836 2,248 1,160
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Payroll Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Payroll Manager in the UK excluding London

Payroll Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Payroll Manager in the UK excluding London

Payroll Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payroll Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payroll Manager in the UK excluding London

Payroll Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Payroll Manager in the UK excluding London

Payroll Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Payroll Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Payroll Manager in the UK excluding London

Payroll Manager
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 Payroll Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 - 6 £450 - 2
North of England +15 5 £650 +8.33% 5
North West - 4 £700 - 2
Midlands +17 1 £700 +33.33% 1
Scotland +11 1 £567 -
Yorkshire - 1 £500 - 3
Payroll Manager
UK

Payroll Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Payroll Manager 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 Payroll Manager in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) SAP
2 5 (38.46%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Change Management
3 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Migration
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Data Migration
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Agriculture
4 3 (23.08%) Life Science
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (15.38%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
5 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle
5 2 (15.38%) PMP
5 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Digital Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
5 2 (15.38%) Due Diligence
5 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
5 2 (15.38%) Renewable Energy

Payroll Manager 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (7.69%) SAP HR
2 1 (7.69%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) OCI
General
1 4 (30.77%) Agriculture
1 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Life Science
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 2 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Project Management
2 4 (30.77%) Change Management
2 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (30.77%) Data Migration
2 4 (30.77%) Migration
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Digital Strategy
3 2 (15.38%) Due Diligence
3 2 (15.38%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
3 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2
4 1 (7.69%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Service Management
4 1 (7.69%) Test Management
4 1 (7.69%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
1 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
1 2 (15.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) PMO
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) Ceridian
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Workday