HR Consultant Contract Job Trends

Human Resources Consultant
UK

The median Human Resources Consultant daily rate in the UK is £537, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 557 491 588
Rank change year-on-year -66 +97 +172
Contract jobs requiring an HR Consultant 29 44 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.13% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.14% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 24 6
10th Percentile £478 £337 £369
25th Percentile £510 £481 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £535 £488
Median % change year-on-year +0.37% +9.74% -9.30%
75th Percentile £598 £653 £544
90th Percentile £708 £731 £563
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £560 £425
% change year-on-year -4.11% +31.76% -25.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 33,430 31,506 40,926
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 92.78% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,135 19,373 27,542
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,981 981 1,444
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.53 £15.04
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.71 £72.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%

HR Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

HR Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

HR Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

HR Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Consultant over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HR Consultant in the UK

HR Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

HR Consultant
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 21 December 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
UK excluding London -33 25 £537 -4.11% 8
England -43 25 £539 +0.65% 10
Work from Home -6 12 £540 +3.85% 8
South East -8 11 £537 -10.50% 1
Midlands -41 8 £700 +22.27% 2
East Midlands -16 6 £700 +34.62%
Scotland +7 3 £520 -
North West -27 3 £500 - 3
North of England -36 3 £500 - 3
West Midlands -38 2 £525 -26.32% 2
London -14 1 £600 +20.00% 3

HR Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 December 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 featuring HR Consultant in the job title.

1 19 (65.52%) SAP
2 18 (62.07%) SAP HR
3 13 (44.83%) SAP Payroll
4 11 (37.93%) Security Cleared
5 9 (31.03%) SC Cleared
6 5 (17.24%) Data Migration
6 5 (17.24%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
6 5 (17.24%) Migration
7 4 (13.79%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (13.79%) System Integration Testing
7 4 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (10.34%) ABAP
8 3 (10.34%) ERP
8 3 (10.34%) Oracle
8 3 (10.34%) Time Management
9 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
9 2 (6.90%) Degree
9 2 (6.90%) DevOps
9 2 (6.90%) Integration Testing
9 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
9 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (6.90%) MS Visio
9 2 (6.90%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (6.90%) SAP HCM
9 2 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (6.90%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (3.45%) Benchmarking
10 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance

HR Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.90%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (6.90%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 18 (62.07%) SAP HR
2 13 (44.83%) SAP Payroll
3 4 (13.79%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (6.90%) SAP HCM
4 2 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
General
1 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
3 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Legal
3 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Advertising
4 1 (3.45%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) Data Migration
1 5 (17.24%) Migration
2 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (13.79%) System Integration Testing
2 4 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (10.34%) ERP
3 3 (10.34%) Time Management
4 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
4 2 (6.90%) DevOps
4 2 (6.90%) Integration Testing
5 1 (3.45%) Benchmarking
5 1 (3.45%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.45%) Change Management
5 1 (3.45%) Data Modelling
5 1 (3.45%) ETL
5 1 (3.45%) Project Delivery
5 1 (3.45%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (3.45%) Validation
5 1 (3.45%) Workflow
5 1 (3.45%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) ABAP
2 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (37.93%) Security Cleared
2 9 (31.03%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) Degree
4 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.45%) CIPD
4 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.45%) MBA
Vendors
1 19 (65.52%) SAP
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.34%) Oracle
4 1 (3.45%) Concur