Human Resource Management Contracts

Human Resource Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Human Resource Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Human Resource Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 497 576 698
Rank change year-on-year +79 +122 +146
Contract jobs citing Human Resource Management 23 22 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.051% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.059% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 10
10th Percentile £428 £450 £306
25th Percentile £468 £553 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.60% +25.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £538 - £533
90th Percentile £711 - £538
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £406
% change year-on-year - +23.11% +80.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £38.11 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Human Resource Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,648 37,562 53,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.33% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,170 24,188 37,115
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,066 2,451 1,742
10th Percentile £14.35 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.26 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%
75th Percentile £61.50 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%

Human Resource Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Human Resource Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Human Resource Management in the UK

Human Resource Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Human Resource Management.

Daily rate trend for Human Resource Management in the UK

Human Resource Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Human Resource Management over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Human Resource Management in the UK

Human Resource Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Human Resource Management.

Hourly rate trend for Human Resource Management in the UK

Human Resource Management
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Human Resource Management within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +49 16 £525 -16.00% 11
UK excluding London +71 15 £500 - 8
Work from Home +45 11 £505 -19.20% 8
London +32 8 £725 +16.00% 4
Scotland - 7 £500 -
South East - 4 £570 - 4
North of England +24 2 £525 -
Midlands +20 2 £538 -10.42% 1
West Midlands +16 2 £538 -10.42% 1
Yorkshire +8 2 £525 -

Human Resource Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (26.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (4.35%) SAP CRM
3 1 (4.35%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) OCI
1 6 (26.09%) Oracle CX
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (13.04%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (4.35%) Google Sheets
4 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 6 (26.09%) Public Sector
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Analyst
1 8 (34.78%) Business Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Lead
3 3 (13.04%) PMO Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Oracle Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Oracle Business Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Manager
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Business Analytics Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) HR Officer
5 1 (4.35%) Lead Data Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Procurement Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Programme Director
5 1 (4.35%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) Middleware
1 6 (26.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (8.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Onboarding
2 5 (21.74%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Project Delivery
2 7 (30.43%) CRM
2 7 (30.43%) Logistics
3 6 (26.09%) Business Case
3 6 (26.09%) ERP
3 6 (26.09%) SOA
4 5 (21.74%) Analytics
4 5 (21.74%) Information Management
5 4 (17.39%) Business Analytics
5 4 (17.39%) Change Management
5 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (17.39%) Programme Governance
5 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
5 4 (17.39%) Target Operating Model
6 3 (13.04%) Budgeting
6 3 (13.04%) Business Process Analysis
6 3 (13.04%) Business Process Modelling
6 3 (13.04%) Change Control
6 3 (13.04%) Cost Management
6 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) Java
2 1 (4.35%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) Degree
4 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.35%) CIPD
4 1 (4.35%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) MAPM
4 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Oracle
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) SAP
3 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.35%) Google