HR Manager Contracts

Human Resources Manager
UK

The median Human Resources Manager daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 606 729
Rank change year-on-year +90 +123 -70
Contract jobs requiring an HR Manager 56 81 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 56 78
10th Percentile £394 £450 £443
25th Percentile £413 £505 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% -1.14% +6.69%
75th Percentile £600 £678 £650
90th Percentile £640 £775 £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £51.75 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% - -
75th Percentile £62.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -32.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,817 53,094 83,517
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 94.62% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,817 37,082 58,793
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,805 1,473 1,982
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +7.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%

HR Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured HR Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HR Manager in the UK

HR Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HR Manager.

Daily rate trend for HR Manager in the UK

HR Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Manager over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HR Manager in the UK

HR Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HR Manager.

Hourly rate trend for HR Manager in the UK

HR Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HR Manager over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for HR Manager in the UK

HR Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HR Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 May 2024. 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 +75 48 £503 -7.59% 37
Work from Home +116 35 £475 -20.83% 18
UK excluding London +36 33 £500 -13.04% 21
London +65 16 £550 - 15
South East +15 12 £425 -40.35% 8
North of England +26 11 £413 -31.25% 3
North West +24 10 £413 -26.67% 2
West Midlands +20 8 £600 - 1
Midlands +20 8 £600 +41.18% 2
Scotland +32 1 - -
Yorkshire +13 1 - - 1
South West 0 1 £575 - 2

HR Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 May 2024, HR 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 featuring HR Manager in the job title.

1 22 (39.29%) Project Management
2 18 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 12 (21.43%) Agile
4 11 (19.64%) Change Management
4 11 (19.64%) Legal
5 10 (17.86%) Smartsheet
6 9 (16.07%) Life Science
6 9 (16.07%) SuccessFactors
7 8 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 8 (14.29%) Sage
7 8 (14.29%) SAP
7 8 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (12.50%) Project Delivery
8 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (12.50%) Finance
8 7 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (12.50%) Analytics
9 6 (10.71%) Data Protection
9 6 (10.71%) Workday
9 6 (10.71%) Matrix Organization
9 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (10.71%) Degree
9 6 (10.71%) Budget Management
10 5 (8.93%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 4 (7.14%) CIPD
11 4 (7.14%) Oracle
11 4 (7.14%) Microsoft

HR Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.79%) iTrent
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.79%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.86%) Smartsheet
2 9 (16.07%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (3.57%) SaaS
3 2 (3.57%) SAP Fieldglass
4 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.79%) Power BI
General
1 18 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.64%) Legal
3 7 (12.50%) Finance
4 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.14%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.57%) Retail
8 1 (1.79%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.07%) Life Science
2 4 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.14%) NHS
2 4 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.79%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.79%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (39.29%) Project Management
2 12 (21.43%) Agile
3 11 (19.64%) Change Management
4 8 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 8 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (12.50%) Analytics
5 7 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (10.71%) Budget Management
6 6 (10.71%) Data Protection
6 6 (10.71%) Matrix Organization
7 5 (8.93%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 4 (7.14%) BPR
9 3 (5.36%) PRINCE2
9 3 (5.36%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (3.57%) Balanced Scorecard
10 2 (3.57%) Integration Testing
10 2 (3.57%) Resource Management
10 2 (3.57%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) Degree
2 4 (7.14%) CIPD
3 2 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.79%) ISEB
4 1 (1.79%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) GDPR
1 2 (3.57%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (14.29%) Sage
1 8 (14.29%) SAP
2 6 (10.71%) Workday
3 4 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.14%) Oracle
4 1 (1.79%) Ariba
4 1 (1.79%) Ceridian
4 1 (1.79%) Civica
4 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow