Payroll Consultant Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Payroll Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Payroll Consultant daily rate in the West Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 98 -
Rank change year-on-year -30 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payroll Consultant 2 13 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.10% 0.70% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.75% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 0
10th Percentile - £510 -
25th Percentile £513 £694 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £713 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% - -
75th Percentile £538 £731 -
90th Percentile - £733 -
England median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +13.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,758 1,736 1,898
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 92.88% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,137 1,097 1,299
10th Percentile £250 £213 £220
25th Percentile £396 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £706 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 59 68
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.58 £15.21
25th Percentile £15.69 £14.10 £17.09
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.59 £21.30
Median % change year-on-year +16.49% +1.36% +20.20%
75th Percentile £35.75 £31.78 £31.91
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.94 £45.88
% change year-on-year -41.43% -6.41% +60.98%

Payroll Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Payroll Consultant job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Payroll Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payroll Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payroll Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands

Payroll Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Payroll Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Birmingham -7 1 £525 -26.32%
Payroll Consultant
England

Payroll Consultant Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, Payroll 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Payroll Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Data Conversion
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) OCI
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (50.00%) Taleo
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation

Payroll Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) OCI
1 1 (50.00%) Taleo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Conversion
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SAP