HR Consultant Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Human Resources Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Human Resources Consultant daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 324 464
Rank change year-on-year +39 +140 +152
Contract jobs requiring an HR Consultant 19 21 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.14% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.15% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 8
10th Percentile £480 £420 £369
25th Percentile £500 £450 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -1.23% -7.95%
75th Percentile £580 £620 £576
90th Percentile £581 £628 £595
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £86.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £86.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

HR Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured HR Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

HR Consultant trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

HR Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing HR Consultant.

HR Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

HR Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing HR Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

HR Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

HR Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing HR Consultant.

HR Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

HR Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, HR Consultant 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring HR Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (52.63%) SAP Payroll
1 10 (52.63%) SAP HR
1 10 (52.63%) SAP
2 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 7 (36.84%) System Testing
4 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
4 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
5 4 (21.05%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
5 4 (21.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (21.05%) Local Government
6 3 (15.79%) Oracle
6 3 (15.79%) Finance
6 3 (15.79%) Legal
6 3 (15.79%) Degree
7 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
7 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
7 2 (10.53%) SAP HCM
7 2 (10.53%) Time Management
7 2 (10.53%) Data Migration
7 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (10.53%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (10.53%) Workflow
7 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
7 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
7 2 (10.53%) SQL
7 2 (10.53%) ABAP
7 2 (10.53%) Migration
7 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.53%) Dynamics AX

HR Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (5.26%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (52.63%) SAP HR
1 10 (52.63%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (10.53%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (10.53%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.26%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Hudson
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
3 4 (21.05%) Local Government
4 3 (15.79%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) System Testing
2 2 (10.53%) Data Migration
2 2 (10.53%) Migration
2 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
2 2 (10.53%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
2 2 (10.53%) Time Management
2 2 (10.53%) Workflow
3 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.26%) Decision-Making
3 1 (5.26%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (5.26%) People Management
3 1 (5.26%) Personalization
3 1 (5.26%) Process Improvement
3 1 (5.26%) SDLC
3 1 (5.26%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (5.26%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) ABAP
1 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) Degree
4 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.26%) MBA
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) SAP
2 3 (15.79%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.26%) IFS
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.26%) Workday