Hybrid/Remote HR Manager Contract Job Trends

Human Resources Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Human Resources Manager daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 306 384
Rank change year-on-year +16 +78 +145
Contract jobs requiring an HR Manager 13 26 20
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.13% 0.21% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.23% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 17
10th Percentile £348 £333 £504
25th Percentile £456 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +10.75%
75th Percentile £700 £600 £638
90th Percentile £810 £785 £800
UK median daily rate £538 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +2.38% -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 - -

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 remote/hybrid work 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 9,070 11,455 18,169
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 93.40% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,927 7,235 12,804
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 231 402
10th Percentile £14.00 £20.00 £16.67
25th Percentile £20.50 £27.78 £24.98
Median hourly rate £37.50 £43.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.79% -14.85% +5.21%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.81 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +66.48%

HR Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'HR Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

HR Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

HR Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid HR Manager job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid HR Manager job vacancies

HR Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing HR Manager over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

HR Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

HR Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid HR Manager job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid HR Manager job vacancies

HR Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, HR Manager 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring HR Manager in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Workday
2 5 (38.46%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) Coaching
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (15.38%) PMP
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
6 1 (7.69%) AI
6 1 (7.69%) Ariba
6 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (7.69%) Budgeting
6 1 (7.69%) Business Transformation
6 1 (7.69%) Case Management
6 1 (7.69%) CIPD
6 1 (7.69%) CRM
6 1 (7.69%) Cutover Planning
6 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis
6 1 (7.69%) Data Integration
6 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
6 1 (7.69%) Design Thinking
6 1 (7.69%) E-Commerce
6 1 (7.69%) Escalation Management

HR Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) SAP Fieldglass
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Dutch Language
3 1 (7.69%) French Language
3 1 (7.69%) German Language
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Law
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.69%) PMI
1 1 (7.69%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Project Management
1 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) Coaching
3 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Business Transformation
4 1 (7.69%) Cutover Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Data Integration
4 1 (7.69%) Line Management
4 1 (7.69%) People Management
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Management
4 1 (7.69%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (7.69%) Resource Management
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.69%) Waterfall
4 1 (7.69%) Wealth Management
4 1 (7.69%) WFM
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
2 2 (15.38%) PMP
2 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.69%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Workday
2 5 (38.46%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) Ariba
3 1 (7.69%) Foundry
3 1 (7.69%) Kronos
3 1 (7.69%) Medallia
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) Planview
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow