Hybrid/Remote HR Specialist Contract Job Trends

Human Resources Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Human Resources Specialist daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 317 398
Rank change year-on-year +1 +81 +188
Contract jobs requiring an HR Specialist 4 6 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.040% 0.049% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.053% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £380 £500
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -24.00% -2.44%
UK median daily rate £550 £283 £500
% change year-on-year +94.69% -43.50% -18.37%

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 9,365 11,319 17,777
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 93.24% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,126 7,139 12,477
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 194 389
10th Percentile £14.78 £19.39 £16.93
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.52 £24.97
Median hourly rate £39.50 £41.53 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% -16.94% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.82% -15.56% +62.28%

HR Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

HR Specialist job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

HR Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

HR Specialist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, HR Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
1 2 (50.00%) Workday
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Anywhere
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Interpretation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) iTrent
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) UiPath

HR Specialist 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Interpretation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Workday
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Anywhere
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) UiPath