Payroll Consultant Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Payroll Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Payroll 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 282 313 456
Rank change year-on-year +31 +143 +139
Contract jobs requiring a Payroll Consultant 22 32 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.21% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.22% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 24 7
10th Percentile £413 £500 £500
25th Percentile £441 £581 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.80% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £541 £626 £579
90th Percentile £581 £628 £610
UK median daily rate £520 £613 £590
% change year-on-year -15.22% +3.96% +4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 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%

Payroll Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Payroll 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 Payroll Consultant.

Payroll Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Payroll Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Payroll Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Payroll 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 Payroll Consultant.

Payroll Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Payroll 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 Payroll Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (63.64%) SAP
2 13 (59.09%) SAP Payroll
3 12 (54.55%) SAP HR
3 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
4 8 (36.36%) Public Sector
5 7 (31.82%) System Testing
5 7 (31.82%) Oracle
6 6 (27.27%) Local Government
6 6 (27.27%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (22.73%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
8 4 (18.18%) Requirements Analysis
8 4 (18.18%) Test Scripting
8 4 (18.18%) Middleware
8 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (18.18%) Finance
8 4 (18.18%) Legal
9 3 (13.64%) OCI
9 3 (13.64%) Performance Management
9 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
10 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (9.09%) Time Management
10 2 (9.09%) Degree
10 2 (9.09%) SAP HCM
10 2 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (9.09%) Workflow
10 2 (9.09%) Oracle Payroll
10 2 (9.09%) ABAP
11 1 (4.55%) PL/SQL
11 1 (4.55%) SQL

Payroll 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 (4.55%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Business Applications
1 13 (59.09%) SAP Payroll
2 12 (54.55%) SAP HR
3 2 (9.09%) Oracle Payroll
3 2 (9.09%) SAP HCM
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (13.64%) OCI
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Public Sector
3 6 (27.27%) Local Government
4 4 (18.18%) Finance
4 4 (18.18%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (18.18%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (4.55%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) System Testing
2 4 (18.18%) Requirements Analysis
2 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (18.18%) Test Scripting
3 3 (13.64%) Performance Management
4 2 (9.09%) Time Management
4 2 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (9.09%) Workflow
5 1 (4.55%) Benchmarking
5 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.55%) Data Migration
5 1 (4.55%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (4.55%) Migration
5 1 (4.55%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) ABAP
2 1 (4.55%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (4.55%) CTC Cleared
Vendors
1 14 (63.64%) SAP
2 7 (31.82%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Workday