Payroll Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Payroll Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Payroll Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £584, 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 296 343 470
Rank change year-on-year +47 +127 +148
Contract jobs requiring a Payroll Manager 8 2 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.013% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.014% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £520 - £500
25th Percentile £550 - £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £584 £560 £850
Median % change year-on-year +4.20% -34.12% +65.05%
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £670 - -
UK median daily rate £584 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +10.09% +0.95% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £42.82 - -
25th Percentile £59.41 - -
Median hourly rate £87.05 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.28 - £70.00

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 Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Payroll Manager
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 Manager.

Payroll Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Payroll Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Payroll Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Payroll Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Payroll Manager hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

1 5 (62.50%) SAP
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) PMP
2 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (37.50%) Life Science
3 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Agriculture
3 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
3 3 (37.50%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Google
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis

Payroll Manager 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (12.50%) SAP HR
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) OCI
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Agriculture
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Life Science
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
1 3 (37.50%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Budget Control
5 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) System Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Test Management
5 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
5 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
1 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (50.00%) PMP
2 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Workday