HR Specialist Jobs in England

Human Resources Specialist
UK > England

The median Human Resources Specialist salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 805 925 1124
Rank change year-on-year +120 +199 -269
Permanent jobs requiring an HR Specialist 17 16 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.020% 0.017% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.019% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 14 15 8
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,000 £57,200
25th Percentile £51,250 £44,000 £58,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -15.61% +146.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £54,000 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £59,250
% change year-on-year +10.00% -15.61% +146.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,251 85,470 125,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,137 54,051 75,614
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

HR Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured HR Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for HR Specialist in England

HR Specialist
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HR Specialist in England.

Salary trend for HR Specialist in England

HR Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing HR Specialist in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for HR Specialist in England

HR Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HR Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +49 8 £48,750 +28.29%
West Midlands +22 6 £55,000 +10.00%
Midlands +2 6 £55,000 +10.00%
North West +9 3 £35,000 +3.18%
North East - 3 £52,500 -
London +143 2 £70,000 -6.67% 1
Yorkshire +96 2 £45,000 +18.42%
South East - 1 - - 4
HR Specialist
UK

HR Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, HR Specialist 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring HR Specialist in the job title.

1 13 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (41.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (41.18%) Data Management
4 6 (35.29%) Data Analysis
4 6 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (35.29%) Visualisation
4 6 (35.29%) Management Information System
4 6 (35.29%) Law
4 6 (35.29%) Data Analytics
4 6 (35.29%) Analytics
4 6 (35.29%) SuccessFactors
4 6 (35.29%) People Analytics
4 6 (35.29%) Power BI
4 6 (35.29%) Power Platform
5 4 (23.53%) Process Improvement
5 4 (23.53%) Legal
6 3 (17.65%) SAP
6 3 (17.65%) SAP HR
6 3 (17.65%) SAP HCM
6 3 (17.65%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (17.65%) Workday
6 3 (17.65%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (11.76%) User Experience
7 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
7 2 (11.76%) Data Validation
7 2 (11.76%) Validation
7 2 (11.76%) Migration
8 1 (5.88%) Risk Management

HR Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) SAP HCM
1 3 (17.65%) SAP HR
1 3 (17.65%) SAP Payroll
1 3 (17.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.88%) iTrent
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Power Platform
1 6 (35.29%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) Power BI
General
1 13 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (35.29%) Law
4 4 (23.53%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
5 1 (5.88%) Local Government
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (41.18%) Data Management
1 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (35.29%) Analytics
2 6 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (35.29%) Data Analysis
2 6 (35.29%) Data Analytics
2 6 (35.29%) People Analytics
2 6 (35.29%) Visualisation
3 4 (23.53%) Process Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Data Validation
4 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.76%) User Experience
4 2 (11.76%) Validation
5 1 (5.88%) ETL
5 1 (5.88%) Information Security
5 1 (5.88%) Market Research
5 1 (5.88%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) SAP
1 3 (17.65%) Workday
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce