HR Analyst Jobs

Human Resources Analyst
UK

The median Human Resources Analyst salary in the UK is £46,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 696 756 763
Rank change year-on-year +60 +7 +370
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring an HR Analyst 22 66 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.076% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.080% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 18 23 38
10th Percentile £36,450 £31,800 £32,675
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% - -15.79%
75th Percentile £56,250 £70,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £59,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £39,134 £35,500
% change year-on-year +8.60% +10.24% -20.22%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 54,778 82,845 66,698
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.27% 95.23% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 30,038 52,325 47,360
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,000 £71,915 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £90,519 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year - -5.21% +0.48%

HR Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for HR Analyst in the UK

HR Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for HR Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for HR Analyst job vacancies in the UK

HR Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing HR Analyst over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Salary histogram for HR Analyst in the UK

HR Analyst
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HR Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 22 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +53 20 £43,750 -30.00% 28
UK excluding London +63 17 £42,500 +8.60% 23
Midlands +54 9 £42,500 - 3
West Midlands +41 9 £42,500 - 2
London +61 5 £65,000 -7.14% 8
Work from Home +38 5 £42,500 -32.00% 18
North of England -36 3 £25,500 -28.17% 4
Yorkshire +12 2 £25,500 - 1
Scotland - 2 £53,750 - 3
East of England - 2 £46,500 -
South West +85 1 £42,500 -45.16% 9
North West -56 1 £42,500 +19.72% 3

HR Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 August 2025, HR Analyst 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 featuring HR Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (54.55%) Law
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 10 (45.45%) SAP
2 10 (45.45%) SuccessFactors
3 9 (40.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (36.36%) Finance
4 8 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (31.82%) Analytics
5 7 (31.82%) Process Improvement
6 6 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (27.27%) SLA
6 6 (27.27%) Change Management
6 6 (27.27%) Power Platform
6 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (27.27%) Power BI
6 6 (27.27%) GDPR
7 5 (22.73%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (22.73%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (22.73%) SQL
7 5 (22.73%) Oracle
7 5 (22.73%) Legal
7 5 (22.73%) Service Delivery
7 5 (22.73%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (18.18%) GISP
8 4 (18.18%) Problem Management
8 4 (18.18%) Migration
8 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
8 4 (18.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (18.18%) Business Strategy

HR Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (40.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) iTrent
2 1 (4.55%) ResourceLink
2 1 (4.55%) SAP HR
2 1 (4.55%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) SuccessFactors
2 6 (27.27%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) OCI
4 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Power BI
2 5 (22.73%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (13.64%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (9.09%) Tableau
General
1 12 (54.55%) Law
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Finance
3 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (22.73%) Legal
5 3 (13.64%) Marketing
6 2 (9.09%) Financial Institution
6 2 (9.09%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (31.82%) Analytics
2 7 (31.82%) Process Improvement
3 6 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (27.27%) Change Management
4 5 (22.73%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (22.73%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (22.73%) Service Delivery
5 4 (18.18%) Business Strategy
5 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
5 4 (18.18%) Data Analytics
5 4 (18.18%) Migration
5 4 (18.18%) Problem Management
5 4 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (13.64%) Data Modelling
6 3 (13.64%) Data Privacy
6 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.64%) Test Scripting
6 3 (13.64%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) GISP
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) GDPR
1 6 (27.27%) SLA
2 4 (18.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (13.64%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) SAP
2 5 (22.73%) Oracle
3 3 (13.64%) Alteryx
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.55%) Workday