Payroll Consultant
UK

The median Payroll Consultant salary in the UK is £65,000 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 886 921 1189
Rank change year-on-year +35 +268 -311
Permanent jobs requiring a Payroll Consultant 8 72 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.069% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.075% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 5 22 21
10th Percentile £57,250 £47,125 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% +9.43%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,438 £76,250
90th Percentile - £97,375 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £92,500 -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Payroll Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Payroll Consultant in the UK

Payroll Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Payroll Consultant.

Salary trend for Payroll Consultant in the UK

Payroll Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Payroll Consultant over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Payroll Consultant in the UK

Payroll Consultant
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Payroll Consultant within the UK 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
England +87 7 £65,000 -21.21% 14
London +144 5 £65,000 -21.21% 3
Work from Home +55 3 £57,500 -23.33% 17
UK excluding London -35 2 - - 10
South East +25 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 1

Payroll Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Payroll Consultant 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 Payroll Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Oracle
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle Payroll
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) OCI
3 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Presales
3 2 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 2 (25.00%) PhD
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (12.50%) QA
4 1 (12.50%) SAP HCM
4 1 (12.50%) System Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) SAP HR
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Workday HCM
4 1 (12.50%) Workday
4 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering

Payroll Consultant 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (12.50%) SAP HCM
2 1 (12.50%) SAP HR
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (12.50%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) OCI
2 2 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (25.00%) Presales
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (25.00%) PhD
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Workday