Payroll Manager Jobs

Payroll Manager
UK

As of 31 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Payroll Manager salary in the UK.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 700 885 958
Rank change year-on-year +185 +73 +303
Permanent jobs requiring a Payroll Manager 2 22 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.021% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.022% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 0 14 4
10th Percentile - - £54,250
25th Percentile - £42,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £78,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +21.15% -3.70%
75th Percentile - £95,625 £88,438
90th Percentile - £98,750 £119,375
UK excluding London median annual salary - £90,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +44.00% -

All Permanent 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.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

Payroll Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Payroll Manager in the UK

Payroll Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Payroll Manager in the UK

Payroll Manager
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Payroll Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +173 1 - - 9
England +157 1 - - 16
Work from Home +115 1 - - 11
North of England +37 1 - - 6
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1

Payroll Manager Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Payroll Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) OCI
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Migration

Payroll Manager 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 1 (50.00%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) OCI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle