Hybrid/Remote Payroll Consultant Job Trends

Payroll Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Payroll Consultant salary for remote or hybrid work is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 420 489 518
Rank change year-on-year +69 +29 +294
Permanent jobs requiring a Payroll Consultant 4 15 12
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.025% 0.064% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.066% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 7
10th Percentile £72,750 £56,000 £48,550
25th Percentile £73,125 £72,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +42.86% -19.23%
75th Percentile £76,875 £77,500 £67,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £78,125 £77,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £55,250
% change year-on-year - +35.75% -15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 15,114 22,579 23,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 96.27% 96.48%
Number of salaries quoted 9,007 14,453 19,724
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,399
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,738 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,458 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Payroll Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Payroll Consultant
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for remote Payroll Consultant job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Payroll Consultant job vacancies

Payroll Consultant Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Payroll Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) SAP
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Payroll
1 3 (75.00%) SAP HCM
1 3 (75.00%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) SLA
2 2 (50.00%) SAP HR
3 1 (25.00%) Advertising
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) ABAP
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) SAP ERP
3 1 (25.00%) OCI
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared

Payroll Consultant 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) SAP HCM
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (50.00%) SAP HR
3 1 (25.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (25.00%) OCI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle