HR Consultant Contracts

Human Resources Consultant
UK

The median Human Resources Consultant daily rate in the UK is £588 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

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

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 660 820
Rank change year-on-year +130 +160 -164
Contract jobs requiring an HR Consultant 46 24 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.042% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.045% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 14 23
10th Percentile £412 £416 £325
25th Percentile £450 £433 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £563 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +12.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £626 £579 £573
90th Percentile £630 £600 £918
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -10.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

HR Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for HR Consultant in the UK

HR Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HR Consultant.

Daily rate trend for HR Consultant in the UK

HR Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HR Consultant over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HR Consultant in the UK

HR Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HR Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for HR Consultant in the UK

HR Consultant
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HR Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +128 33 £500 -13.04% 8
Work from Home +133 24 £500 -9.09% 4
UK excluding London +55 13 £500 -13.04% 3
London +112 12 £450 -5.26% 4
Midlands +27 7 £500 -13.04%
East Midlands +13 5 £675 +16.88%
West Midlands +27 2 £438 -23.91%
North of England +26 2 - - 1
North West +19 2 - - 1
South East +13 2 £613 +13.95%
East of England - 2 £488 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, HR Consultant contract 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 contract job ads featuring HR Consultant in the job title.

1 16 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (32.61%) Oracle
3 13 (28.26%) SAP
3 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
4 12 (26.09%) SuccessFactors
5 11 (23.91%) Agile
6 9 (19.57%) Oracle EBS R12
6 9 (19.57%) Public Sector
6 9 (19.57%) Maximo
6 9 (19.57%) E-business
6 9 (19.57%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (17.39%) Project Delivery
7 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (17.39%) SC Cleared
7 8 (17.39%) Security Cleared
8 6 (13.04%) Data Migration
8 6 (13.04%) Migration
9 5 (10.87%) Order to Cash
9 5 (10.87%) Record to Report
9 5 (10.87%) OCI
10 4 (8.70%) Target Operating Model
10 4 (8.70%) Performance Management
10 4 (8.70%) Change Management
11 3 (6.52%) EDI
11 3 (6.52%) Finance
11 3 (6.52%) Data Analysis
11 3 (6.52%) Artificial Intelligence
11 3 (6.52%) Deep Learning
11 3 (6.52%) User Experience

HR 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 9 (19.57%) Maximo
1 9 (19.57%) Oracle EBS
1 9 (19.57%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (4.35%) SAP HR
2 2 (4.35%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (2.17%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.09%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (10.87%) OCI
3 3 (6.52%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Big Data
General
1 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 9 (19.57%) Public Sector
3 8 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Finance
5 2 (4.35%) Local Government
6 1 (2.17%) Legal
6 1 (2.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (23.91%) Agile
3 9 (19.57%) E-business
4 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (17.39%) Project Delivery
5 6 (13.04%) Data Migration
5 6 (13.04%) Migration
6 5 (10.87%) Order to Cash
6 5 (10.87%) Record to Report
7 4 (8.70%) Change Management
7 4 (8.70%) Performance Management
7 4 (8.70%) Target Operating Model
8 3 (6.52%) Artificial Intelligence
8 3 (6.52%) Data Analysis
8 3 (6.52%) Data Governance
8 3 (6.52%) Deep Learning
8 3 (6.52%) Natural Language Processing
8 3 (6.52%) User Experience
9 2 (4.35%) ETL
10 1 (2.17%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 8 (17.39%) SC Cleared
1 8 (17.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 15 (32.61%) Oracle
2 13 (28.26%) SAP
3 3 (6.52%) Phenom
4 1 (2.17%) Ariba
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft