Payroll Manager
UK

The median Payroll Manager salary in the UK is £74,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 884 950 1226
Rank change year-on-year +66 +276 -321
Permanent jobs requiring a Payroll Manager 23 10 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.010% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.011% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 3
10th Percentile - £61,750 £57,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £62,500 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,250 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £95,625 £105,625 £68,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £126,250 £69,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +30.77% +13.04% -

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 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Payroll Manager over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Payroll Manager in the UK

Payroll Manager
Top 10 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 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +85 15 £63,000 -3.08% 17
UK excluding London +8 13 £85,000 +30.77% 7
London - 9 £45,000 - 11
Work from Home +66 7 £45,000 -65.38% 8
Scotland - 7 £92,500 - 1
Midlands +1 2 £67,500 - 1
South East -3 2 £71,000 +13.60% 1
North of England - 2 £91,250 - 3
North West - 2 £91,250 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £67,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, 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 13 (56.52%) Business Development
2 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
3 9 (39.13%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (39.13%) SaaS
4 8 (34.78%) Finance
4 8 (34.78%) Legal
4 8 (34.78%) Manufacturing
4 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
4 8 (34.78%) Retail
4 8 (34.78%) Marketing
4 8 (34.78%) Public Sector
4 8 (34.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (34.78%) Onboarding
5 5 (21.74%) Oracle
5 5 (21.74%) SAP
5 5 (21.74%) Systems Analysis
5 5 (21.74%) Workday
5 5 (21.74%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (17.39%) Workday HCM
6 4 (17.39%) Target Operating Model
6 4 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (17.39%) SAP HCM
6 4 (17.39%) Law
6 4 (17.39%) Service Delivery
6 4 (17.39%) GAP Analysis
7 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
8 2 (8.70%) Project Management
8 2 (8.70%) Agile
9 1 (4.35%) Ceridian
9 1 (4.35%) Kanban

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:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) SAP HCM
1 4 (17.39%) Workday HCM
2 1 (4.35%) BambooHR
2 1 (4.35%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) SaaS
2 5 (21.74%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (4.35%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 8 (34.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (34.78%) Legal
2 8 (34.78%) Manufacturing
2 8 (34.78%) Marketing
2 8 (34.78%) Public Sector
2 8 (34.78%) Retail
3 4 (17.39%) Law
4 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (34.78%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Business Development
2 5 (21.74%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (17.39%) GAP Analysis
3 4 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (17.39%) Service Delivery
3 4 (17.39%) Target Operating Model
4 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Agile
5 2 (8.70%) Project Management
6 1 (4.35%) Community of Practice
6 1 (4.35%) Design Thinking
6 1 (4.35%) ERP
6 1 (4.35%) Kanban
6 1 (4.35%) Presales
6 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.35%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (4.35%) Scrum
6 1 (4.35%) User Research
6 1 (4.35%) Waterfall
6 1 (4.35%) WFM
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Oracle
2 5 (21.74%) SAP
2 5 (21.74%) Workday
3 1 (4.35%) Ceridian