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Title: HR Contract Specialist hourly rate in London | Deftridge
Summary: Employment Contract Specialist pay in London: median wage £37 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £60. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

TLI · United Kingdom · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Employment Contract Specialist hourly rate in London

The market median wage for an Employment Contract Specialist in London is **£36.78 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£60 an hour** on Deftridge, +20% against the United Kingdom rate.

**£60/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£36.78/hr** median wage

**£28-51** middle half of wages

**£1,300** a month at 5 hours a week

## Employment Contract Specialist wage percentiles in London

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | £19.59 | £420 | £40,700 |
| 25th | £28.03 | £610 | £58,300 |
| Median | £36.78 | £800 | £76,500 |
| 75th | £51.27 | £1,110 | £106,600 |
| 90th | £96.73 | £2,100 | £201,200 |

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## London in numbers

What sets London apart for an Employment Contract Specialist, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+25%** median wage against the United Kingdom median of £29.35

- **1st of 12** regions by median wage for this role

- **£23** country floor: no United Kingdom rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Employment Contract Specialist in London by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | £60 | £1,300 |
| Manager | £75 | £1,630 |

- One-off task **£60**

- Task bundle **£55**

## Employment Contract Specialist pay across United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior Employment Contract Specialist, highest first; 4 of 12 places shown. By median wage London ranks **1 of 12**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| London | £36.78 | £60 |
| South West | £29.51 | £50 |
| South East | £29.03 | £50 |
| West Midlands | £28.89 | £50 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Employment Contract Specialist rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/) · [Employment Contract Specialist jobs in London](https://deftridge.com/jobs/employment-contract-specialist/london/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
