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Title: Fractional HRBP hourly rate in London | Deftridge
Summary: Fractional HR Business Partner pay in London: median wage £38 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £80. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

TLI · United Kingdom · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Fractional HR Business Partner hourly rate in London

The market median wage for a Fractional HR Business Partner in London is **£37.69 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£80 an hour** on Deftridge, +45% against the United Kingdom rate.

**£80/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£37.69/hr** median wage

**£28-51** middle half of wages

**£1,730** a month at 5 hours a week

## Fractional HR Business Partner 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 | £21.35 | £460 | £44,400 |
| 25th | £28.36 | £610 | £59,000 |
| Median | £37.69 | £820 | £78,400 |
| 75th | £51.07 | £1,110 | £106,200 |
| 90th | £67.55 | £1,460 | £140,500 |

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 a Fractional HR Business Partner, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+49%** median wage against the United Kingdom median of £25.34

- **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 a Fractional HR Business Partner 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manager | £65 | £1,410 |
| Director | £80 | £1,730 |
| Executive | £95 | £2,060 |

- Regular role **£80**

- One-off task **£90**

- Task bundle **£80**

- Expert hour **£105**

## Fractional HR Business Partner pay across United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior Fractional HR Business Partner, highest first; 4 of 12 places shown. By median wage London ranks **1 of 12**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| London | £37.69 | £80 |
| South East | £24.29 | £50 |
| Scotland | £24.27 | £50 |
| East of England | £23.76 | £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.

[Fractional HR Business Partner rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-hrbp/) · [Fractional HR Business Partner jobs in London](https://deftridge.com/jobs/fractional-hrbp/london/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
