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Title: Fractional HRBP hourly rate in West Midlands | Deftridge
Summary: Fractional HR Business Partner pay in West Midlands: median wage £23 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £50. Free for professionals.

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

# Fractional HR Business Partner hourly rate in West Midlands

The market median wage for a Fractional HR Business Partner in West Midlands is **£23.25 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£50 an hour** on Deftridge, -9% against the United Kingdom rate.

**£50/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£23.25/hr** median wage

**£17-32** middle half of wages

**£1,080** a month at 5 hours a week

## Fractional HR Business Partner wage percentiles in West Midlands

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 | £13.17 | £290 | £27,400 |
| 25th | £17.49 | £380 | £36,400 |
| Median | £23.25 | £500 | £48,400 |
| 75th | £31.50 | £680 | £65,500 |
| 90th | £41.66 | £900 | £86,700 |

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

## West Midlands in numbers

What sets West Midlands apart for a Fractional HR Business Partner, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-8%** median wage against the United Kingdom median of £25.34

- **6th 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 West Midlands 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 | £40 | £870 |
| Director | £50 | £1,080 |
| Executive | £60 | £1,300 |

- Regular role **£50**

- One-off task **£55**

- Task bundle **£50**

- Expert hour **£65**

## Fractional HR Business Partner pay across United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior Fractional HR Business Partner, highest first; 9 of 12 places shown. By median wage West Midlands ranks **6 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 |
| North West | £23.56 | £50 |
| West Midlands | £23.25 | £50 |
| South West | £22.91 | £50 |
| Northern Ireland | £22.89 | £50 |
| East Midlands | £22.59 | £45 |

## 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 West Midlands](https://deftridge.com/jobs/fractional-hrbp/west-midlands/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
