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Title: HRIS Administrator rate in the United Kingdom | Deftridge
Summary: HR Operations & HRIS Administrator pay in the United Kingdom: median wage £17 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £25.

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

# HR Operations & HRIS Administrator hourly rate in United Kingdom

The market median wage for an HR Operations & HRIS Administrator in the United Kingdom is **£17.41 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£25 an hour** on Deftridge.

**£25/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£17.41/hr** median wage

**£16-20** middle half of wages

**£540** a month at 5 hours a week

## HR Operations & HRIS Administrator wage percentiles in United Kingdom

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 | £14.77 | £320 | £30,700 |
| 25th | £15.57 | £340 | £32,400 |
| Median | £17.41 | £380 | £36,200 |
| 75th | £20.30 | £440 | £42,200 |
| 90th | £24.86 | £540 | £51,700 |

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p; aged to October 2026; about 25,000 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## United Kingdom in numbers

What sets the United Kingdom apart for an HR Operations & HRIS Administrator, from the same sources as the table above.

- **£20.91** highest median wage, London

- **£15.73** lowest median wage, Northern Ireland

- **25,000** people employed in the role

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

- For tax year 2026 to 2027, self-employed Class 4 National Insurance is 6% on profits over £12,570 up to £50,270 and 2% on profits over £50,270. [Source](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-national-insurance-rates)

- Class 2 National Insurance does not have to be paid: with profits of £7,105 or more it is treated as paid; below that, voluntary Class 2 is £3.65 a week for 2026 to 2027. [Source](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-national-insurance-rates)

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an HR Operations & HRIS Administrator in the United Kingdom 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist (country floor) | £23 | £500 |
| Senior | £25 | £540 |

- Regular role **£25**

- One-off task **£30**

- Task bundle **£25**

Rows marked country floor would come out lower by the formula; the United Kingdom floor of £23 applies instead.

## HR Operations & HRIS Administrator pay by region in United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior HR Operations & HRIS Administrator, highest first; 9 of 12 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| London | £20.91 | £30 |
| South West | £18.14 | £25 |
| Scotland | £17.82 | £25 |
| East of England | £17.68 | £25 |
| West Midlands | £17.49 | £25 |
| North West | £17.47 | £25 |
| South East | £17.39 | £25 |
| East Midlands | £17.30 | £25 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £16.91 | £25 |

## 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.

[HR Operations & HRIS Administrator rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/hr-operations-hris-admin/) · [HR Operations & HRIS Administrator jobs in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/jobs/hr-operations-hris-admin/united-kingdom/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
