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Hris system contracts

UK public sector · 132 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
132
Last 12 months
Median contract
£364k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£1.3bn
124 of 129 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
111
Suppliers
42

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most hris system contracts took 51% of them (67 of 132).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
  • The median contract, £364k, is 3.3 times the median across it & software contracts (£110k).

Who buys hris system

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Karbon Homes4 contracts
  2. 2Sellafield Ltd3 contracts
  3. 3National Audit Office3 contracts
  4. 4Heritage Fund3 contracts
  5. 5City of London Corporation3 contracts
  6. 6NHS Business Services Authority2 contracts
  7. 7Coventry University2 contracts
  8. 8Merseyrail Electrics2 contracts
  9. 9UK Health Security Agency2 contracts
  10. 10Northern Ireland Prison Service2 contracts

Top hris system contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1MHR23 contracts
  2. 2Softcat17 contracts
  3. 3Zellis14 contracts
  4. 4Access UK8 contracts
  5. 5HealthBoxHR Ltd5 contracts
  6. 6OneAdvanced4 contracts
  7. 7HI BOB (UK) LIMITED4 contracts
  8. 8IRIS Software Ltd4 contracts
  9. 9SAP UK Limited3 contracts
  10. 10Workday3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

27Q4 2025*35Q1 202635Q2 202633Q3 20262Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 116 · Wales 6 · Northern Ireland 5 · Scotland 5

London16North East15North West15West Midlands10South East10East Midlands7East of England7South West6Yorkshire and The Humber5Wales5Scotland5Northern Ireland5UK-wide or not stated26

What is included

Core HR, payroll and human capital management (HRIS/HCM) software that holds employee records and pays staff, bought as a licence, SaaS, implementation or fully managed payroll service.

  • Core HR / HR information system (HRIS)
  • Payroll software and payroll processing
  • HCM suites (Workday, Oracle HCM)
  • Integrated HR, payroll and pensions systems
  • Managed or bureau payroll run on the supplier's system
  • HR self-service, absence and analytics modules
  • Legacy HR data archive access
  • HCM tenant health checks and optimisation

What is not included

  • Recruitment and applicant tracking -> it.ent.recruitment-applicant-tracking
  • Employee relations case tracking -> it.ent.hr-case-management
  • Learning management -> it.ent.learning-management-system
  • Shift rostering and time and attendance -> it.ent.staff-rostering-time-attendance
  • Pension scheme administration systems -> it.ent.pensions-administration-system
  • Occupational health case management -> it.ent.occupational-health-system
  • Expenses software bought on its own -> it.ent.expenses-management
  • ERP suites combining finance, HR and procurement -> it.ent.finance-erp-system
  • HR guidance and benchmarking subscriptions (XpertHR) -> it.data.legal-and-professional-information

Often bought by the same buyers