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Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,093,497 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,078,495	98.63 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	11,351	1.04 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,651	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 21,029 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 91,125 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	20,740	89,874
Contract	288	1,250

The busiest month for new permanent Recruitment Jobs in the UK is March, whilst the quietest month is June.

The busiest month for new contract Recruitment Jobs is January, and the quietest month is also June.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Recruitment Jobs

Permanent Recruitment Jobs

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

7,242

Down 16.3% vs last year

Average salary

£40,370.00

Up 2.4% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Recruitment Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

119

Down 3.3% vs last year

Average day rate

£550.00

Up 9.6% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

Down 46.1% vs last year

Average day rate

£485.00

Up 0.1% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed Recruitment Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
May 2026	7,242
April 2026	12,856
March 2026	17,117
February 2026	15,647
January 2026	16,886
December 2025	4,190
November 2025	4,115
October 2025	5,738
September 2025	7,653
August 2025	6,938
July 2025	4,279
June 2025	3,518

The Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
HR Director	18	£75,775.00	£81,660.00	£87,545.00
Head of HR	52	£73,170.00	£77,870.00	£82,570.00
Head Of Human Resources	2	£72,500.00	£75,000.00	£77,500.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	28	£66,225.00	£70,060.00	£73,890.00
Sourcing Lead	3	£35,000.00	£67,500.00	£100,000.00
Global Mobility Manager	2	£60,000.00	£66,250.00	£72,500.00
Workday Specialist	5	£50,000.00	£65,000.00	£80,000.00
Change Manager	475	£61,550.00	£64,770.00	£67,990.00
Head of People	10	£60,220.00	£64,220.00	£68,220.00
Recruitment Director	2	£50,000.00	£62,500.00	£75,000.00
Talent Acquisition Manager	6	£61,000.00	£62,250.00	£63,500.00
People Business Partner	67	£50,650.00	£52,945.00	£55,245.00
Global Mobility	27	£47,530.00	£52,925.00	£58,320.00
HR Business Partner	680	£50,065.00	£52,265.00	£54,460.00
Policy Manager	9	£49,140.00	£51,685.00	£54,215.00
Resourcing Manager	314	£48,875.00	£51,515.00	£54,155.00
Sourcing Manager	2	£47,500.00	£51,250.00	£55,000.00
Talent Manager	59	£45,860.00	£48,915.00	£51,965.00
HR Manager	1,067	£45,635.00	£48,145.00	£50,655.00
HR Consultant	78	£42,780.00	£44,805.00	£46,825.00
HR Professional	55	£40,805.00	£43,390.00	£45,975.00
HR Generalist	189	£40,875.00	£43,265.00	£45,650.00
HSE Advisor	33	£39,465.00	£42,690.00	£45,910.00
Talent Acquisition Specialist	7	£40,675.00	£42,325.00	£44,000.00
Recruitment Manager	449	£38,385.00	£42,265.00	£46,150.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	27	£38,450.00	£42,165.00	£45,885.00
Senior HR Advisor	104	£39,640.00	£41,685.00	£43,730.00
Employee Relations	855	£39,770.00	£41,645.00	£43,520.00
Resourcer	2,680	£39,085.00	£41,305.00	£43,535.00
HR	6,060	£38,965.00	£41,240.00	£43,515.00
Resourcing	2,684	£38,845.00	£41,150.00	£43,450.00
Employee Relations Specialist	42	£39,900.00	£39,900.00	£39,900.00
It Recruiter	41,437	£36,575.00	£39,315.00	£42,050.00
Employee Relations Advisor	25	£36,735.00	£39,265.00	£41,800.00
Recruiter	40,241	£36,515.00	£39,180.00	£41,850.00
Human Resources	276	£35,595.00	£39,125.00	£42,650.00
Talent Acquisition	95	£36,690.00	£38,540.00	£40,385.00
Team Coordinator	13	£37,090.00	£37,695.00	£38,300.00
HR Advisor	1,246	£35,840.00	£37,520.00	£39,190.00
Recruitment Advisor	50	£35,430.00	£36,750.00	£38,070.00
Recruitment Specialist	248	£33,755.00	£36,195.00	£38,635.00
Global Mobility Consultant	10	£35,000.00	£36,000.00	£37,000.00
Learning & Development Advisor	6	£32,875.00	£34,965.00	£37,050.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	621	£30,570.00	£34,855.00	£39,140.00
HR Trainee	99	£28,500.00	£33,815.00	£39,125.00
HR Officer	215	£32,255.00	£33,540.00	£34,815.00
Internal Recruitment Consultant	2	£29,500.00	£33,500.00	£37,500.00
Internal Recruitment	76	£30,915.00	£33,370.00	£35,830.00
Internal Recruiter	74	£30,905.00	£32,800.00	£34,695.00
Attendance Officer	1	£31,525.00	£32,625.00	£33,700.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	126	£28,750.00	£32,550.00	£36,350.00
Recruitment Business Partner	4	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Employment Advisor	46	£31,295.00	£32,145.00	£32,995.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	15	£27,330.00	£31,545.00	£35,750.00
HR Coordinator	153	£29,305.00	£30,765.00	£32,220.00
Recruitment Consultant	5,222	£27,440.00	£30,700.00	£33,960.00
Recruitment Officer	19	£29,845.00	£30,620.00	£31,395.00
Recruitment Account Manager	64	£28,565.00	£30,585.00	£32,605.00
Employment Engagement Officer	9	£30,000.00	£30,500.00	£31,000.00
Job Coach	4	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
HR Administrator	728	£28,090.00	£29,835.00	£31,590.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	14	£28,430.00	£29,750.00	£31,070.00
Recruitment Assistant	20	£28,620.00	£29,500.00	£30,380.00
Delivery Recruiter	2	£28,000.00	£29,000.00	£30,000.00
HR Assistant	188	£27,505.00	£28,435.00	£29,365.00
Onboarding Coordinator	5	£28,375.00	£28,375.00	£28,375.00
Candidate Manager	32	£26,455.00	£28,370.00	£30,275.00
Recruitment Coordinator	42	£27,115.00	£27,905.00	£28,690.00
Recruitment Administrator	102	£26,760.00	£27,750.00	£28,740.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	915	£25,745.00	£27,200.00	£28,670.00
Recruitment Associate	41	£25,540.00	£26,940.00	£28,345.00
Recruitment Resourcer	287	£25,475.00	£26,725.00	£27,975.00
Associate Recruiter	47	£25,390.00	£26,560.00	£27,730.00
Learning & Development Administrator	4	£26,500.00	£26,500.00	£26,500.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	40	£25,370.00	£26,495.00	£27,625.00
Human Resources Assistant	2	£26,350.00	£26,350.00	£26,350.00