Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,007,044 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	993,654	98.67 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	10,086	1.00 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,304	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 19,366 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 83,920 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	19,108	82,804
Contract	257	1,115

The busiest month for new permanent Recruitment Jobs in the UK is November, 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

Last 12 Month UK Contract Recruitment Jobs

Last 12 Month Total Listed Recruitment Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
October 2025	5,156
September 2025	7,653
August 2025	6,938
July 2025	4,279
June 2025	3,518
May 2025	4,930
April 2025	5,309
March 2025	7,292
February 2025	4,586
January 2025	6,649
December 2024	4,081
November 2024	14,394

The Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
HR Director	11	£86,120.00	£89,420.00	£92,720.00
Sourcing Lead	3	£35,000.00	£67,500.00	£100,000.00
Head of HR	33	£63,405.00	£67,470.00	£71,530.00
Change Manager	248	£62,555.00	£65,990.00	£69,420.00
Resource Planning Manager	2	£57,775.00	£63,900.00	£70,000.00
Sourcing Manager	2	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
HR Operations Partner	8	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Policy Manager	5	£51,250.00	£60,000.00	£68,750.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	16	£55,790.00	£59,820.00	£63,850.00
Workday Specialist	7	£49,000.00	£57,750.00	£66,500.00
Global Mobility	15	£50,915.00	£56,210.00	£61,500.00
Resourcing Manager	216	£51,850.00	£55,500.00	£59,150.00
Talent Acquisition Manager	8	£52,090.00	£54,590.00	£57,090.00
Talent Manager	33	£50,975.00	£54,175.00	£57,375.00
Head of People	4	£51,690.00	£54,065.00	£56,440.00
People Business Partner	42	£51,560.00	£52,935.00	£54,315.00
HR Business Partner	351	£47,025.00	£49,175.00	£51,325.00
HSE Advisor	7	£43,000.00	£46,915.00	£50,835.00
Recruitment Manager	184	£41,670.00	£46,040.00	£50,410.00
HR Consultant	16	£43,525.00	£45,845.00	£48,170.00
HR Manager	683	£43,300.00	£45,725.00	£48,150.00
Employee Relations	456	£42,850.00	£44,450.00	£46,050.00
Resourcer	1,474	£41,300.00	£43,745.00	£46,195.00
Resourcing	1,556	£40,955.00	£43,470.00	£45,980.00
HR Professional	29	£40,250.00	£42,965.00	£45,680.00
Senior HR Advisor	63	£40,915.00	£42,405.00	£43,900.00
It Recruiter	28,578	£39,415.00	£41,675.00	£43,925.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	32	£37,035.00	£41,500.00	£45,965.00
HR	3,479	£39,635.00	£41,480.00	£43,335.00
Recruiter	26,734	£39,035.00	£41,325.00	£43,610.00
Human Resources	180	£37,165.00	£39,970.00	£42,780.00
HR Generalist	98	£37,560.00	£39,855.00	£42,155.00
Employee Relations Advisor	20	£37,670.00	£39,540.00	£41,420.00
Employee Relations Specialist	28	£37,225.00	£39,440.00	£41,650.00
Talent Acquisition	61	£37,495.00	£39,435.00	£41,375.00
HR Analyst	5	£37,000.00	£39,190.00	£41,375.00
Recruitment Specialist	99	£35,900.00	£38,805.00	£41,695.00
Recruitment Advisor	18	£35,500.00	£37,000.00	£38,500.00
HR Advisor	642	£34,690.00	£36,550.00	£38,420.00
Global Mobility Consultant	4	£35,000.00	£36,000.00	£37,000.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	351	£30,470.00	£35,365.00	£40,255.00
Internal Recruitment	25	£30,890.00	£34,325.00	£37,765.00
Recruitment Officer	3	£33,000.00	£34,000.00	£35,000.00
HR Trainee	49	£29,000.00	£33,625.00	£38,250.00
Internal Recruitment Consultant	2	£29,500.00	£33,500.00	£37,500.00
Internal Recruiter	23	£30,865.00	£33,490.00	£36,115.00
HR Officer	123	£32,040.00	£33,320.00	£34,595.00
Employment Advisor	11	£30,750.00	£32,375.00	£34,000.00
Recruitment Assistant	11	£31,250.00	£32,000.00	£32,750.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	80	£27,770.00	£31,945.00	£36,120.00
Recruitment Account Manager	14	£29,535.00	£31,850.00	£34,160.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	13	£27,110.00	£31,560.00	£36,000.00
Employment Engagement Officer	3	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
HR Coordinator	75	£29,095.00	£30,320.00	£31,545.00
Job Coach	4	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	5	£28,700.00	£29,785.00	£30,865.00
Recruitment Consultant	2,491	£26,220.00	£29,780.00	£33,340.00
Attendance Officer	12	£28,425.00	£29,300.00	£30,175.00
Recruitment Coordinator	20	£27,840.00	£28,520.00	£29,200.00
HR Administrator	407	£27,280.00	£28,515.00	£29,755.00
Candidate Manager	8	£26,125.00	£27,835.00	£29,540.00
HR Assistant	142	£26,595.00	£27,545.00	£28,495.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	550	£25,030.00	£26,875.00	£28,715.00
Recruitment Administrator	107	£25,760.00	£26,420.00	£27,080.00
Recruitment Resourcer	133	£24,655.00	£25,890.00	£27,125.00
Talent Acquisition Specialist	2	£24,750.00	£25,625.00	£26,500.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	8	£25,085.00	£25,415.00	£25,750.00
Recruitment Associate	4	£24,875.00	£25,315.00	£25,750.00
Associate Recruiter	8	£24,835.00	£25,110.00	£25,375.00
Resource Planner	7	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00