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Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,124,294 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,108,841	98.63 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	11,730	1.04 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,723	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 21,621 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 93,691 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	21,323	92,403
Contract	297	1,287

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Recruitment Jobs

Permanent Recruitment Jobs

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

10,143

Up 9.1% vs last year

Average salary

£39,640.00

Up 0.3% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Recruitment Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 56.5% vs last year

Average day rate

£530.00

Up 3.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 64.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£460.00

Down 8.9% 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
September 2026	10,143
August 2026	5,956
July 2026	7,694
June 2026	6,482
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

The Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head Of Human Resources	2	£72,500.00	£75,000.00	£77,500.00
Head of HR	80	£67,695.00	£71,435.00	£75,175.00
HR Director	44	£64,705.00	£68,430.00	£72,160.00
Global Mobility Manager	2	£60,000.00	£66,250.00	£72,500.00
Change Manager	567	£60,220.00	£63,475.00	£66,730.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	61	£59,340.00	£62,200.00	£65,055.00
Sourcing Lead	5	£32,500.00	£58,750.00	£85,000.00
Head of People	22	£52,125.00	£55,365.00	£58,605.00
Sourcing Manager	10	£52,330.00	£54,980.00	£57,625.00
HR Business Partner	752	£49,650.00	£52,140.00	£54,625.00
Policy Manager	9	£49,140.00	£51,685.00	£54,215.00
Resourcing Manager	314	£48,300.00	£51,310.00	£54,325.00
Learning & Development Manager	2	£47,500.00	£51,250.00	£55,000.00
People Business Partner	71	£47,390.00	£49,860.00	£52,325.00
Recruitment Director	4	£40,000.00	£48,750.00	£57,500.00
Global Mobility	21	£45,045.00	£48,390.00	£51,730.00
HR Manager	1,301	£44,210.00	£46,660.00	£49,110.00
Talent Manager	55	£42,310.00	£45,495.00	£48,675.00
HR Consultant	95	£42,370.00	£44,275.00	£46,175.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	8	£40,500.00	£43,540.00	£46,590.00
Resourcer	2,747	£40,060.00	£42,440.00	£44,825.00
HSE Advisor	54	£40,280.00	£42,255.00	£44,230.00
HR Generalist	296	£40,260.00	£42,200.00	£44,145.00
Resourcing	2,754	£39,675.00	£42,145.00	£44,615.00
Senior HR Advisor	143	£39,910.00	£42,040.00	£44,165.00
Employee Relations	1,072	£39,785.00	£41,990.00	£44,200.00
HR	6,271	£39,195.00	£41,425.00	£43,655.00
HR Professional	247	£39,090.00	£41,105.00	£43,115.00
Employee Relations Specialist	53	£40,515.00	£41,055.00	£41,595.00
Talent Acquisition Specialist	10	£37,840.00	£39,915.00	£42,000.00
Recruitment Manager	480	£35,940.00	£39,395.00	£42,850.00
It Recruiter	43,527	£36,255.00	£38,835.00	£41,410.00
Recruiter	42,769	£35,945.00	£38,600.00	£41,255.00
Human Resources	263	£35,840.00	£38,575.00	£41,305.00
Talent Acquisition	107	£36,415.00	£38,570.00	£40,715.00
HR Advisor	1,427	£36,280.00	£37,740.00	£39,200.00
Employee Relations Advisor	29	£35,440.00	£37,680.00	£39,915.00
Recruitment Advisor	41	£35,465.00	£36,735.00	£38,000.00
Team Coordinator	23	£35,060.00	£36,170.00	£37,285.00
Global Mobility Consultant	8	£35,000.00	£36,000.00	£37,000.00
Recruitment Specialist	347	£33,360.00	£35,880.00	£38,410.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	624	£30,975.00	£34,895.00	£38,810.00
Internal Recruitment	71	£31,835.00	£34,105.00	£36,370.00
Internal Recruiter	79	£31,880.00	£34,085.00	£36,290.00
HR Officer	226	£32,750.00	£34,010.00	£35,265.00
HR Trainee	59	£28,000.00	£34,000.00	£40,000.00
Employment Advisor	69	£32,410.00	£33,150.00	£33,890.00
Learning & Development Advisor	8	£30,915.00	£32,810.00	£34,700.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	145	£29,125.00	£32,565.00	£36,010.00
Recruitment Business Partner	4	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	4	£28,750.00	£31,500.00	£34,250.00
Candidate Manager	53	£29,465.00	£31,400.00	£33,335.00
Recruitment Officer	22	£29,660.00	£30,960.00	£32,265.00
HR Coordinator	172	£29,300.00	£30,900.00	£32,500.00
Recruitment Consultant	5,306	£27,875.00	£30,870.00	£33,860.00
Recruitment Account Manager	75	£28,835.00	£30,755.00	£32,670.00
HR Administrator	917	£28,560.00	£30,110.00	£31,675.00
Employment Engagement Officer	8	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	16	£28,880.00	£29,845.00	£30,805.00
Recruitment Assistant	36	£28,355.00	£29,760.00	£31,170.00
Delivery Recruiter	6	£28,250.00	£29,750.00	£31,250.00
Attendance Officer	3	£28,550.00	£29,625.00	£30,700.00
Onboarding Coordinator	7	£29,190.00	£29,565.00	£29,940.00
HR Assistant	272	£28,215.00	£29,275.00	£30,330.00
Recruitment Coordinator	47	£27,215.00	£28,480.00	£29,745.00
Recruitment Administrator	128	£26,890.00	£27,850.00	£28,810.00
Recruitment Associate	39	£26,090.00	£27,700.00	£29,320.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	893	£25,980.00	£27,395.00	£28,815.00
Recruitment Resourcer	323	£25,925.00	£27,365.00	£28,800.00
Associate Recruiter	47	£25,890.00	£27,245.00	£28,605.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	43	£25,770.00	£27,030.00	£28,295.00
Learning & Development Administrator	4	£26,500.00	£26,500.00	£26,500.00
Human Resources Assistant	2	£26,350.00	£26,350.00	£26,350.00