Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,014,886 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,001,294	98.66 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	10,248	1.01 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,344	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 19,517 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 84,574 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	19,255	83,441
Contract	261	1,132

The busiest month for new permanent Recruitment Jobs in the UK is September, 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
November 2025	4,115
October 2025	5,738
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

The Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
HR Director	10	£86,395.00	£90,330.00	£94,265.00
Head of HR	33	£70,280.00	£74,345.00	£78,405.00
Sourcing Lead	3	£35,000.00	£67,500.00	£100,000.00
Change Manager	255	£61,570.00	£65,000.00	£68,430.00
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
Senior Hr Business Partner	12	£56,885.00	£60,590.00	£64,300.00
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
Resourcing Manager	198	£55,625.00	£59,390.00	£63,150.00
Workday Specialist	7	£49,000.00	£57,750.00	£66,500.00
People Business Partner	38	£53,965.00	£55,275.00	£56,595.00
Talent Acquisition Manager	8	£52,090.00	£54,590.00	£57,090.00
Head of People	4	£51,690.00	£54,065.00	£56,440.00
Talent Manager	31	£50,060.00	£53,215.00	£56,375.00
Global Mobility	11	£44,750.00	£50,690.00	£56,625.00
HR Business Partner	351	£47,605.00	£49,480.00	£51,360.00
HSE Advisor	4	£44,500.00	£49,125.00	£53,750.00
HR Consultant	18	£44,645.00	£46,520.00	£48,395.00
HR Manager	655	£44,280.00	£46,425.00	£48,565.00
HR Professional	29	£43,580.00	£46,155.00	£48,725.00
Recruitment Manager	181	£41,140.00	£45,545.00	£49,960.00
Resourcing	1,584	£41,265.00	£43,705.00	£46,140.00
Resourcer	1,565	£41,185.00	£43,440.00	£45,715.00
HR	3,520	£40,825.00	£42,715.00	£44,610.00
Employee Relations	457	£40,630.00	£42,425.00	£44,210.00
Senior HR Advisor	66	£40,910.00	£42,205.00	£43,505.00
It Recruiter	25,228	£39,830.00	£41,960.00	£44,085.00
Recruiter	24,859	£39,270.00	£41,490.00	£43,715.00
HR Generalist	94	£38,860.00	£41,005.00	£43,155.00
Talent Acquisition	52	£38,715.00	£40,815.00	£42,915.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	30	£36,290.00	£40,335.00	£44,375.00
Employee Relations Advisor	23	£38,135.00	£40,230.00	£42,335.00
HR Analyst	5	£37,000.00	£39,190.00	£41,375.00
Human Resources	161	£35,645.00	£38,915.00	£42,190.00
HR Advisor	615	£35,065.00	£36,835.00	£38,615.00
Recruitment Specialist	96	£34,655.00	£36,045.00	£37,420.00
Global Mobility Consultant	4	£35,000.00	£36,000.00	£37,000.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	348	£30,585.00	£35,385.00	£40,175.00
Recruitment Advisor	38	£34,500.00	£35,375.00	£36,250.00
Employee Relations Specialist	26	£34,335.00	£35,165.00	£36,000.00
Internal Recruitment	21	£31,165.00	£34,590.00	£38,015.00
HR Trainee	49	£29,000.00	£33,625.00	£38,250.00
Internal Recruiter	19	£31,205.00	£33,615.00	£36,020.00
Internal Recruitment Consultant	2	£29,500.00	£33,500.00	£37,500.00
HR Officer	121	£32,105.00	£33,390.00	£34,670.00
Recruitment Officer	5	£31,500.00	£32,500.00	£33,500.00
Employment Advisor	11	£30,750.00	£32,375.00	£34,000.00
Recruitment Assistant	9	£31,125.00	£31,875.00	£32,625.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	73	£27,670.00	£31,820.00	£35,970.00
Recruitment Account Manager	16	£29,400.00	£31,575.00	£33,745.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	15	£27,330.00	£31,545.00	£35,750.00
Employment Engagement Officer	3	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
HR Coordinator	78	£29,335.00	£30,870.00	£32,405.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	5	£29,250.00	£30,375.00	£31,500.00
Job Coach	4	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Recruitment Consultant	2,558	£26,525.00	£29,690.00	£32,855.00
HR Administrator	432	£27,360.00	£28,915.00	£30,480.00
Onboarding Coordinator	5	£28,375.00	£28,375.00	£28,375.00
Recruitment Coordinator	23	£27,430.00	£28,230.00	£29,030.00
HR Assistant	147	£27,085.00	£27,975.00	£28,865.00
Candidate Manager	10	£25,595.00	£27,345.00	£29,095.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	525	£25,165.00	£26,975.00	£28,790.00
Recruitment Administrator	106	£26,030.00	£26,685.00	£27,335.00
Human Resources Assistant	2	£26,350.00	£26,350.00	£26,350.00
Recruitment Resourcer	134	£24,910.00	£26,150.00	£27,385.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	10	£25,065.00	£25,500.00	£25,940.00
Recruitment Associate	4	£24,875.00	£25,315.00	£25,750.00
Associate Recruiter	10	£24,875.00	£25,270.00	£25,655.00
Resource Planner	7	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00