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Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,097,147 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,082,046	98.62 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	11,430	1.04 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,671	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 21,099 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 91,429 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	20,808	90,170
Contract	290	1,258

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 October.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Recruitment Jobs

Permanent Recruitment Jobs

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

6,482

Down 26.7% vs last year

Average salary

£40,255.00

Up 1.6% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Recruitment Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

162

Up 27.3% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 2.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

Down 41.1% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Up 3.9% 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
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
September 2025	7,653
August 2025	6,938
July 2025	4,279

The Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
HR Director	23	£71,980.00	£76,965.00	£81,955.00
Head of HR	54	£71,150.00	£75,470.00	£79,785.00
Head Of Human Resources	2	£72,500.00	£75,000.00	£77,500.00
Sourcing Lead	3	£35,000.00	£67,500.00	£100,000.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	30	£63,835.00	£67,230.00	£70,620.00
Global Mobility Manager	2	£60,000.00	£66,250.00	£72,500.00
Change Manager	505	£61,880.00	£65,235.00	£68,590.00
Workday Specialist	5	£50,000.00	£65,000.00	£80,000.00
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
Sourcing Manager	4	£57,500.00	£61,125.00	£64,750.00
Head of People	14	£56,925.00	£60,625.00	£64,325.00
Global Mobility	27	£47,530.00	£52,925.00	£58,320.00
People Business Partner	74	£50,570.00	£52,830.00	£55,090.00
HR Business Partner	695	£49,765.00	£51,950.00	£54,135.00
Policy Manager	9	£49,140.00	£51,685.00	£54,215.00
Resourcing Manager	324	£48,985.00	£51,535.00	£54,090.00
Talent Manager	59	£45,375.00	£48,285.00	£51,195.00
HR Manager	1,109	£44,280.00	£46,805.00	£49,325.00
HR Consultant	80	£42,525.00	£44,500.00	£46,475.00
HR Generalist	189	£41,270.00	£43,665.00	£46,055.00
HSE Advisor	37	£40,095.00	£42,900.00	£45,705.00
HR Professional	64	£40,105.00	£42,390.00	£44,675.00
Talent Acquisition Specialist	7	£40,675.00	£42,325.00	£44,000.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	27	£38,450.00	£42,165.00	£45,885.00
Recruitment Manager	447	£38,415.00	£42,085.00	£45,750.00
Senior HR Advisor	108	£39,745.00	£41,745.00	£43,750.00
Employee Relations	889	£39,610.00	£41,550.00	£43,490.00
HR	6,226	£39,130.00	£41,375.00	£43,615.00
Resourcer	2,713	£38,775.00	£41,070.00	£43,365.00
Resourcing	2,723	£38,590.00	£40,965.00	£43,335.00
Employee Relations Specialist	42	£39,900.00	£39,900.00	£39,900.00
It Recruiter	42,601	£36,900.00	£39,495.00	£42,085.00
Employee Relations Advisor	30	£36,550.00	£39,090.00	£41,625.00
Recruiter	41,249	£36,310.00	£39,010.00	£41,715.00
Human Resources	277	£35,445.00	£38,750.00	£42,050.00
Talent Acquisition	102	£36,470.00	£38,225.00	£39,980.00
Team Coordinator	13	£37,090.00	£37,695.00	£38,300.00
HR Advisor	1,284	£35,785.00	£37,385.00	£38,980.00
Recruitment Advisor	50	£35,430.00	£36,750.00	£38,070.00
Global Mobility Consultant	10	£35,000.00	£36,000.00	£37,000.00
Recruitment Specialist	249	£33,205.00	£35,635.00	£38,070.00
Internal Recruitment	80	£32,530.00	£35,470.00	£38,405.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	629	£30,770.00	£35,230.00	£39,695.00
Internal Recruiter	78	£32,685.00	£35,165.00	£37,650.00
Learning & Development Advisor	6	£32,875.00	£34,965.00	£37,050.00
HR Trainee	99	£28,500.00	£33,815.00	£39,125.00
Internal Recruitment Consultant	2	£29,500.00	£33,500.00	£37,500.00
HR Officer	220	£32,085.00	£33,400.00	£34,715.00
Attendance Officer	1	£31,525.00	£32,625.00	£33,700.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	127	£28,735.00	£32,510.00	£36,280.00
Recruitment Business Partner	4	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	15	£27,330.00	£31,545.00	£35,750.00
Employment Advisor	54	£30,710.00	£31,520.00	£32,325.00
HR Coordinator	155	£29,540.00	£31,065.00	£32,585.00
Recruitment Consultant	5,258	£27,565.00	£30,840.00	£34,110.00
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	11	£30,000.00	£30,335.00	£30,665.00
Recruitment Assistant	26	£29,310.00	£30,165.00	£31,025.00
Job Coach	4	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
HR Administrator	731	£28,245.00	£29,980.00	£31,725.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	14	£28,430.00	£29,750.00	£31,070.00
Delivery Recruiter	2	£28,000.00	£29,000.00	£30,000.00
Candidate Manager	34	£26,725.00	£28,705.00	£30,680.00
Onboarding Coordinator	5	£28,375.00	£28,375.00	£28,375.00
HR Assistant	213	£27,405.00	£28,275.00	£29,140.00
Recruitment Coordinator	46	£27,070.00	£27,870.00	£28,670.00
Recruitment Administrator	102	£26,760.00	£27,750.00	£28,740.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	916	£25,705.00	£27,090.00	£28,480.00
Recruitment Associate	41	£25,540.00	£26,940.00	£28,345.00
Recruitment Resourcer	307	£25,470.00	£26,765.00	£28,060.00
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