Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,065,701 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,051,152	98.63 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	10,970	1.03 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,579	0.34 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 20,494 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 88,808 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	20,214	87,595
Contract	279	1,212

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Recruitment Jobs

Permanent Recruitment Jobs

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

15,647

Up 148.9% vs last year

Average salary

£37,360.00

Down 6.9% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Recruitment Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

256

Up 141.3% vs last year

Average day rate

£470.00

Down 4.6% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

Up 199.2% vs last year

Average day rate

£480.00

Down 2.2% 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
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
May 2025	4,930
April 2025	5,309
March 2025	7,292

The Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of HR	48	£75,890.00	£81,120.00	£86,345.00
Head Of Human Resources	2	£72,500.00	£75,000.00	£77,500.00
HR Director	14	£64,275.00	£70,060.00	£75,845.00
Sourcing Lead	3	£35,000.00	£67,500.00	£100,000.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	8	£62,715.00	£66,840.00	£70,965.00
Global Mobility Manager	2	£60,000.00	£66,250.00	£72,500.00
Change Manager	349	£61,790.00	£65,220.00	£68,645.00
Resource Planning Manager	2	£57,775.00	£63,900.00	£70,000.00
HR Operations Partner	8	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Workday Specialist	7	£49,000.00	£57,750.00	£66,500.00
Head of People	10	£53,345.00	£55,780.00	£58,220.00
Policy Manager	10	£51,250.00	£54,835.00	£58,415.00
Talent Acquisition Manager	8	£52,090.00	£54,590.00	£57,090.00
Resourcing Manager	272	£50,915.00	£53,850.00	£56,785.00
People Business Partner	59	£51,225.00	£53,310.00	£55,390.00
Sourcing Manager	2	£47,500.00	£51,250.00	£55,000.00
HR Business Partner	565	£48,620.00	£50,595.00	£52,575.00
Talent Manager	46	£47,510.00	£50,580.00	£53,645.00
Team Coordinator	1	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Global Mobility	22	£45,035.00	£49,885.00	£54,735.00
HR Manager	964	£44,585.00	£46,970.00	£49,350.00
HR Consultant	78	£42,540.00	£44,445.00	£46,350.00
HR Professional	47	£41,440.00	£44,435.00	£47,425.00
HSE Advisor	19	£40,950.00	£44,065.00	£47,175.00
Recruitment Manager	374	£39,495.00	£43,700.00	£47,900.00
HR Generalist	180	£40,055.00	£42,280.00	£44,500.00
Senior HR Advisor	88	£40,265.00	£42,165.00	£44,070.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	28	£38,000.00	£42,125.00	£46,250.00
It Recruiter	36,417	£38,975.00	£41,300.00	£43,615.00
Resourcer	2,272	£39,130.00	£41,255.00	£43,390.00
Resourcing	2,257	£38,995.00	£41,180.00	£43,355.00
Recruiter	35,903	£38,430.00	£40,900.00	£43,375.00
HR	5,048	£38,145.00	£40,290.00	£42,435.00
Employee Relations	720	£38,285.00	£40,060.00	£41,825.00
Talent Acquisition	71	£36,975.00	£39,145.00	£41,320.00
Employee Relations Advisor	31	£36,780.00	£38,940.00	£41,115.00
Employee Relations Specialist	53	£38,915.00	£38,915.00	£38,915.00
Human Resources	220	£33,815.00	£37,250.00	£40,685.00
HR Advisor	1,031	£35,385.00	£37,150.00	£38,915.00
Recruitment Advisor	48	£35,415.00	£36,500.00	£37,585.00
Global Mobility Consultant	10	£35,000.00	£36,000.00	£37,000.00
HR Analyst	2	£34,000.00	£35,875.00	£37,750.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	557	£30,595.00	£35,445.00	£40,290.00
Recruitment Specialist	175	£33,060.00	£34,700.00	£36,335.00
Internal Recruitment	47	£31,420.00	£34,465.00	£37,510.00
HR Trainee	99	£28,500.00	£33,815.00	£39,125.00
Internal Recruiter	45	£31,490.00	£33,790.00	£36,095.00
Employment Advisor	31	£32,695.00	£33,540.00	£34,380.00
Internal Recruitment Consultant	2	£29,500.00	£33,500.00	£37,500.00
HR Officer	180	£32,100.00	£33,375.00	£34,655.00
Attendance Officer	1	£31,525.00	£32,625.00	£33,700.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	124	£28,125.00	£32,000.00	£35,875.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	15	£27,330.00	£31,545.00	£35,750.00
Learning & Development Advisor	2	£29,700.00	£30,950.00	£32,200.00
HR Coordinator	118	£29,265.00	£30,895.00	£32,520.00
Recruitment Account Manager	52	£28,530.00	£30,655.00	£32,770.00
Recruitment Officer	19	£29,845.00	£30,620.00	£31,395.00
Employment Engagement Officer	9	£30,000.00	£30,500.00	£31,000.00
Recruitment Assistant	6	£29,125.00	£30,500.00	£31,875.00
Recruitment Consultant	4,408	£27,030.00	£30,430.00	£33,825.00
Job Coach	4	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	12	£28,665.00	£29,960.00	£31,250.00
HR Administrator	655	£27,475.00	£29,330.00	£31,190.00
Delivery Recruiter	2	£28,000.00	£29,000.00	£30,000.00
Onboarding Coordinator	5	£28,375.00	£28,375.00	£28,375.00
HR Assistant	182	£27,390.00	£28,340.00	£29,290.00
Recruitment Coordinator	29	£26,885.00	£27,690.00	£28,490.00
Candidate Manager	18	£25,625.00	£27,640.00	£29,650.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	816	£25,530.00	£27,275.00	£29,025.00
Recruitment Administrator	106	£26,435.00	£27,260.00	£28,080.00
Recruitment Associate	25	£25,265.00	£26,590.00	£27,925.00
Learning & Development Administrator	4	£26,500.00	£26,500.00	£26,500.00
Recruitment Resourcer	207	£25,160.00	£26,390.00	£27,615.00
Human Resources Assistant	2	£26,350.00	£26,350.00	£26,350.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	31	£25,260.00	£26,330.00	£27,410.00
Associate Recruiter	31	£25,155.00	£26,200.00	£27,250.00
Resource Planner	7	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00