Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 997,448 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	984,221	98.67 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	9,954	1.00 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,273	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 19,182 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 83,121 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	18,927	82,018
Contract	254	1,102

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

The busiest month for new contract Recruitment Jobs is also October, 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
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
October 2024	24,094
September 2024	3,759

The Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
HR Director	25	£82,945.00	£86,715.00	£90,480.00
Head of HR	37	£65,125.00	£68,485.00	£71,845.00
Change Manager	321	£61,345.00	£64,895.00	£68,435.00
Sourcing Lead	9	£39,165.00	£64,590.00	£90,000.00
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
Global Mobility	14	£53,250.00	£58,350.00	£63,450.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	25	£54,380.00	£58,165.00	£61,945.00
Resourcing Manager	319	£52,090.00	£55,575.00	£59,055.00
Head of People	4	£51,690.00	£54,065.00	£56,440.00
Talent Manager	47	£49,655.00	£52,380.00	£55,105.00
People Business Partner	47	£50,610.00	£51,665.00	£52,725.00
Workday Specialist	2	£48,000.00	£50,500.00	£53,000.00
Policy Manager	11	£45,250.00	£50,000.00	£54,750.00
HR Business Partner	554	£47,000.00	£49,035.00	£51,075.00
Talent Acquisition Manager	12	£44,855.00	£48,455.00	£52,055.00
HR Manager	998	£43,550.00	£45,915.00	£48,275.00
Resourcing	1,986	£41,830.00	£44,265.00	£46,700.00
Resourcer	1,950	£41,820.00	£44,235.00	£46,655.00
Employee Relations	554	£42,280.00	£43,875.00	£45,465.00
HR Consultant	26	£41,810.00	£43,395.00	£44,970.00
HSE Advisor	24	£41,050.00	£43,375.00	£45,700.00
Recruitment Manager	247	£39,110.00	£43,225.00	£47,345.00
Employee Relations Advisor	23	£41,250.00	£43,080.00	£44,920.00
Talent Acquisition	99	£40,455.00	£42,845.00	£45,235.00
Employee Relations Specialist	33	£38,870.00	£41,885.00	£44,900.00
HR	4,670	£40,065.00	£41,850.00	£43,635.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	48	£36,800.00	£41,800.00	£46,800.00
Recruitment Business Partner	3	£40,200.00	£41,775.00	£43,350.00
It Recruiter	36,199	£39,545.00	£41,770.00	£43,995.00
Senior HR Advisor	83	£40,070.00	£41,670.00	£43,280.00
Recruiter	35,328	£39,345.00	£41,595.00	£43,845.00
HR Professional	33	£38,915.00	£41,310.00	£43,700.00
Recruitment Specialist	122	£36,735.00	£41,015.00	£45,285.00
Human Resources	233	£37,305.00	£39,950.00	£42,600.00
HR Analyst	5	£37,000.00	£39,190.00	£41,375.00
HR Generalist	136	£35,655.00	£37,800.00	£39,935.00
HR Advisor	930	£34,790.00	£36,630.00	£38,475.00
Recruitment Advisor	25	£35,015.00	£36,550.00	£38,090.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	466	£30,370.00	£35,290.00	£40,195.00
Talent Resourcer	9	£35,000.00	£35,250.00	£35,500.00
Internal Recruiter	50	£31,135.00	£33,840.00	£36,550.00
Internal Recruitment	50	£31,135.00	£33,840.00	£36,550.00
HR Officer	170	£32,090.00	£33,510.00	£34,925.00
HR Trainee	13	£29,665.00	£33,375.00	£37,090.00
Talent Acquisition Advisor	4	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Recruitment Officer	11	£30,400.00	£32,400.00	£34,400.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	92	£27,450.00	£31,310.00	£35,170.00
Recruitment Account Manager	20	£28,800.00	£30,930.00	£33,065.00
Employment Advisor	14	£30,140.00	£30,915.00	£31,675.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	13	£26,875.00	£30,690.00	£34,500.00
Recruitment Assistant	25	£29,710.00	£30,535.00	£31,365.00
Human Resources Assistant	2	£27,500.00	£30,000.00	£32,500.00
HR Coordinator	88	£28,615.00	£29,970.00	£31,320.00
Recruitment Consultant	3,529	£26,490.00	£29,865.00	£33,240.00
Internal Recruitment Consultant	10	£27,110.00	£29,665.00	£32,225.00
Attendance Officer	12	£28,425.00	£29,300.00	£30,175.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	3	£28,050.00	£29,175.00	£30,300.00
Talent Acquisition Specialist	8	£26,315.00	£28,415.00	£30,500.00
HR Administrator	569	£27,005.00	£28,260.00	£29,510.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	758	£26,340.00	£28,095.00	£29,845.00
Recruitment Coordinator	27	£26,955.00	£28,005.00	£29,055.00
Candidate Manager	8	£26,125.00	£27,835.00	£29,540.00
HR Assistant	200	£26,570.00	£27,520.00	£28,460.00
Delivery Recruiter	4	£24,000.00	£26,000.00	£28,000.00
Recruitment Administrator	127	£25,260.00	£25,835.00	£26,405.00
Recruitment Resourcer	207	£24,660.00	£25,780.00	£26,895.00
Resource Planner	7	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Associate Recruiter	4	£24,500.00	£24,750.00	£25,000.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	4	£24,500.00	£24,750.00	£25,000.00
Recruitment Associate	2	£24,500.00	£24,750.00	£25,000.00
Learning & Development Administrator	1	£23,000.00	£23,000.00	£23,000.00