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Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,124,726 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,109,238	98.62 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	11,759	1.05 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,729	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 21,629 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 93,727 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	21,331	92,436
Contract	297	1,290

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: October 2026

Jobs listed

6,631

Down 30.2% vs last year

Average salary

£38,760.00

Down 2.1% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Recruitment Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

Down 43.3% vs last year

Average day rate

£475.00

Down 7.7% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

Down 83.5% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 3.1% 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
October 2026	6,631
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

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
Senior Hr Business Partner	61	£59,340.00	£62,200.00	£65,055.00
Change Manager	551	£58,440.00	£61,535.00	£64,635.00
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	747	£50,215.00	£52,740.00	£55,265.00
Global Mobility	18	£48,390.00	£52,515.00	£56,640.00
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
HR Manager	1,280	£45,100.00	£47,775.00	£50,455.00
Talent Manager	55	£42,310.00	£45,495.00	£48,675.00
HR	6,096	£42,600.00	£45,090.00	£47,580.00
Reward Analyst	5	£45,000.00	£45,000.00	£45,000.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	8	£40,500.00	£43,540.00	£46,590.00
Resourcing	2,735	£41,050.00	£43,210.00	£45,370.00
HR Consultant	93	£40,605.00	£42,700.00	£44,795.00
Senior HR Advisor	137	£39,980.00	£42,335.00	£44,685.00
HR Generalist	305	£40,380.00	£42,330.00	£44,275.00
HSE Advisor	57	£40,200.00	£42,270.00	£44,340.00
Employee Relations	1,048	£39,935.00	£42,155.00	£44,375.00
Resourcer	2,672	£39,720.00	£41,925.00	£44,130.00
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
It Recruiter	42,828	£38,235.00	£40,590.00	£42,945.00
Talent Acquisition Specialist	10	£37,840.00	£39,915.00	£42,000.00
Recruitment Manager	473	£35,730.00	£39,100.00	£42,465.00
Recruiter	41,764	£36,165.00	£38,825.00	£41,485.00
Talent Acquisition	107	£36,415.00	£38,570.00	£40,715.00
Human Resources	255	£35,800.00	£38,420.00	£41,040.00
Employee Relations Advisor	29	£35,440.00	£37,680.00	£39,915.00
HR Advisor	1,442	£36,015.00	£37,590.00	£39,160.00
Recruitment Advisor	41	£35,465.00	£36,735.00	£38,000.00
Recruitment Specialist	345	£33,575.00	£36,210.00	£38,855.00
Team Coordinator	23	£35,060.00	£36,170.00	£37,285.00
Global Mobility Consultant	6	£35,000.00	£36,000.00	£37,000.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	619	£30,880.00	£34,885.00	£38,885.00
Internal Recruitment	69	£32,315.00	£34,430.00	£36,545.00
Internal Recruiter	79	£31,880.00	£34,085.00	£36,290.00
HR Trainee	50	£28,000.00	£34,000.00	£40,000.00
HR Officer	220	£32,300.00	£33,575.00	£34,850.00
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
Recruitment Business Partner	4	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	143	£28,955.00	£32,410.00	£35,875.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	2	£29,500.00	£31,500.00	£33,500.00
Candidate Manager	53	£29,465.00	£31,400.00	£33,335.00
Recruitment Officer	20	£29,605.00	£30,955.00	£32,310.00
Recruitment Consultant	5,170	£27,945.00	£30,810.00	£33,675.00
HR Coordinator	173	£29,115.00	£30,800.00	£32,475.00
Recruitment Account Manager	73	£28,815.00	£30,755.00	£32,695.00
HR Administrator	894	£28,550.00	£30,165.00	£31,795.00
Employment Engagement Officer	8	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Recruitment Assistant	36	£28,355.00	£29,760.00	£31,170.00
Delivery Recruiter	6	£28,250.00	£29,750.00	£31,250.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	15	£28,690.00	£29,650.00	£30,610.00
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	266	£28,280.00	£29,330.00	£30,385.00
Recruitment Coordinator	47	£27,215.00	£28,480.00	£29,745.00
Recruitment Administrator	134	£27,175.00	£28,130.00	£29,080.00
Recruitment Associate	39	£26,090.00	£27,700.00	£29,320.00
Associate Recruiter	43	£26,005.00	£27,565.00	£29,130.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	884	£26,025.00	£27,455.00	£28,890.00
Recruitment Resourcer	318	£25,920.00	£27,395.00	£28,875.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	39	£25,875.00	£27,390.00	£28,915.00
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