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Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,113,148 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,097,819	98.62 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	11,617	1.04 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,712	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 21,407 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 92,762 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	21,112	91,484
Contract	294	1,277

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: August 2026

Jobs listed

5,956

Down 36.5% vs last year

Average salary

£37,670.00

Down 4.9% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Recruitment Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

132

Down 3.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 1.2% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

Down 26.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£650.00

Up 31.6% 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
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
October 2025	5,738
September 2025	7,653

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	66	£68,880.00	£72,855.00	£76,820.00
HR Director	36	£65,090.00	£68,855.00	£72,615.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	31	£63,890.00	£67,030.00	£70,175.00
Global Mobility Manager	2	£60,000.00	£66,250.00	£72,500.00
Workday Specialist	5	£50,000.00	£65,000.00	£80,000.00
Change Manager	545	£60,940.00	£64,040.00	£67,135.00
Recruitment Director	2	£50,000.00	£62,500.00	£75,000.00
Head of People	14	£56,750.00	£60,750.00	£64,750.00
Sourcing Lead	5	£32,500.00	£58,750.00	£85,000.00
Sourcing Manager	6	£50,665.00	£53,965.00	£57,250.00
HR Business Partner	635	£49,465.00	£52,165.00	£54,860.00
Policy Manager	9	£49,140.00	£51,685.00	£54,215.00
Learning & Development Manager	2	£47,500.00	£51,250.00	£55,000.00
Global Mobility	25	£45,535.00	£50,360.00	£55,185.00
Resourcing Manager	305	£47,430.00	£50,290.00	£53,155.00
People Business Partner	66	£46,765.00	£49,495.00	£52,220.00
Talent Manager	48	£43,135.00	£46,440.00	£49,740.00
HR Manager	1,135	£43,805.00	£46,215.00	£48,625.00
HR Generalist	216	£42,510.00	£44,570.00	£46,625.00
HR Consultant	91	£41,685.00	£43,945.00	£46,205.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	8	£40,500.00	£43,540.00	£46,590.00
HSE Advisor	37	£40,095.00	£42,900.00	£45,705.00
Senior HR Advisor	122	£39,910.00	£42,055.00	£44,200.00
Employee Relations	937	£39,825.00	£41,885.00	£43,940.00
Resourcer	2,667	£39,710.00	£41,805.00	£43,910.00
HR Professional	138	£39,400.00	£41,625.00	£43,850.00
Recruitment Manager	435	£37,785.00	£41,390.00	£45,005.00
Employee Relations Specialist	51	£40,540.00	£41,085.00	£41,625.00
HR	5,996	£38,845.00	£41,065.00	£43,285.00
Resourcing	2,609	£37,955.00	£40,400.00	£42,840.00
Talent Acquisition Specialist	10	£37,840.00	£39,915.00	£42,000.00
It Recruiter	43,318	£36,620.00	£39,200.00	£41,775.00
Recruiter	42,886	£36,035.00	£38,715.00	£41,400.00
Employee Relations Advisor	27	£35,520.00	£38,365.00	£41,210.00
Human Resources	266	£34,955.00	£37,950.00	£40,945.00
HR Advisor	1,354	£35,435.00	£36,980.00	£38,525.00
Recruitment Advisor	52	£35,400.00	£36,485.00	£37,570.00
Talent Acquisition	108	£34,570.00	£36,450.00	£38,320.00
Global Mobility Consultant	10	£35,000.00	£36,000.00	£37,000.00
Team Coordinator	19	£34,560.00	£35,630.00	£36,700.00
Recruitment Specialist	303	£33,075.00	£35,350.00	£37,635.00
Learning & Development Advisor	6	£32,875.00	£34,965.00	£37,050.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	580	£30,640.00	£34,475.00	£38,315.00
Internal Recruitment	68	£31,725.00	£34,425.00	£37,120.00
HR Trainee	86	£28,000.00	£34,000.00	£40,000.00
Internal Recruiter	66	£31,815.00	£33,915.00	£36,015.00
HR Officer	226	£32,365.00	£33,580.00	£34,790.00
Employment Advisor	65	£32,350.00	£33,290.00	£34,230.00
Attendance Officer	1	£31,525.00	£32,625.00	£33,700.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	4	£27,500.00	£32,500.00	£37,500.00
Recruitment Business Partner	4	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	135	£28,910.00	£32,395.00	£35,880.00
Candidate Manager	38	£29,820.00	£31,645.00	£33,470.00
Recruitment Consultant	5,022	£27,775.00	£30,835.00	£33,895.00
HR Coordinator	158	£29,270.00	£30,785.00	£32,290.00
Recruitment Officer	23	£29,945.00	£30,745.00	£31,550.00
Employment Engagement Officer	11	£30,000.00	£30,335.00	£30,665.00
Recruitment Account Manager	62	£28,270.00	£30,300.00	£32,330.00
Recruitment Assistant	37	£28,340.00	£30,040.00	£31,740.00
Job Coach	4	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
HR Administrator	789	£28,320.00	£29,875.00	£31,440.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	16	£28,640.00	£29,795.00	£30,950.00
Delivery Recruiter	6	£28,250.00	£29,750.00	£31,250.00
Onboarding Coordinator	7	£29,190.00	£29,565.00	£29,940.00
HR Assistant	244	£27,900.00	£28,865.00	£29,835.00
Recruitment Coordinator	45	£26,815.00	£27,955.00	£29,095.00
Recruitment Administrator	119	£26,940.00	£27,890.00	£28,845.00
Recruitment Associate	39	£25,715.00	£27,305.00	£28,905.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	821	£25,840.00	£27,305.00	£28,775.00
Associate Recruiter	43	£25,645.00	£27,075.00	£28,505.00
Recruitment Resourcer	309	£25,615.00	£26,985.00	£28,355.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	36	£25,530.00	£26,780.00	£28,035.00
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