Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 993,702 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	980,525	98.67 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	9,916	1.00 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,261	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 19,110 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 82,809 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	18,856	81,710
Contract	253	1,098

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

The busiest month for new contract Recruitment Jobs is also October, and the quietest month is 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
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
August 2024	3,400

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	33	£66,570.00	£69,695.00	£72,820.00
Change Manager	343	£61,090.00	£64,645.00	£68,200.00
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
Resourcing Manager	315	£52,455.00	£56,175.00	£59,890.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	23	£51,725.00	£55,205.00	£58,680.00
Head of People	4	£51,690.00	£54,065.00	£56,440.00
People Business Partner	47	£50,610.00	£51,665.00	£52,725.00
HR Business Partner	534	£49,415.00	£51,515.00	£53,625.00
Partnership Consultant	6	£48,675.00	£51,375.00	£54,075.00
Talent Manager	40	£47,750.00	£50,720.00	£53,695.00
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 Manager	986	£43,880.00	£46,260.00	£48,640.00
Talent Acquisition Manager	8	£40,820.00	£45,005.00	£49,195.00
Employee Relations	528	£43,085.00	£44,755.00	£46,430.00
Resourcing	1,930	£42,180.00	£44,620.00	£47,055.00
Resourcer	1,929	£42,165.00	£44,555.00	£46,945.00
Recruitment Manager	213	£39,815.00	£44,115.00	£48,420.00
HR Consultant	26	£41,810.00	£43,395.00	£44,970.00
Employee Relations Advisor	21	£41,330.00	£43,375.00	£45,420.00
HSE Advisor	24	£41,050.00	£43,375.00	£45,700.00
Senior HR Advisor	81	£40,720.00	£42,090.00	£43,460.00
It Recruiter	35,201	£40,000.00	£42,055.00	£44,110.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	40	£37,055.00	£42,055.00	£47,055.00
Recruiter	34,987	£39,835.00	£41,905.00	£43,975.00
Employee Relations Specialist	33	£38,870.00	£41,885.00	£44,900.00
Recruitment Specialist	113	£37,360.00	£41,820.00	£46,270.00
Recruitment Business Partner	3	£40,200.00	£41,775.00	£43,350.00
HR	4,550	£39,850.00	£41,675.00	£43,490.00
HR Professional	33	£38,915.00	£41,310.00	£43,700.00
Talent Acquisition	96	£37,665.00	£40,250.00	£42,840.00
Human Resources	222	£37,545.00	£39,925.00	£42,310.00
HR Analyst	5	£37,000.00	£39,190.00	£41,375.00
HR Generalist	138	£34,775.00	£36,800.00	£38,820.00
Recruitment Advisor	25	£35,015.00	£36,550.00	£38,090.00
HR Advisor	881	£34,615.00	£36,410.00	£38,210.00
Talent Resourcer	9	£35,000.00	£35,250.00	£35,500.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	438	£30,715.00	£35,240.00	£39,755.00
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	164	£32,390.00	£33,750.00	£35,110.00
HR Trainee	2	£30,000.00	£33,250.00	£36,500.00
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
Recruitment Account Manager	14	£28,915.00	£31,565.00	£34,210.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	92	£27,450.00	£31,310.00	£35,170.00
Employment Advisor	14	£30,140.00	£30,915.00	£31,675.00
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
Driving Recruitment Consultant	2	£29,100.00	£29,850.00	£30,600.00
HR Coordinator	81	£28,310.00	£29,680.00	£31,045.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	8	£26,665.00	£29,665.00	£32,665.00
Internal Recruitment Consultant	10	£27,110.00	£29,665.00	£32,225.00
Recruitment Consultant	3,232	£26,270.00	£29,620.00	£32,970.00
Attendance Officer	12	£28,425.00	£29,300.00	£30,175.00
Recruitment Coordinator	22	£27,490.00	£28,510.00	£29,520.00
Talent Acquisition Specialist	8	£26,315.00	£28,415.00	£30,500.00
HR Administrator	535	£26,975.00	£28,090.00	£29,200.00
Candidate Manager	8	£26,125.00	£27,835.00	£29,540.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	727	£25,870.00	£27,770.00	£29,665.00
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	121	£25,295.00	£25,940.00	£26,580.00
Recruitment Resourcer	197	£24,595.00	£25,770.00	£26,935.00
Resource Planner	7	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Associate Recruiter	2	£24,500.00	£24,750.00	£25,000.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	2	£24,500.00	£24,750.00	£25,000.00
Learning & Development Administrator	1	£23,000.00	£23,000.00	£23,000.00