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Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,120,841 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,105,428	98.62 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	11,692	1.04 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,721	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 21,555 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 93,403 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	21,258	92,118
Contract	296	1,284

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: September 2026

Jobs listed

10,143

Up 9.1% vs last year

Average salary

£39,640.00

Up 0.3% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Recruitment Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 56.5% vs last year

Average day rate

£530.00

Up 3.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 64.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£460.00

Down 8.9% 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
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
October 2025	5,738

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	£67,140.00	£71,020.00	£74,895.00
HR Director	42	£63,945.00	£67,495.00	£71,040.00
Global Mobility Manager	2	£60,000.00	£66,250.00	£72,500.00
Workday Specialist	3	£50,000.00	£65,000.00	£80,000.00
Change Manager	560	£59,270.00	£62,520.00	£65,770.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	59	£59,505.00	£62,520.00	£65,530.00
Recruitment Director	2	£50,000.00	£62,500.00	£75,000.00
Sourcing Lead	5	£32,500.00	£58,750.00	£85,000.00
Head of People	17	£53,125.00	£56,460.00	£59,790.00
Sourcing Manager	8	£51,775.00	£54,640.00	£57,500.00
Policy Manager	9	£49,140.00	£51,685.00	£54,215.00
HR Business Partner	727	£49,235.00	£51,650.00	£54,065.00
Learning & Development Manager	2	£47,500.00	£51,250.00	£55,000.00
Resourcing Manager	307	£48,065.00	£51,110.00	£54,160.00
People Business Partner	71	£47,390.00	£49,860.00	£52,325.00
Global Mobility	23	£45,045.00	£48,390.00	£51,730.00
HR Manager	1,242	£44,845.00	£47,485.00	£50,125.00
Talent Manager	48	£42,025.00	£45,150.00	£48,265.00
HR Consultant	93	£42,355.00	£44,450.00	£46,545.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	8	£40,500.00	£43,540.00	£46,590.00
HSE Advisor	50	£41,290.00	£43,465.00	£45,635.00
HR Generalist	274	£40,215.00	£42,245.00	£44,265.00
Resourcer	2,694	£39,925.00	£42,215.00	£44,510.00
Employee Relations	1,019	£40,000.00	£42,180.00	£44,360.00
Senior HR Advisor	132	£39,955.00	£42,100.00	£44,245.00
HR	6,314	£38,900.00	£41,150.00	£43,400.00
Employee Relations Specialist	53	£40,515.00	£41,055.00	£41,595.00
Resourcing	2,671	£38,635.00	£40,985.00	£43,340.00
Recruitment Manager	457	£37,300.00	£40,680.00	£44,060.00
HR Professional	218	£38,585.00	£40,410.00	£42,240.00
Talent Acquisition Specialist	10	£37,840.00	£39,915.00	£42,000.00
It Recruiter	43,278	£36,325.00	£38,890.00	£41,455.00
Recruiter	42,675	£35,975.00	£38,590.00	£41,205.00
Human Resources	280	£35,660.00	£38,315.00	£40,975.00
Talent Acquisition	106	£35,805.00	£37,710.00	£39,605.00
Employee Relations Advisor	29	£35,440.00	£37,680.00	£39,915.00
HR Advisor	1,406	£35,905.00	£37,520.00	£39,135.00
Recruitment Advisor	41	£35,465.00	£36,735.00	£38,000.00
Team Coordinator	23	£35,060.00	£36,170.00	£37,285.00
Global Mobility Consultant	10	£35,000.00	£36,000.00	£37,000.00
Recruitment Specialist	314	£33,260.00	£35,745.00	£38,240.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	598	£31,175.00	£35,110.00	£39,040.00
Learning & Development Advisor	6	£32,875.00	£34,965.00	£37,050.00
Internal Recruitment	71	£31,835.00	£34,105.00	£36,370.00
HR Trainee	75	£28,000.00	£34,000.00	£40,000.00
Internal Recruiter	76	£31,765.00	£33,990.00	£36,205.00
HR Officer	220	£32,560.00	£33,795.00	£35,035.00
Employment Advisor	63	£32,635.00	£33,335.00	£34,035.00
Recruitment Business Partner	4	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	139	£28,955.00	£32,185.00	£35,420.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
Candidate Manager	46	£29,455.00	£31,435.00	£33,415.00
HR Coordinator	163	£29,595.00	£31,095.00	£32,595.00
Recruitment Consultant	5,121	£27,870.00	£30,915.00	£33,960.00
Recruitment Officer	23	£29,945.00	£30,745.00	£31,550.00
Recruitment Account Manager	73	£28,780.00	£30,720.00	£32,655.00
Employment Engagement Officer	11	£30,000.00	£30,335.00	£30,665.00
HR Administrator	854	£28,430.00	£30,020.00	£31,625.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	17	£29,020.00	£29,990.00	£30,955.00
Recruitment Assistant	38	£28,590.00	£29,885.00	£31,180.00
Delivery Recruiter	6	£28,250.00	£29,750.00	£31,250.00
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	259	£28,100.00	£29,185.00	£30,265.00
Recruitment Coordinator	45	£27,185.00	£28,360.00	£29,535.00
Recruitment Administrator	131	£26,990.00	£27,955.00	£28,915.00
Recruitment Associate	37	£25,805.00	£27,590.00	£29,385.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	875	£25,985.00	£27,390.00	£28,805.00
Recruitment Resourcer	308	£25,900.00	£27,315.00	£28,730.00
Associate Recruiter	45	£25,690.00	£27,120.00	£28,555.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	38	£25,745.00	£26,995.00	£28,250.00
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