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Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,107,181 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,091,890	98.62 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	11,587	1.05 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,704	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 21,292 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 92,265 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	20,997	90,990
Contract	294	1,274

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: July 2026

Jobs listed

7,694

Down 15.4% vs last year

Average salary

£38,245.00

Down 3.7% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Recruitment Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: July 2026

Jobs listed

Down 29.1% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Down 0.8% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: July 2026

Jobs listed

Down 30.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£535.00

Up 11.0% 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
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
August 2025	6,938

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	57	£67,260.00	£71,305.00	£75,340.00
HR Director	25	£65,940.00	£69,635.00	£73,330.00
Global Mobility Manager	2	£60,000.00	£66,250.00	£72,500.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	33	£63,175.00	£66,230.00	£69,280.00
Workday Specialist	5	£50,000.00	£65,000.00	£80,000.00
Change Manager	528	£60,430.00	£63,470.00	£66,510.00
Recruitment Director	2	£50,000.00	£62,500.00	£75,000.00
Talent Acquisition Manager	2	£61,000.00	£62,250.00	£63,500.00
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	634	£49,700.00	£52,080.00	£54,455.00
Policy Manager	9	£49,140.00	£51,685.00	£54,215.00
Resourcing Manager	302	£48,240.00	£51,255.00	£54,275.00
Global Mobility	25	£45,535.00	£50,360.00	£55,185.00
People Business Partner	61	£47,730.00	£49,955.00	£52,180.00
HR Manager	1,078	£43,955.00	£46,490.00	£49,025.00
Talent Manager	51	£43,255.00	£46,120.00	£48,980.00
HR Generalist	215	£42,185.00	£44,525.00	£46,860.00
HR Consultant	83	£41,710.00	£44,075.00	£46,435.00
HSE Advisor	37	£40,095.00	£42,900.00	£45,705.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	16	£38,665.00	£42,360.00	£46,060.00
Senior HR Advisor	124	£39,735.00	£41,915.00	£44,090.00
HR Professional	99	£39,480.00	£41,755.00	£44,030.00
Employee Relations	908	£39,615.00	£41,610.00	£43,600.00
HR	5,852	£38,950.00	£41,145.00	£43,330.00
Resourcer	2,670	£38,875.00	£41,140.00	£43,420.00
Employee Relations Specialist	35	£40,700.00	£41,100.00	£41,500.00
Recruitment Manager	463	£37,550.00	£41,080.00	£44,610.00
Resourcing	2,636	£38,720.00	£41,065.00	£43,415.00
Talent Acquisition Specialist	10	£37,840.00	£39,915.00	£42,000.00
Recruiter	41,581	£36,540.00	£39,275.00	£42,010.00
It Recruiter	42,398	£36,540.00	£39,005.00	£41,465.00
Employee Relations Advisor	24	£35,625.00	£38,740.00	£41,850.00
Talent Acquisition	109	£36,070.00	£38,110.00	£40,145.00
Human Resources	271	£34,425.00	£37,525.00	£40,620.00
Team Coordinator	15	£36,270.00	£37,255.00	£38,240.00
HR Advisor	1,308	£35,630.00	£37,170.00	£38,700.00
Recruitment Advisor	47	£35,685.00	£36,640.00	£37,600.00
Global Mobility Consultant	10	£35,000.00	£36,000.00	£37,000.00
Recruitment Specialist	291	£33,100.00	£35,275.00	£37,450.00
Learning & Development Advisor	6	£32,875.00	£34,965.00	£37,050.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	601	£30,695.00	£34,560.00	£38,430.00
Internal Recruitment	68	£31,725.00	£34,425.00	£37,120.00
HR Trainee	97	£28,200.00	£33,925.00	£39,650.00
Internal Recruiter	66	£31,815.00	£33,915.00	£36,015.00
HR Officer	203	£32,235.00	£33,500.00	£34,770.00
Attendance Officer	1	£31,525.00	£32,625.00	£33,700.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	9	£27,665.00	£32,590.00	£37,500.00
Recruitment Business Partner	4	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	133	£28,810.00	£32,385.00	£35,960.00
Employment Advisor	57	£30,940.00	£31,670.00	£32,395.00
Recruitment Officer	21	£30,105.00	£31,040.00	£31,975.00
HR Coordinator	152	£29,420.00	£30,925.00	£32,425.00
Recruitment Consultant	5,094	£27,710.00	£30,815.00	£33,925.00
Employment Engagement Officer	11	£30,000.00	£30,335.00	£30,665.00
HR Administrator	768	£28,330.00	£30,035.00	£31,750.00
Recruitment Account Manager	66	£27,930.00	£30,015.00	£32,090.00
Job Coach	4	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Recruitment Assistant	33	£28,675.00	£29,905.00	£31,130.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	17	£28,640.00	£29,795.00	£30,950.00
Candidate Manager	34	£27,725.00	£29,560.00	£31,395.00
Delivery Recruiter	2	£28,000.00	£29,000.00	£30,000.00
HR Assistant	223	£27,890.00	£28,855.00	£29,820.00
Onboarding Coordinator	5	£28,375.00	£28,375.00	£28,375.00
Recruitment Administrator	118	£26,860.00	£27,775.00	£28,695.00
Recruitment Coordinator	50	£26,430.00	£27,585.00	£28,740.00
Recruitment Associate	39	£25,715.00	£27,305.00	£28,905.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	847	£25,865.00	£27,275.00	£28,695.00
Recruitment Resourcer	306	£25,615.00	£26,975.00	£28,340.00
Associate Recruiter	45	£25,505.00	£26,785.00	£28,070.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	38	£25,495.00	£26,745.00	£28,000.00
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