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Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,084,008 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,069,232	98.64 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	11,156	1.03 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,620	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 20,846 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 90,334 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	20,561	89,102
Contract	284	1,231

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

The busiest month for new contract Recruitment Jobs is January, and the quietest month is also June.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Recruitment Jobs

Permanent Recruitment Jobs

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

12,856

Up 60.2% vs last year

Average salary

£39,485.00

Down 0.2% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Recruitment Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

112

Down 7.7% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 4.0% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

Down 1.2% vs last year

Average day rate

£535.00

Up 10.6% 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
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
July 2025	4,279
June 2025	3,518
May 2025	4,930

The Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of HR	50	£75,765.00	£80,960.00	£86,155.00
Head Of Human Resources	2	£72,500.00	£75,000.00	£77,500.00
HR Director	14	£64,275.00	£70,060.00	£75,845.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	26	£65,470.00	£69,570.00	£73,670.00
Sourcing Lead	3	£35,000.00	£67,500.00	£100,000.00
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	423	£61,585.00	£64,585.00	£67,590.00
Recruitment Director	2	£50,000.00	£62,500.00	£75,000.00
Head of People	10	£53,345.00	£55,780.00	£58,220.00
Talent Acquisition Manager	8	£52,090.00	£54,590.00	£57,090.00
Policy Manager	14	£49,670.00	£53,765.00	£57,850.00
Resourcing Manager	293	£50,785.00	£53,665.00	£56,540.00
Global Mobility	27	£47,530.00	£52,925.00	£58,320.00
HR Business Partner	649	£49,820.00	£52,030.00	£54,245.00
People Business Partner	67	£49,915.00	£51,890.00	£53,870.00
Sourcing Manager	2	£47,500.00	£51,250.00	£55,000.00
Talent Manager	53	£47,360.00	£50,540.00	£53,715.00
HR Manager	1,098	£43,585.00	£45,935.00	£48,280.00
HR Professional	55	£41,415.00	£44,250.00	£47,085.00
HSE Advisor	31	£40,790.00	£44,055.00	£47,315.00
HR Consultant	82	£41,615.00	£43,910.00	£46,205.00
Recruitment Manager	431	£38,900.00	£42,980.00	£47,060.00
Talent Acquisition Specialist	7	£40,675.00	£42,325.00	£44,000.00
HR Generalist	194	£39,850.00	£42,245.00	£44,635.00
Senior HR Advisor	112	£40,100.00	£42,040.00	£43,975.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	32	£37,750.00	£41,690.00	£45,630.00
Employee Relations	833	£39,600.00	£41,505.00	£43,400.00
Team Coordinator	8	£39,915.00	£40,540.00	£41,165.00
Resourcer	2,531	£38,390.00	£40,515.00	£42,645.00
HR	5,797	£38,155.00	£40,345.00	£42,535.00
Resourcing	2,535	£38,145.00	£40,310.00	£42,465.00
It Recruiter	40,017	£37,065.00	£39,725.00	£42,375.00
Recruiter	39,181	£36,700.00	£39,490.00	£42,285.00
Employee Relations Advisor	31	£36,780.00	£38,940.00	£41,115.00
Employee Relations Specialist	53	£38,915.00	£38,915.00	£38,915.00
Human Resources	250	£34,960.00	£38,375.00	£41,790.00
Talent Acquisition	85	£35,105.00	£37,370.00	£39,635.00
HR Advisor	1,187	£35,350.00	£37,080.00	£38,810.00
Recruitment Advisor	50	£35,430.00	£36,750.00	£38,070.00
Global Mobility Consultant	10	£35,000.00	£36,000.00	£37,000.00
HR Analyst	2	£34,000.00	£35,875.00	£37,750.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	630	£30,370.00	£35,075.00	£39,775.00
Learning & Development Advisor	6	£32,875.00	£34,965.00	£37,050.00
Recruitment Specialist	224	£32,490.00	£34,720.00	£36,955.00
HR Trainee	99	£28,500.00	£33,815.00	£39,125.00
HR Officer	216	£32,450.00	£33,670.00	£34,890.00
Internal Recruitment Consultant	2	£29,500.00	£33,500.00	£37,500.00
Internal Recruitment	62	£30,545.00	£33,195.00	£35,840.00
Attendance Officer	1	£31,525.00	£32,625.00	£33,700.00
Internal Recruiter	60	£30,490.00	£32,530.00	£34,570.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	135	£28,515.00	£32,515.00	£36,520.00
Employment Advisor	41	£31,460.00	£32,420.00	£33,380.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	15	£27,330.00	£31,545.00	£35,750.00
HR Coordinator	151	£29,190.00	£30,835.00	£32,475.00
Recruitment Officer	19	£29,845.00	£30,620.00	£31,395.00
Recruitment Account Manager	68	£28,540.00	£30,570.00	£32,590.00
Recruitment Consultant	5,043	£27,255.00	£30,545.00	£33,830.00
Employment Engagement Officer	9	£30,000.00	£30,500.00	£31,000.00
Job Coach	4	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Recruitment Assistant	17	£29,045.00	£29,825.00	£30,605.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	14	£28,430.00	£29,750.00	£31,070.00
HR Administrator	732	£27,905.00	£29,660.00	£31,425.00
Delivery Recruiter	2	£28,000.00	£29,000.00	£30,000.00
HR Assistant	208	£27,535.00	£28,510.00	£29,485.00
Onboarding Coordinator	5	£28,375.00	£28,375.00	£28,375.00
Candidate Manager	22	£26,190.00	£28,200.00	£30,210.00
Recruitment Administrator	94	£26,815.00	£27,745.00	£28,675.00
Recruitment Coordinator	38	£26,755.00	£27,520.00	£28,275.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	910	£25,740.00	£27,315.00	£28,900.00
Recruitment Associate	34	£25,410.00	£26,765.00	£28,125.00
Recruitment Resourcer	279	£25,440.00	£26,685.00	£27,930.00
Learning & Development Administrator	4	£26,500.00	£26,500.00	£26,500.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	40	£25,370.00	£26,495.00	£27,625.00
Associate Recruiter	40	£25,275.00	£26,380.00	£27,485.00
Human Resources Assistant	2	£26,350.00	£26,350.00	£26,350.00