Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,041,531 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,027,369	98.64 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	10,684	1.03 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,478	0.33 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 20,029 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 86,794 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	19,756	85,613
Contract	272	1,180

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

The busiest month for new contract Recruitment Jobs is also January, and the quietest month is also 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
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
April 2025	5,309
March 2025	7,292
February 2025	4,586

The Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of HR	47	£73,175.00	£77,895.00	£82,620.00
Sourcing Lead	3	£35,000.00	£67,500.00	£100,000.00
HR Director	12	£60,345.00	£66,325.00	£72,305.00
Change Manager	291	£62,625.00	£66,080.00	£69,530.00
Resource Planning Manager	2	£57,775.00	£63,900.00	£70,000.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	12	£56,885.00	£60,590.00	£64,300.00
HR Operations Partner	8	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Workday Specialist	7	£49,000.00	£57,750.00	£66,500.00
Sourcing Manager	4	£53,750.00	£56,875.00	£60,000.00
People Business Partner	33	£52,840.00	£55,120.00	£57,405.00
Talent Acquisition Manager	8	£52,090.00	£54,590.00	£57,090.00
Resourcing Manager	231	£51,215.00	£54,225.00	£57,225.00
Head of People	4	£51,690.00	£54,065.00	£56,440.00
Policy Manager	8	£48,125.00	£53,000.00	£57,875.00
Global Mobility	11	£44,750.00	£50,690.00	£56,625.00
HR Business Partner	475	£47,810.00	£49,900.00	£51,990.00
Talent Manager	39	£46,670.00	£49,465.00	£52,260.00
HR Manager	860	£44,360.00	£46,820.00	£49,275.00
HSE Advisor	8	£41,875.00	£44,875.00	£47,875.00
HR Professional	35	£41,690.00	£44,550.00	£47,410.00
HR Consultant	53	£42,510.00	£44,310.00	£46,105.00
Recruitment Manager	305	£39,630.00	£43,890.00	£48,155.00
Senior HR Advisor	82	£40,490.00	£42,175.00	£43,860.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	32	£37,535.00	£41,535.00	£45,535.00
Resourcer	2,038	£38,475.00	£40,650.00	£42,835.00
HR Generalist	143	£38,460.00	£40,630.00	£42,800.00
It Recruiter	31,253	£38,135.00	£40,600.00	£43,055.00
Resourcing	2,037	£38,340.00	£40,565.00	£42,790.00
HR	4,547	£38,250.00	£40,355.00	£42,460.00
Recruiter	30,617	£37,580.00	£40,165.00	£42,755.00
Employee Relations	621	£38,345.00	£40,085.00	£41,815.00
Talent Acquisition	82	£37,005.00	£39,125.00	£41,250.00
Employee Relations Advisor	27	£36,780.00	£38,940.00	£41,115.00
HR Advisor	875	£35,110.00	£36,905.00	£38,700.00
Human Resources	225	£33,350.00	£36,760.00	£40,175.00
Employee Relations Specialist	49	£35,700.00	£36,200.00	£36,700.00
Global Mobility Consultant	4	£35,000.00	£36,000.00	£37,000.00
HR Analyst	2	£34,000.00	£35,875.00	£37,750.00
Recruitment Advisor	46	£34,600.00	£35,300.00	£36,000.00
Recruitment Specialist	155	£33,515.00	£35,175.00	£36,830.00
Senior Recruitment Consultant	503	£30,420.00	£35,065.00	£39,700.00
Internal Recruitment	39	£32,080.00	£34,955.00	£37,825.00
Internal Recruiter	37	£32,265.00	£34,365.00	£36,465.00
HR Trainee	99	£28,500.00	£33,815.00	£39,125.00
Internal Recruitment Consultant	2	£29,500.00	£33,500.00	£37,500.00
HR Officer	170	£31,965.00	£33,210.00	£34,455.00
Employment Advisor	21	£31,595.00	£32,680.00	£33,765.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	113	£27,565.00	£31,640.00	£35,705.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	15	£27,330.00	£31,545.00	£35,750.00
Employment Engagement Officer	3	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
Recruitment Account Manager	37	£28,750.00	£30,965.00	£33,180.00
Learning & Development Advisor	2	£29,700.00	£30,950.00	£32,200.00
HR Coordinator	104	£29,240.00	£30,815.00	£32,380.00
Recruitment Assistant	11	£29,750.00	£30,665.00	£31,585.00
Recruitment Officer	13	£28,960.00	£30,250.00	£31,540.00
Recruitment Consultant	3,945	£26,785.00	£30,160.00	£33,530.00
Job Coach	4	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Driving Recruitment Consultant	12	£28,665.00	£29,960.00	£31,250.00
HR Administrator	609	£27,500.00	£29,240.00	£30,980.00
Delivery Recruiter	2	£28,000.00	£29,000.00	£30,000.00
Onboarding Coordinator	5	£28,375.00	£28,375.00	£28,375.00
Candidate Manager	22	£26,500.00	£28,285.00	£30,065.00
Recruitment Coordinator	23	£27,430.00	£28,230.00	£29,030.00
HR Assistant	198	£27,240.00	£28,225.00	£29,200.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	740	£25,335.00	£27,250.00	£29,165.00
Recruitment Administrator	128	£26,380.00	£27,090.00	£27,800.00
Recruitment Associate	17	£25,065.00	£26,615.00	£28,170.00
Learning & Development Administrator	4	£26,500.00	£26,500.00	£26,500.00
Recruitment Resourcer	201	£25,110.00	£26,365.00	£27,620.00
Human Resources Assistant	2	£26,350.00	£26,350.00	£26,350.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	23	£25,125.00	£26,305.00	£27,490.00
Associate Recruiter	23	£25,000.00	£26,150.00	£27,300.00
Resource Planner	7	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00