Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Recruitment Jobs Summary

There have been 1,057,479 listed Recruitment Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,043,021	98.63 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	10,897	1.03 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	3,561	0.34 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 20,336 new Recruitment Jobs posted each week, or 88,123 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	20,057	86,918
Contract	278	1,204

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
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
April 2025	5,309
March 2025	7,292

The Highest Paying Recruitment Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of HR	42	£76,955.00	£82,360.00	£87,765.00
Head Of Human Resources	2	£72,500.00	£75,000.00	£77,500.00
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	315	£62,205.00	£65,490.00	£68,765.00
Resource Planning Manager	2	£57,775.00	£63,900.00	£70,000.00
Senior Hr Business Partner	12	£59,540.00	£63,255.00	£66,975.00
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
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
People Business Partner	51	£51,890.00	£53,890.00	£55,880.00
Resourcing Manager	275	£50,720.00	£53,610.00	£56,490.00
Policy Manager	8	£48,125.00	£53,000.00	£57,875.00
Sourcing Manager	2	£47,500.00	£51,250.00	£55,000.00
Talent Manager	44	£47,095.00	£50,315.00	£53,535.00
HR Business Partner	534	£48,225.00	£50,240.00	£52,265.00
Team Coordinator	1	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
HR Manager	926	£44,465.00	£46,845.00	£49,225.00
Global Mobility	17	£42,000.00	£46,400.00	£50,800.00
HR Consultant	78	£42,540.00	£44,445.00	£46,350.00
HSE Advisor	15	£41,000.00	£44,325.00	£47,650.00
Recruitment Manager	347	£39,150.00	£43,440.00	£47,735.00
HR Professional	40	£40,520.00	£43,345.00	£46,170.00
Senior HR Advisor	86	£40,875.00	£42,685.00	£44,500.00
Recruitment Branch Manager	32	£37,535.00	£41,535.00	£45,535.00
HR Generalist	166	£39,095.00	£41,300.00	£43,510.00
It Recruiter	34,845	£38,555.00	£40,980.00	£43,400.00
Recruiter	34,172	£38,035.00	£40,610.00	£43,185.00
Resourcer	2,211	£38,310.00	£40,465.00	£42,625.00
Resourcing	2,210	£38,170.00	£40,380.00	£42,585.00
Employee Relations	667	£38,190.00	£39,960.00	£41,725.00
HR	4,779	£37,790.00	£39,915.00	£42,040.00
Talent Acquisition	85	£37,025.00	£39,170.00	£41,325.00
Employee Relations Advisor	31	£36,780.00	£38,940.00	£41,115.00
Employee Relations Specialist	51	£38,915.00	£38,915.00	£38,915.00
Human Resources	224	£34,455.00	£37,735.00	£41,010.00
HR Advisor	981	£35,105.00	£36,915.00	£38,730.00
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	547	£30,610.00	£35,385.00	£40,150.00
Recruitment Advisor	46	£34,600.00	£35,300.00	£36,000.00
Recruitment Specialist	168	£33,055.00	£34,710.00	£36,355.00
Internal Recruitment	48	£31,240.00	£34,315.00	£37,385.00
HR Trainee	99	£28,500.00	£33,815.00	£39,125.00
Internal Recruiter	46	£31,275.00	£33,715.00	£36,155.00
Employment Advisor	31	£32,695.00	£33,540.00	£34,380.00
Internal Recruitment Consultant	2	£29,500.00	£33,500.00	£37,500.00
HR Officer	176	£32,175.00	£33,495.00	£34,815.00
Attendance Officer	1	£31,525.00	£32,625.00	£33,700.00
360 Recruitment Consultant	127	£28,195.00	£32,430.00	£36,660.00
Commercial Recruitment Consultant	15	£27,330.00	£31,545.00	£35,750.00
Learning & Development Advisor	2	£29,700.00	£30,950.00	£32,200.00
HR Coordinator	106	£29,090.00	£30,700.00	£32,305.00
Recruitment Officer	19	£29,845.00	£30,620.00	£31,395.00
Recruitment Account Manager	43	£28,475.00	£30,605.00	£32,735.00
Employment Engagement Officer	7	£30,000.00	£30,500.00	£31,000.00
Recruitment Assistant	6	£29,125.00	£30,500.00	£31,875.00
Recruitment Consultant	4,292	£27,005.00	£30,380.00	£33,750.00
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	607	£27,335.00	£29,125.00	£30,915.00
Delivery Recruiter	2	£28,000.00	£29,000.00	£30,000.00
Onboarding Coordinator	5	£28,375.00	£28,375.00	£28,375.00
HR Assistant	182	£27,280.00	£28,270.00	£29,255.00
Recruitment Coordinator	25	£26,875.00	£27,690.00	£28,500.00
Candidate Manager	18	£25,625.00	£27,640.00	£29,650.00
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	810	£25,450.00	£27,190.00	£28,930.00
Recruitment Administrator	110	£26,325.00	£27,090.00	£27,860.00
Recruitment Associate	23	£25,145.00	£26,800.00	£28,470.00
Learning & Development Administrator	4	£26,500.00	£26,500.00	£26,500.00
Associate Recruitment Consultant	29	£25,180.00	£26,430.00	£27,690.00
Human Resources Assistant	2	£26,350.00	£26,350.00	£26,350.00
Associate Recruiter	29	£25,055.00	£26,275.00	£27,500.00
Recruitment Resourcer	201	£24,995.00	£26,235.00	£27,475.00
Resource Planner	7	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00