Recruitment Consultant
UK

The median Recruitment Consultant salary in the UK is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 865 929 926
Rank change year-on-year +64 -3 -250
Permanent jobs requiring a Recruitment Consultant 38 54 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.052% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.057% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 27 34 70
10th Percentile - £22,000 £19,250
25th Percentile £20,000 £22,750 £19,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £27,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £39,250 £42,000 £35,563
90th Percentile - - £50,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £34,000 £24,500
% change year-on-year -4.41% +38.78% -8.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,219 95,232 149,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,883 59,878 85,286
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Recruitment Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Recruitment Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Recruitment Consultant in the UK

Recruitment Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Recruitment Consultant.

Salary trend for Recruitment Consultant in the UK

Recruitment Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Recruitment Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Recruitment Consultant in the UK

Recruitment Consultant
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Recruitment Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +66 25 £32,500 +18.18% 227
UK excluding London 0 16 £32,500 -4.41% 148
London +103 11 £20,000 -14.89% 86
West Midlands +29 6 £32,500 - 9
Midlands +11 6 £32,500 - 12
Work from Home +71 4 £35,000 +27.27% 89
North of England +43 4 £20,000 - 38
North West +11 4 £20,000 - 23
South West - 2 £27,250 - 60
East of England +11 1 £32,500 +14.04% 12
South East -1 1 £50,000 +47.06% 18
Wales - 1 £37,500 - 2
Scotland - 1 - - 7

Recruitment Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Recruitment Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Recruitment Consultant in the job title.

1 15 (39.47%) Finance
2 14 (36.84%) Business Development
3 13 (34.21%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
5 8 (21.05%) Marketing
6 7 (18.42%) CRM
7 6 (15.79%) ERP
8 4 (10.53%) Social Network
8 4 (10.53%) Email Marketing
8 4 (10.53%) Brand Awareness
8 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (10.53%) SAP
8 4 (10.53%) Billing
8 4 (10.53%) Software Engineering
9 3 (7.89%) Artificial Intelligence
9 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
9 3 (7.89%) Oracle
9 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (7.89%) Salesforce
9 3 (7.89%) DevOps
9 3 (7.89%) Digital Marketing
9 3 (7.89%) Proactive Monitoring
9 3 (7.89%) Data Science
9 3 (7.89%) Onboarding
9 3 (7.89%) People Management
10 2 (5.26%) Customer Service
10 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
10 2 (5.26%) Analytics
11 1 (2.63%) Software Testing
11 1 (2.63%) Retail

Recruitment Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
General
1 15 (39.47%) Finance
2 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
3 8 (21.05%) Marketing
4 4 (10.53%) Billing
4 4 (10.53%) Brand Awareness
5 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Retail
6 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 13 (34.21%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.53%) Social Network
3 3 (7.89%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.63%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (36.84%) Business Development
2 7 (18.42%) CRM
3 6 (15.79%) ERP
4 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (10.53%) Email Marketing
4 4 (10.53%) Software Engineering
5 3 (7.89%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (7.89%) Data Science
5 3 (7.89%) DevOps
5 3 (7.89%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (7.89%) People Management
5 3 (7.89%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (5.26%) Analytics
6 2 (5.26%) Customer Service
7 1 (2.63%) Cloud Security
7 1 (2.63%) Customer Experience
7 1 (2.63%) Data Engineering
7 1 (2.63%) Decision-Making
7 1 (2.63%) Digital Thinking
7 1 (2.63%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 4 (10.53%) SAP
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.89%) Oracle
2 3 (7.89%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.63%) Sage