Recruitment Consultant Jobs

Recruitment Consultant
UK

The median Recruitment Consultant salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 852 915
Rank change year-on-year +268 +63 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a Recruitment Consultant 118 55 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.053% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.056% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 101 37 33
10th Percentile £25,000 £20,000 -
25th Percentile £26,250 £22,000 £22,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 £39,250 £42,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £41,050 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £27,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -20.59% +36.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Recruitment Consultant in the UK

Recruitment Consultant
Top 14 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 31 May 2025. 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 +216 85 £35,000 +17.65% 331
UK excluding London +225 72 £30,000 +11.11% 164
Work from Home +148 33 £35,000 -9.68% 141
South West +135 30 £32,500 +19.27% 47
London +111 19 £35,000 +75.00% 197
Midlands +75 16 £30,000 -7.69% 12
South East +87 10 £30,000 -40.00% 23
West Midlands +58 8 £42,500 +30.77% 8
East Midlands - 8 £26,500 - 4
East of England +56 7 £55,000 +69.23% 12
Scotland +123 4 - - 2
North of England +30 3 £24,000 +9.09% 57
North West -2 3 £24,000 +20.00% 41
Wales +42 2 £37,500 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 56 (47.46%) Finance
2 35 (29.66%) Business Development
3 27 (22.88%) Social Skills
4 11 (9.32%) Market Research
5 10 (8.47%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (7.63%) Commercial Awareness
6 9 (7.63%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.63%) Billing
7 8 (6.78%) Artificial Intelligence
7 8 (6.78%) Marketing
7 8 (6.78%) Social Media
7 8 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (5.93%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (5.08%) Customer Service
9 6 (5.08%) Onboarding
9 6 (5.08%) Legal
9 6 (5.08%) Software Engineering
9 6 (5.08%) Degree
10 5 (4.24%) NetSuite
10 5 (4.24%) ServiceNow
10 5 (4.24%) Mentoring
10 5 (4.24%) B2B
11 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
11 4 (3.39%) Law
11 4 (3.39%) Collaborative Culture
12 3 (2.54%) Data Science
12 3 (2.54%) Decision-Making
12 3 (2.54%) Lead Generation
12 3 (2.54%) Life Science

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 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.24%) NetSuite
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.69%) NonStop SQL
General
1 56 (47.46%) Finance
2 27 (22.88%) Social Skills
3 9 (7.63%) Billing
3 9 (7.63%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.78%) Marketing
5 7 (5.93%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.08%) Legal
7 4 (3.39%) Law
8 3 (2.54%) Banking
9 2 (1.69%) Back Office
9 2 (1.69%) Environmental Health
10 1 (0.85%) Advertising
10 1 (0.85%) Aviation
10 1 (0.85%) French Language
10 1 (0.85%) Games
10 1 (0.85%) German Language
10 1 (0.85%) Retail
10 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.47%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (6.78%) Social Media
3 6 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.54%) Life Science
5 2 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.85%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (29.66%) Business Development
2 11 (9.32%) Market Research
3 9 (7.63%) Commercial Awareness
4 8 (6.78%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (5.08%) Customer Service
5 6 (5.08%) Software Engineering
6 5 (4.24%) B2B
6 5 (4.24%) Mentoring
7 4 (3.39%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (2.54%) B2C
8 3 (2.54%) Coaching
8 3 (2.54%) Data Science
8 3 (2.54%) Decision-Making
8 3 (2.54%) Lead Generation
9 2 (1.69%) CRM
9 2 (1.69%) Logistics
9 2 (1.69%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (1.69%) Project Management
9 2 (1.69%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 6 (5.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.85%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (4.24%) ServiceNow
2 3 (2.54%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.69%) Google
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft