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 17 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 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 637 | 853 | 917 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +216 | +64 | +47 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Recruitment Consultant | 93 | 46 | 53 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.17% | 0.046% | 0.053% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.18% | 0.049% | 0.058% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 80 | 32 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,000 | £20,000 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £27,500 | £21,500 | £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 | £38,875 | £42,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £56,500 | £39,250 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £31,125 | £32,500 | £34,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.23% | -4.41% | +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 | 50,706 | 94,386 | 91,123 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.83% | 94.69% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,254 | 67,482 | 57,423 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Recruitment Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Recruitment Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Recruitment Consultant
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Recruitment Consultant.
Recruitment Consultant
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Recruitment Consultant over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.
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 17 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 | +174 | 68 | £35,000 | +29.63% | 250 |
| UK excluding London | +213 | 57 | £31,125 | -4.23% | 166 |
| Work from Home | +153 | 27 | £35,000 | - | 74 |
| South West | +131 | 24 | £32,500 | +19.27% | 69 |
| London | +115 | 15 | £35,000 | +75.00% | 128 |
| South East | +93 | 10 | £30,000 | -40.00% | 36 |
| Midlands | +65 | 10 | £29,000 | -10.77% | 12 |
| West Midlands | +55 | 5 | £30,000 | -7.69% | 6 |
| East of England | +51 | 5 | £55,000 | +69.23% | 9 |
| East Midlands | - | 5 | £24,000 | - | 5 |
| North of England | +37 | 4 | £32,250 | +46.59% | 35 |
| North West | -2 | 4 | £32,250 | +61.25% | 31 |
| Scotland | +119 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Wales | +42 | 2 | £37,500 | - | 5 |
Recruitment Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 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.
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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: