Senior Recruitment Consultant Jobs

Senior Recruitment Consultant
UK

The median Senior Recruitment Consultant salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 689 888 974
Rank change year-on-year +199 +86 +244
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Recruitment Consultant 16 9 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.009% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.010% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 1
10th Percentile £30,100 £31,375 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,563 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -60.29% +183.33%
75th Percentile - £36,563 £87,500
90th Percentile £61,000 £37,125 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 -
% change year-on-year +15.38% - -

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 49,982 93,747 91,844
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 94.66% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 26,989 67,111 57,934
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 £74,014 £71,250 £80,750
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% +6.00%

Senior Recruitment Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Recruitment Consultant in the UK

Senior Recruitment Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Recruitment Consultant in the UK

Senior Recruitment Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Recruitment Consultant over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Recruitment Consultant in the UK

Senior Recruitment Consultant
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Recruitment Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 +155 14 £35,000 +7.69% 114
UK excluding London +189 12 £37,500 +15.38% 55
South West +126 9 £40,000 +23.08% 4
Work from Home +136 4 £29,000 -17.14% 49
Midlands - 3 £29,000 - 2
London +100 2 £35,000 - 76
East Midlands - 2 £29,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £45,000 - 1

Senior Recruitment Consultant Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Recruitment Consultant in the job title.

1 13 (81.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Business Development
3 2 (12.50%) B2B
3 2 (12.50%) Logistics
3 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 2 (12.50%) Marketing
3 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.25%) DevOps
4 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 1 (6.25%) NetSuite
4 1 (6.25%) Data Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Billing
4 1 (6.25%) Advertising

Senior 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) NetSuite
General
1 13 (81.25%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Marketing
3 1 (6.25%) Advertising
3 1 (6.25%) Billing
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Business Development
2 2 (12.50%) B2B
2 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (12.50%) Logistics
3 1 (6.25%) Analytics
3 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (6.25%) Data Analytics
3 1 (6.25%) DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
3 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
1 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow