Recruitment Consultant Jobs

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 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 848 893 983
Rank change year-on-year +45 +90 -279
Permanent jobs requiring a Recruitment Consultant 57 53 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.056% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.061% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 39 33 70
10th Percentile £20,000 - £19,250
25th Percentile £22,000 £22,000 £20,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £27,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £39,000 £42,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £40,150 - £51,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £34,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -20.59% +36.00% -5.66%

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 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

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 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Recruitment Consultant in the UK

Recruitment Consultant
Top 15 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 2 June 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 +55 41 £27,000 -0.92% 282
UK excluding London -25 32 £27,000 -20.59% 170
London +89 13 £20,000 -9.09% 141
North of England +43 12 £22,000 -6.38% 51
North West -5 8 £21,000 - 42
South West - 7 £27,250 - 48
Work from Home +45 6 £38,750 +29.17% 113
West Midlands -5 6 £32,500 - 11
Midlands -7 6 £32,500 -13.33% 15
Scotland - 4 £24,000 - 9
Yorkshire +63 3 £27,000 +14.89% 5
East of England -6 1 £32,500 - 11
South East -24 1 £50,000 +47.06% 24
North East - 1 - - 4
Wales - 1 £37,500 - 10

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 16 (28.07%) Business Development
2 14 (24.56%) Finance
3 13 (22.81%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
4 9 (15.79%) Marketing
5 8 (14.04%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (12.28%) CRM
7 6 (10.53%) ERP
8 4 (7.02%) Social Network
8 4 (7.02%) Email Marketing
8 4 (7.02%) Brand Awareness
8 4 (7.02%) Microsoft
8 4 (7.02%) SAP
8 4 (7.02%) Telecoms
8 4 (7.02%) Billing
8 4 (7.02%) Software Engineering
9 3 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence
9 3 (5.26%) Law
9 3 (5.26%) Salesforce
9 3 (5.26%) Oracle
9 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (5.26%) B2B
9 3 (5.26%) DevOps
9 3 (5.26%) Business Transformation
9 3 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (5.26%) People Management
9 3 (5.26%) Digital Marketing
9 3 (5.26%) Proactive Monitoring
9 3 (5.26%) Data Science
9 3 (5.26%) Onboarding

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 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.75%) SaaS
General
1 14 (24.56%) Finance
2 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.79%) Marketing
4 4 (7.02%) Billing
4 4 (7.02%) Brand Awareness
4 4 (7.02%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.26%) Law
6 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.75%) Advertising
7 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.75%) German Language
7 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.02%) Social Network
3 3 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.75%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.07%) Business Development
2 8 (14.04%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (12.28%) CRM
4 6 (10.53%) ERP
5 4 (7.02%) Email Marketing
5 4 (7.02%) Software Engineering
6 3 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (5.26%) B2B
6 3 (5.26%) Business Transformation
6 3 (5.26%) Data Science
6 3 (5.26%) DevOps
6 3 (5.26%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (5.26%) People Management
6 3 (5.26%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (3.51%) Business Strategy
7 2 (3.51%) Contract Negotiation
7 2 (3.51%) Market Research
7 2 (3.51%) Strategic Thinking
8 1 (1.75%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (1.75%) Customer-Centricity
Qualifications
1 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 4 (7.02%) Microsoft
1 4 (7.02%) SAP
2 3 (5.26%) Oracle
2 3 (5.26%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.75%) Sage