Recruitment Consultant Jobs

Recruitment Consultant
UK

The median Recruitment Consultant salary in the UK is £27,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 834 867 983
Rank change year-on-year +33 +116 -253
Permanent jobs requiring a Recruitment Consultant 70 52 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.056% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.062% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 46 32 70
10th Percentile £20,000 - £19,250
25th Percentile £22,000 £22,000 £20,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,250 £26,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% +4.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £39,125 £42,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £41,875 - £51,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,000 £34,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -26.47% +36.00% -2.91%

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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
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 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

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 12 June 2024.

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 12 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 +32 53 £27,000 +3.85% 292
UK excluding London -31 41 £25,000 -26.47% 181
London +79 17 £27,500 +25.00% 141
North of England +23 14 £22,000 -6.38% 56
Work from Home +32 10 £35,000 +7.69% 128
North West -14 10 £22,000 - 45
South West - 9 £27,250 - 51
West Midlands -3 8 £32,500 - 10
Midlands -31 8 £32,500 -13.33% 15
Scotland - 5 £24,000 - 6
South East -37 4 £35,500 +4.41% 31
Yorkshire +68 3 £27,000 +14.89% 4
North East - 1 - - 7
Wales - 1 £37,500 - 10

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 17 (24.29%) Business Development
2 15 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 14 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (20.00%) Finance
4 9 (12.86%) Marketing
5 7 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (10.00%) Business Transformation
5 7 (10.00%) CRM
6 6 (8.57%) Telecoms
6 6 (8.57%) ERP
7 4 (5.71%) Microsoft
7 4 (5.71%) SAP
7 4 (5.71%) Billing
7 4 (5.71%) Software Engineering
7 4 (5.71%) Brand Awareness
7 4 (5.71%) Market Research
7 4 (5.71%) Social Network
7 4 (5.71%) Email Marketing
7 4 (5.71%) Contract Negotiation
7 4 (5.71%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (5.71%) Business Strategy
8 3 (4.29%) Data Science
8 3 (4.29%) People Management
8 3 (4.29%) Proactive Monitoring
8 3 (4.29%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (4.29%) DevOps
8 3 (4.29%) Law
8 3 (4.29%) Artificial Intelligence
8 3 (4.29%) Salesforce

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 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.43%) SaaS
General
1 15 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.00%) Finance
3 9 (12.86%) Marketing
4 6 (8.57%) Telecoms
5 4 (5.71%) Billing
5 4 (5.71%) Brand Awareness
6 3 (4.29%) Law
7 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.43%) Advertising
8 1 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.43%) German Language
8 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.71%) Social Network
4 2 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.86%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (24.29%) Business Development
2 15 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (10.00%) Business Transformation
3 7 (10.00%) CRM
4 6 (8.57%) ERP
5 4 (5.71%) Business Strategy
5 4 (5.71%) Contract Negotiation
5 4 (5.71%) Email Marketing
5 4 (5.71%) Market Research
5 4 (5.71%) Software Engineering
5 4 (5.71%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (4.29%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (4.29%) B2B
6 3 (4.29%) Data Science
6 3 (4.29%) DevOps
6 3 (4.29%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (4.29%) People Management
6 3 (4.29%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (2.86%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (2.86%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 4 (5.71%) Microsoft
1 4 (5.71%) SAP
2 3 (4.29%) Oracle
2 3 (4.29%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.43%) Sage