An insight into the UK's
Recruitment Margins

'Benchmark your pricing strategy against the UK market’ instead of 'Achieving a good gross margin is the difference between making or losing money.
Powered by Simplicity, this unique Recruitment Margin Index provides an insight into margins achieved across sectors and regions. It charts past trends, highlighting which sectors are in growth.

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Margin Index for the current quarter

To find out how your business performance compares and plan for growth, select the period you want to review or click on the graph for each industry sector.

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Accountancy

26.7%
- 0.11%

Commercial

21.91%
0.19%

Construction

13.29%
- 0.09%

Driving

19.13%
- 0.73%

Education

22.81%
4.02%

Engineering

19.01%
1.19%

Financial

22.55%
- 4.19%

General

21.07%
2.8%

Healthcare

20.1%
- 2.31%

Hospitality

18.21%
- 2.65%

Industrial

17.32%
2.12%

IT

18.96%
- 1.11%

Oil and Gas

22.05%
1.84%

Sales

24.84%
- 5.72%

Traffic Management

17.73%
0.2%

Care

20.1%
- 2.31%

Food

14.55%
- 0.35%

Architecture

22.21%
0.22%

Utilities

13.93%
- 0.17%

Estate Agencies

30.76%
0.85%

Medical

16.27%
- 0.51%

Aerospace

22.51%
- 0.06%

Unknown

15.18%
- 1.09%