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.

Most Recent Margin Summary

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

23.57%
0.31%

Commercial

25.52%
1.49%

Construction

13.44%
- 0.57%

Driving

19.48%
0.55%

Education

26.97%
3%

Engineering

22.2%
0.13%

Financial

28.83%
0.4%

General

21.07%
- 1.55%

Healthcare

28.7%
0.87%

Hospitality

19.42%
- 0.99%

Industrial

17.85%
- 3.68%

IT

17.32%
- 1.3%

Oil and Gas

24.8%
3.68%

Sales

28.46%
1.31%

Traffic Management

24.04%
- 1.62%

Care

28.7%
0.87%

Food

16.68%
2.73%

Architecture

17.02%
- 3.5%

HR

23.71%
3.95%

Estate Agencies

25.76%
0.81%

Medical

16.85%
- 0.46%

Aerospace

22.24%
3.83%