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

22.65%
- 1.31%

Commercial

23.2%
0.43%

Construction

12.07%
- 0.14%

Driving

19.71%
- 0.71%

Education

23.19%
0.46%

Engineering

22.22%
- 9.74%

Financial

26.81%
6.58%

General

22.6%
- 0.34%

Healthcare

28.02%
- 0.69%

Hospitality

21.88%
- 1.05%

Industrial

20.89%
- 0.93%

IT

21.06%
- 0.93%

Oil and Gas

21.74%
1.6%

Sales

25.82%
- 5.04%

Traffic Management

25.64%
0.4%

Care

28.02%
- 0.69%

Food

15.81%
- 1.29%

Architecture

20.42%
- 2.68%

HR

23.12%
3.38%

Estate Agencies

24.42%
- 0.3%

Medical

16.92%
0.54%

Aerospace

19.24%
- 4.27%