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Recruitment agency fee calculator
What a tech hire costs through an agency charging 18–22% of first-year salary, against a Featured advert on two specialist boards.
That's back in your hiring budget.
Post a jobFee range for technology placements on contingency: Pro Playbooks, UK recruitment statistics 2026 (opens in a new tab), April 2026, citing REC and APSCo.
How it works
Move the slider to the role’s salary and choose the agency’s fee. The calculator multiplies the two, and sets the result against £274: a Featured advert for 30 days (£199) on the board for the role’s field, plus a neighbouring board (£75).
An advert doesn’t shortlist for you: it puts your role in front of the people who work in the field, and you choose who to talk to.
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Contingency agencies charge a percentage of the hire’s first-year base salary, paid when the person starts. For technology roles that is typically 18–22%, against 15–20% across all sectors and 25–33% for retained search. The calculator multiplies the salary you enter by the percentage you choose.
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A Featured advert on one board for 30 days, plus the same role on a second board for £75. A person on our team reads it before it goes live.
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No. An advert puts the role in front of people who work in the field and sends you their applications; you do the shortlisting and interviewing. An agency searches, screens and shortlists for you, and the fee pays for that work.
Keep the fee in your hiring budget.
Advertise on a specialist board from £99.