Recruitment Cost Calculator

Our Recruitment Cost Calculator will help you calculate the true cost of your recruitment. Complete the form below with your current recruitment data to calculate your total annual recruitment spend and your average cost per hire.

The Recruitment Cost Calculator below contains default values which represent current industry norms. Please amend these values as required to reflect your company's actual hiring data. The true cost of your recruitment will be calculated automatically.

Current Hiring Levels
How many people do you employ?
What is your company's rate of staff turnover? (%) (Average employee turnover in the UK is 15.7% %
What is your annual headcount growth rate? (%) %
Your annual hiring volume is 18 people
What is your company's average annual full time salary? (£) £

Recruitment Costs
How much do you spend on advertising each vacancy? (£) £
How many hours do you invest in your recruitment process per hire? (Hours) We believe it takes approximately 24 hours to manage a full recruitment campaign, made up as follows:
  • Writing a good job description and person specification - 1 hour
  • Briefing and managing recruitment agencies - 2 hours
  • Writing and placing Job Advertisements - 2 hours
  • Screening applicants - 4 hours
  • Administration and interview logistics - 5 hours
  • Interviewing candidates - 6 hours
  • Candidate management and offer negotiation - 3 hours
  • Candidate referencing - 1 hour
 Hrs
What is your fully loaded management cost per hour? (£) Fully costed management time is estimated to be at least £50 per hour (this varies by industry sector). £
What percentage of your hires are through recruitment agencies?(%) %
How much do you pay your agencies? (%) Agency fees typically range from 12% to 30%. %
Current Annual Recruitment Costs £110,625
Average Cost Per Hire £6,250


If your average cost per hire is over £1,000, SME Resourcing have unique recruitment products and services which can reduce your recruitment spend.

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