Profession summary · Jobmundo analysis
Human resources and industrial relations officers demand is falling in West Midlands.
ONS recorded 564 new online adverts for human resources and industrial relations officers in West Midlands in Jul 2026. That is 10.0% lower than a year earlier. Advertised salary for the UK benchmark is £31,000.
Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation.Human resources and industrial relations officers hiring demand
New online job adverts for human resources and industrial relations officers in West Midlands
New online job adverts have decreased since Jul 2025.
564
Jul 2026 · West Midlands
Median advertised salary
Annualised asking salary for human resources and industrial relations officers across the UK
Advertised pay is 3.3% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.
£31,000
May 2025 · UK
Skills in demand
Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation
Experience employers ask for
Typical minimum: 0.6 years · UK live adverts
| # | Minimum experience | Share of adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 years | 71.3% | |
| 2 | 1 years | 11.0% | |
| 3 | 2 years | 8.6% | |
| 4 | 3 years | 4.9% | |
| 5 | 4+ years | 4.2% |
West Midlands compared with the UK
New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period
| # | Area | New adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Midlands | 564 | |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 6,672 |
Where hiring is strongest
New online job adverts by local authority
| # | Location | New adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | 3,342 | |
| 2 | Manchester | 757 | |
| 3 | Leeds | 505 | |
| 4 | Birmingham | 472 | |
| 5 | Bristol, City of | 421 | |
| 6 | Belfast | 277 | |
| 7 | Glasgow City | 260 | |
| 8 | Reading | 195 | |
| 9 | Southampton | 189 | |
| 10 | Cardiff | 183 |
Where advertised pay is highest
Broader occupation group: Business and public service associate professionals
| # | Location | Annual salary | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copeland | £43,200 | |
| 2 | Inverclyde | £42,500 | |
| 3 | London | £41,600 | |
| 4 | Barrow-in-Furness | £41,400 | |
| 5 | Woking | £40,300 | |
| 6 | Reading | £40,000 | |
| 7 | Oxford | £40,000 | |
| 8 | Stevenage | £40,000 | |
| 9 | Birmingham | £40,000 | |
| 10 | Southend-on-Sea | £39,000 |
Explore related occupations
Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 357) across the UK
| # | View | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Other vocational and industrial trainers Industrial trainer · Nvq manager · Nvq assessor — 40.7% of group adverts | 7,024 | +2.5% | |
| 2 | Human resources and industrial relations officersYou’re viewing this Human resource officer · HR adviser · HR analyst — 38.6% of group adverts | 6,672 | +1.8% | |
| 3 | Information technology trainers Information technology trainer · IT tutor · IT trainer — 10.5% of group adverts | 1,810 | +17.5% | |
| 4 | Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists Career adviser · Job coach · Career coach — 10.2% of group adverts | 1,767 | -10.6% |
About the data
Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.
Methodology and metric definitions
New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.