— How Much Does It Cost to Advertise an Event Job in the UK?

Advertising an event job in the UK can cost anything from nothing to a couple of hundred pounds per advert. The price depends far more on where you post than on the role you're hiring for. That can make it difficult to know what you should actually budget for recruitment. Some job boards charge a fixed fee for every advert. Others are free to post on, then charge you each time a candidate clicks or applies. And a few, including this one, don't charge at all. This guide sets out what the main UK job boards charge, how each pricing model works, and what that means when you're hiring an event coordinator, an AV technician or any other events role. Every price below was checked on the job board's own website on 30 September 2026.

The three ways job boards charge

Before comparing prices, it's worth understanding the three main ways job boards charge employers:

• Fixed fee per advert. You pay once, upfront, and your advert runs for a set period. CV-Library and Totaljobs work this way, and Reed offers it too. You know the cost before you start, but you pay the same whether you get two applications or two hundred.
• Pay per click or per application. Posting is free or cheap, and you're charged as candidates engage with your advert. Indeed Sponsored Jobs and LinkedIn promoted posts charge per click. Reed's Pay-Per-Application charges for relevant applications. There's no fixed price, so the final bill depends on the budget you set and how competitive the role is.
• Free. No charge to post or to receive applications. Events-Jobs.co.uk is free. Indeed and LinkedIn both have free options with limits on how many jobs you can run.

What each job board charges

Events-Jobs.co.uk

It's free to post an event job on Events-Jobs.co.uk and free to receive applications. Your advert stays live for 30 days and applications come straight to your inbox. Where it differs from the larger general job boards is its audience. This is a job board built only for the events industry, so the people reading your advert are already looking for roles in events.

Indeed

Indeed doesn't charge a flat fee to post a job. Employers posting directly can run up to three free jobs per calendar month, each live for up to 30 days. If you want more visibility, you sponsor the job. Sponsored Jobs are pay per click: you set a budget, and Indeed charges you as candidates click on your advert, up to that amount. Indeed recommends a budget based on the job title, location, how competitive the role is and how quickly you need to hire. You can pause or stop at any time.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn lets you have one free job post open at a time. To run more, or to get more reach, you can promote the post. Promoted posts are pay per click. You set either a daily budget or a total budget, and the post pauses when the budget is spent. LinkedIn's own example is a $10 daily budget running for 30 days, which costs $300 or less.

Reed.co.uk

Reed gives you two options. A Premium job credit is a single upfront payment, currently £89 + VAT as a new customer offer, and the advert runs for up to six weeks. The alternative is Pay-Per-Application. It's free to post, and you pay only for relevant applications. The cost per application is set by Reed based on the details of your job, and the advert stays live until your budget limit is reached.

CV-Library

CV-Library charges a fixed fee per advert. The standard price shown is £149 + VAT, with a new customer offer of £75 + VAT.

Totaljobs

Totaljobs lists a single job advert at £189, with a first-order price of £69 using code NEWCUST69. If you need five or more adverts, packages bring the price per advert down.

Does the role or location change the price?

Employers often ask this about specific roles: what does it cost to advertise an event coordinator job, an AV technician vacancy in London, or a remote AV engineer role? On fixed-fee job boards, the role doesn't change the published price. An advert for an event coordinator costs the same as an advert for an AV technician. On pay-per-click job boards, it does. Indeed says the cost to sponsor a job depends on how competitive the role is, the location and the supply of jobseekers for that job title. So a hard-to-fill technical role in London is likely to cost more to sponsor than an entry-level role in a quieter market. Remote roles follow the same rule. A fixed-fee advert costs the same whether the job is office-based or remote. On a pay-per-click board, a remote role can attract clicks from across the UK, so set a total budget rather than leaving it open. On Events-Jobs.co.uk, none of this applies. Every event job is free to post, whatever the role and wherever it's based.

The costs that aren't on the price list

The advert fee is only part of what a hire costs you. Three things are worth factoring in:

• Your time. General job boards reach a huge audience, and that often means a lot of applications from people with no events experience. Every one of those takes time to read and reject.
• Repeat adverts. New customer offers only apply once. If you hire two or three times a year, budget at the standard rate, not the introductory one.
• VAT. Most prices are quoted before VAT. Reed and CV-Library both show their prices as + VAT.

How to keep your advertising cost down

You don't need a big budget to fill an events role. A few simple habits make the money go further:

• Start with the free options. Post on a specialist board first, then add paid adverts only if you need more reach.
• Use a total budget on pay-per-click boards. A total budget stops the advert when the money is spent. An open-ended daily budget keeps spending until you remember to switch it off.
• Write a clear advert. State the salary, the location and what the role involves day to day. A clear advert means fewer wasted clicks and fewer unsuitable applications. You'll find more hiring advice in our key resources.
• Go where events people already are. For specialist roles such as AV technicians or delegate sales executives, an industry-specific job board can also help you reach people already working in events.

Ready to hire? Post your event job for free and reach candidates who already work in events.

Sources

All prices were checked on 30 September 2026 and may change.

• Events-Jobs.co.uk employer page: events-jobs.co.uk/employers
• Indeed, "Indeed pricing: job posting costs": uk.indeed.com/hire/resources/howtohub/how-pricing-works-on-indeed
• LinkedIn, "LinkedIn job posting cost overview": business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/post-jobs/pricing
• Reed.co.uk, "Post a job": reed.co.uk/recruiter/post-a-job
• CV-Library recruiter offer page: cv-library.co.uk/recruiter-survey
• Totaljobs, "Job Packages": totaljobs.com/recruiters/job-packages