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  2. ASEND

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    ASEND, a national provider of employment opportunities, deals exclusively with the Child Care and Education sectors. They are Cyber Essentials Certified and have been placing candidates for various positions since its foundation in 2011, such as Clinical Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language Therapists, and Specialist Teachers. The company also delivers consultancy and training services to clients in local authorities.

    Office Locations

    49 The Mall, Southgate, London, N14 6LR

  3. Lofthouse Group

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    Lofthouse Group focuses on delivering specialised hiring solutions to a diverse range of Architecture and Interior Design providers. Headquartered in London, the agency places various candidates to various appointments, including Associate Heritage Consultants, BIM Managers, Heads of Sustainability, Planning Architects, and Senior Architects. They also work with commercial offices, hospitality, hotels, and residential clients.

    Office Locations

    124 City Road, Finsbury, London, EC1V 2NX

  4. Campbell Brown

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    Campbell Brown, an independent Bloomsbury firm, exclusively delivers executive search solutions to the Marketing Services, Entertainment and Media sectors. They were launched in 2010 by a Qualified Chartered Accountant, following his 13 years of recruitment experience. Performing search & selection and assessment, they have forged long-term partnerships with both applicants and businesses, some of which have been going strong for over 10 years.

    Office Locations

    1 Alfred Place, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 7EB

  5. Clarence George

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    Clarence George matches Actuarial, Investment and Risk candidates with Insurance and Investment companies across Life Insurance, Asset Management, Private Equity and more. Founded in 2019, they are mainly on the lookout for individuals who have qualifications such as Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, Chartered Financial Analyst, and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, Financial Risk Manager. They are located in the City of London.

    Office Locations

    77 Coleman Street, City of London, London, EC2R 5BJ

  6. Metallum Partners

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    Metallum Partners aids in meeting the staffing requirements of clients in the Energy & Renewables, Mining, Oil & Gas, and Physical & Soft Commodities sectors. They operate across the UK and internationally, filling interim and permanent vacancies at all levels. Since its foundation in 2005, the agency has been dealing with private equity organisations and the following disciplines: Finance, Risk and IT, Investment Banking, and M&A.

    Office Locations

    Berkeley Suite, 35 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, W1J 5BF

  7. Red Hat Recruitment

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    With 17 years of experience, Red Hat Recruitment is an agency that provides contract, temporary, and permanent staffing solutions. The agency is a Financial recruiter for the Media sector, and sources Accounting and Commercial talent for the Creative industry. Some job roles the agency recruits for include Qualified Accountant, Finance Director, and Commercial Director.

    Office Locations

    S73 New Wing Somerset House, The Strand, London, WC2R 1LA

  8. Maceo Search Limited

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    Maceo Search Limited has a wealth of experience providing talent acquisition solutions to the Financial Services market and various functions. For over 26 years, the company has been delivering employment opportunities to a wide variety of job seekers nationwide and across APAC and North America. They also cover Asset Management, Banking, Funds, and Investment Management disciplines, and offer consultancy services from its London branch.

    Office Locations

    147 Station Road, Chingford, London, E4 6AG

  9. Walker Hamill UK

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    Cross Border Search (CBS) Partners is a London-based specialist recruiter for the Financial industry in the UK and internationally. They deliver Financial roles at all levels to local and overseas clients.

    Office Locations

    50 Broadway, The Strand, London, SW1H 0BL

  10. Robert Giles Agencies

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    Robert Giles Agencies is a national talent firm that delivers personnel for both permanent and temporary positions in a broad range of disciplines within the Engineering industry. Since its establishment in 1974, the agency has been placing staff for fields such as Building, Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, and Rail. Robert Giles agencies is an accredited London-based member of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals.

    Office Locations

    6 Bray Place, Chelsea, London, SW3 3LP

  11. FH Executive Search

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    Established in 2003, FH Executive Search recruits for non-executive, executive, and senior management appointments only. Their main focus is the Consumer sector and all its areas. They also offer headhunting, market mapping, reference taking, and psychometric assessment services. The company has offices in London and Leeds.

    Office Locations

    50 Liverpool Street, City of London, London, EC2M 7PY

  12. GM Recruitment

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    An established recruitment specialist, GM Recruitment works exclusively for the Construction, Engineering, and Technical industries nationwide. From their offices in London, they hire skilled candidates for a range of contract, temporary, and permanent positions. GM Recruitment was founded in 2004 and is an accredited member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

    Office Locations

    100-104 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London, SW15 2SP

  13. Harrison Pursey

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    Harrison Pursey is a Soho-based specialist that supplies permanent, temporary, and contract personnel for Creative and Media jobs. They have 20 years of industry experience and are long-term members of REC and D&AD.

    Office Locations

    Henry Wood House, 2 Riding House Street, Westminster, London, W1W 7FA

  14. Hatty Blue

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    Hatty Blue is a firm that supplies professional labour Marketing, Business Support, and HR. Hatty Blue was established by Joanna Donelan and Siobhan Rourke in 2008. The firm is a member of REC and offers a career coaching programme.

    Office Locations

    74 Clerkenwell Road, Clerkenwell, London, EC1M 5QA

  15. HealthcareRecruit

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    HealthcareRecruit is a London-based agency that works in the Health Care and Pharmaceutical sectors worldwide. The agency recruits mainly for the UK, Western Europe and North America. They offer other corporate services including database search & selection, executive search, and advertising.

    Office Locations

    78 York St, Westminster, London, W1H 1DP

  16. Westminster Medical

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    Westminster Medical exclusively recruits in the Medical and Healthcare sectors. They place Nurses, Doctors, Carers and a range of Medical personnel all over the UK.

    Office Locations

    Unit 123, Dolphin Square, Westminster, London, SW1V 3LX

  17. C&M Travel Recruitment

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    Established in 1998, C&M Travel Recruitment works within the Travel and Leisure sectors. They offer UK wide staffing solutions for temporary, permanent and control roles from their Manchester, Surrey and London offices.

    Office Locations

    Becket House, 36 Old Jewry, Marylebone, London, EC2R 8DD

  18. Timberseed

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    A trusted recruitment consultancy company, Timberseed specialises in delivering professionals in various senior-level positions, including director and c-level roles. They also provide staff in the SaaS Sales sector nationwide. Headquartered in London, the agency supplies headhunting services for a broad range of contract and permanent assignments, and covers graduate roles, such as Graduate Sales Executive and Graduate Researcher.

    Office Locations

    42-46 Princelet St, Aldgate, London, E1 5LP

  19. Holland Park Staffing

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    Holland Park Staffing is a provider of workforce solutions for Office and Domestic jobs. Founded in 2009 by their Director, Bianca Tonkin, they recruit for a range of roles, including PA, Admin, Housekeeper, Executive Assistant, and Junior PA. They also offer a Household Management Consultancy service.

    Office Locations

    83 Victoria Street, Westminster, London, SW1H 0HW

  20. Harper May

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    Harper May is a multi-sector agency that provides recruitment solutions in the Financial Services, Retail, Leisure & Hospitality, Online, FMCG, Technology, and Healthcare industries in Greater London. The agency was started by Alex Hathiramani and Daniel MacKenzie in 2011.

    Office Locations

    63-66 Hatton Garden, City of London, London, EC1N 8LE

  21. Pros2work Limited

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    Pros2Work is a digital tech recruitment agency that specialises in connecting companies with top-tier tech talent. With expertise in technology, sales, recruitment, and psychology, they take a personalised approach to understanding your needs. Pros2Work focuses on finding high-calibre candidates for roles within the rapidly evolving tech industry, working closely with clients to ensure the best possible match.

    Office Locations

    207 Lavender Hill, Battersea, London, SW11 5SD

  22. Prospectus

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    Prospectus is a company that offers a wide range of recruitment services including advertising, board, executive search, global, managed campaigns, interim, and more to the Not for Profit sector. They are accredited by B-Corp, Clear Company, and Living Wage. They have placed Philanthropy Managers, Partnerships Managers, and Fundraising Managers, to name a few examples, and they also provide a Kickstart scheme to provide young people with employability training.

    Office Locations

    20-22 Stukeley Street, Holborn, London, WC2B 5LR

  23. AA Recruitment Agency

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    AA Recruitment is based in London, and supplies general and specialist Nursing and Care Workers to NHS and private hospitals, nursing homes, and residential homes. They also recruit for roles such as Traffic Marshals, Cleaners, Commissionaires, Concierge Services, Fire Wardens, and Event Stewards in London and the South East.

    Office Locations

    Ground Floor, Conduit Business Centre, Conduit Mews, Woolwich, London, SE18 7AP

  24. ACL Partners

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    ACL Partners performs executive search in Financial and Professional Services, working across markets like Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Risk Management and Compliance. With a location in Bloomsbury, they place talent both domestically and globally. Their experience since 2018 includes partnering with corporate finance advisory firms, and business and banking consultancies.

    Office Locations

    59-60 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1B 4HP

  25. Ad Hoc Minds

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    Ad Hoc Minds is a specialist IT recruitment company based in Kennington. They accommodate assignments from junior to senior levels, in addition to offering executive search and recruitment process outsourcing services. Hiring the likes of Consultants, Developers, Engineers, Architects and Chief Technology Officers, they support businesses during the entire recruitment process and applicants even during their first few months in their posts.

    Office Locations

    Edinburgh House, 170 Kennington Ln, Kennington, London, SE11 5JH

  26. Glocomms

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    Glocomms is a recruiter across the Commercial Services, Enterprise Solutions, Cloud & Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Development & Engineering, and Data & Analytics sectors in London. The agency provides permanent, contract, and multi-hire recruitment options. They were founded in 2013. Some roles they fill include Azure DevOps Architect, Account Manager, Network Engineer, Security Operations Engineer, and more.

    Office Locations

    Ground Floor, 21 Lombard Street, City of London, London, EC3V 9AH

  27. Andersen Steinberg

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    Andersen Steinberg predominantly performs executive search recruitment worldwide, having offices in the City of London, Hong Kong and two in the US. Using retained and contingent approaches, they forge partnerships with ventures in Strategy, Operations, Technology, Risk and Security, supplying personnel candidates like Data Loss Prevention Architect and Chief Information Security Officer. They were formed in 2001, following their founder's 15 years of experience.

    Office Locations

    86-90 Paul Street, City of London, London, EC2A 4NE

  28. Anderson Hoare

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    Anderson Hoare has over 25 years of recruitment experience. They are based in Central London and caters to clients looking to fill full-time, part-time, permanent, or temporary support staff vacancies. They also offer reference checks, background checks, HR consultancy, and payroll services.

    Office Locations

    25 Eccleston Place, Chelsea, London, SW1W 9NF

  29. Antony Perry Future Work

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    Future Work administers Digital and Marketing recruitment, dealing with permanent and freelance jobs. Their firm was born in 2021 after a merger of organisations that have a combined experience of over 25 years. Example vacancies managed by their Clerkenwell team are Data Engineer, Category & Commercial Solutions Manager, Marketing Executive and Client Director. Besides recruitment, they also do career support and job seeker guidance.

    Office Locations

    18 St. Cross Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1N 8UN

  30. Cavendish Professionals

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    Cavendish Professionals is a London-based specialist agency that started business in 2009. Focusing mainly on the Construction, Engineering and Technology industries, they also cover Architecture, Healthcare and Finance. They cater to clients nationwide and internationally by providing blue and white collar solutions for infrastructure projects, and placing candidates into organisations across the UK, DACH, Nordics and ME regions.

    Office Locations

    1 Royal Exchange, City of London, London, EC3V 3DG

  31. Archer Recruitment

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    Archer Recruitment, founded in 2014, is a leading built environment recruitment specialist in the UK. The award-winning recruitment firm specialises in recruiting for the Construction, Engineering, Real Estate, and Energy industries in Asia-Pacific, the United Kingdom, Europe, and North America.

    Office Locations

    179 Great Portland St, Westminster, London, W1W 5PL

  32. Arista Global Consulting

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    Arista Global Consulting, based in Mayfair, exclusively deals with Legal recruitment, aiding ventures in the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and beyond. They have consultants composed of former lawyers who now support talent acquisition for fields like Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment Funds and Risk. They opened their doors in 2015 and have served customers including international law firms and Legal 500 practitioners.

    Office Locations

    43 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, W1J 5AP

  33. Arthur Recruitment

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    Arthur Recruitment specialises in Finance and Insurance recruitment, assisting sectors like Actuarial, Compliance, Data & Analytics, Payments & FinTech and Risk Management. With over 20 years of experience under their belt, they have served over 100 companies - which include Ascot, Markel International and Willis Towers Watson. Situated in the City of London, they open permanent and contract jobs as Risk Analyst, Property Claims Adjuster and more.

    Office Locations

    80 Leadenhall Street, City of London, London, EC3A 3DH

  34. Auxo Solutions

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    Auxo Solutions focuses on recruitment in Digital, Software and Technology. Their speciality is in assisting ventures situated in the US. Disciplines they cover are Software Development, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning and eCommerce. Formed in 2022 by experienced recruiters, they source individuals such as Software Engineers, Architects, Product Managers, Program Managers and Functional Consultants up to Heads and Vice Presidents.

    Office Locations

    27 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 3AX

  35. The Accountants Recruiter

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    The Accountants Recruiter is a niche-specific agency that offers services to Accountancy firms and Finance professionals in the UK. They were just established in 2021, and their headquarters is located in the City of London. The agency matches Accounting personnel for in-office or remote roles throughout the country.

    Office Locations

    International House, 24 Holburn Viaduct, Clerkenwell, London, EC1A 2BN

  36. Augmentti

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    Augmentti's specialism is in Quant Finance and Technology, conducting recruitment globally since 2018 as they utilise their team's combined experience of over 20 years. Led by founders who come from Technology, Finance and FinTech Recruitment backgrounds, they connect with Software Developers, Engineers, Quant Researchers and Traders and more. They are based in the City of London and have helped names like Google Deepmind, JP Morgan and Yelp.

    Office Locations

    51 Eastcheap, City of London, London, EC3M 1DT

  37. becollektiv

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    becollektiv, established in 2019, extends employment opportunities in Creative, Advertising and Design. Led by their founder who has 15 years of experience in recruitment and talent acquisition, they complete permanent, temp to perm, contract and freelance mandates in Creative, Account Handling, Project Management and Production like Creative Producer, Editor, Integrated Project Manager and Junior Versioning Producer. They are situated in Bow.

    Office Locations

    401 Clement Attlee House 61 Cardigan Road, Bow, London, E3 5GH

  38. Big 5 Search Ltd

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    Big 5 Search Ltd is a recruitment company specialising in the Consumer, Services, Impact, Industrial, Investment, and Technology industries. The agency recruits for different vacancies in areas such as Retail, E-Commerce, Banking, Microfinance, Health, Education, Agribusiness, Infrastructure, Credit, Family Offices, Fintech, Software, and more. Big 5 Search Ltd's are based in The Strand, London.

    Office Locations

    4 -12 Regent Street, Rex House, The Strand, London, SW1Y 4PE

  39. BioTalent Recruitment

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    BioTalent are experts in executive search for a wide range of Life Science sub-sectors. They hire professionals to fill vacancies in the Clinical, Commercial, Medical, Quality, Regulatory, Research & Development, and Technical Ops sectors. In 2020, BioTalent won the Tiara Recruitment Awards for Best Recruitment Company To Work For.

    Office Locations

    10 Bishops Square, Holborn, London, E1 6EG

  40. BIS Recruit

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    BIS Recruit is a recruitment specialist that provides temporary and permanent staff for London's HR, Administration, Media / Creative, Corporate, and Office Support industries. For over 15 years, they have recruited candidates for roles in various Entertainment / Fashion settings including Personal Assistants, Administrators, Corporate Receptionists, and Executive Assistants.

    Office Locations

    81 York Street, Westminster, London, W1H 1QH

  41. Blackstone Recruitment Ltd

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    A multi-disciplinary recruitment specialist, Blackstone Recruitment Ltd delivers professionals to a wide variety of permanent and temporary appointments in the Education and Health Care industries. The company also caters to Mental Health and Social Care fields across the UK and Europe. Established in 2019, they are an accredited member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation that caters to clients in the private and public sectors.

    Office Locations

    45 Leather Lane, Clerkenwell, London, EC1N 7TJ

Popular industry sectors in Greater London for recruitment agencies

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Salaries and Costs

London salaries often sit well above the UK average, reflecting both competition and living costs. Many professional roles start near £30,000, while mid-level staff may earn £45,000 to £60,000. Senior positions, particularly in banking or consultancy, can exceed £90,000. Employers face recruitment fees that range between 15% and 25% of annual salary for permanent placements, with daily contractor rates varying widely by trade and skill level.

Qualifications

The capital attracts candidates with a broad range of qualifications. Employers seeking office staff often look for degrees or professional certificates from bodies like the CIPD, ACCA, or CIM. For industrial and service work, agencies may prioritise safety cards, food hygiene certificates, or plant operation licences.

Regional or Geographic Variations

Inner London commands higher pay than outer boroughs, and recruitment demand remains strongest in areas with dense commercial activity such as the City, Canary Wharf, and Shoreditch. South and East London often see higher temporary and service-sector hiring through agencies, while North and West London maintain steady professional recruitment markets.

Hiring Challenges

Employers in London face talent shortages in healthcare, construction, education, and IT. Competition for qualified candidates is fierce, and agency partners often play a major role in sourcing and screening applicants quickly. Housing costs and commuting pressures add to retention challenges, making employer reputation and flexible working key factors in successful hiring.

Roles and Career Paths

Recruitment agencies in London handle everything from temporary warehouse placements to executive search for board-level staff. Common placements include office administrators, project managers, nurses, software developers, chefs, and marketing executives. Many candidates begin with short-term contracts before progressing to permanent roles through agency introductions.

Key Sectors or Employers in the Region

London’s recruitment market is driven by finance, professional services, media, technology, education, hospitality, and healthcare. Major employers range from global banks and law firms to NHS Trusts, universities, and hospitality groups. The city’s ongoing growth in fintech and creative industries continues to attract specialist agencies with niche expertise.

Shortages or Oversupply of Labour

Talent shortages are evident across health and social care, software engineering, and skilled trades. Conversely, entry-level roles in retail and administration can attract high application volumes, making candidate screening vital. Recruitment agencies often balance this by using pre-vetted databases and targeted outreach.

Growth Industries

Technology, renewable energy, and healthcare remain growth areas for London recruitment. Demand for cybersecurity analysts, care professionals, and data specialists continues to expand, while the creative and digital sectors sustain high volumes of freelance and project-based hiring.