London recruitment agencies connect employers and job-seekers across every sector, from finance and healthcare to creative and tech. With more than 2,000 London agencies listed, this page helps employers find trusted hiring partners and candidates discover new career opportunities.
AgencyCentral lists 69 popular industries and categorise recruitment agencies based on what they cover, so you can easily and quickly find the ones which are most helpful to you.
Build Recruitment is a workforce provider in the following sectors: Housing Maintenance Trades, Healthy & Safety, Facilities Management, Housing, Surveying, & Construction Management, Sales & Business Development, and Construction, Trades, & Labour. They are fully compliant with HMRC legislation, accredited by ISO 9001:2015, and members of Construction Line, by Capita. They deal with permanent, temporary, and contract requirements.
Crown House, 56-58 Southwark Street, Bermondsey, London, SE1 1UN
Founded in 2000, Law Morgan Ltd is a talent acquisition company that provides recruitment solutions to several sectors including Education, Finance, Health, IT & Technology, Charities, Housing, Local Government, Institutes, and more. They specialise in executive search and selection, health management, human resources, administration, and other services. The company is based in London.
Pennine Place 2a Charing Cross Rd, Soho, London, WC2H 0HF
The Core Partnership provides Company Secretaries, Governance and Compliance people for temporary and permanent positions. The agency has worked with many clients including Asos, HSBC, British Red Cross, Royal London, and more. They work with multiple sectors including Construction, Financial Services, Hospitality, Insurance, Travel, and Healthcare. The company was founded in 2010.
33 Cannon Street, City of London, London, EC4M 5SB
Kedro Search operates across Built Environment, handling fields such as Construction and Facilities Management. They support blue collar labourers like Carpenters and Electricians, as well as white collar employees like Estimators and Operations Directors, with the help of their team in London who collectively have over 50 years of experience. Since their foundation in 2019, they have filled over 3,000 permanent, temporary and contract vacancies.
Longcroft House 2-4 Victoria Avenue, City of London, London, EC2M 4NS
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10 Devonshire Square, City of London, London, EC2M 4YP
Laslo Fox finds staff for Qualitative, Quantitative, Social Media Intelligence, Digital Communities, and Innovation, Design, and Brand Strategy jobs. The company is based in London and has a 95% retention rate. They offer their recruitment solutions to companies worldwide.
27 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 3AX
Allen Recruitment delivers contract, temporary, and permanent recruitment solutions to several sectors including Finance, Tech, Telecoms, eCommerce, Engineering, IT, and Life Sciences. Some roles they recruit for are Agency Solutions Manager, QA Specialist, Process Analyst, Business Administrator, Accountant, and Technical Writer. The agency has offices in London, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Poland.
1-2 Broadgate, City of London, London, EC2M 2QS
Holdsway Limited is an established supplier of interim executives across southern England. Established in 2013, they help clients fill a wide variety of roles, including Board & General Management, Business Growth Advisors & Non-Executives, Change Programmes, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Commercial & Customer, Supply Chain, Operations & Procurement, and Technology. They are a corporate member of REC based in Surrey.
118 Pall Mall, The Strand, London, SW1Y 5EA
Ninety Thousand Hours has experience in assigning professionals in a wide variety of appointments in the Executive, IT, Marketing, Sales, and Technical markets across the UK. Roles they recruit for include Account Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, Manual QA, and Web Developer. Since its establishment in 2007, the recruitment consultancy has been filling vacancies for mid-level and executive positions.
4th Floor, Silverstream House, 45 Fitzroy Street, Marylebone, London, W1T 6EB
Engage Search works across the Sales, Marketing and Product markets, satisfying appointments in Risk & RegTech, Identity & Verification, Cyber Security, FinTech & Banking and Business Information & Customer Insights. Using strategies such as retained search, contingent search and team recruitment, they have been recruiting mid-senior level specialists since 1998. They have an international network through sites in Marylebone, US and Australia.
91 Wimpole Street, Marylebone, London, W1G 0EF
Impact Creative Recruitment primarily focuses on the Creative and Media industries across the UK, Europe, and the USA. Founded in 2001, they provide staffing solutions for various clients in a wide variety of fields, such as Business Support, Finance, HR/Talent, Marketing, and Technology. The company hires on a permanent, contract, and temporary basis and won the Heart of the City Award in 2017s Dragon Awards.
86-90 Paul Street, City of London, London, EC2A 4NE
A national staffing services supplier, Evolution Sales Recruitment focuses on the Building Product industry and its related fields. They deliver professionals to a plethora of roles across all levels, such as Area Sales Manager, Managing Director, Regional Managers, and Sales Representatives. They also cover the following facets: Electrical & Lighting, Fire Protection, Landscaping, Street Furniture & Play Equipment, and Merchants & Distribution.
71-75 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
Hanson Search is an executive search consultancy firm that provides personnel in the Health Care, Marketing, Market Research, Media, PR, Sales, and Digital sectors. They operate internationally and have offices in London, Paris, and Dubai. They recruit for Account Executives, Public Affairs Directors, Head of Internal Communications, and Digital Account Managers - to name a few examples.
Burleigh House, 357 Strand, The Strand, London, WC2R 0HS
Menfor Group is a Construction contractors and labour solutions agency that operates within sectors such as Aviation, Highways, Nuclear, Railway, and Utilities. The agency is a Constructionline gold member and they provide in-house training and apprenticeship programmes. They typically recruit for roles like Concreter, Skilled Labourer, Cleaner, Dumper Driver, Advanced Scaffolder, and more. Menfor Group has more than 25 years of experience in the industry.
81 Farringdon Street, City of London, London, EC4A 4BL
TED Recruitment is a technical recruiting firm that specialises in the supply of personnel to Engineering, Building Construction, Oil & Gas and Petrochemical, Nuclear/Power, Energy, and other allied industries in the UK. Quantity Surveyors, Project Managers and Contract Administrators are just some of the vacancies they cover.
2nd Floor, Neville House, 277-279, Bethnal Green Rd, London, Bethnal Green, London, E2 6AH
MDIS Recruitment handles Health & Social Care, Catering & Hospitality, Domestic, Building Constructions, and Transportation roles. They work with private and public clients alike, delivering to both permanent and temporary requirements. They cover all Boroughs in London and offer 24/7 services. Supplying staff daily, all their consultants follow the REC Code of Professional Practice.
652 Leyton High Road, Leyton, London, E10 6RN
The Ferryfield Group is a specialist risk recruitment agency that also provides consultancy, training, and software advisory services to its clients. The agency specialises in the industries of Enterprise Risk Management, Project/Portfolio Risk Analysis, Quantitative Risk Analysis, and Model Risk Auditing. They recruit for all types of positions, and of all levels, including VP of Risk, Risk Manager, and Risk Analyst.
71-75 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
Victoria Lindfield Associates is a professional PA and Business Support recruitment agency situated in London. They place EAs, PAs, and Business Support experts on a permanent, contract, or temporary basis across the UK and globally.
12 Hay Hill, Mayfair, London, W1J 8NR
Village Staff helps fulfil recruitment requirements for a variety of industries including, but not limited to, Secretarial, Warehouse, Accountancy, Driving, Environmental and Data Entry. Taking pride in their experience of more than 25 years, they put forward permanent and temporary staff, as well as Labourers needed on short notice. Their main office is located in Blackheath and they assist businesses in Kent, South East and Central London.
45 Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, London, SE3 0BS
Vine Resources exclusively manages recruitment in Technology, covering Software Engineering, Cloud, Business Transformation and more. With offices in London, Berlin, Sydney and New York, they have a global network enabling them to connect with over 140,000 applicants. Launched in 2004, they satisfy permanent, contract and executive roles from single personnel to a project team. Their past clients include Comcast, Vodafone, KPMG and NTT DATA.
3rd Floor, News Building, 3 London Bridge Street, Bermondsey, London, SE1 9SG
Insight Executive Group is a multi-sector recruitment specialist that finds permanent and interim professionals for a wide range of roles, such as Middle Management, Directors, and Executives. The talent firm covers the UK's Construction, Commercial Management, Estates, Facilities Management, Infrastructure, Procurement, Property, Transport, and Utilities industries. They are a corporate member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
Northern and Shell Building 10 Lower Thames Street, City of London, London, EC2R 6AF
Established in 2010, Twist Recruitment Ltd works within the Creative industry, providing talent in all areas and at all levels in London and the UK. The firm recruits for roles in Design, Content, Digital, Marketing, and Advertising. They hire for a variety of positions such as Account Manager, Client Director, Account Executive, Senior Strategist, Head of Strategy, and more.
Room S89, Second Floor, The Strand, London, WC2R 1LA
Loxwood Moore is a London-based executive search consultancy that covers several sectors including Construction, Digital & Technology, FM, Engineering, and the Built & Natural Environment. They have expertise in the Infrastructure, Rail, Roads, Aviation, Water, Utilities, Power, Property, Industrial, and Manufacturing markets. The agency also provides temporary contract workers to the Built Environment, Transport, and Engineering sectors.
71-75 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
MatchMe Recruitment is focused on the Digital Media industry. The firm specialises in recruiting for niche-specific areas like Social Media, Commerce, Content, Creative, PR & Communications, Marketing, and Technology. They recruit for a variety of roles at all salary levels, and they work with various clients from startups to medium and large global brands. The firm was established in 2015 and is based in London.
2nd Floor, Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, W1J 6BD
Inter-Consulting Europe is a privately-owned firm with teams based in the UK, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Austria, Germany, Holland, Australia, and China. With over 15 years of experience, they are experts in supplying permanent full-time, permanent-part time, and temporary staff to national and global industries. Headquartered in London, they work for the Automotive, Aerospace, IT & Telecoms, and Civil & Rail sectors.
First Floor, 239 High Street, Kensington, London, W8 6SN
Clermont Search is a niche Privacy, Data, Cybersecurity and Blockchain recruitment consultancy supporting Legal, Regulatory and Compliance talents as well as brands like Sony, Amazon and Baker McKenzie. Headquartered in the City of London, they satisfy positions of all levels internationally through strategies such as retained search, contingency search, contract and interim search and team move recruitment. They were incorporated in 2009.
86-90 Paul Street, City of London, London, EC2A 4NE
ECOM is a part of Interquest Group, along with Evolve and RDW. They are a corporate member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and attract qualified staff to a wide range of permanent and contract positions. For over 22 years, they have been catering to various disciplines in the UK and USA's Digital industry. These include Creative, Content, Digital Marketing, E-commerce, Project Management, and Web Analytics departments.
27 Bush Lane, City of London, London, EC4R 0AA
The Talent Space Recruitment makes Marketing and Business Support placements. They typically work with clients within Finance, HR, Office Support, PR, and Sales. Their founders have 12 and 17 years of recruitment experience respectively.
We Work, 8 Devonshire Square, City of London, London, EC2M 4YF
Evenbreak bridges qualified candidates and employers in an array of industries by hiring on a contract, permanent, and temporary basis at all levels. Operating across the UK and internationally, they cater to the staffing needs of various sectors, including Audit, Construction & Building Services, Engineering, Health & Medical, Marketing & Advertising, Project & Programme Management, Retail & Wholesale, Science & Pharmaceutical, and Technology.
02 Metro Central Heights, 119 Newington Causeway, Bermondsey, London, SE1 6DX
19 London extends employment opportunities in Private Household & Childcare, Personal Assistants & Corporate and Yacht Crew. With a main office in Marylebone and a worldwide reach, they place talent like Administrators, Butlers, House Managers, Chefs and Captains into permanent, temporary and contract positions in High Net Worth Families, Financial Institutions, Media Companies and more. They are certified by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency.
48 Charlotte St, Marylebone, London, W1T 2NS
Established in 2018, Zeren has offices in San Francisco, Houston, New York, London, Frankfurt, and Berlin. They specialise in three functional areas: Commercial, Operations, and Technology, covering Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Product, HR & Talent, and Finance. Some roles they fill are Head of Sales, Customer Success Executives, Lead UX, and Sales Director.
41-44 Great Queen Street, Holborn, London, WC2B 5AD
Talent Recruitment recruits for assignments in IT, Sales, Electronics, Digital Marketing and Business Support. With the help of their teams in Finsbury and Stevenage, they aid ventures and candidates as they work on filling permanent and contract positions. Example jobs they open for are Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Estimator, Technical Support Consultant, Front End Developer, Business Development Representative and Warehouse Manager.
Kemp House, 128 City Road, Finsbury, London, EC1V 2NX
Leighton Taylor Consulting fills vacancies in the Professional Services sector. They offer permanent, part-time, and contract placements and recruit talents of all levels within Marketing and Business Development roles. Their services include advertising, regional assignments, and database search and they operate on a no placement, no fee basis.
24 Greville Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1N 8SS
Hudson Clarke Associates is an executive search agency that supplies solutions to Accounting & Finance, Sales & Marketing, Office Support, HR, and Technical. The agency started operating in 2003 and recruits for Junior Support to Director level positions. They also offer an executive search service.
49 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 3HP
Alex & Yuan Partners extends employment opportunities in Legal, Technology, Professional Services and Banking & Finance. They have a global reach, wherein they not only cover the UK, due to their office in the City of London, but they also recruit in France, Germany, Luxembourg, US and China. Specific fields they cover include Accounting, Administration, Compliance, HR Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Portfolio Management, Research and Tax.
63 St Mary Axe, City of London, London, EC3A 8AA
Cogs Agency engages in all aspects of the Digital industry from Content and Production to Sales and Account Management. Born and bred in the UK in 2004, Cogs has six international offices in London, Berlin, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Tokyo. They offer staffing solutions to creative agencies, consulting firms, technology and financial service providers, and media and retail companies across Europe and Asia.
32 Blackfriars Road, City of London, London, SE1 8PB
Connecting Experts focuses on four areas: Automated Driving, Electric Vehicles, Executive Search, and Connected Car. Some of the vacancies they fill may include Talent Acquisition Partner, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Software Development, DevOps Engineer, Recruitment Consultant, Android SW Developer, Project Engineer, C++ Developer, and more. The firm was founded in 2016.
3rd Floor, 10 Throgmorton Avenue, City of London, London, EC2N 2DL
Davenport Oxley is an independent specialist firm that supplies interim/contract, permanent and executive search solutions in the UK and globally. The industries they cover include Financial Services, Industrial, Public & Social Sector and Technology & Digital. They specialise in commercial, technical, professional, mid-level and senior management appointments. Davenport covers Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa.
71-73 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
Executive Surf is an Islington-based multi-sector executive search consultancy covering IT, Fashion, Power & Energy, FMCG, Banking, Automotive and Chemical & Pharmaceutical, amongst others. With multinational and multilingual members on their team, they manage placements both in the UK and abroad. They were established in 2000 and they have since gathered over 970,000 contacts in their candidate database, and over 400 names in their customer database.
4W Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, Islington, London, N1 3QP
Engage PSG is a recruitment firm that specialises in supplying workforce solutions in the Accounting & Finance, Consulting, IT, Legal, Marketing, and Sales sectors. The firm was established in 1998 and has offices in London, Los Angeles, and Sydney.
91 Wimpole Street, Marylebone, London, W1G 0EF
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.