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.
Founded in 2018, Bow Resources is a specialist recruitment agency for the Energy industry. The company specialises in these key sectors: Downstream, Upstream, Renewables, LNG, Trading & Commodities, and Technology. Their recruitment services cover temporary, permanent, and contract, including executive search and retainer solutions.
60 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 3HZ
+ 2 other offices
Established in 2019, Gain Education is a London-based Education recruitment business that places Teachers, HLTAs, Teaching Assistants, SEN staff, and Office personnel in nurseries, primary schools, secondary schools, and SEND schools across London, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, and Surrey. Their latest job vacancies are Year 1 Teacher, Teaching Assistant, HLTA, and Nursery Teacher. The agency recruits on a day-to-day, long-term, and permanent basis.
Tower House, 71 Lewisham High Street, Lewisham, London, SE13 5JX
+ 2 other offices
Invision Recruitment Ltd is a recruitment company that was established in 2009. They are specialists in Construction and Property recruitment and provide staffing solutions across Main Contracting, Residential and Building Services in the Construction and Engineering Industry. They work on both contract, freelance, and permanent placements across the UK and internationally. They have worked with companies like Wates, Kier, Multiplex, and more.
Coppergate House 10 White's Row, Aldgate, London, E1 7NF
+ 2 other offices
Wingjet Aviation is a Pilot and Flight Crew recruitment service centred in Europe, Asia, and Southeast Asia, founded by a team of Aviation and HR experts. They have worked with companies like Spicejet, Wings Air, Lion Air, Starlux, Jet Airways, Sun Express, Indigo, and Batik Air. Job seekers can be placed in a wide range of destinations across Europe, Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. They recruit on a short-term or permanent basis.
7 Bell Yard, Holborn, London, WC2A 2JR
+ 2 other offices
Cooper White Group caters to the Banking sector with a special focus on Wealth Management, Technology, and Risk and Governance. This London-based agency has a database of candidates from 38 countries and a growing presence in 24 countries. Some of the roles they recruit for consist of Lead Data, Investment Counsellor and Security Analyst.
18 King William Street, City of London, London, EC4N 7BP
+ 2 other offices
Fab Staff Hospitality is a specialist staffing service that provides bespoke solutions for Event staffing needs. They specialise in providing multi-skilled Hospitality Assistants, Team Leaders, Bartenders, Supervisors and Floor Managers. The company is headquartered in London.
90 High Holborn, 4th floor, Bloomsbury, London, WC1V 6LJ
+ 2 other offices
Founded in 2013, Ventula Consulting is a digital tech specialist that delivers personalised strategy services. They recruit temporary and permanent personnel and also offer consultancy services to the Technology, Professional Services, and Business change and Transformation sectors. The company is based in London.
Birchin Court, 20 Birchin Lane, City of London, London, EC3V 9DU
+ 2 other offices
Founded in 2017, MadlinHannah Consulting is a headhunting company focused on Corporate Affairs, covering Corporate Communications, Public Affairs, and Financial PR. They match firms with senior executives. Some roles they fill include Public Affairs Associate Director, Content Strategist, Account Director, and Financial PR Associate Director.
Temple Chambers, 3-7 Temple Avenue, City of London, London, EC4Y 0HA
+ 2 other offices
Precision Biosearch is an executive search firm for the Biotech sector and seeks candidates for C-Level, Board, and Functional Head roles from Research & Development through to Commercialisation. They also cover the following role disciplines: Biology, Chemistry, Translational Science, Clinical Research, Medical, Regulatory, Quality, Business Development, Operations, and Finance.
79-81 Borough Road, Bermondsey, London, SE1 1DN
+ 2 other offices
Actualise Consulting is a niche Actuarial and Insurance recruitment consultancy with offices in London and Paris. They have been putting performing retained executive search services since 2009, covering Risk Management, Underwriting, Financial Direction, Data Science and Sales. Serving customers like international actuarial consulting companies, insurance agencies and consultancies, they also reimburse payments if they render unsuccessful results.
235-239 High Road, Wood Green, London, N22 8HF
+ 2 other offices
Total Facilities Recruitment primarily focuses on bridging clients and candidates in the Facilities Management & Building Maintenance sector. From their offices in London, they help fill permanent and temporary vacancies across the UK. They cover recruitment for a wide variety of disciplines, including Refrigeration, Catering, Cleaning, Security, Post & Mailroom, Health & Safety, Customer Service Centre (Helpdesk), and Waste Management.
23 Austin Friars, City of London, London, EC2N 2QP
+ 2 other offices
Established in 1996, Walsons Healthcare is a specialist agency with a network of more than 50,000 professionals. Having started in India, they launched their London office in 2017. Some UK Healthcare jobs that they cover include Registered Nurse, Midwives, General Nurse, Radiologist, Paediatric Surgeon, and Anaestesiologist.
Lansdowne House 57, Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, W1J 6ER
+ 2 other offices
Bohemian HR is a specialist in Human Resources recruitment, established in 2021. The company offers a variety of retained search, interim, and permanent roles & assignments, including HR Generalist/Business Partnering, Employee Relations, Learning & Talent, Reward & Recognition, Change & Transformation, Organisational Design & Development, Recruitment & Resourcing, and Diversity & Inclusion. The firm is based in Westminster, London.
60 Grosvenor St, Mayfair, London, W1K 3HZ
+ 2 other offices
Acquire Digital Talent Limited, situated in the City of London, provides Marketing recruitment solutions for Leadership and Executive titles. With experience of over 12 years, they put forward retained partnership search and contingency search services. Their network, which has over 25,000 contacts, extends globally. They are professional members of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and accredited by The Institute of Retrained Search.
3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, City of London, London, EC2A 4NE
+ 2 other offices
Dataworks is a company that matches clients with talent in the fields of Data Science and Data Engineering. Dataworks offers a replacement guarantee and utilises recruitment tools powered by AI. They also operate internationally with over 10 years of international recruitment experience. They typically recruit for personnel such as CRM Senior Data Analysts, Marketing Analysts, Data Scientists, Cloud Engineers, and Machine Learning Engineers.
7 Bell Yard, Holborn, London, WC2A 2JR
+ 2 other offices
Levy Professionals connects IT professionals with businesses globally through offices in London and the Netherlands. They started in 2000 and have since placed talent from over 10 countries into over 1,700 positions, serving ventures in Financial Services, Retail, Pharmaceutical and more. Example vacancies they cover are Product Designer, Front-end Developer and Scrum Master. They are also members of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
5 St Johns Lane, Clerkenwell, London, EC1M 4BH
+ 2 other offices
TalentEdge, headquartered in Clerkenwell, specialises in Finance recruitment across Technology, Media and Consumer markets. Handling Financial Planning, Financial Reporting, Commercial Finance, Transactional Finance, and more, they deal with permanent, contract, interim and executive opportunities. Their track record, since they started in 2006, includes serving global names like Disney, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros, and completing over 8,000 placements.
60 Grays Inn Road, Bloomsbury, London, WC1X 8AQ
+ 2 other offices
Pear Talent makes mid-to-senior level placements for Finance and Accounting vacancies. Working across the UK and internationally, they serve the Insurance industry by supplying experienced professionals such as Investor Relations Managers, Corporate Finance Analysts, Management Accountants, Group Finance Managers, and Financial Controllers.
117 Waterloo Road, London, Bermondsey, London, SE1 8UL
+ 2 other offices
Chase Global is an executive search group of brands covering Quantitative Investment & Research, Commodities Trading & Clean Tech, Hedge Fund Trading Technology, HR Management and Artificial Intelligence & Data Science. They also have one underway for Space Technology. With locations in Westminster and Singapore, they have been operating worldwide since 2005 and have models for end-to-end recruitment as well as recruitment process outsourcing.
84 Eccelston Square, Westminster, London, SW1V 1PX
+ 2 other offices
Camino Consultancy aids Non-Sales and Back-Office talent looking for employment in Finance, IT, Legal, Operations, HR, Marketing, Learning & Development and Executive Leadership. They are headquartered in Clerkenwell and list vacancies like Compliance Administrator, Management Accountant and Marketing Executive. Formed in 2011, their track record includes completing over 1,500 posts and winning in the 2021 Recruiter Investing in Talent Awards.
30-31 Cowcross Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1M 6DQ
+ 2 other offices
Based in London, but operating globally, Wessex Partners is a specialist executive search agency for the Financial markets. Some of their main specialisms include Capital Markets, Fundraising, and Credit. They also offer market and competitor mapping.
17 Hanover Square, London, Mayfair, London, W1S 1HU
+ 2 other offices
AM CityGrad assists students and graduates seeking to kickstart their careers via internships and employment. They began in 2016 and have since worked as a Soho-based multi-sector recruitment company. They take on a unique system where they don't set up a job board; instead they leverage candidate profiles. In this process, the clients will select suitable profiles and the candidates will be informed of such contact invitations.
76 Wardour Street, Soho, London, W1F 0UR
+ 2 other offices
Medstaff Healthcare Ltd extends its specialisms to national clients by filling a wide variety of permanent, contract, and temporary vacancies. From their London-based office, they deal exclusively with the Healthcare sector, including Anaesthetics, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiology, and Surgery. Medstaff often recruits Doctors, General Practitioners, Healthcare Assistants, Registered Nurses, and Support Workers.
71 - 75 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
+ 2 other offices
Hannington Tame recruits a wide range of candidates for senior-level placements. They have been operating since 2013 and cover Europe and the UK's Digital Marketing and E-commerce markets. The firm often finds Chief Data Officer, Customer Director, Digital Chair, E-commerce CEO, and Performance Marketing Director. With a team based in Hampshire, the company also performs Executive Search services for various employers.
10 Adam Street, Charinig Cross, London, WC2N 6AA
+ 2 other offices
Henry Martin supplies candidates to the Construction and Built Environment sectors, covering Main Contracting, Interior Fit-out, Residential Development, House Building, and Building Services. They have more than 20 years of industry expertise, especially across the areas of London, the South East, and the surrounding home counties. They makes permanent, contract, and project-based placements.
59 Rivington Street, City of London, London, EC2A 3QQ
+ 2 other offices
John Charles Search is a multi-sector company that deals exclusively with the Automation, Construction, Forklifts, and Storage Systems markets across the UK and Europe. For over two years, they have been attracting qualified candidates to a plethora of mid to senior management-level roles. These include Area Sales Managers, Deputy Plant Managers, Project Managers, Site Managers, and Sales & Marketing Directors from their headquarters in London.
152-160 City Road, Finsbury, London, EC1V 2NX
+ 2 other offices
YouSeek is a London-based boutique headhunting and recruitment agency. They specialise in the Advertising, Marketing, Digital, and Mobile verticals, working with well-known media owners through to start-ups such as News UK, eBay, LiveRamp, Euronews, and Teads. YouSeek is headquartered in London.
92-94 United House, Notting Hill, London, W11 3HP
+ 2 other offices
Magellan Advisory Partners bridges a wide range of job seekers and employers in the Asset Management industry across the UK, USA, EMEA, and Asia. With teams based in Hong Kong, London, and New York, they also offer advisory, executive search, and M&A services. Magellan Advisory often works closely with boutique investment companies and large multi-strategy houses.
200 Aldersgate Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1A 4HD
+ 2 other offices
PIR International puts forward employment opportunities in Life Science, not only in the UK but overseas as well. With over 100 years of collective experience within their team, their specialisations are in executive search, board and non-executive appointments and interim search, forging partnerships with institutions like Bone Therapeutics, Closed Loop Medicine and LifeArc Ventures. They are situated in London and were founded in 2005.
30 Stamford Street, Bermondsey, London, SE1 9LQ
+ 2 other offices
MindSearch Headhunting assigns qualified Multilingual candidates to a wide range of verticals nationwide and overseas. With more than five offices, they cater to the Accounting & Finance, IT, Key Account, Marketing, Recruitment/HR, and Sales & Commercial departments.
Avon House, Avonmore Road, West Kensington, London, W14 8TS
+ 2 other offices
VirtoTech focuses on contract IT and Technology recruitment. Covering disciplines such as Data & Analytics, SAP, Cloud & Infrastructure and Development & Architecture, they exclusively hire within Europe, led by their multilingual consultants based in Harpenden. They have over 15 years of experience and over 100,000 contacts in their applicant database. Example job openings they might have are SAP Consultant, Informatica Developer and Project Manager.
Alpha House 100 Borough High Street, Bermondsey, London, SE1 1LB
+ 2 other offices
Rice Search Partners Ltd is a talent and recruitment consultancy firm that deals exclusively with employers across the UK and overseas. With 25 years of combined experience, their expertise lies in Market Research in a diverse range of fields. These include Digital, Data & Analytics, Origination & Distribution, Risk & Infrastructure, and Trading & Execution. From its London and New York branches, they complete assignments at all levels.
33 Kingsway, Holborn, London, WC2B 6UF
+ 2 other offices
Nord Group is a niche Information Technology expert that connects job seekers and clients in various functions nationwide and globally. These include Ad-Tech, Blockchain, Cloud, Data & Analytics, FinTech, Gaming, Hardware, IoT, Media, QA/Testing, SaaS, Software Engineering, and Telecommunications. With a team based in Shenfield, they assign personnel to a wide variety of permanent, temporary, and contract vacancies across all levels.
100 Fenchurch Street, City of London, London, EC3M 5JD
+ 2 other offices
Gambit Search Ltd carries out multi-disciplinary staffing solutions to employers across the UK and internationally. The agency places qualified candidates into permanent roles at all levels and caters to the Corporate Finance, Financial Restructuring, and Insolvency fields. With a team situated in London, they commonly recruit Corporate Finance Executives, Insolvency Managers, Restructuring Managers, and Senior Administrators.
Kemp House 160 City Road, Finsbury, London, EC1V 2NX
+ 2 other offices
Bayford Hale connects with resources in Wealth Management, Asset Management Family Office and Independent Financial Advisory which include High Net Worth Advisors, Portfolio Managers, Investment Analysts, Financial Planners and Executives. Led by their director, who has 12 years of experience in Financial Services recruitment, they also conduct executive search, market intelligence and candidate profiling with the help of their Westminster team.
Salisbury House, London Wall, City of London, London, EC2M 5QQ
+ 2 other offices
Interim Lawyers has been an established provider of locum recruitment solutions to Law Firms and In-house Legal departments since 2000. Servicing across the UK and abroad, they typically recruit candidates for various Legal assignments, including Legal Executive, Property Litigation Locum Solicitor, Residential Conveyancing Lawyer, and Legal Consultant. They are part of Ten Percent, a group of specialist online Legal recruitment consultants.
27 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 3AX
+ 2 other offices
Harmonic is a specialist agency that provides professional talent in the Accounting & Finance industry. They operate from their three offices in London, Boston, and Manchester. Harmonic Finance was founded by Charlie Walker, along with co-founder Fin Glanvill, in 2017. They have cover opportunities for personnel such as Senior Management Accountant, Commercial Finance Business Partner, and Finance Director.
24-27 Charlotte Road, City of London, London, EC2A 3PB
+ 2 other offices
KMS (UK) is a management-owned Housekeeping recruitment agency. They are based in Westminster and are compliant with HMRC rules and all UK and EU legislation. Established in 1995, they accept temporary or permanent assignments and report having one of the lowest turnover rates within their industry.
203 Victoria Street, Westminster, London, SW1E 5NE
+ 2 other offices
Nannies Plus Us is an agency that offers Childcare recruitment services. The company hires Governesses, Nannies, Tutors, Housekeepers, Babysitters, Maternity Nurses, After School Care and more across London and the Home Counties. They also deliver emergency childcare 365 days a year, round the clock. They have several accreditations and over 20 years of experience.
70 North End Road, West Kensington, London, W14 9EP
+ 2 other offices
Sydney Brookes Sales Recruitment has been extending employment opportunities in Sales since 2019. Their solutions include contingency search and headhunting. In addition to these, they have also forged partnerships with Jooble, CV-Library and Peak Vantage Solutions. Headquartered in Clerkenwell, they support Sales across IT, Professional Services and more.
International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, Clerkenwell, London, EC1A 2BN
+ 2 other offices
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.