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.
Leadership Capital Group is focused on recruiting senior and board-level executives, business professionals, consultants, and leaders. With 23 offices worldwide, they cover the USA, EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. They have worked with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to private equity-backed growth businesses.
12 Hay Hill, Mayfair, London, W1J 8NR
Selected Recruitment Solutions is an agency for the Financial Planning sector. They find IT and Finance candidates such as Account Executives and Mortgage Advisers. They have offices in London and Ipswich.
Brune Street Spitalfields London, Aldgate, London, E1 7NJ
Buy Time is a recruitment specialist that places PAs and Secretaries in a broad range of clients nationwide. Since its foundation in 2002, they have been catering to a plethora of sectors, such as Business Administration, Communications, Events, Lifestyle, Office Management, Project Management, Property, Restaurant, and Sales & Marketing. Buy Time sources staff from their London office for employers in multi-national companies and SMEs.
37 Gloucester Place London, Marylebone, London, W1U 8JA
Stanton Parker specialises in the Strategy and Business Development disciplines, connecting with prospective executives and c-level leaders. Having a reach that spans over 70 countries, a collective knowledge of over 17 years and experience since 2010, they assist enterprises from various industries including Consumer, Life Sciences, Leisure, Technology and Media using contingent and retained models. Their head office can be found in Holborn.
25 Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London, WC2A 1AL
Sales Recruitment has more than 10 years' experience of supplying Sales professionals from their London base. They have worked with everything from startups to FTSE 100 firms. SalesRec recruit both locally and worldwide. Positions they've filled include Sales Director, Enterprise Account Executive, Telesales Executive, Head of Sales, Area Manager, and Commercial Manager.
Venture House, 27-29 Glasshouse St, Soho, London, W1B 5DF
TIR Healthcare Ltd, launched in 2009, focuses on Healthcare recruitment and specialises in supplying talent such as Carers, Midwives, Support Workers, Social Workers, Nurses and Doctors. Accessible 24/7 through their Finsbury office, they can satisfy the permanent, temporary and short-notice staffing needs of both the public and private sectors. They also make sure that their candidates are assessed by Care Quality Commission standards.
Kemp House, 160 City Road, Finsbury, London, EC1V 2NX
ESG Recruitment is a Recruitment-to-Recruitment agency fulfilling personnel needs of all levels from graduates and trainees up to directors and executives. With strategies in headhunting and networking, they offer assistance throughout London and fill roles such as Graduate Trainee Headhunter, Legal Recruitment Consultant, Business Development Representative and more. They were formed in 2016 following their founder's over 20 years of recruitment experience.
110 Bishopsgate, City of London, London, EC2M 1GT
Light Search, established in 2016, provides an extensive client portfolio with talent management solutions. Clients include large organisations and Rec2Rec companies. They operate from their offices across Amsterdam, London, Manchester, and New York and place professionals in an array of vacancies at all levels. The international agency also extends their expertise in offering Headhunting services.
1 BARTHOLOMEW LANE, City of London, London, EC2N 2AX
Impact Creative Recruitment supplies talents to the Media and Creative industry. They cover roles of all levels across the areas of Marketing, Digital Marketing, Content, Growth, Search, Communications, and Social Media. They have been in the industry for more than 20 years, delivering permanent, contract, temporary, freelance, and senior retained search solutions. They are based in London.
1 Mark Square, City of London, London, EC2A 4EG
360xec Executive Search, based in Bloomsbury, provides Marketing and Communications recruitment solutions internationally. They support potential CEOs, CFOs, Directors and the like into management in Technology, Digital, Business Development and more. Since their operations started in 2011, they have been working not only in the UK, but in Europe, Asia and beyond, and have served global digital ad agencies and FTSE 100 companies, to name a few.
1 Alfred Place, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 7EB
Osborne Thomas Ltd conducts specialised staffing solutions for an extensive range of employers across the UK. They source permanent and interim candidates for various markets, such as Customer Services, Environment, Finance, Governance & Legal, Leisure & Entertainment, Marketing & Communications, Project Management, Public Sector, and Social Care. The member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation also supplies HR Consultancy services.
71-75 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
Wynden Stark is a group of Talent and Technology recruitment firms with teams in London, Australia, Hong Kong and five locations in the US. Companies under their umbrella include GQR, which hires across Healthcare and Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths; Untapt, which integrates Artificial Intelligence into their recruitment solutions; and Nebula, which focuses on Education. They were founded in 2009 and were recognised by LinkedIn and Forbes.
Westminster Tower, Bermondsey, London, SE1 7SP
Hunter Merrifield bridges clients with job seekers in the Not-for-Profit industry across London and the home counties. The firm was founded in 2002 and caters to Fundraising, Marketing Communications & Digital, Membership, and Office Support functions. They are members of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies and Recruitment and Employment Confederation, which hires on a permanent and temporary basis.
125 Kingsway, Holborn, London, WC2B 6NH
A London-based, Information Technology-focused talent acquisition firm, Neos IT delivers a variety of services to clients across the London and South East region. They primarily offer Backup and Recovery, Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security, It Strategy, IT Support, and Phones & Internet staffing solutions. With over 20 years of combined experience, the agency also works with employers in the Financial sector.
Suite 110, 150 Minories, City of London, London, EC3N 1LS
An established provider of employment opportunities, Neos-IT assigns professionals to an array of IT departments nationwide. These include Backup and Recovery, Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security, IT Strategy, IT Support, and Phones & Internet. They are based in London, and have Cyber Essentials certification and Microsoft Silver Partnership.
123 Minories, City of London, London, EC3N 1NT
Top-Tier Staffing Ltd predominantly manages recruitment in Health and Social Care nationally. Matching Hospitals, Local Authorities, Nursing Homes and similar institutions, with the likes of Social Workers, Nurses, Support Workers and Domestic Staff, their past successes involve completing permanent, temporary, apprenticeship and remote positions across North East London. They also vet potential employees by performing at least 20 identity checks.
Crown House, 27 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 3AX
GFR International, located in Finsbury, specialises in Finance recruitment for the EMEA region and beyond. While they mainly satisfy permanent appointments, they also work on contract positions. They were formed in 2015 following their director's over 25 years of experience in Corporate and Investment Banking. Since then they have had successes like placing a Senior Director to a Service Provider and Vice President to a Major International Bank.
152-160 City Road, Finsbury, London, EC1V 2NX
Itchyfeet Recruitment Agency recruits for fields such as Audit & Accounting, Project Management, Marketing, Sales, Legal and more. They have been completing permanent, temporary, contract and executive assignments since 2005. They have a centralised coverage through sites in Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man.
GF, 33 Gloucester Street, City of London, London, EC3R 7AG
Resource & Recruit Ltd is a Construction recruitment firm that makes permanent and temporary white collar appointments and price work and day work blue collar assignments. White collar personnel they place may include Quantity Surveyors and Design Engineers. They also connect with blue collar workers like Multi Trade Operatives and Maintenance Assistants. Headquartered in Soho, they have been serving UK and Europe Contractors and Developers.
71-75 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
White Space Recruitment Ltd, located in Finsbury, is a Creative recruitment company with a focus on Design appointments. Continually on the lookout for the likes of Architects, Interior Designers, Building Information Modelling Managers and Technicians, they have been working in the industry since 2017. Example job openings they cover include Mandarin Speaking Business Developer, Technical Interior Designer, Project Architect and Landscape Director.
WeWork 145 City Road, Finsbury, London, EC1V 1AZ
Domus Personnel Ltd matches Social Work and Care job seekers with institutions in the UK and Channel Islands. Taking pride in having a collective knowledge of over 60 years and experience since 2019, they comply with the Care Quality Commission's standards in satisfying locum and interim roles. Their Islington team provides solutions such as Recruitment Partnership, Care Home Support, Additional Capacity Support and Senior Management Support.
20 - 22 Wenlock Road, Islington, London, N1 7GU
Explora Haven Training and Support Services supplies Care workers for various fields which include Home Care, Live-in Care, Palliative Care, Residential Care, Supported Living, Personal Assistance and Individual Support. With consultants in Cricklewood, their main areas of coverage are London, Middlesex and Hertfordshire. They were established in 2006 are regulated by the Care Quality Commission and are members of the United Kingdom Home Care Association.
Unit 15 Wing Yip Business Centre 395 Edgware Road, Cricklewood, London, NW2 6LN
Damhurst & Co, incorporated in 2016 and located in the City of London, exclusively conducts Insurance recruitment. They manage executive placements, as well as non-executive roles, which cover Vertical & Infrastructure operations like Digital and Finance, Underwriting & Claims which also encompasses Product and Broking which includes Wholesale and Retail. They have made over 260 appointments, over 75% of which are executive.
Birchin Court 20 Birchin Lane, City of London, London, EC3V 9DU
PA Search is a division of Angela Mortimer Group that places Executive Assistants and Personal Assistants in a wide range of industries nationwide and abroad. They are an accredited member of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies, and Investors in People, and supports the hiring of candidates on a permanent and temporary basis. Since 1976, the recruitment firm has been focusing on delivering staffing services in Administration, HR, and Legal sectors.
76 Wardour St, Soho, London, W1T 3ND
Elisa's London Nannies sources Childcare and Domestic Staff such as Nannies, Governesses, Tutors, Maternity Nurses, Housekeepers, and Au Pairs. A majority of their candidates are experienced, enhanced DBS checked, have paediatric first aid certificates, and can take care of children of any age. They also recruit professionals who can take care of bilingual and special needs children. Based in London, they serve both locally and internationally.
71 - 75 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
J K Barnes focuses on the niche industry of Quantitative Finance, recruiting for positions internationally through sites in Bloomsbury and New York in the US. They handle disciplines like Quantitative Research, Algorithmic & Electronic Trading and Portfolio Management and assist firms like Private Equity Funds and Proprietary Trading Houses. Some vacancies they may list are C++ Developer, HFT Quant Researcher and Systematic Energy Portfolio Manager.
21a John Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 2BF
Insights Opinion has been delivering services in Research since 2015, covering disciplines such as Quantitative and Qualitative Research and Data Processing. They take pride in having a global reach through multilingual consultants in East Finchley, US and India, wherein they offer support across 100 countries and 60 languages. They hold ISO 20252 and 27001 certifications, and are members of the European Society for Opinion and Market Research.
120 High Road, East Finchley, London, N2 9ED
Redwood Publishing Recruitment specialises in Publishing recruitment, handling roles from entry-level up to senior management since 1987. Accommodating permanent, temporary and contract positions, they take on a bespoke approach as they hire staff like Production Editor and Editorial Assistant. They have locations in the City of London and the Netherlands. They are also members of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers.
Aldermary House, 15 Queen St, City of London, London, EC4N 1TX
Global Pathways Recruitment's specialism is in extending International Relocation opportunities to Accounting professionals. Since their operations began in 2015, they have had hundreds of successes which include relocating an HR M&A Manager to Amsterdam and a Transaction Services Partner to Brisbane. Led by their Stockwell recruiters who have experienced relocation themselves, their key coverage is in Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe and Oceania.
1-3 Brixton Road, Stockwell, London, SW9 6DE
Ajax Legal Ltd, founded in 2020, places Legal professionals in functions across the Private Practice sector. These include Banking, Corporate, Funds & Asset Management, Infrastructure, Projects, and Real Estate. With a team based in London, the company aids in making various appointments. Ajax Legal operates an extensive client portfolio across the UK, USA, and Europe that also caters to Leveraged Finance and Private Equity fields.
20 22 Wenlock Road, Islington, London, N1 7GU
Cathcart Technology is a trusted recruitment provider of contract and permanent candidates to the Technology market across the UK and internationally. Headquartered in Edinburgh, they serve an extensive group of employers and deliver personnel to an array of assignments at all levels. These include Data Engineers, Mobile Developers, Programme Managers, Software Engineers, and Software Testers.
40 George Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1V 6RL
Civitas Recruitment is a London-based agency that caters to the Charity and Not-for-Profit sectors across the UK and beyond. They cover many disciplines including Senior Executives, Fundraising, Finance, HR, IT, Admin, Marketing & Comms, Governance, Programme, and Data. They have worked with clients like Comic Relief, Lloyds Bank Foundation, HelpAge International, Children with Cancer UK, Orphans in Need, Equal Rights Trust, and many more.
International House, 24 Holborn, Clerkenwell, London, EC1A 2BN
Evolution Law sources permanent and temporary Paralegals and Lawyers for Law Firms, Banks and other ventures globally. In addition to this, they have access to Translators who cover over 30 languages and entry-level Administration Staff. They also perform team recruitment. Located in Bloomsbury, they were formed by a Lawyer who has almost 20 years of relevant experience.
27 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 3AX
Excelsis has been specialising in Healthcare search since 2019. Their edge is in international recruitment, where their permanent Adult General Nurses and Level Band 5 Specialists come from outside Europe, their public health personnel are from Asia and Africa and their private sector workers come from the Caribbean. They also have services in Nursing Training and Immigration for things like visa support. They are headquartered in Forest Gate.
298 Romford Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 9HD
Explore Group administers permanent and contract Technology and Digital recruitment with the help of their locations in the City of London, Reading and US. Also performing team recruitment, they handle Software Engineering, Cloud Migration, Business Transformation, Data Engineering and Functional Programming. Since they began in 2005, they have built a customer portfolio that has Sagittarius Agency, SYZYGY London, Marks & Spencer and more.
155 - 157 Minories, City of London, London, EC3N 1LJ
Healthcare & Locum Recruitment supplies the likes of Registered, General and Community Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Care Workers. They focus on London and the Surrey region through their Wimbledon site. Incorporated in 2011, they recruit for permanent and temporary positions and have 24-hour availability. They are members of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and are accredited under the NHS National Clinical Staffing Framework.
157 Dorset Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 3EQ
L.Knighton is an executive search firm that works mainly within the Capital Markets. They cover both the buy-side and sell-side, especially the following areas: Equities, FX & Currencies, Fixed Income & Credit, and other related Derivatives. L.Knighton's headquarters is located in London.
25 City Road, City of London, London, EC1Y 1AA
Medicco Healthcare, instituted in 2006, has experience in addressing the staffing requirements of various Healthcare employers nationwide. Their expertise covers a plethora of roles, including Doctors, Healthcare Assistants, Nursing, and Paramedics. They are a certified Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) member, that assigns professionals to an array of contract, permanent, and temporary vacancies across all levels.
3 Bolt Court -First Floor Fleet Street, City of London, London, EC4A 3DQ
Parkwell is an independent firm established in 1988. Headquartered in London, they mostly cater to Financial Services firms across London, the UK, and internationally. They will typically recruit Lawyers, Accountants, IT, Marketing, Sales, and Investment professionals.
60 Cannon Street, City of London, London, EC4N 6NP
The Headhunting Company connects an array of candidates and employers in the Rec2Rec industry across the UK, US, UAE, and Europe. Its Westminster branch can assign professionals for openings at all levels. These include Account Managers, Administrators, Branch & Divisional Managers, HR Personnel, Managing & Senior Consultants, and Trainee Consultants. They also cater to the Business Development sector.
10 Portman Street, Westminster, London, W1H 6NL
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.