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Top Recruitment Agencies: Permanent Recruitment in the UK

89 recruitment agencies ranked by rating, review volume and listing quality.

Between them, the 89 recruitment agencies on this page cover temporary staffing (46), executive search (35), contract recruitment (30) and finance and accounting recruitment (17). They also list work in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Leeds. 89 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

We list 90 recruitment agencies in the UK listed for permanent recruitment. The order comes from what each firm publishes and what has been verified about it, never from payment — at the top right now: Hanson Regan, 24-7 Staffing Limited and 360 Recruitment.

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Career Moves Group
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Temporary Staffing · Executive Search · Also in London
Career Moves Group is a London recruitment agency and talent acquisition partner with more than 35 years in the business.
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Carlyle Associates
Executive Search · Financial Services · Also in Edinburgh and London
Independent executive search and senior interim firm working from Edinburgh and London for UK boards and leadership teams
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Carnegie Consulting
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Contract Recruitment · Hospitality Recruitment · Also in London
Carnegie Consulting is a recruitment firm that has specialised in the finance sector since 2006.
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Catch 22
Construction and Property Recruitment · Public Sector Recruitment · Temporary Staffing · Also in Leeds and Manchester
Catch 22 recruits exclusively for the facilities management sector in the UK.
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Catermatch Solutions
Temporary Staffing · Hospitality Recruitment · Also in Manchester
Catermatch Solutions is a hospitality and catering recruitment agency in Manchester, set up in 2003.
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Cathcart Associates
IT and Tech Recruitment · Also in Edinburgh and Manchester
Cathcart Associates is a technology recruitment firm, now presenting itself as Cathcart Technology, with its headquarters in Edinburgh.
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Core-Asset Consulting
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Office and Admin Recruitment · IT and Tech Recruitment · Also in Edinburgh
Core-Asset Consulting recruits for financial and professional services employers in the UK and Ireland, ranging from large global groups to boutique firms.
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Cork Griffiths
Executive Search · Interim Management · Headhunting · Also in London
Cork Griffiths is a UK executive search firm that finds directors, senior managers and non-executive directors for its clients.
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Cornwall Staff Agency
Temporary Staffing · Catering · Learning
Cornwall Staff Agency is an independent recruitment firm in St Austell that has filled jobs across Cornwall since 2005.
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Creative Recruitment Limited
Sales and Marketing Recruitment · Contract Recruitment · Digital Marketing · Also in Wales and London
UK recruitment agency placing creative, digital, marketing and content professionals in permanent, contract and freelance roles
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Crem Recruitment
Office and Admin Recruitment · Temporary Staffing · Contract Recruitment · Also in Newmarket and Cambridge
Recruitment agency supplying temporary, permanent and contract staff across Cambridgeshire, North Essex and West Suffolk
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Crone Corkill
Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Office and Admin Recruitment · Sales and Marketing Recruitment · Also in London
Crone Corkill is a specialist recruitment agency working across London.
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Detail2Recruitment
Office and Admin Recruitment · Executive Search · Contract Recruitment · Also in London
Detail2Recruitment is a recruitment business in Altrincham that fills permanent, contract and executive roles across the UK and internationally.
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Earl Street Employment Consultants
Temporary Staffing · Contract Recruitment
Earl Street Employment Consultants is a recruitment agency based in Maidstone, Kent. It has been placing people in jobs and helping employers find staff since 1977.
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Eclipse Recruitment
Driving and Logistics Recruitment · Temporary Staffing · Also in Nottingham
Eclipse Recruitment is an agency in Nottingham that supplies drivers and logistics staff to businesses across the East Midlands and nearby areas.
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Elite Personnel Services Ltd
Temporary Staffing · Customer Service · Digital Marketing · Also in Pudsey and Bradford
Independent West Yorkshire recruitment agency placing permanent, temporary and contract staff across office, technical and production roles
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Elizabeth Michael Associates
Construction and Property Recruitment · Temporary Staffing · Executive Search · Also in Nottingham
Elizabeth Michael Associates is an independently owned recruitment business that has traded since 1991.
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Ellis Mack Recruitment Consultancy
Temporary Staffing · Hospitality Recruitment · Also in Glasgow
Ellis Mack Recruitment Consultancy is a specialist recruiter for the hospitality, catering and retail trades, based in Glasgow.
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Escape Recruitment Services
Accounting & Finance · Temporary Staffing · Personnel · Also in Livingston
Escape Recruitment Services is a specialist recruitment agency operating in Scotland.
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Essential Employment
Public Sector Recruitment · Temporary Staffing · Contract Recruitment · Also in Newton Abbot and Cardiff
Essential Employment is an independent recruitment agency in the United Kingdom.
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Essential Recruitment
Information Technology · Hybrid · Also in Manchester
Essential Recruitment is a Manchester recruiter that concentrates on technology and business change roles.
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Evolve IT Recruitment Ltd
IT and Tech Recruitment · Partnership · Networking · Also in Dundee and Edinburgh
Evolve IT Recruitment Ltd is a recruitment consultancy for technology and digital roles.
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Exact Sourcing Ltd
Temporary Staffing · Executive Search · Also in Cambridge and Bury
Exact Sourcing Ltd is a recruitment agency with offices in Cambridge and Newmarket in the East of England. It also covers Ely, Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill, Royston and Sawston.
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Executemps Recruitment Ltd
Temporary Staffing · Administration · external · Also in Newcastle
Executemps Recruitment Ltd is an employment agency based in Newcastle and Durham.
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The order comes from what each firm publishes and what has been verified about it, and never from payment:

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Client reviews, where they exist: the rating is smoothed, so one five-star review cannot outrank a firm with a hundred good ones, and volume counts with diminishing returns

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Only firms whose profile names the UK are counted here, so a firm that lists a town but no country is not yet included.

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Top Recruitment Agencies: Permanent Recruitment in the UK

Career Moves Group

Carlyle Associates

Carnegie Consulting

Catch 22

Catermatch Solutions

Cathcart Associates

Core-Asset Consulting

Cork Griffiths

Cornwall Staff Agency

Creative Recruitment Limited

Crem Recruitment

Crone Corkill

Detail2Recruitment

Earl Street Employment Consultants

Eclipse Recruitment

Elite Personnel Services Ltd

Elizabeth Michael Associates

Ellis Mack Recruitment Consultancy

Escape Recruitment Services

Essential Employment

Essential Recruitment

Evolve IT Recruitment Ltd

Exact Sourcing Ltd

Executemps Recruitment Ltd

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