London's top 30 temp agencies

They are the global recruitment leader in contingent and permanent workforce solutions. In the uk, manpower runs more than 20 physical offices and work across every category. Companies who use manpower include the royal mail, bmw and ikea. It’s increasingly common for companies to hire temp staff that they can “try before they buy”.

Matchstick recruitment specialising in recruiting pa, secretaries and office support staff for clients in london. They place candidates for temporary, contract and permanent roles, and work across all industry sectors. Matchstick is an industry expert and specialises in retaining candidates on their books that don’t use any other agencies. They are also experts at taking care of payroll for their temporary staff, taking everything out of their client’s hands.

One of the unique things tate works on is office-based apprenticeships with employers they work with. If you’re looking to take on an apprentice, possibly to plug your digital skills gap, tate could be a good place to start. Redwigwam is one of london’s go-to agencies for temporary workers. They have more than 60,000 workers on their books ready to go at any time.

We’ve provided event staffing solutions staff agency for some of the largest events in the world including formula one’s british grand prix at silverstone and cop26 in glasgow. More broadly, we can design teams for sporting events, exhibitions, conferences, trade shows, hospitality events, operations, promotional events, and festivals. Based in newcastle, but serving london and the entire uk, durham lane styles itself as a ‘sales transformation specialist’ with recruitment just a part of what they do. Sales is their speciality, and they aim to find the right sales professionals to help their clients grow quickly. Because they have a sales training arm to their company, durham lane can easily see which candidates have the right sales skills to be a success.

Hays works across a variety of sectors, but specialises in finance, construction, it, education and healthcare. They also maintain a big presence in public services and executive search. Hays prides itself on strong customer service, which is the key to being a market leader. As an experiential staffing agency our regional staffing managers understand better than anyone what is needed to create great experiential staff. Bubbly, engaging teams provide the customer engagement needed to create a successful experiential event.

Prospectus is a specialist recruitment company working in the non-profit sector. They place candidates at all levels, from administrator to chief executive. Prospectus also provides a recruitment advertising design service, taking that tricky task out of their clients’ hands. Current clients include marie curie cancer care, unicef and the citizens advice bureau. Morgan hunt is a company specialising in public sector recruitment, although they are not exclusive to the public sector. Their original mission was placing temporary workers into local authority housing associations, but have expanded into filling roles for nhs, education and charities.