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Top 15 Contingent search firms based in Sheffield, United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 31 contingent search firms headquartered in Sheffield, United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 669 professional contacts across them, including 173 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers contingent search firms headquartered in Sheffield, United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 15 largest contingent search firms based in Sheffield, United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 388 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Stafforce is the recruiter of choice, connecting high quality talent across multiple sectors - from high volume workforce recruitment to commercial and professional roles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 122 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We specialise in providing both permanent and contract personnel of all disciplines to companies involved in Engineering, Nursing & Medical, Construction, M&E, Building Services…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hamlin Knight is a specialist Recruitment Consultancy with an enthusiasm for delivering an outstanding quality of service to both our Clients and Candidates 100% of the time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are an award winning multi-sector recruiter and staffing solutions agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Covering Sheffield, Yorkshire, and Derbyshire, Sue Ross Recruitment is one of the region’s leading independent providers of permanent, temporary, and contract personnel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Staff One is a multi-disciplinary recruitment consultancy based in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A for Appointments has been established since April we offer a specialist recruitment service to a number of sectors and up to executive level recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Andy File Associates are a General Staffing Recruitment Agency with recruitment consultants recruiting in Engineering & Technical, Exhibitions & Events, IT Sales & Support…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Setting the Benchmark to deliver a quality recruitment service for over 17 years, Benchmark has forged quality and long-lasting relationships.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Placing Faces is a modern recruitment agency that operates differently to the high street agencies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Page 1 Recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Crucible Recruitment is a specialist Recruitment Consultancy with a commitment to delivering outstanding service to both our Clients and Candidates - 100% of the time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Verus Recruitment, we believe people are key to a business's success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Plexus Group is a UK and International recruitment firm offering bespoke solutions based on industry-leading service levels, helping to connect the right companies and candidates…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Sheffield Recruitment Specialists Sheffield Recruitment Specialists is an independent recruitment agency delivering a completely bespoke service to both clients and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: contingent search firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names contingent search firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of contingent search firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name contingent search firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Contingent search firms based in Sheffield, United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United Kingdom list rather than for Sheffield, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Sheffield, over 31 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among contingent search firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Sheffield, United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “contingent search firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names contingent search firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among contingent search firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Sheffield are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 173 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Contingent search firms by metro in the United Kingdom
- Contingent search firms in London930
- Contingent search firms in Manchester129
- Contingent search firms in Birmingham65
- Contingent search firms in Leeds57
- Contingent search firms in Bristol46
- Contingent search firms in Glasgow39
- Contingent search firms in Milton Keynes34
- Contingent search firms in Sheffield31
- Contingent search firms in Liverpool29
- Contingent search firms in Nottingham29
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names contingent search firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many contingent search firms are there based in Sheffield, United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 31 contingent search firms headquartered in Sheffield, United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Stafforce, headquartered in Sheffield, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most contingent search firms?
London leads with 930 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (129) and Birmingham (65).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 173 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 31 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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