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Top 25 Higher education recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom

Name: Higher education recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 245 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 245 higher education recruitment firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 4,466 professional contacts across them, including 529 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers higher education recruitment firms headquartered in the 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 28, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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4,466Contacts tracked

529Verified emails

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The 25 largest higher education recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 245 higher education recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to higher education recruitment firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Shabuj Global Education	Partial evidence	Whitechapel, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	82 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Shabuj Global Education is a UK-based international students recruiting and educational consultancy organisation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	The Education Group London	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	81 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Education Group London is a recruitment partner as well as providing on-campus teaching and full-service consultancy to the tertiary education sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Twenty4seven Education	Strong evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	76 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Twenty4Seven Education is a fast-growing education agency with extensive experience in education recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Theorise LTD	Partial evidence	Edinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	70 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Theorise Ltd are an ambitious and innovative recruitment business and have grown to be Scotland’s largest agency for the supply and provision of additional support services to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Findauniversity	Partial evidence	Sheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	67 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For over 20 years, FindAUniversity have been leading the way in online postgraduate student recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Sanctuary Graduates & Apprentices	Partial evidence	Norwich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	61 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sanctuary Graduates is an innovative graduate recruitment agency which solves graduate attraction problems for dozens of firms, both Times Top 100 employers and other companies &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Equal Education Partners	Strong evidence	Cardiff, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Strong evidence “School Recruitment \| Edtech Recruitment \| Higher Ed & STEM Programmes Our Recruitment teams introduce first class professionals to roles across the education sector, including…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	Edgware Associates	Strong evidence	Truro, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Edgware Associates are Educational Specialists and offer a fully managed recruitment service covering both contract and permanent requirements throughout the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Clarus Education	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Clarus Education is the go to Education Recruitment Consultancy in London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Hunter Education	Strong evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Hunter Education, is a specialist Education Recruitment Company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Xede Education	Partial evidence	Truro, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We have teamed our experience with the best education recruiters to create a service that suits the industry perfectly.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Spencer Group	Indirect evidence	Reading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Spencer Group delivers tailored executive search solutions grounded in rigorous market research, leaving a lasting footprint in every placement we make.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Burman Recruitment	Strong evidence	Shenfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Burman are a specialist Higher & Further Education recruitment agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Teachingtomorrow	Strong evidence	Sharnbrook, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	30 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Teaching Tomorrow is an education recruitment agency based in Bedfordshire with over 45 years of experience in the sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Chase Global	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The CHASE GLOBAL group of Executive Search firms each focus on sourcing outstanding talent within a range of STEM industries for pioneering companies worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	EDEX	Indirect evidence	Moorgate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “It is our mission to place candidates into the right role, where they will flourish for years to come.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Global Talent Partners	Partial evidence	Harrogate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Global Talent partners is a leading recruitment firm based in the United States with a focus on the healthcare markets of Veterinary Medicine, Medical Sales, Dentistry, Doctors…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	ADGEN	Partial evidence	Leamington Spa, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Adgen, we’re experts in media for education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Hourglass Education	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Hourglass specialise in the Permanent education recruitment market, working with schools, trusts, teachers and leaders alike to create the perfect match.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	ARU Temps	Partial evidence	Cambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ARU Temps is Anglia Ruskin University’s on campus recruitment agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Resource Professionals	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Resource Professionals are a firm of search consultants specialising in the recruitment to recruitment market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Carbon Recruitment	Strong evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Carbon Recruitment specialise in the recruitment of staff across both Secondary and Further Education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	The Education HUB	Partial evidence	Newquay, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Education Hub, we are committed to supporting the future of education across the UK and the World.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Applebough Education	Partial evidence	Stourbridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Whether you are looking for new employment opportunities and challenges within the education sector, or you are an educational organisation looking for outstanding staff, please…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Illapa Search	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Illapa Search is a Legal Executive Search firm, specialising in North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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: higher education recruitment 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 higher education recruitment firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of higher education recruitment firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name higher education recruitment 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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Higher education recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

11.8%Verified-email coverage

18.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

41.6%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

167

11-50

51-200

501-1,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 245 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 higher education recruitment 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 the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “higher education recruitment 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 higher education recruitment 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 higher education recruitment firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom 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, 529 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 28, 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.

Higher education recruitment firms by metro

Higher education recruitment firms in London102

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 higher education recruitment 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 higher education recruitment firms are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 245 higher education recruitment firms headquartered in the 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?

Shabuj Global Education, headquartered in Whitechapel, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most higher education recruitment firms?

London leads with 102 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (13) and Cambridge (4).

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 529 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 245 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 28, 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.