Recruiting Tech Landscape of the United Kingdom
1,599 Recruiting Tech companies in the United Kingdom, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Recruiting Tech in the United Kingdom
Shows the top 1,599 UK recruiting‑tech firms, highlighting the current hiring leaders, best‑funded firms, and the number actively hiring or reporting a funding round.
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Zen Educate11last posted Jun 2026
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Info Resume Edge9last posted Aug 2026
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Quix Recruitment Group8last posted Jun 2026
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Darwin Recruitment6last posted Jun 2026
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Apex Talent6last posted Jul 2026
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AlphaSights6last posted May 2026
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Hiring Hub5last posted Feb 2026
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Conspicuous5last posted Jun 2026
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Otta$145.3MSeed · Nov 2023
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Skedulo$112.2MSeries C · Jul 2021
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Distributed$60MSeries B · Jun 2022
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Meta View$51.6MSeries B · Jun 2025
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Florence$41.3MSeries B · May 2022
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Arbolus$41MSeries B · Nov 2024
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Veremark$40.4MConventional Debt · Feb 2026
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YunoJuno$197.7Msnapshot Dec 2023
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CV-Library$65Msnapshot Jun 2022
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Scantec$49.4MFY2023 filing
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Precise Consultants$47.8MFY2023 filing
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proSapient$42.2Msnapshot Dec 2024
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Prestige Recruitment Specialists$40Msnapshot Sep 2022
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Berkeley Scott$22.8MFY2024 filing
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CHASE330tracked employees
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Cappfinity280tracked employees
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WRS208tracked employees
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Service Care196tracked employees
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GQR166tracked employees
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Willo15.6%15 tracked events
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LaunchPad10.4%10 tracked events
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Catapult9.4%9 tracked events
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Adzuna8.3%8 tracked events
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Morson Group6.2%6 tracked events
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All Gravy5.2%5 tracked events
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Jobs at Amazontop 5kjobsatamazon.co.uk
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Reedtop 50kreed.co.uk
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PeoplePerHourtop 50kpeopleperhour.com
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Yotspottop 50kyotspot.com
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Reedsytop 50kreedsy.com
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Times Higher Educationtop 50ktimeshighereducation.com
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Totaljobstop 50ktotaljobs.com
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How the Recruiting Tech ecosystem in the United Kingdom grew, 2016–2025
Lists how many recruiting‑tech companies were founded each year from 2016 to 2025, noting the highest count of 126 in 2020 and 19 in 2025.
Where Recruiting Tech companies in the United Kingdom are based
Ranks UK cities by the number of recruiting‑tech companies located there, with London leading at 744 firms.
The Recruiting Tech market map of the United Kingdom: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the main product sub‑categories and revenue models used by recruiting‑tech firms, such as enterprise tech and subscription fees.
The biggest kinds of Recruiting Tech company, by how many we track.
- Enterprise Tech1,517 companies · $1.2B raised · 146 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce1,182 companies · $564.8M raised · 130 hiring
- Consumer Digital1,116 companies · $551.1M raised · 124 hiring
- Future of Work413 companies · $588.2M raised · 23 hiring
- SaaS371 companies · $468.1M raised · 22 hiring
- HR SaaS371 companies · $468.1M raised · 22 hiring
- Enterprise Software348 companies · $560.4M raised · 17 hiring
- Marketplaces269 companies · $130.5M raised · 20 hiring
- Deskless Workforce193 companies · $225.5M raised · 4 hiring
- Sharing Economy175 companies · $214.7M raised · 11 hiring
- Film Casting Platforms43 companies · $1M raised
- Healthtech38 companies · $145.7M raised · 1 hiring
Monetization
How Recruiting Tech companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Recruiting Tech in the United Kingdom
Counts 76 corporate events over the past two years, including funding rounds, mergers and acquisitions, and other notable activities.
- M&AKonfir has been acquired by Experian and will join its verifications business, expanding data coverage for UK employment and tenancy checks.2026-04-17
- M&AJob search platform Adzuna has acquired the jobs businesses of Trovit and Mitula, two market-leading search engines operated by the Lifull Connect group.2026-03-23
- M&AVeremark’s acquisition of Agenda Screening Services, a specialist background screening firm.2026-02-26
- M&AGrosvenor Power Group (GPG), the UK’s leading Tier 2 HV power transmission and distribution grid integration business, and Aurora Power Consulting Ltd, a leading independent power systems analysis consultancy, have both been acquired by Morson Group in two separate deals.2026-02-16
- M&AThe Access Group’s acquisition of MaxOptra integrates route optimisation, delivery management and AI-driven fleet planning into its mid-market ERP portfolio.2026-02-12
- M&AEducation recruitment firm AK Teaching has been acquired by national operator Zen Educate in a deal that will retain its management team.2026-01-28
- M&ACarrier Connect Data Solutions Inc. (TSXV: CCDS) (OTCQB: CCDSF) ... has entered into a non-binding letter of intent ... to acquire, through its wholly owned subsidiary, the principal business assets of the data center business owned and operated by Carbon60.2026-01-26
- M&AInvestcorp, a leading global alternative investment firm, through Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP), has agreed to sell its majority stake in the Shine Company, a leading European unicorn and digital platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), to Cegid, a cloud management and AI solutions business majority owned by Silver Lake.2025-11-27
- FundingAnother Los Angeles startup, Launchpad (launchpad.build), raised $11 million for its robotics platform.2025-10-22
- FundingTempo, a Layer 1 blockchain project, received $500 million in Series A funding from prominent venture capitalists Greenoaks and Thrive Capital.2025-10-18
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Recruiting Tech company in the United Kingdom was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-21 | ||
| Trovit and Mitula | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-03-24 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-02-26 | ||
| undisclosed | — | 2026-02-26 | ||
| Grosvenor Power Group (GPG) | undisclosed | Completed | 2026-02-16 | |
| Aurora Power Consulting Ltd | undisclosed | Completed | 2026-02-16 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific corporate events, focusing on leadership moves within the sector.
ThisWay GlobalLionel Branscomb · Appointment → Director of ADCAPMay 2026
Who is building Recruiting Tech in the United Kingdom
Profiles 636 founders and CEOs across 516 firms, showing common university backgrounds and previous employers like Microsoft and McKinsey.
Ex-Uber, Osper, Tillster, Tesco, Betfair. University College London
Florence, ex-Glebe Housing Association, ex-Startup Leadership Program, The University of Edinburgh, 2001
Founder Collective iQ, ex-GENPACT, VentureRing, AlphaSights. University of Leeds BA 2008, IESE Business School MBA 2016
Veremark, ex-Smart Pension, ex-Ey Seren, University of the Arts London, 2008
Engage Technology Partners, ex-Ship Shape Resources, ex-O2, University of Canberra, 1995
Ex-H5 Search, IHS, Royce Consultancy. University of Strathclyde MBA 2002
Ex-Informa, Rightmove, LexisNexis UK · University of California, Berkeley BS 1995, The Wharton School MBA 2001
Ex- Co-Founder Bring & Mix, Credit Suisse, Infusion Development, JobServe. University of Essex BSc 2012
Co-Founder & CEO Jack and Jill. University of Oxford
- flagged as repeat founders4
- no repeat-founder flag562
- women103
- men475
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Who funds Recruiting Tech in the United Kingdom
Summarizes 344 funding rounds since 2016 from 436 investors, with an average round size of $1.2 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Triple Point | 9 | 4 | May 2023 |
| Seedcamp | 9 | 3 | Jun 2025 |
| Fuel Ventures | 6 | 3 | Oct 2023 |
| 1818 Venture Capital | 6 | 3 | Sep 2024 |
| Europa | 6 | — | Feb 2023 |
| Maven Capital Partners | 5 | 4 | Oct 2022 |
| Praetura Ventures | 5 | 4 | Jan 2023 |
| 24 Haymarket | 5 | 4 | Aug 2023 |
| Salica Investments | 5 | 4 | Feb 2026 |
| Ada Ventures | 5 | 2 | Oct 2025 |
The typical round is $1.2M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Recruiting Tech funding rounds in the United Kingdom
Lists the ten largest disclosed funding rounds, led by Otta’s $79.7 million seed round.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Seed | $79.7M | Nov 2023 | — | |
| Series C | $75M | Jul 2021 | SoftBank Vision Fund | |
| Series B | $40.6M | Feb 2022 | BT Group | |
| Series B | $40.2M | May 2024 | Round2 Capital Partners, Adjuvo, Brighteye Ventures +3 more | |
| Series B | $37M | Jun 2025 | Google Ventures, Plural, Vertex Ventures +5 more | |
| Series B | $35M | May 2022 | AXA Venture Partners, SEEK, Roo Partners | |
| Series B | $28M | Mar 2019 | Blackbird Ventures, M12, Costanoa | |
| Series B | $26M | Feb 2026 | Gresham House Ventures, Samaipata, ACF Investors +1 more | |
| Series B | $24.3M | Aug 2022 | Perwyn, Praetura Ventures, Tom Blomfield +2 more | |
| Series A | $23M | Oct 2012 | Index Ventures |
55 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series B$23MApr 2026
Seed$5.3MApr 2026
Seed$2.3MApr 2026
AngelundisclosedApr 2026
Seed$3MMar 2026
Recruiting Tech jobs in the United Kingdom: who is hiring and what they ask for
Reports 13 job postings from 33 employers in the last year, listing top required skills and a median salary of $51 k per year.
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The Skills Employers Ask For
What Recruiting Tech employers in the United Kingdom put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
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