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Admin recruitment contracts

UK public sector · 86 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
86
Last 12 months
Median contract
£31k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£13.8m
83 of 85 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
31
Suppliers
30

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most admin recruitment contracts took 48% of them (41 of 86).
  • The median contract, £31k, is 56% below the median across recruitment & hr contracts (£70k).
  • UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) awarded 35% of the admin recruitment contracts (30 of 86).

Who buys admin recruitment

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS)30 contracts
  2. 2Scottish Government12 contracts
  3. 3Ofsted7 contracts
  4. 4Social Security Scotland3 contracts
  5. 5United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust3 contracts
  6. 6Cardiff & Vale University Lhb2 contracts
  7. 7West Midlands Combined Authority2 contracts
  8. 8UK Health Security Agency2 contracts
  9. 9The National Archives2 contracts
  10. 10Velindre University NHS Trust2 contracts

Top admin recruitment contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Reed Specialist Recruitment28 contracts
  2. 2Val Wade Recruitment5 contracts
  3. 3Venn Group3 contracts
  4. 4Hays3 contracts
  5. 5Adecco2 contracts
  6. 6Venesky-Brown Recruitment2 contracts
  7. 7PageGroup2 contracts
  8. 8Lamb Personnel Limited2 contracts
  9. 9Brook Street (UK) Limited2 contracts
  10. 10Placing Talent Limited1 contract

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

21Q4 2025*32Q1 202616Q2 202617Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 63 · Scotland 19 · Wales 4

South West20Scotland16London10East Midlands5West Midlands3Wales2North East1North West1East of England1South East1UK-wide or not stated26

What is included

Temporary administrators, clerical and business support staff, personal and executive assistants, receptionists, casework officers and call handlers supplied to work in the buyer's teams.

  • Administrators and admin and clerical staff
  • Business support officers
  • Personal assistants and executive assistants
  • HR, training and grants administrators
  • Data entry clerks and clinical data or records officers
  • Receptionists and front-of-house staff
  • Contact centre advisers, NHS 111 health advisers and contact tracers
  • FOI and casework officers, university registry staff

What is not included

  • Project, procurement, HR and policy professionals (see Professional and management temporary staff)
  • Finance officers and accountants (see Finance and accountancy temporary staff)
  • Housing income and regulatory officers (see Housing and regulatory services temporary staff)
  • Outsourced contact centre services run by the supplier (see Office & Administrative)
  • Reception as part of a managed soft FM service (see Reception and front-of-house services)
  • School administrative and support staff supplied to schools (see Supply teachers)

Often bought by the same buyers