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Finance recruitment contracts

UK public sector · 91 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
91
Last 12 months
Median contract
£55k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£6.3m
89 of 91 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
43
Suppliers
23

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

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most finance recruitment contracts took 56% of them (51 of 91).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 25% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £55k, is 22% below the median across recruitment & hr contracts (£70k).

Who buys finance recruitment

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

  1. 1Tees Valley Combined Authority12 contracts
  2. 2UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS)11 contracts
  3. 3Infected Blood Compensation Authority5 contracts
  4. 4Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat)5 contracts
  5. 5Maritime and Coastguard Agency5 contracts
  6. 6Nottinghamshire County Council4 contracts
  7. 7Department of Health and Social Care3 contracts
  8. 8Scottish Government3 contracts
  9. 9UK Export Finance2 contracts
  10. 10Leicester City Council2 contracts

Top finance recruitment contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Hays16 contracts
  2. 2PageGroup11 contracts
  3. 3Ambient People Limited10 contracts
  4. 4Macildowie7 contracts
  5. 5MLC PARTNERS LIMITED7 contracts
  6. 6Robertson Bell Ltd6 contracts
  7. 7G2V Recruitment Group5 contracts
  8. 8Allen Lane4 contracts
  9. 9Tile Hill3 contracts
  10. 10Ivy Rock Partners2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

12Q4 2025*32Q1 202623Q2 202624Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 84 · Scotland 4 · Wales 3

North East18East Midlands10London7West Midlands6South West6South East4Scotland4Yorkshire and The Humber3Wales2North West1East of England1UK-wide or not stated29

What is included

Interim and temporary accountants, finance business partners, finance operations and reporting staff and accounts payable officers supplied on day or hourly rates to the buyer's finance team.

  • Management and financial accountants
  • Finance business partners
  • Finance operations, reporting and business services staff
  • Accounts payable and transactional finance officers
  • Revenues and benefits officers working in the buyer's team
  • Risk and insurance officers

What is not included

  • Rent arrears and housing income officers (see Housing and regulatory services temporary staff)
  • Finance transformation project managers (see Professional and management temporary staff)
  • Interim finance directors, section 151 officers and chief officers (see Interim management and senior interim appointments)
  • Payroll processing bought as a service (see Payroll bureau and managed payroll service)
  • Remote revenues and benefits processing services (see Business rates software)
  • Outsourced bookkeeping and accounting (see Bookkeeping and outsourced accounting)
  • Audit and accountancy advice delivered by a firm (see Audit, accountancy and financial advice (unspecified or multi-lot))

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