BidSkim
SectorUpdated 26 Aug 2026

Recruitment & HR tenders

Live UK public sector opportunities in recruitment & hr, collected daily from Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales.

14
open for bids now
1,107
awarded, 12 months
£5.7bn
recorded value, 12m
710
ending within 12 months
817
buyers, 5 years

The UK public sector published 7,821 recorded recruitment & hr awards over the last five years, worth a recorded £26bn across 817 public buyers. 14 opportunities are open for bids today, and 47% of the last year's awards ran through a framework or DPS. 710 recorded contracts in this market end within the next 12 months.Recorded by BidSkim from published notices. Recorded means published, every figure is a floor. Updated 26 Aug 2026.

Open opportunities

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Frameworks & DPS in this market

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Who wins this work

top suppliers by recorded wins · 5 years
1Hays554 wins
£1.4bn
£36.6m
£36.1m
5PageGroup222 wins
£28.8m
£32.5m
7Certes193 wins
£22.2m
£14.3m
9Allen Lane171 wins
£20.9m
10Adecco118 wins
£1.1bn

Who buys it

top buyers by recorded awarded value · 5 years

Awards by year

recorded awards per year
2020202120222023202420252026*2029*
Recorded awards*current year part-year

Recent awards

latest recorded awards, 12 months
Award of RoS - SG - IT Temporary and Interim Staff Direct Award - Senior Developer - BID ID HM002
PCSRegisters of ScotlandAwarded 8 Nov 2026
£120k
Award of RoS - GCA Non Clinical Staffing - Direct Award - Product Manager - Product (Bid ID PR010)
PCSRegisters of ScotlandAwarded 5 Nov 2026
£140k
Award of 1 x Accountant
PCSNational Records of ScotlandAwarded 3 Nov 2026
£193k
Award of SP-22-001 Interim Professional Staff Services – Senior HR Business Partner
PCSSocial Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate)Awarded 8 Oct 2026
£65k
Award of RoS - SG Professional Temporary and Interim Staff - Direct Award - Agile Coach - Data & Digital
PCSRegisters of ScotlandAwarded 7 Oct 2026
£78k
Award of RoS - SG IT Temporary and Interim Staff - Direct Award - LR039 - Python Engineer - Land ...
PCSNational Records of ScotlandAwarded 3 Oct 2026
£72k
Award of RoS - CCS Non Clinical Staffing - Linux Identity Engineer - IT Security (Bid ID IS009)
PCSScottish GovernmentAwarded 2 Sept 2026
£59k
Pre-Employment Referencing 2026-2030
FTSPension Protection FundAwarded 25 Aug 2026
£102k
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Recruitment & HR procurement, answered

computed from published notices

How many recruitment & hr contracts are open right now?

14 recruitment & hr opportunities are open for bids across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales as of 26 Aug 2026. New notices arrive daily; a free scan matches them against your business.

Who buys recruitment & hr services in the UK public sector?

817 public buyers awarded recorded recruitment & hr contracts in the last five years. The largest by recorded value are Ministry of Defence, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Which recruitment & hr frameworks and DPS are open in the UK?

28 framework and DPS routes are currently advertised for recruitment & hr work, including Non Clinical Staffing 2 and Temporary Worker Agencies and Interim Contractors/Consultants for Preferred Supplier Listing Status for Dorset Unitary Council Y24006. BidSkim badges framework and DPS routes in your matched feed and flags the ones you can still join.

How many recruitment & hr contracts are coming up for renewal?

710 recorded contracts in this market carry an end date within the next 12 months, worth a combined £6.4bn where a value was published. Renewal timing signals, incumbents and predicted return windows are part of BidSkim Predict.

Market snapshot

26 Aug 2026
Recorded awards, 5 years
7,821
Recorded value, 5 years
£26bn
Buyers active, 5 years
817
Ending within 12 months
710
Via framework or DPS, 12m
47%

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About this data. Built from published notices on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, classified by CPV code and entity-resolved by BidSkim. Framework and DPS establishment notices are listed separately, excluded from open-opportunity counts, and value totals exclude framework ceilings and implausible outliers. Last updated 26 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Recruitment & HR tenders: 14 open now, 710 ending within 12 months · BidSkim