Executive Search
Roles at £80,000 and above
A 20% agency: £16,000+
£6,000 +VAT
flat fee · agreed before the search starts
- Market map and competitor talent map
- Assessed shortlist of three to five
- The price never moves, whatever the hire's salary
Executive Search
Executive search for senior hires.
For roles at £80,000 and above: a market map, a competitor talent map and an assessed shortlist of three to five. £6,000 +VAT flat, whatever the salary.
Book a confidential call — soonest slot Call 0161 327 2895
£6,000 +VAT flat · whatever the salary
- £6,000 +VAT flat — no percentage of salary, ever
- Approach-led headhunting, run confidentially
- A decision-ready shortlist of three to five, interviewed and assessed
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Watch first
Watch how Executive Search works — 3 minutes
The market map, the competitor talent map and the assessed shortlist of three to five — plus the flat £6,000 +VAT fee. No registration needed.
Executive Search in one line: retained search for £80,000+ roles at a flat £6,000 +VAT — market map, competitor talent map, and an assessed shortlist of three to five. Scoped on a call, not a checkout.
What you get
Three deliverables, in order
A market map
Where the people who can do this role actually work today — mapped across your market before a single approach is made.
A competitor talent map
The named teams and structures at the organisations you'd most want to hire from, so the search targets proven performers, not applicants.
An assessed shortlist of three to five
Every shortlisted candidate is interviewed and assessed against the brief before you meet them — a decision-ready slate, not a pile of CVs.
What's included
A retained search, end to end
- A dedicated senior recruiter running the search end to end
- Confidential, approach-led headhunting — not advert-led
- Structured assessment against the agreed brief
- Interview scheduling and full offer management
- One fixed fee agreed upfront — never a percentage of salary
£6,000 +VAT flat · whatever the salary
One flat fee
£6,000 +VAT. Whatever the salary.
A typical 20% agency charges £16,000 or more on a £80,000 hire — and the fee climbs with every pound of salary. Ours doesn't move. Ireland: €7,000, no VAT.
Questions
Executive Search FAQs
What roles is Executive Search for?
Senior appointments at £80,000 and above — leadership, heads of function and business-critical specialist seats where the right person is almost never applying to adverts.
How is it different from Premium Hire?
Premium Hire advertises and headhunts a role to a screened shortlist. Executive Search is approach-led from the start: we map the market and your competitors' talent first, then approach named individuals confidentially, and every shortlisted candidate is interviewed and assessed against the brief before you meet them.
What does it cost?
£6,000 +VAT, flat. No percentage of salary, no commission — on a £80,000 hire a typical 20% agency fee would be £16,000 or more. In Ireland it's €7,000, with no VAT.
What if the search runs long?
We agree the brief, the market map and the measures with you at the start and report against them as the search runs. If the market tells us the brief needs to change — the salary, the location or the must-haves — we say so early, with the evidence, rather than letting the search drift.
How do I start?
Book a call. Executive Search is scoped and agreed over the phone with one of our team — there's no self-serve checkout. Bring the role and we'll tell you honestly whether the talent is there before you commit.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 0161 327 2895.
£6,000 +VAT flat · whatever the salary
Bring us the role — we'll tell you honestly if the talent is there
Book a confidential call for the soonest available slot. We'll benchmark the role, map where the right people work today, and give you a straight answer on whether it's fillable before you commit a penny.