Recruitment by sector
Flat-fee recruitment agency, by sector
A fixed fee by salary band and no commission: a five-point review of the role, a dedicated recruiter, advertising plus headhunting and a screened shortlist. Each sector below shows the roles we have actually filled in it, how long they took and how many candidates it took — not a capability claim.
Deciding how to hire?
Our decision guides put the three routes side by side for a sector — advertising it yourself, a fixed fee and a percentage agency — with what adverts really drew by salary and how long our searches took: engineering recruitment costs and time to fill, care and social care recruitment costs and time to fill and construction and property recruitment costs and time to fill.
Sales engineering
Sales engineering recruitment agency
2 filled roles · median 58 days · 157 candidates screened.
Decision guide · Engineering & manufacturing
Engineering recruitment agency
3 filled roles · median 60 days · 185 candidates screened.
Accountancy & finance
Accountancy & finance recruitment agency
5 filled roles · median 29 days · 202 candidates screened.
Decision guide · Care & social care
Care & social care recruitment agency
4 filled roles · median 63.5 days · 145 candidates screened.
Legal
Legal recruitment agency
3 filled roles · median 32 days · 111 candidates screened.
Decision guide · Construction & property
Construction & property recruitment agency
3 filled roles · median 44 days · 48 candidates screened.
Building services & trades
Building services & trades recruitment agency
4 filled roles · median 35 days · 86 candidates screened.
Charity & community
Charity & community recruitment agency
2 filled roles · median 47.5 days · 99 candidates screened.
Insurance & financial services
Insurance & financial services recruitment agency
3 filled roles · median 40 days · 93 candidates screened.
IT & technology
IT & technology recruitment agency
2 filled roles · median 26.5 days · 68 candidates screened.
Precision machining & maintenance
Manufacturing recruitment agency
5 filled roles · median 74 days · 130 candidates screened.
Transport & logistics
Transport & logistics recruitment agency
2 filled roles · median 36.5 days · 23 candidates screened.
Utilities & infrastructure
Utilities & infrastructure recruitment agency
3 filled roles · median 42 days · 88 candidates screened.
Not listed?
These are the sectors where we have filled enough roles to publish real figures. We recruit more widely than this — we just will not put numbers on a page we cannot evidence. Tell us the role and we will be straight about whether it is one for us.