Recruiter Jobs in London, UK

Looking for a recruiter job in London? Choose from 32 open roles at 25 employers. Explore real salary data and skills breakdown across remote, hybrid and on-site roles.

32 Open roles
25 Companies hiring
114K Average salary

What do Recruiters and people teams in London work on?

Most roles on this page are full-cycle recruiting positions, meaning the person owns a search from sourcing through offer close rather than specialising in one stage. A typical posting asks for outbound sourcing, candidate management inside an ATS, and close partnership with business leaders on interview design and hiring standards.

GTM (go-to-market) hiring is the most common specialism in these postings, covering sales, solutions consulting, partnerships and customer success functions. Engineering and technical recruiting appears alongside it. Shield AI's EMEA Talent Acquisition Partner illustrates the strategic end of the work: developing regional hiring strategy and advising leaders on market feasibility across multiple countries. Isomorphic Labs' Talent Partner sits inside a single discipline, partnering with data leaders to hire data engineers and scientists. Databricks' EMEA Field Engineering recruiter focuses on sourcing-led work and passive candidate engagement at individual-contributor level, while its senior counterpart adds data-driven hiring metrics and director-level search. People Operations and HR Business Partner titles in the sample extend into employee relations, HRBP advisory work, and EMEA policy — broader than pure talent acquisition.

Skills and experience employers ask for

The skills table reflects mentions in job descriptions across these postings, not stated requirements, and the sample size is small enough that single-mention items carry little statistical weight. Agents and evaluation terms appear most often, likely because recruiters at AI companies are expected to understand the product domains they hire for. Programming language mentions are sparse and isolated to specific postings, so technical coding ability is not a broad pattern here.

Agents 16%
Evaluation 16%
LLMs 13%
Reinforcement learning 9%
Python 3%
Go 3%
Java 3%
C\+\+ 3%
Computer vision 3%
NLP 3%
Statistics 3%
APIs 3%
PhD 3%
Master's degree 3%

Recruiter roles that state a salary

The employers' own advertised ranges, for individual roles at different levels — not an average and not a market rate.

London office, hybrid or remote?

A clear majority of these postings list an onsite arrangement, with hybrid roles making up most of the remainder and only one posting advertised as remote. No posting left work mode unstated in this set, which is relatively unusual and makes direct comparison straightforward. Candidates who need full flexibility should treat the single remote role as the exception rather than the norm across these openings, and should verify hybrid day expectations directly with each employer, as the postings do not all specify the number of days in-office.

Make your application specific to the work

  1. Read the full description carefully Several postings reference ATS tools, specific market scopes such as EMEA or UK-only, and language requirements; check these details before applying to avoid mismatches at screening.
  2. Prepare sourcing and pipeline examples Most summaries ask for demonstrated outbound sourcing ability and a track record of closing passive candidates, so gather concrete examples of pipelines you have built and conversion rates you can speak to.
  3. Check pay transparency per posting Only a minority of postings on this page advertise a salary range; for roles without a stated range, salary expectations will need to be discussed directly with the employer during the process.
  4. Confirm visa and right-to-work status None of the postings in this fact pack state whether visa sponsorship is available, so candidates who require sponsorship should contact each employer directly before investing time in an application.

Questions about Recruiter jobs in London

Only four postings on this page advertise a range. Sierra's Technical Recruiter role lists £135,000–£185,000, Cohere's HR Business Partner £105,000–£150,000, Ramp's Senior GTM Recruiter £92,000–£126,500, and Volta's Senior People Operations Specialist £50,000–£65,000. These are individual advertised figures and cannot be read as a guide to what other roles on the page pay.

Technical AI knowledge is not a stated requirement across most postings. A minority of descriptions mention familiarity with concepts such as agents, LLMs or evaluation, likely because these employers want recruiters who can credibly discuss the product domain with candidates. Engineering recruiting experience in software or SaaS is more commonly mentioned than deep AI expertise.

One posting in this set is listed as remote. The majority are onsite, with a portion offering hybrid arrangements. Candidates seeking fully remote work should check each individual posting, as hybrid day-count details are not always specified.

The postings span a wide range. Senior and executive-level roles each make up a notable portion, and there is one director-level and one lead-level posting. A small number of postings do not state seniority clearly. There is one internship in the sample, specifically a university talent acquisition intern role.

Several postings explicitly scope the work to EMEA, including some that require language skills such as French. Others focus on UK hiring specifically. A few do not state a geographic scope beyond the London base. It is worth confirming the regional remit directly with the employer if the posting is not explicit.

Jobs checked 5 hours ago. · Guide reviewed 9 September 2026.