Recruitment Agency In The East Midlands
Specialist desks recruiting across the East Midlands
Express Recruitment is based in Nottingham and has recruited across the East Midlands since 1987. This is the one region where you can sit in our office, meet the consultant working your vacancy and meet the compliance team who clear the people we send you.
Nearly four decades in one city gives us the deepest candidate pool we hold anywhere, client relationships that run twenty years and more, and salary data taken from our own placements rather than a national survey. When we tell you what a role pays in Derby or Leicester, it comes from offers we have made this year.
We recruit across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland. Whether it is one permanent appointment in Nottingham, an interim finance team in Northampton or office cover arranged the same day in Mansfield, the same sector team handles it from brief to start date.
East Midlands at a glance
Head office on your doorstep
Every county and city in the region covered
DBS checks arranged in house
Clearances tracked by our own compliance team
Same day shortlists
For roles filled from our work ready pool
Written terms up front
Fees and charge rates agreed before we start
Where we recruit in The East Midlands
The towns and areas each location covers. All eight divisions recruit in every location below, worked by a named sector desk rather than a general branch
Nottingham
Home ground. The city, Beeston, West Bridgford, Arnold, Hucknall, Bingham and the estates right round the ring road.
Derby
Derby and the Derwent Valley, out to Long Eaton, Belper, Ripley, Ashbourne, Swadlincote and Burton upon Trent.
Leicester
Leicester and the county, including Wigston, Oadby, Syston, Coalville, Hinckley, Lutterworth and Market Harborough.
Northampton
The golden triangle estates, from Northampton and Daventry to Wellingborough, Kettering, Corby, Rushden and Towcester.
Lincoln and Sleaford
A big rural patch worked properly. Lincoln, Gainsborough, Sleaford, Boston, Louth, Grimsby, Spalding and Skegness.
Mansfield and Ashfield
North Nottinghamshire, covering Mansfield, Sutton in Ashfield, Kirkby, Ollerton, Worksop and Retford.
Loughborough and Charnwood
Loughborough and the Soar valley, plus Shepshed, Quorn, Barrow upon Soar, Syston and Melton Mowbray.
Chesterfield
Chesterfield and north east Derbyshire, including Clay Cross, Staveley, Bolsover, Dronfield and Matlock.
Grantham and Newark
The A1 corridor between the two towns, taking in Bingham, Southwell, Sleaford and the villages along the Trent.
Client Testimonial
“We have used Express for nineteen years. Every permanent hire in our Nottingham office came through them, and they know the business well enough to turn down candidates we would have interviewed.”
Managing Director, professional services firm
East Midlands salary benchmarks
Indicative ranges from placements we have made across the East Midlands in the last twelve months. Ask us for a full benchmark report for your sector and location.
| Customer Service Adviser | £25k to £28k | £25k to £27k | £12.75 to £14.25 ph |
| Administrator | £25k to £29k | £25k to £28k | £12.75 to £14.75 ph |
| Assistant Accountant | £31k to £37k | £30k to £36k | £16.00 to £19.00 ph |
| Project Engineer | £42k to £52k | £40k to £50k | £21.50 to £26.75 ph |
| Internal Sales Executive | £28k to £34k | £27k to £33k | £14.25 to £17.50 ph |
| HR Advisor | £34k to £42k | £33k to £40k | £17.50 to £21.50 ph |
East Midlands recruitment questions
What employers and candidates in the East Midlands ask us most often.
Which parts of the East Midlands do you cover?
All of it. We recruit across Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Northampton, Lincoln, Mansfield, Loughborough, Chesterfield and the surrounding towns, as well as business park and out of town locations that agencies often skip. If a role is remote or hybrid we search the wider region to widen your candidate pool.
Do you have an office in the East Midlands?
Yes. Our head office is in Nottingham, so employers and candidates across the East Midlands can meet their consultant, sit an interview or speak to our payroll and compliance team in person. Enquiries are answered the same working day.
How quickly can you fill a role in the East Midlands?
Do candidates in the East Midlands pay any fees?
Never. It is free for candidates to register, be interviewed and be placed, permanent or temporary. Employers pay a percentage of starting salary for permanent hires, or an agreed hourly charge rate for temporary staff, confirmed in writing before we begin.
What vetting and compliance checks do you carry out in the East Midlands?
Every candidate is interviewed by the consultant on your vacancy. We verify identity and right to work, take up references, and arrange DBS checks, qualifications, licences or tickets where the role requires them. A full audit trail is available on request.
Can you supply staff across multiple sites in the East Midlands?
Yes. Multi site bookings are coordinated by one sector desk so you get a single point of reporting, one consolidated invoice and consistent charge rates, wherever in the East Midlands the sites are.
Do you handle payroll for temporary workers in the East Midlands?
Yes. We manage pay, holiday accrual, pension auto enrolment, working time records and Agency Workers Regulations parity for every temporary worker we supply, and invoice you weekly against approved timesheets.
How do I get in touch with the East Midlands team?
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