Recruitment Agency In Wales
Permanent, temporary and contract recruitment across Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Wrexham, Deeside and every part of Wales. Independently owned since 1987, with sector specialists who interview every candidate before you see a CV.
Specialist desks recruiting across Wales
Express Recruitment has supplied staff to employers in the North East for more than three decades. Each desk recruits for one sector and nothing else, covers the whole region, and travels in for client meetings, site visits and assessment days.
Tyne and Wear and the Tees Valley are two separate hiring markets with a thirty mile gap between them, and candidates rarely cross it for a small pay rise. We benchmark them separately, and we are honest with you about which roles will need to be filled locally rather than regionally.
We recruit across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and the Tees Valley. Whether it is one permanent appointment in Newcastle, an interim finance team in Durham or office cover in Middlesbrough, the same sector team handles it from brief to start date.
Wales at a glance
South Wales to North and Mid Wales
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 Wales
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
Cardiff
The city and the Bay, then out to Penarth, Barry, Caerphilly, Pontypridd and the Vale of Glamorgan.
Swansea
Swansea and the Bay region, including Morriston, Gorseinon, Neath, Port Talbot and Llanelli.
Newport
Newport and the M4 estates east and west, plus Cwmbran, Pontypool, Risca, Caldicot and Chepstow.
Bridgend and Port Talbot
Bridgend and the valleys above it, taking in Pencoed, Maesteg, Porthcawl, Treorchy and Aberdare.
Wrexham and Deeside
The busiest industrial corridor in north Wales, from Wrexham and Ruabon across Deeside to Queensferry, Flint and Mold.
Llanelli and Carmarthen
Llanelli and the west, including Burry Port, Cross Hands, Ammanford, Carmarthen and into Pembrokeshire.
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda
The Heads of the Valleys, covering Merthyr, Treharris, Bargoed, Blackwood, Tredegar and Ebbw Vale.
Aberystwyth and Newtown
A large rural patch from the coast inland, taking in Machynlleth, Newtown, Welshpool, Lampeter, Builth Wells and Brecon.
Bangor and Caernarfon
Gwynedd and Anglesey, from Bangor and Caernarfon to Holyhead, Pwllheli, Llandudno and Colwyn Bay.
Client Testimonial
“We moved our payroll function to Cardiff and needed the whole team inside eight weeks. Express supplied six of the seven hires and managed every offer and notice period for us.”
North East salary benchmarks
Indicative ranges from placements we have made across the North East in the last twelve months. Ask us for a full benchmark report for your sector and location.
| Customer Service Adviser | £25k to £27k | £25k to £27k | £12.75 to £13.75 ph |
| Administrator | £25k to £28k | £25k to £27k | £12.75 to £14.25 ph |
| Assistant Accountant | £30k to £36k | £29k to £35k | £15.50 to £18.50 ph |
| Project Engineer | £41k to £50k | £39k to £49k | £21.00 to £25.75 ph |
| Internal Sales Executive | £27k to £33k | £26k to £32k | £13.75 to £17.00 ph |
| HR Advisor | £33k to £41k | £32k to £39k | £17.00 to £21.00 ph |
Wales recruitment questions
What employers and candidates in Wales ask us most often.
Which parts of Wales do you cover?
All of it. We recruit across Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Wrexham, Bridgend, Deeside, Llanelli, Merthyr Tydfil 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 Wales?
Our office and payroll team are in Nottingham, and we recruit for employers in Wales from there. Your vacancy is handled by the consultant who specialises in that sector, and we travel to Wales for client meetings, site visits and assessment days. Enquiries are answered the same working day.
How quickly can you fill a role in Wales?
Do candidates in Wales 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 Wales?
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 Wales?
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 Wales the sites are.
Do you handle payroll for temporary workers in Wales?
How do I get in touch with the Wales team?
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