IT, engineering and life sciences staffing specialist Austin Fraser is the top-ranked recruiter in third place overall.

The full list, published in this Sunday’s edition of The Sunday Times, is restricted to firms with between 50 and 249 employees, and is compiled for The Sunday Times by work engagement specialist Best Companies.

Recruiters by ranking include:

1. Austin Fraser (3)
2. JCW (4)
3. Educ8 Group (6)
4. LHI Group (8)
5. Annapurna Recruitment (11)
6. Roc Search (12)
7. Orion Electrotech (13)
8. La Fosse Associates (19)
9. Oakleaf Partnership (20)
10. Local Care Force (21)
11. X4 Group (25)
12. Barrington James (31)
13. Lane4 Management Group (33)
14. Premier Group Recruitment (34)
15. Whitehall Resources (39)
16. Argyll Scott (44)
17. Deverell Smith (46)
18. Tate (48)
19. McGinley Human Resources (51)
20. BCL Legal (56)
21. IT Works Resource Group (63)
22. Macildowie (65)
23. Empiric (68)
24. Swanstaff Recruitment (69)
25. Tradewind Recruitment (71)
26. Networx (72)
27. Resourcing Group (74)
28. Mane Contract Services (75)
29. Prime People (79)
30. Portfolio Payroll (82)
31. Stott and May (83)
32. SF Group (95)
33. TFS Healthcare (96)
34. Oscar (97)

Recruitment software provider Bullhorn ranked in 57th place.