Trainee Recruitment Consultant – London Graduate Scheme 2026 | £80K+ OTE

Graduate Recruitment Consultant Jobs London 2026

£27,000–£35,000 Basic | Uncapped Commission | £80K+ Year One

Graduating in 2026 and looking for a career with real earning potential?

Recruitment offers one of the clearest performance-based career paths in London. You build your own market, your own relationships and your own income.

Edmund & Evans partners with some of London’s most respected and fastest-growing recruitment agencies. We help high-calibre graduates secure trainee recruitment consultant roles with structured training and strong long-term prospects.

This is a career, not a stop-gap.

About the Role

As a Graduate Recruitment Consultant, you will be trained to run a specialist desk within a defined market.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Speaking with candidates and understanding their career goals
• Winning new business and building hiring manager relationships
• Writing professional job adverts
• Managing interview processes
• Negotiating salaries and job offers
• Working towards clear revenue targets

You will be supported by experienced consultants and directors who have built successful desks themselves.

Markets You Could Work In

London firms are hiring graduates into specialist areas such as:

• Technology Recruitment
• Financial Services Recruitment
• Legal Recruitment
• Life Sciences Recruitment
• Education Recruitment
• Construction and Infrastructure Recruitment
• You will develop deep expertise in one high-growth sector.

Career Progression

Promotion is performance-based.

Many graduates achieve their first promotion within 6–12 months. Within 2–3 years, top performers can move into senior consultant or management positions.

Year one OTE: £80K+

Year two OTE: £150K+

Year three OTE: £200K+

These figures are realistic for strong performers in London specialist markets.