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GTM recruiting firms · UK and US · 2026

GTM recruiting firms compared

GTM recruiting firms specialise in hiring go-to-market roles: SDRs, account executives, GTM engineers, RevOps and sales and marketing leaders.

GTM Quest is one of them: see our GTM recruitment agency.

This page also points you to other firms worth a call; none paid to appear.

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Reviewed by Dan Keegan, GTM Quest · 19 October 2026 · 14 sources linked below

Before you call a GTM recruiting firmfour things to have ready

  1. 01The hiring orderROLESWHO FIRST · WHY
  2. 02The scorecard90 DAYSOUTCOMES · TOOLS
  3. 03The systemREADYICP · DATA · OUTBOUND
  4. 04The fee modelTERMSCONTINGENCY · RETAINED

UK median salary, roles citing GTM strategy (ITJobsWatch, Oct 2026)£75,000

15% to 20%
typical UK contingency fee, as a share of first-year salary
Agency Central ↗
25% to 35%
typical UK retained search fee, as a share of first-year base salary
headhunters.co.uk ↗
3.0 mo
average ramp time for a new SDR
The Bridge Group, 2025 ↗
£90,000
London median salary for permanent roles citing GTM strategy, six months to 18 Oct 2026
ITJobsWatch ↗
GTM recruiting firms: GTM Quest logo, the London go-to-market agency behind this guide
GTM recruiting firms, explained by GTM Quest, London.

01/ specialists

GTM recruiting firms worth knowing not a ranking

Each line says only what the firm says on its own site, checked on 28 September 2026.

Nobody paid to appear.

FirmWhereWhat it says it does
TeemLeeds (EMEA office); TorontoSole focus on headhunting and building go-to-market teams for SaaS scale-ups
Wilson GreyUK & USSenior and executive GTM and tech hiring for HealthTech, FinTech and SaaS
StriveManchester HQ; London, Paris, Munich, Amsterdam, TampaBuilds go-to-market teams for venture-backed tech companies
Franklin FitchUKGo-to-market hiring for VC- and PE-backed technology companies, pre-sales to post-sales
Morpheus Talent SolutionsInternationalPermanent and interim go-to-market and tech talent
BisonRSUK, DACH, Nordics, BeneluxRevOps, sales ops, GTM systems and GTM engineering roles
GTMRecUS & EuropeGTM roles only, mainly mid-market and enterprise AEs at Series A to C companies
The Clay HeadhunterNot stated on its siteDescribes itself as a GTM engineer recruitment agency
Betts RecruitingNorth AmericaGo-to-market talent for tech companies, including a recruiter subscription model
TrueUS; London practice leadExecutive search go-to-market practice: CMOs, CROs, VPs of sales and RevOps leaders

For the wider guide to recruitment agencies and executive search, see GTM recruitment agencies.

02/ types

Types of GTM recruiting firm how each is paid

Pick a model.

Contingency firmRetained search firm
PaidOnly when you hire their candidateIn stages, from the start
UK fee[15% to 20% of first-year salary, up to 30%](https://www.agencycentral.co.uk/articles/how-do-recruitment-agencies-get-paid-and-how-much/)[25% to 35% of first-year base](https://headhunters.co.uk/guides/headhunter-costs/)
Best forSDRs, AEs, GTM engineersLeaders and confidential searches

→ Most individual-contributor GTM hires go through contingency firms.

03/ fit

Which GTM recruiting firm fits the role? pick the hire

Who are you hiring?

Contingency specialist

A GTM recruiting firm with a sales bench

Pick one that has filled your role at your stage recently, and ask how many it placed.

04/ briefing

How to brief a GTM recruiting firm five steps

  1. 01

    Write the 90-day outcomes

    What the hire must deliver, not a list of traits.

    SCORECARD
  2. 02

    Name the tools

    CRM, Clay, sequencer and data sources they will use.

    STACK
  3. 03

    Agree the fee and rebate

    Percentage, base or total pay, and the rebate period in writing.

    TERMS
  4. 04

    Set the interview loop

    Who meets the candidate, in what order, within a week.

    PROCESS
  5. 05

    Have the system ready

    Accounts, data and outbound the hire can run on day one.

    READY

15 minutes · video or phone

Hiring GTM roles? Talk it through before you brief a firm

We will tell you which roles to hire first and whether the system they need exists yet. We can also run the search.

  1. 0115 minutes, video or phone
  2. 02Hiring order and scorecards
  3. 03Search run by us if you want it
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Pick a day that suits · live availability

05/ questions

GTM recruiting firms FAQ

What teams ask before they choose a GTM recruiting firm.

Recruiters that specialise in go-to-market roles: sales, marketing, RevOps, GTM engineering and their leaders.

UK contingency fees usually run 15% to 20% of first-year salary; retained search 25% to 35%.

We do not rank them.

Pick one that has filled your exact role at your stage recently.

Yes.

We run a GTM recruitment agency and build the system new hires run.

We take no referral fees from other firms.

Taking on new searches

Before you hire get the system ready

Fifteen minutes on the order you should hire in.

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06/ related

Keep exploring

gtm.quest

GTM recruitment agencies

The full recruitment guide.

gtm.quest

GTM recruiter

What a GTM recruiter does and how to work with one.

gtm.quest

GTM jobs

Live go-to-market roles.

gtm.quest

GTM salary guide

Pay by role.

07/ sources

Every source on this page

Each figure above links to one of these. All were opened and checked on 19 October 2026.

  1. Agency Central, How do recruitment agencies get paid?agencycentral.co.uk
  2. headhunters.co.uk, Headhunter costs (March 2026)headhunters.co.uk
  3. The Bridge Group, SDR Models, Motions & Metrics 2025bridgegroupinc.com
  4. ITJobsWatch, GTM Strategy permanent salaries, England, six months to 18 October 2026itjobswatch.co.uk
  5. Teem, Aboutgo-teem.com
  6. Wilson Greywilson-grey.com
  7. Strivescalewithstrive.com
  8. Franklin Fitchfranklinfitch.com
  9. Morpheus Talent Solutionsmorpheus-group.com
  10. BisonRSbisonrs.com
  11. GTMRecgtmrec.io
  12. The Clay Headhunterclayheadhunter.com
  13. Betts Recruitingbettsrecruiting.com
  14. True, Go-to-market practicetrueplatform.com