North West

Sales recruitment, GTM recruitment and revenue advisory across North West.

Sales recruitment, GTM hiring and revenue advisory across Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire. Evara works with founder-led and scaling SMEs across North West on the full revenue function: from senior sales hires to fractional CRO engagements and Strategic Revenue Audits.

Coverage map

Where we work in North West.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Evara works across all 10 cities and major towns in North West.

Regional market context

The North West commercial picture.

Cities covered

12

Plus the major commuter towns around each.

Salary bands tracked

£25k–£185k

Across SDR up to Sales Director / VP-level seats.

Service lines

3

Sales recruitment, GTM recruitment and revenue advisory.

Sectors most active across North West

B2B SaaSProfessional servicesFinTechAdvanced manufacturingPublic sectorMedia and broadcastingDigital and gamingCreative industries

Headline employers and scale-ups in the region

BBC (MediaCityUK, Salford)

Manchester

National broadcasting anchor of the Manchester-Salford media cluster.

AutoTrader

Manchester

FTSE 100, Manchester-headquartered, deep commercial bench.

Unilever

Liverpool

Major Port Sunlight site near Liverpool, anchor of regional FMCG commercial talent.

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Liverpool

Liverpool-based studio and commercial team.

BAE Systems (Warton, Samlesbury)

Preston

Anchor of the Lancashire commercial economy, with major sites near Preston.

Lancashire County Council

Preston

Substantial procurement and commercial function.

DWP (Talbot Gateway)

Blackpool

One of the largest single employers in town, with major central-government commercial and operations function.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Blackpool

Anchor of the coastal tourism economy and a substantial commercial employer.

Reebok International / Adidas UK HQ

Bolton

Long-standing Bolton commercial and operations site.

Warburtons

Bolton

Bolton-headquartered family bakery, major commercial employer.

United Utilities

Warrington

Warrington-headquartered FTSE 100 utility, deep commercial and operations bench.

BNFL / Sellafield Ltd (Warrington offices)

Warrington

Substantial Warrington nuclear commercial and engineering presence.

Cities and towns we cover

North West, city by city.

Manchester

Greater Manchester

Manchester is the North West's commercial capital and the largest tech, media and professional services hub outside London.

Liverpool

Merseyside

Liverpool is Merseyside's commercial capital, with a distinctive mix of digital, life sciences, maritime and creative industries.

Preston

Lancashire

Preston is the administrative and commercial capital of Lancashire, with a strong defence, advanced manufacturing and professional services base.

Blackpool

Lancashire

Blackpool is a Lancashire coastal commercial centre with a strong tourism, energy and professional services base.

Bolton

Greater Manchester

Bolton is a major Greater Manchester town with a substantial industrial, logistics and B2B commercial base.

Warrington

Cheshire

Warrington is a major Cheshire commercial centre, sitting at the intersection of the M6 and M62 with a strong B2B, FinTech and nuclear base.

Chester

Cheshire

Chester is a prosperous Cheshire commercial centre with a substantial FinTech, professional services and life sciences base.

Lancaster

Lancashire

Lancaster is a North Lancashire university city with a strong tech, professional services and creative base.

Stockport

Greater Manchester

Stockport is a regenerated Greater Manchester town with a fast-growing digital, FinTech and B2B SaaS base.

Salford

Greater Manchester

Salford is a Greater Manchester city with a unique concentration of media, broadcast and digital commercial talent.

Burnley

Lancashire

Burnley is one of the most concentrated advanced-manufacturing and aerospace supply-chain towns in the North West, with a tightly held commercial talent pool built around globally significant industrial employers.

Blackburn

Lancashire

Blackburn is the largest commercial centre in East Lancashire, with a manufacturing-led economy spanning food and drink, industrial engineering, aerospace supply and a growing B2B services base.

Why a regional firm

Built around the North West commercial market.

National and London-based recruitment firms typically treat the North of England as a single line on a regional report. Evara is built for the North West commercial market specifically. We know the employers, the talent flows, the comp norms and the working patterns that actually apply across the region.

That regional focus is why our shortlists land, our placements stay, and our advisory engagements deliver against the operating realities of the businesses we work with. We are not a national firm with a regional desk; we are a regional firm with a national-quality bench.