What Taylor Hopkinson does

Taylor Hopkinson is a specialist recruitment firm exclusively focused on the renewable energy sector, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The company provides permanent placement, contract staffing, global mobility, and business intelligence services to renewable energy developers, OEMs, owner-operators, and investors across offshore wind, onshore wind, solar and storage, green hydrogen, HVDC transmission, EV charging infrastructure, and data centre energy verticals. Since 2021 the firm has operated as a subsidiary of Brunel, leveraging Brunel's global infrastructure of 120+ offices in 45+ countries and 12,000+ specialists to deliver international placements with turnkey compliance. The company reports 19,000+ cumulative placements across 80+ offshore wind projects and 50+ countries, supported by multi-lingual teams communicating in 20+ languages. Beyond traditional recruitment, Taylor Hopkinson has built proprietary brand assets including the Good Energy Index (an annual global workplace sentiment benchmark for renewables professionals) and the Alternative Currents content series, positioning the firm as a thought leader within the energy transition talent market. Its enterprise go-to-motion combines retained search for senior strategic roles, contingent search for urgent requirements, and recruitment process outsourcing, with a separate Contractor Hub supporting its global contract specialist community.

Name

Taylor Hopkinson

Legal name

Taylor Hopkinson

Website

https://taylorhopkinson.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Taylor Hopkinson is a specialist renewables recruitment firm providing permanent and contract staffing, global mobility, and workforce intelligence services to wind, solar, storage, hydrogen, and EV infrastructure developers across 45+ countries, operating as a Brunel subsidiary since 2021.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasgow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices16 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Permanent Recruitment Services: Retained search and selection for senior strategic roles, confidential roles, and niche skillsets; contingent search for urgent requirements and multiple open roles. Includes RPO solutions for end-to-end candidate management.
2. Contract Staffing: Supply of proven technical and professional contract talent to offshore wind developers and other renewables companies. Includes employer of record services.
3. Global Mobility: Comprehensive mobility services handling international relocations, work permits, visas, training, certifications, and compliance for renewables personnel deployed globally.
4. Business Intelligence: Salary benchmarking and strategic workforce planning consultancy delivered to renewables companies seeking competitive intelligence and market insights.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

Taylor Hopkinson provides specialised permanent and contract recruitment services for the renewable energy industry, covering offshore wind, onshore wind, solar and storage, green hydrogen, HVDC transmission, EV infrastructure, data centre energy, and bioenergy. Offerings include retained search, contingent search, and RPO solutions for permanent hires, plus contract staffing with employer-of-record services and full global mobility support including work permits, visas, immigration, and compliance. The firm also delivers business intelligence services such as salary benchmarking and workforce planning consultancy to renewables employers.

Product overview

Taylor Hopkinson operates as a recruitment services company, not a technology product company. Their offering is a portfolio of human-powered recruitment and workforce solutions for the renewable energy industry, including permanent recruitment (retained search, contingent search, RPO), contract recruitment, global mobility services, and business intelligence consulting. The company specializes exclusively in renewables across offshore wind, onshore wind, solar and storage, green hydrogen, HVDC transmission, EV infrastructure, data centres, and bioenergy sectors. Additional offerings include the Good Energy Index (annual industry benchmark survey) and Alternative Currents (content series partnership with Positive News). Taylor Hopkinson has been part of Brunel since 2021, leveraging Brunel's global network of 12,000+ specialists across 120+ offices in 45 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Good Energy Index: The first annual global benchmark measuring how the renewables community feels about their work, wellbeing and careers.

Products and services

• Permanent Recruitment Services Retained search, contingent search, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) solutions for placing permanent renewables specialists across wind, solar, storage, and green hydrogen sectors. Targeted at enterprise renewable energy developers, manufacturers, and utilities requiring senior strategic hires and niche technical skillsets.
• Contract Recruitment Services Contract staffing solutions for offshore wind projects and other renewables, providing technical and professional talent on a contract basis with compliance, employer-of-record services, and global mobility support. Targeted at renewable energy developers and EPC contractors needing flexible workforce capacity.
• Global Mobility Services Comprehensive international relocation and workforce mobility solutions including work permits, visas, immigration support, training, certifications, permits, and turnkey compliance services for deploying renewables contractors globally. Targeted at enterprise renewables clients needing international contractor deployment at scale.
• Business Intelligence Services Salary benchmarking, market mapping, and strategic workforce planning consultancy delivered to renewable energy companies seeking competitive intelligence and market insights for hiring decisions. Targeted at renewable energy employers and investors needing sector-specific compensation data and talent market analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• 19,000+ people placed across renewables industry
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BrunelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021In 2021, Taylor Hopkinson joined forces with Brunel, a global staffing leader with 12,000+ specialists and 120+ offices across 45 countries. The partnership combines Taylor Hopkinson's deep renewables sector knowledge and track record with Brunel's extensive global footprint, enabling delivery of recruitment and global mobility solutions worldwide.
• ResearchBodscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearchBods serves as the independent research partner for the Good Energy Index survey. They conduct independent analysis of survey responses, ensuring the methodology is published and findings are statistically valid and representative of the renewables industry.
• OffshoreWind4KidsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTH partner operating across more than 20 countries, inspiring the next generation of renewables professionals while they are still in school. Featured in Alternative Currents series highlighting grassroots community energy organisations.

Scale indicators28 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Hays: Hays is a global publicly listed recruitment group with a dedicated clean energy and renewables practice alongside broader accountancy, engineering, and IT staffing. It is a broader incumbent that overlaps with Taylor Hopkinson on mid-to-senior renewables roles but competes across many industries.
• Robert Half: Robert Half is a publicly listed global staffing firm with established energy and engineering recruitment verticals. While not a renewables specialist, it places permanent and project professionals into energy clients and competes on enterprise mandates.
• Progressive Recruitment: Progressive Recruitment (part of SThree) is a global specialist recruiter covering energy, engineering and emerging technologies including renewables. It is a broader incumbent that overlaps with Taylor Hopkinson on renewable energy mandates.
• Michael Page: Michael Page is a major global recruiter with a dedicated renewable energy and clean-tech practice as part of its wider specialism portfolio. It competes with Taylor Hopkinson for senior renewables permanent hires across Europe and APAC.

Direct peers

• NES Global Talent (now NES Fircroft): NES Global Talent is a specialist STEM recruiter with a strong renewables and power generation practice. It positions similarly to Taylor Hopkinson for technical and engineering contract/permanent placements across the energy transition value chain.
• NES Fircroft: NES Fircroft is a leading global engineering and technical recruitment firm serving the energy sector, with renewables as one of its core verticals. Its contract staffing model and global footprint overlap directly with Taylor Hopkinson's offshore wind and solar placement business.
• Spencer Ogden: Spencer Ogden is an energy, engineering and infrastructure recruitment specialist with renewable energy as a flagship division. It competes with Taylor Hopkinson for permanent and contract placements across wind, solar, hydrogen and emerging clean energy verticals globally.
• Airswift: Airswift is a global staffing and workforce solutions provider focused on the energy, process, infrastructure and mining sectors. Like Taylor Hopkinson, it places permanent and contract specialists into renewables and adjacent energy projects and competes head-to-head for offshore wind mandates worldwide.
• Carbon60: Carbon60 is a UK-headquartered recruitment firm focused on clean energy, infrastructure and emerging technology sectors. It directly competes with Taylor Hopkinson in placing wind, solar and EV infrastructure professionals across Europe.
• Energy Resourcing: Energy Resourcing is a Brunel-owned energy recruitment business operating globally across oil & gas and renewables. As a fellow Brunel subsidiary, it is a direct internal peer and shares the same global mobility and compliance infrastructure serving renewable projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/taylorhopkinson
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@thgoodenergy
• Facebookfacebook.com/TaylorHopkinsonConsultants
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/taylor-hopkinson
• Instagraminstagram.com/thgoodenergy

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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