Noir Consulting

What Noir Consulting does

Noir Consulting is a London-headquartered, specialist recruitment agency founded in 2005 that places Microsoft technology professionals — predominantly .NET developers, Azure engineers and adjacent Microsoft-stack specialists — into permanent, contract and interim roles. The firm's offering consists of three core service lines: permanent placement, contract and interim staffing, and candidate database access; it does not sell software products. Underlying the delivery model is a proprietary recruitment platform combined with specialist consultants who search a 20-year-built database of 2 million Microsoft professionals and who technically test candidates before submission.

The business operates 9 offices across the United Kingdom (London, Manchester, Edinburgh), Germany (Munich), the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Switzerland (Zurich) and the United States (New York, Irvine, Austin), with reported performance metrics including an 82% reduction in client time-to-hire, 97% candidate retention at 12 months, 95% of candidates placed in roles exceeding expectations, and 92% achieving a salary increase. The go-to-market is sales-led: specialist consultants engage enterprise clients directly while candidates self-source via an SEO-optimised job board and CV-drop portal; content marketing through an Insights blog and LinkedIn/Facebook/X channels runs alongside.

Noir generates revenue through placement fees (percentage of annual salary for permanent hires; hourly/daily rates for contract and interim placements) across a client base of 1,000+ organisations including Disney, ITN, E.ON, Soho House, Royal Dutch Shell, Willis Towers Watson, the London Stock Exchange, KPMG and Visa. The firm remains privately held under founder/CEO Sanjay Daryanani with no external institutional investment disclosed, and serves a hybrid mix of Microsoft end-user organisations, Microsoft service providers, and Microsoft professionals seeking career moves.

Name

Noir Consulting

Legal name

Noir Consulting

Website

https://noirconsulting.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Noir Consulting is a London-founded specialist recruitment agency that places Microsoft technology professionals — predominantly .NET and Azure engineers — in permanent, contract and interim roles across the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Recruitment Services

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHACAE

Human Capital & Workforce Transformation Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Management Consulting

SECONDARYBPACAFAJ

Legal & Compliance Direct Hire

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Permanent Placement & Direct Hire

Keywords

• Microsoft recruitment services
• .NET developer staffing
• IT recruitment agency
• Technology talent placement
• Contract technology staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Services: Noir generates revenue by placing Microsoft professionals (permanent, contract, and interim) with clients. They charge clients for successfully placed candidates and provide recruitment services for hiring permanent and contractual employees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Noir Consulting is a specialist recruitment agency that places Microsoft technology professionals (.NET developers and related Microsoft-skilled talent) into permanent, contract, and interim roles at client organizations. The firm combines a proprietary candidate database of approximately 2 million Microsoft professionals with a team of specialist recruitment consultants to match clients with hard-to-find Microsoft talent across the UK, Europe, and the United States.

Product overview

Noir Consulting operates as a specialist recruitment agency focused exclusively on the Microsoft technology community. Their service portfolio consists of permanent placement, contract/interim staffing, and candidate database access. The company places Microsoft professionals (particularly .NET Developers) across organizations ranging from startups to large corporates. They do not offer software products or technology platforms—their offering is purely recruitment services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Permanent Microsoft Professional Recruitment Services Recruitment placement services for permanent .NET and Microsoft technology professionals, matching candidates with client organizations seeking Microsoft-skilled talent for full-time roles.
• Contract and Interim Microsoft Professional Recruitment Services Placement services for contract and interim Microsoft professionals to meet short-term and project-based staffing needs of client organizations.
• Candidate Database and Network Access Client access to Noir's network of 2 million Microsoft professionals maintained in a proprietary candidate database, used by consultants to source candidates for client hiring needs.

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Nigel Frank International: Specialist Microsoft technology recruitment agency competing head-to-head with Noir in the .NET and Microsoft stack placement market across the UK, US, and Europe. Operates with a near-identical specialist recruiter model.
• Computer Futures: UK-headquartered technology recruitment agency with strong overlap in Microsoft and enterprise tech permanent and contract placements. Comparable size and customer base as a direct competitor in the UK and European markets.

Broad incumbents

• Reed Technology: Part of the broader Reed recruitment group with a dedicated technology division covering Microsoft and other stacks. Larger, well-established UK player with broader recruitment verticals but overlapping technology recruitment offering.
• Hays Technology: Global recruitment group with a dedicated technology practice covering Microsoft/.NET and other tech stacks. Significantly larger and publicly listed (LSE: HAS), but competes directly with Noir in enterprise Microsoft tech placements.
• Robert Half Technology: Global staffing firm (NYSE: RHI) with dedicated technology recruitment division placing professionals across Microsoft, .NET and adjacent stacks. Serves many of the same enterprise clients with broader portfolio offerings.
• Insight Global: Large US-based staffing and recruitment firm with significant IT and Microsoft technology placement operations. Comparable in serving enterprise clients for technology hiring, though broader in scope than Noir.
• Apex Systems: Major US IT staffing firm providing Microsoft and .NET contract and permanent placements to enterprise clients. Direct competitor in the US Microsoft recruitment market where Noir has growing presence.

Emerging players

• Toptal: Premium freelance technology talent marketplace that includes Microsoft/.NET developers. Represents the platform-based disruptor model that competes with traditional recruitment agencies on speed and cost.
• Andela: Global talent marketplace for software engineers, increasingly including Microsoft stack specialists. Operates a platform model that bypasses traditional recruitment agencies for enterprise tech hiring.

Regional players

• Harnham: UK-headquartered specialist recruitment firm focused on data, technology and analytics professionals. While more focused on data/AI than pure .NET, overlaps with Noir in placing Microsoft ecosystem professionals in the UK market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ConsultingNoir
• Facebookfacebook.com/NoirConsulting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/noir-consulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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