DATATECH ANALYTICS LIMITED

What DATATECH ANALYTICS LIMITED does

Datatech Analytics Limited is a UK specialist recruitment agency operating under the legal entity The Evergreen Group Ltd, focused exclusively on data, analytics, and AI talent. Founded in the early 1990s (circa 1993), the firm is headquartered in Basingstoke with additional active operations in London, Edinburgh, and Manchester, and runs a self-serve specialist job board at datatech.org.uk alongside direct executive and contingency search services. It serves a horizontal client base spanning Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Retail, Media, Government/Defence, and Aviation, covering ten distinct data specialisms from Data Engineering and Credit Risk Analytics through Data Science & AI, Operational Research, and Econometrics.

The company monetizes through transaction fees on placements (contingency search, executive search with phased payments, third-party advertising bundles) plus professional-services fees from a Diversity & Inclusion consultancy and Data Event Management offering. Its go-to-market combines direct sales-led employer engagement with a community-led motion anchored on the Women in Data movement (launched 2015, registered trademark) and the Girls in Data network, which function as both candidate pipeline and brand differentiator. Underlying technology is a conventional recruitment stack: candidate database built over 25 years, job board with RSS/email alerts, and CRM for placement workflow; no public API, SDK, or proprietary AI/ML capability is offered.

Datatech is privately held, independently owned, and self-sustaining, with no disclosed funding rounds, M&A, or external shareholders. Headcount is small (11-50), the firm was recognized as a Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 in the Medium category, and named customer evidence is limited to a single enterprise case study (Hotel Chocolat, SQL Data Engineer Azure Integration placement) plus broader unnamed UK enterprise relationships.

Name

DATATECH ANALYTICS LIMITED

Legal name

The Evergreen Group Ltd T/A Datatech Analytics

Website

https://datatech.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Datatech Analytics Limited is a UK specialist recruitment agency placing data, analytics, and AI professionals across ten verticals including Financial Services, Retail, and Government, operating from Basingstoke with offices in London, Edinburgh, and Manchester.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Shirley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contingency Search: Traditional contingency recruitment where Datatech helps clients locate candidates who are actively looking for new roles. Uses job boards, LinkedIn, networking and their candidate database grown over 25 years. Fee is only charged upon successful placement.
2. Third Party Advertising: Consultative solution where Datatech helps job seekers identify clients by positioning them in effective job advertising channels. Includes data events, press coverage, aggregators, industry journals, social media campaigns, job boards, special groups and forums. Fees include advertising costs and placement fees.
3. Referred & Executive Search: Executive search service using their vast network to engage with executive candidates. Fee is payable in three parts: Initial Commitment, at First Interview and at Role Commencement. Also includes referred search for confidential introductions with introduction fees.
4. Diversity & Inclusion Consultancy: Bespoke consultancy service helping organisations build diverse data teams through inclusive leadership. Includes unconscious bias training, inclusive cultures, recruitment and selection strategy and wellbeing practices.
5. Data Event Management: Event management services including leadership round tables, interactive technical sessions and industry-recognised conferences with dedicated qualified planners.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Datatech Analytics is a specialist UK recruitment agency focused exclusively on data and analytics professionals, offering contingency search, executive search, third-party advertising, and diversity & inclusion consultancy, alongside data event management. The firm operates across ten data specialisms including Data & Technology, Credit Risk Analytics, Marketing & Insight, Data Science & AI, Data Visualisation, Digital Analytics, Statistics, Operational Research, Data Leadership, and Econometrics.

Product overview

Datatech Analytics operates as a specialist recruitment agency offering a unified suite of talent acquisition services for the data and analytics industry. The core offering consists of contingency search, third-party advertising, executive search, and diversity & inclusion consultancy services, complemented by data event management capabilities. The agency specializes across ten distinct verticals: Data & Technology, Credit Risk Analytics, Marketing & Insight, Data Science & AI, Data Visualisation, Digital Analytics, Statistics, Operational Research, Data Leadership, and Econometrics. These specializations function as integrated service lines within a single recruitment platform rather than separate product modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Women in Data (WiD): A movement launched by Datatech in 2015 which has become a force for change in data science and data analytics. It is a platform for female and gender diverse data professionals to share technical knowledge, expertise and experience.
• Girls in Data

Products and services

• Contingency Search Traditional contingency recruitment helping clients locate candidates actively looking for new data and analytics roles, using job boards, LinkedIn, networking, and a candidate database developed over 25 years. Fee is only charged upon successful placement.
• Referred & Executive Search Executive search using the firm's network to engage senior candidates, plus referred search for confidential introductions of employed individuals. Three-part fee structure: Initial Commitment, First Interview, and Role Commencement.
• Third Party Advertising Consultative advertising solution positioning clients in effective job advertising channels including data events, press coverage, aggregators, industry journals, social media campaigns, job boards, special groups and forums, with advertising costs and placement fees as part of the package.
• Diversity & Inclusion Consultancy Bespoke consultancy helping organisations build diverse data teams through inclusive leadership, unconscious bias training, recruitment and selection strategy, and wellbeing practices. Anchored by the Women in Data movement (launched 2015) and Girls in Data network.
• Data Event Management Event management services including leadership round tables, interactive technical sessions, industry-recognised conferences, guestlist engagement, speaker networking, product launches, workshops, and data award ceremonies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Many candidates end up being clients, indicating high satisfaction and relationship quality
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Computer Futures: Long-established UK/European tech recruiter with strong data, BI and analytics practice. Comparable in serving enterprise clients for data engineering, data science and analytics roles across multiple UK geographies.
• Opus Talent Partners: International recruitment firm with a dedicated Data, Analytics & AI practice offering permanent, contract and executive search — directly comparable in specialisation and target buyer to Datatech's mid-market and enterprise clients.
• Harnham: UK-headquartered recruitment firm specialising in Data & Analytics, Data Science, AI, and Credit Risk roles — a directly comparable specialist competing for the same candidate pool and client mandates across the same10 data verticals.
• Salt Recruitment: Global specialist recruiter with strong UK presence in Data, Analytics, AI and Digital recruitment — directly comparable in service mix (search + contract) and target verticals.
• Eximius Group: UK specialist recruitment firm focused on Data, Analytics, AI and FinTech, offering permanent, contract and executive search — closely comparable in candidate verticals and client profile to Datatech.

Broad incumbents

• Reed Technology: UK's largest generalist recruitment group with a dedicated Technology and Data division. Overlaps Datatech on data engineering and analytics mandates but competes as a broad incumbent rather than a specialist.
• Michael Page Technology: Global PageGroup brand with a UK Technology/Data practice competing for mid-market and enterprise data and analytics hires — broader portfolio but overlapping on Datatech's core specialisms.
• Hays Technology: Global recruitment incumbent with a dedicated UK Data & Analytics team covering data engineering, BI and credit risk. Competes for the same enterprise mandates but as part of a much larger generalist portfolio.

Emerging players

• Arrows Group: UK-headquartered technology recruiter with growing Data and AI practice. Comparable in targeting UK data and analytics professionals but with broader technology remit than Datatech's pure-play focus.

Others

• Women in Data (community/event entity): Actually hosted by Datatech itself — listed here as a community/thematic reference point for similar D&I-in-data initiatives (e.g. Women Who Code, AnitaB.org) that occupy an adjacent ecosystem rather than competing for placement fees.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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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