HIJOBS

What HIJOBS does

HIJOBS Ltd. operates a Scotland-focused online job board platform headquartered in Fort William, United Kingdom. Founded in 2013 as a private limited company, the platform aggregates job vacancies across all Scottish regions — from the major cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dundee to remote Highlands, Islands, and rural communities — and serves two primary customer segments: job seekers (individuals searching for Scottish employment, from entry-level to experienced professionals) and employers (companies, public sector bodies, and recruitment agencies posting vacancies). The company operates as a self-serve, product-led growth (PLG) marketplace with 11–50 employees and ~2,313 active job listings at the time of data capture.

The platform is built around a searchable web interface (hijobs.net) and dedicated iOS/Android mobile applications. The underlying technology includes a semantic search engine that interprets query meaning rather than relying on exact keyword matches (for example, a query for 'engineer' also returns results tagged 'technician' or 'mechanic'), complemented by an advanced Boolean search supporting operators such as AND/OR/NOT, exact phrase matching, prefix wildcards, synonyms, and proximity searching. Candidates can register accounts, upload CVs, configure email and browser-push job alerts at configurable frequencies, and apply directly to employers. Employers access a dedicated self-serve portal for posting vacancies, with options for featured/promoted placements, online interview capabilities, and immediate-start badges.

Revenue is generated primarily through employer job-posting fees (transaction-based) and premium placement advertising for featured listings; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Distribution is digital-first and direct — a website plus mobile app with no disclosed intermediaries — and the go-to-market strategy is heavily organic, leveraging extensive region-, city-, and sector-specific SEO landing pages and content marketing through a Career Hub blog. Notable employer customers span public sector (NHS Grampian, NHS Highland, Aberdeen City Council, Argyll and Bute Council, Scottish Borders Council), enterprise (SSE, Lidl, Arnold Clark, Premier Inn, Mowi Scotland, Bakkafrost Scotland), education (North East Scotland College, Dundee and Angus College), and SMBs (The Island Bakery, GC Shellfish, Wyvex Media), reflecting a broadly distributed employer base concentrated in Scotland.

Name

HIJOBS

Legal name

HiJOBS Ltd.

Website

https://hijobs.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HIJOBS Ltd. operates a Scotland-focused, self-serve online job board serving job seekers and employers across all Scottish regions, with semantic and advanced Boolean search, dedicated mobile apps, and a self-serve employer portal for posting vacancies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Board / Recruitment Platform

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Core HR & HRIS (BPACAPAA)

Keywords

• Online job board
• Recruitment platform
• Job search engine
• Employment listings
• Scotland jobs

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort William

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Job Posting Fees: Employers pay to post job vacancies on the platform. The site offers different posting options including featured/promoted jobs, online interview capabilities, and immediate start badges.
2. Featured Job Listings: Premium placement of job advertisements with enhanced visibility through promoted/sponsored listing options.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

HIJOBS is a Scotland-focused online job board platform that aggregates employer-posted job vacancies from across all Scottish regions, including major cities and remote Highlands and Islands communities. The platform provides free job search, browsing, and application functionality for individual candidates, while charging employers to post vacancies and offering premium featured/promoted listings for enhanced visibility.

Product overview

HiJOBS is a Scotland-focused job board platform operating as a single unified product rather than a modular platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offering consists of the HiJOBS job board platform (hijobs.net) which provides job search, browsing, and application functionality for candidates across all Scottish regions. The product ecosystem includes a mobile application for on-the-go access, an advanced Boolean search feature supporting complex query operators, a Career Hub blog providing career advice content, an Employers Area for businesses to post vacancies, and a job alert notification system with email and browser push notification options. The platform covers all of Scotland with location-based search spanning regions from Aberdeenshire to the Western Isles, and sector-based filtering across 60+ industries including healthcare, engineering, hospitality, and marine sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HiJOBS Job Board Platform The primary online job board platform enabling job seekers to search and browse vacancies across Scotland, with location-based search covering all Scottish regions, towns, and postcodes, plus sector-based filtering across 60+ industries.
• HiJOBS Mobile App A dedicated mobile application allowing job seekers to access job listings and receive notifications on the go, with browser notification support for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge.
• HiJOBS Employers Area A dedicated portal for employers to post job vacancies, manage listings, and access employer-specific features for recruiting candidates from the Scottish job market, including featured/promoted listings and online interview capabilities.
• HiJOBS Career Hub A career advice content service providing guidance on job searching, resume building, interview preparation, and career development topics to support job seekers in their employment journey.
• HiJOBS Job Alerts Email and browser-based notification system allowing job seekers to create alerts for specific searches, with configurable frequency options (Instantly, Daily, Every 3 Days, Every 7 Days) and device browser notifications across Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge.

Named customers16 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MyJobScotland: Scottish local-government and public-sector recruitment portal used by Scottish councils and public bodies. Directly comparable in Scottish geographic focus and public-sector employer base, including council customers that also appear on HiJOBS.
• S1Jobs: Long-standing Scotland-focused job board operating on a similar self-serve, regional-employment-matching model covering Scottish employers and candidates. Directly comparable in geography, business model and target segments to HiJOBS.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: Global professional network with an integrated jobs marketplace that competes for Scottish professional and managerial roles. Comparable marketplace model with much greater employer and candidate reach and AI-driven matching features.
• Reed: UK-wide job board and recruitment services business with permanent, temporary and executive search offerings. Comparable business model (postings + recruitment services) at much greater UK scale and shares employer overlap in healthcare, education and local-government segments.
• Jobsite: UK-focused job board and recruitment platform advertising across sectors and regions including Scotland. Comparable job-listing and employer self-serve model, operating with broader UK rather than Scottish-only coverage.
• Indeed: Global job aggregator and search engine dominating UK and Scottish job search volume. Operates the same job-listing marketplace model at vastly larger scale and competes directly with HiJOBS for organic Scottish candidate traffic.
• Totaljobs: Major UK job board covering all sectors and regions including Scotland. Directly comparable listings-based model targeting UK employers and job seekers, operating at scale rather than regional focus.
• CV-Library: UK recruitment platform combining a job board with CV database and applicant matching tools. Comparable transactional posting and candidate-matching model serving UK employers, including Scottish SMEs that also advertise on HiJOBS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/highjobs
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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