Leaders IT Services

What Leaders IT Services does

Leaders IT Services is an Australian IT and digital transformation consultancy that supplies skilled ICT, digital, and project-services consultants to enterprise and government clients. The company was founded in 2020 and originally incubated by sister company Peoplebank; it now operates as a subsidiary within RGF Staffing ANZ (part of Japan's Recruit Holdings, TYO: 6098). Its core offerings span talent augmentation (Salaried Consultants, Capacity as a Service), structured talent development (the 12-month CUSP program targeting underrepresented candidates), international sourcing (an accredited TSS 482 visa Sponsorship line), workforce optimisation using SFIA and psychometric assessments, and payroll consulting via the Leaders Consulting Services (LCS) division.

The firm maintains a national office footprint across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, and Perth, and has extended delivery into Hong Kong and Singapore via the broader RGF ecosystem. Underlying operational assets include a virtual bench of consultants, access to Peoplebank's 500,000+ IT candidate pool, ISO 9001:2015-certified quality management, and ACS (Australian Computer Society) partnership credentials. It serves eight primary verticals: Government, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Energy/Resources/Utilities, Consulting & Technology, Retail & FMCG, Transport & Logistics, and Construction & Manufacturing, with named case studies spanning major Australian banks, an unnamed telco, an energy retailer, a federal government agency, and a mining company.

Revenue is generated through professional-services engagements — primarily consultant day-rate billing on statement-of-work contracts, supplemented by higher-margin project-delivery and advisory fees from Capacity as a Service and LCS. Pricing is custom, negotiated per engagement with multi-year contract structures. The go-to-market is consultative enterprise field sales supported by industry-specific content marketing, case-study-led credibility, and partner referrals within the RGF Staffing ANZ brand portfolio. Reported outcomes include 90% CUSP graduate placement into permanent or tenured contractor roles (as of June 2024) and conversion of placed consultants to permanent staff at no additional fee after 12-month engagements.

Name

Leaders IT Services

Legal name

Leaders IT

Website

https://leaders.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Leaders IT Services is an Australian IT and digital transformation consultancy that supplies ICT, digital, and project-services consultants to enterprise and government clients across eight verticals, operating within the RGF Staffing ANZ ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Staffing & Digital Transformation Consulting

NAICS

Employment Services (5613), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Enablement & Adoption Services (Change Management, Adoption, Champions) (BPAEANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Service Desk & ITSM Outsourcing (BPAEAMAF), IT Service Desk & End-User Support (L1/L2) (BPAAACAA)

Keywords

• IT staffing services
• Talent augmentation
• Digital transformation consulting
• Workforce optimisation
• Payroll consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Talent Augmentation / Staffing Services: Leaders IT provides IT and digital consultants to client organisations, operating as a professional services firm. Revenue is generated through consultant placements where clients pay for skilled IT professionals supplied by Leaders IT. The company handles recruitment, payroll, and ongoing support. A unique aspect is the option for clients to convert consultants to permanent staff at no additional charge after 12 months.
2. Payroll Consulting Services (LCS): Leaders Consulting Services (LCS), a division of Leaders IT, provides payroll implementation, system integration, advisory, processing, health checks, and change management consulting services to clients in education, government, and commercial sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Leaders IT Services is an Australian B2B IT and digital transformation consultancy that develops, sponsors, and provides IT, digital, and project service consultants to enterprise and government clients. Core offerings include Capacity as a Service (end-to-end project delivery via deployed consultants), Salaried Consultants (flexible talent augmentation), the Capacity Uplift Solutions Program (CUSP, a 12-month structured development program for underrepresented talent), and Sponsorship (visa-sponsored international IT talent). Complementary solutions include Workforce Optimisation (SFIA and psychometric assessment), Payroll Optimisation through Leaders Consulting Services (LCS), Diversity & Inclusion programs, Skill Shortages solutions, and Mentoring Programs.

Product overview

Leaders IT Services operates as an IT and Digital Transformation Consultancy offering a portfolio of talent solutions rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include: Capacity as a Service (project-based consulting), Salaried Consultants (talent augmentation), Capacity Uplift Solutions Program (CUSP - a 12-month training program for underrepresented talent), and Sponsorship (visa sponsorship for international talent). These services are complemented by Workforce Optimisation, Diversity & Inclusion, Skill Shortages, Payroll Optimisation (via LCS), and Mentoring Programs (Launch and Elevate). The company specialises in providing IT, Digital, and Project Service consultants across various industries including Government, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Energy/Resources/Utilities, Construction/Manufacturing, Transport/Logistics, Professional Services, and Retail/FMCG.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CUSP (Capacity Uplift Solutions Program): A 12-month program that seeks out, hires, and enhances the skills of traditionally underrepresented talent within the IT industry including recent graduates, those returning to work, and career transitioners.
• Capacity as a Service
• Leaders Consulting Services (LCS)

Products and services

• Capacity as a Service Comprehensive employment solution where Leaders IT takes full responsibility for managing a client's digital or IT projects from start to finish, providing expert consultants from its talent pool to deliver high-quality results within set budget and timeframe. For enterprise and government clients needing end-to-end project delivery with tailored talent matching and scalable resources.
• Capacity Uplift Solutions Program (CUSP)

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of CUSP program participants receive full-time employment offers at program completion
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, supporting and minor.

• PeoplebankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeoplebank is Leaders IT's sister company, originally founding Leaders IT to provide senior software engineers to clients. The companies work together on client engagements, with Peoplebank providing staffing services and Leaders IT providing IT consulting and project delivery. Leaders IT has access to Peoplebank's network of over 500,000 IT candidates.
• RGF Staffing ANZcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRGF Staffing ANZ is Leaders IT's parent company, part of the RGF (Recruit Global Family) global network - the world's largest staffing network spanning four continents with approximately 274,000 individuals in employment daily. RGF Staffing ANZ includes brands such as Chandler Macleod, Aurion, Vivir Healthcare, and AHS Hospitality.
• Peoplebank (Joint Engagement)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLeaders IT and Peoplebank collaborated on cybersecurity engagements for major Australian banks, with Peoplebank providing staffing support and Leaders IT delivering technical consulting services including information security training, identity management, and certificate management.
• ACS (Australian Computer Society)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerLeaders IT partners with ACS for consultant certification, providing ACS membership to salaried consultants as part of employee benefits. ACS membership offers professional development opportunities and industry recognition.
• SG FleetminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with SG Fleet to provide novated leasing benefits to consultants, offering salary sacrifice options for vehicle leasing.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Robert Half Australia: Robert Half is a global staffing firm with a strong Australian presence in IT, technology and digital transformation contract and permanent placements. It competes with Leaders IT for the same enterprise and mid-market IT consultant billings, particularly in financial services and professional services.
• Chandler Macleod: Chandler Macleod is a sister brand to Leaders IT within RGF Staffing ANZ providing broad workforce solutions across professional services, IT, government and commercial sectors. It overlaps with Leaders IT in IT and digital contract staffing, particularly in government and enterprise accounts, and shares the same parent-company resources.
• Aurec: Aurec is an Australian IT, digital and ERP recruitment specialist placing contractors and permanent staff into enterprise transformation programs. It competes head-to-head with Leaders IT in the same Australian enterprise and government IT staffing engagements, including SAP, cloud and data roles.
• Peoplebank: Peoplebank is Leaders IT's sister company within RGF Staffing ANZ and the largest dedicated IT recruitment firm in Australia. Both firms place IT contractors and permanent staff into enterprise and government roles; Peoplebank supplies the 500,000+ candidate pool that underpins Leaders IT's virtual bench, making it the closest direct comparable despite the corporate relationship.
• Davidson Technology: Davidson is an Australian talent solutions firm with a technology practice placing IT, digital and project services professionals into enterprise and government clients. It directly competes with Leaders IT for contract and permanent IT staff across Australian federal and state government and large enterprise programs.
• Hays Australia (Technology): Hays is one of the largest global recruitment firms with a substantial Australian Technology division placing IT contractors, project professionals and digital specialists. It directly competes with Leaders IT in mid-to-senior IT staffing across financial services, government and enterprise verticals in Australia.
• Talent International: Talent International is an Australian-owned IT and digital recruitment specialist placing contractors and permanent staff across enterprise, government and digital transformation projects. Like Leaders IT, it operates nationally and competes directly for the same IT consultant billings and SAP/Microsoft/cloud-skilled contractors in Australia.

Emerging players

• Salt Recruitment: Salt is a global digital recruitment specialist with APAC operations focused on placing professionals in digital, technology, marketing and creative roles. It overlaps with Leaders IT's digital and project-services placements but skews more toward digital/marketing transformation than enterprise IT staffing.

Broad incumbents

• DXC Technology Australia: DXC Technology is a global IT services giant with a large Australian practice providing IT consulting, systems integration, managed services and digital transformation. While not a direct staffing peer, it competes with Leaders IT for enterprise IT services budgets and large-scale government and banking transformation mandates in Australia.
• Akkodis (formerly Modis): Akkodis is a global digital engineering and IT staffing firm (formerly Modis) with Australian operations spanning IT consulting, workforce solutions and digital transformation projects. As a larger incumbent with global delivery centers, it competes with Leaders IT for enterprise IT services contracts while offering offshore scale Leaders IT cannot match.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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