What Hatch Digital does

Hatch Digital Skills Ltd (trading as Hatch) is a UK-based B2B services company that operates an employer-led hire-and-train model for technology roles. Founded to address digital skills shortages, the company identifies overlooked talent from non-traditional pools (career changers, prison leavers, veterans, women in tech) using an assessment-led hiring methodology that forgoes CVs in favour of evaluating potential and behavioural drivers. It then designs custom curricula — typically 8 to 24 weeks in length — co-developed with client Practice Leads and delivered in environments that mirror client technology stacks, before placing job-ready candidates with enterprise and public sector clients. Named programmes include The Roke Academy (24-week software developer curriculum, 100+ developers per year), Capgemini Women-in-Tech Academies (Data Engineering, Java), Fujitsu Accelerated Potential Programme, giffgaff Software Engineer Academy (12-week bootcamp), and Westminster City Council GIS Analyst Upskilling plus follow-on Microsoft Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and Copilot training.

The company's underlying technology stack is a hybrid of (1) proprietary assessment frameworks for candidate evaluation, (2) bespoke curriculum development capability, and (3) integrations with third-party learning management systems (TCS iON, Microsoft Learn, UCertify, LinkedIn Learning). A free job-seeker portal provides candidate registration and matching on the supply side. Hatch reports £6.52M in social value delivered and 350+ individuals trained into tech careers, with documented programme completion rates of 100% (Fujitsu, Westminster) and 97% role-readiness (Roke).

Revenue is generated through professional services and managed services contracts with employer clients — primarily enterprise technology organisations (defence, consulting, telecommunications) and UK public sector bodies. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company also distributes services through a free self-serve candidate portal, but candidate-side revenue is not the model — fees flow from employer clients. Hatch is registered in England and Wales (Company No: 11973450), headquartered in London, operates with 11–50 employees, and shows no evidence of external funding, M&A activity, or international expansion beyond the United Kingdom.

Name

Hatch Digital

Legal name

Hatch Digital Skills Ltd

Website

https://hatch-digital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hatch Digital is a UK B2B services firm running an employer-led hire-and-train model that recruits overlooked talent, trains them on custom curricula in 8–24 weeks, and places them into enterprise and public sector tech roles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technical Training & Recruitment Services

NAICS

Computer Training (61142), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Custom Corporate IT Training & Upskilling Programs (BPAEANAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Software Engineering & Application Development Training (Languages, Frameworks, Testing) (BPAEANAI), Software Development (Programming, Frameworks, Dev Tools) (EDABAFAA)

Keywords

• Tech talent training
• Assessment-led hiring
• Workforce upskilling
• Tech apprenticeship programmes
• Inclusive recruitment services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Employer-Led Training Programmes: Hatch designs and delivers custom hiring and training programmes for enterprise and public sector clients. Organisations engage Hatch to build new tech capability, transform existing teams through upskilling/reskilling, or strengthen public sector bids through social value delivery. Revenue is generated through programme fees for talent identification, training, and deployment services.
2. Recruitment Services: Free registration for job seekers. Hatch acts as an intermediary, providing recruitment services including candidate matching, assessment, training, and placement into client organisations. Revenue is derived from employer clients rather than job seekers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hatch Digital designs and delivers employer-led hiring and training programmes that identify overlooked talent through assessment-led hiring (replacing traditional CVs), train candidates against real client delivery environments, and deploy role-ready tech professionals in 12 weeks or less. The company operates custom training academies for enterprise technology organisations and public sector bodies across disciplines including software development, data engineering, GIS, Java, and Power Platform. Revenue is generated through programme fees paid by employer clients for talent identification, custom curriculum development, training delivery, and deployment services.

Product overview

Hatch Digital operates as a digital skills company with an award-winning hire-and-train model that identifies overlooked talent, assesses them through assessment-led hiring (forgoing traditional CVs), and delivers customised training programmes before deploying job-ready candidates into client organisations. The portfolio comprises the core Assessment-Led Hiring methodology combined with multiple named academy programmes including The Roke Academy (24-week software developer curriculum), giffgaff Software Engineer Academy (12-week bootcamp), Women-in-Tech Academies for Capgemini (Data Engineering and Java Development), Fujitsu Accelerated Potential Programme, Westminster GIS Analyst and Power Platform upskilling programmes, and the #Yorkshire5in5 prison leaver initiative. Additional offerings include Custom Curriculum Development and Train-the-Trainer solutions. The company also partners with learning management systems (TCS iON, Microsoft Learn, UCertify, LinkedIn Learning) to deliver training. Hatch delivers talent billable in 12 weeks or less,声称实现了>50% faster to billable deployment compared to traditional hiring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Roke Academy: A scalable model delivering software developers per year into Roke, developed in partnership with Roke.
• Women-in-Tech Academy
• Software Engineer Academy

Products and services

• Employer-Led Hiring & Training Programmes Custom hire-and-train programmes for enterprise technology organisations and public sector clients, identifying overlooked talent, training them against real client technology stacks, and deploying job-ready candidates in 12 weeks or less.
• Assessment-Led Hiring Proprietary hiring methodology that forgoes traditional CVs and evaluates technical competence alongside key behavioural drivers, assessing potential and transferable skills to identify talent overlooked by traditional recruitment channels.
• The Roke Academy 24-week curriculum (Learning and Embedded Learning phases) developed in partnership with Roke, delivering cohorts of 25 software developers per intake and scaling to 100+ software developers per year for Roke, including DV security clearance-eligible talent.
• giffgaff Software Engineer Academy 12-week training bootcamp delivered at giffgaff's Uxbridge headquarters, training undiscovered talent in giffgaff's code practices including HTML, CSS, UX, React, ReactNative, TDD, and Pair Programming, with candidates hired and deployed as Junior Engineers.
• Women-in-Tech Academy (Capgemini) Two 8-week academies developed for Capgemini's HMRC division, training female talent into Data Engineering and Java Development roles through custom curricula aligned to Capgemini's Practice Leads, with candidates onboarded into full-time positions.
• Accelerated Potential Programme (Fujitsu) Role-shaped initiative that assesses candidates on transferable skills, behaviours, and learning aptitude, then trains them in environments mirroring Fujitsu roles, with 100% programme completion and 100% progression into Fujitsu roles.
• GIS Analyst Upskilling Programme 10-week programme transforming customer experience staff into data-literate GIS professionals using GIS software, SQL, Power BI, ModelBuilder, and Git to address live operational challenges for Westminster City Council.
• Power Platform & Microsoft Copilot Training Training programme covering Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center, and Microsoft Copilot, incorporating Hatch's Train-the-Trainer model to develop internal digital champions within client organisations such as Westminster City Council.
• #Yorkshire5in5 Programme Prison leaver employment pathway initiative providing skills mapping surveys, career coaching, and individualised skills-based employment profiles as alternatives to traditional CVs, funded by UK Shared Prosperity Fund and delivering 515% social value ROI.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50%+ faster time to billable deployment
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• RokecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership to develop The Roke Academy, a scalable model for delivering 100+ software developers per year into Roke. Hatch worked with Roke to synthesise 'Rokie' culture elements, build assessment frameworks, develop 24-week curriculum with 'Learning' and 'Embedded Learning' phases, and create a rigorous Learning Agreement with data-driven reporting.
• Capgemini UKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to develop two Women-in-Tech Academies for Capgemini's HMRC division, hiring female talent into Data Engineering and Java Development roles. Hatch leveraged Social Impact Partner Network to reach underrepresented talent and developed custom 8-week curricula working with Capgemini Practice Leads. 20 women hired and onboarded.
• FujitsucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on the Accelerated Potential Programme to build job-ready technical capability by hiring for potential. Hatch designed role-shaped initiatives with assessment-led selection and hands-on training in environments mirroring Fujitsu roles. Achieved 100% programme completion and progression rates.
• giffgaffcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to create The Software Engineer Academy hiring undiscovered talent for 12-week bootcamp in giffgaff's code development practices. Training delivered at giffgaff headquarters (Uxbridge) including HTML, CSS, UX, React, ReactNative, TDD, and Pair Programming. 11 candidates hired and deployed as Junior Engineers.
• Westminster City CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to reimagine digital capability development at Westminster by growing talent from within. Launched 10-week GIS Analyst Upskilling Programme for Customer Experience staff, achieving 100% completion rate and 9.4/10 satisfaction. Next phases include Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center, and Microsoft Copilot training.
• Construction York / CHY Consultancy / City of York CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on #Yorkshire5in5 project funded by £300,000 from UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Project aimed to redefine employment pathways for prison leavers across Yorkshire prisons through skills mapping, career coaching, and development of individualised skills-based employment profiles. Delivered 515% social value ROI.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cambridge Spark: Cambridge Spark delivers UK tech training (data engineering, software engineering) via bootcamps and apprenticeship-style programmes with employer partnerships. Its curriculum focus on Java/data engineering and employer-funded model overlap with Hatch's Capgemini Data Engineering and Java academies.
• Corndel: Corndel delivers UK corporate professional and technology apprenticeship programmes for employers. Its employer-funded custom curriculum approach and leadership/digital skills focus overlap with Hatch's bespoke upskilling and academy model.
• Generation: Generation is a global nonprofit running hire-and-train programmes that move unemployed and underrepresented individuals into tech and other careers. Its employer-funded, social-impact-led model is structurally analogous to Hatch's academies.
• Firebrand Training: Firebrand Training is a UK accelerated IT training provider focused on vendor certification and corporate IT upskilling for enterprise clients. Its accelerated, employer-funded IT delivery model parallels Hatch's compressed, immersive training academies.
• Northcoders: Northcoders is a UK software engineering bootcamp with employer-funded training and apprenticeship-style programmes targeting underrepresented talent into tech roles—comparable to Hatch's giffgaff Software Engineer Academy and Roke Academy offerings.
• QA Ltd: QA is one of the UK's largest commercial IT training providers offering custom corporate IT training, certifications, and apprenticeship programmes to enterprise and public sector clients. Hatch's bespoke corporate IT upskilling competes in the same buyer conversations.
• Code First Girls: Code First Girls runs UK-focused hire-and-train programmes that train women into software development roles for enterprise clients. Its employer-funded, inclusion-led cohort model is directly comparable to Hatch's Women-in-Tech Academies with Capgemini.
• Multiverse: Multiverse is a UK-based technology apprenticeship provider combining employer-funded apprenticeships with on-the-job training. It uses a hire-and-train/assessment-led model with comparable enterprise customers and a similar inclusion-focused value proposition, making it the closest direct peer to Hatch's academies.

Emerging players

• Andela: Andela operates a global technology-talent marketplace that assesses and deploys engineers for enterprise clients. It overlaps with Hatch on assessment-led sourcing and enterprise hiring, though its model is global marketplace-led rather than UK academy-led.

Broad incumbents

• Experis (Manpower Group): Experis is Manpower Group's global IT staffing brand, also offering workforce development and training for enterprise and public sector clients. Its UK IT staffing and managed services footprint makes it adjacent competition for the same enterprise and government buyers Hatch sells into.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hatch.digital.skills
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hatch-digital-skills
• Instagraminstagram.com/hatchdigitalskills

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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