SPS Tech Recruitment

Name

SPS Tech Recruitment

Legal name

SPS

Website

https://spstechrecruitment.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Staffing & Recruitment

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Executive Search Services (561312)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Technical Direct Hire (IT, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare) (BPACAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Executive RPO (Leadership Hiring Programs) (BPACABAI), Sales, Marketing & Customer Success Direct Hire (BPACAFAD)

Keywords

• Technology recruitment services
• Executive tech search
• Contingent recruitment
• IT permanent placement
• Digital transformation hiring

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Contingent Search: Placement fees earned when a candidate is successfully placed from their permanent and interim candidate network. Fees typically calculated as a percentage of the hired candidate's annual salary.
2. Retained Search: Engagement model for key senior appointments where the firm is retained to conduct exclusive search, typically involving upfront fees and milestone payments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

SPS Tech Recruitment is a UK-based technology recruitment consultancy that matches tech talent with IT jobs across the United Kingdom. It delivers two core engagement models — Contingent Search (using its permanent and interim candidate network to fill technology positions on a success-fee basis) and Retained Search (an exclusive engagement model for senior technology appointments, often with upfront and milestone payments) — across four specialisms: Cloud & Infrastructure, Senior Leadership (CTO/CIO/Technology Director), Business Analysis & Project Management, and Tech Sales. Roles are typically registered exclusively and not publicly advertised.

Product overview

SPS Tech Recruitment is a UK-based technology recruitment firm offering a platform of two core service offerings: Contingent Search and Retained Search. These services are complemented by four specialist practice areas covering Cloud & Infrastructure, Senior Leadership (CTO/CIO/Technology Director), Business Analysis & Project Management, and Tech Sales. The company specializes in placing technology professionals across Technology Leadership, Business Change & Transformation, and Cloud & Infrastructure disciplines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contingent Search A recruitment service that leverages the firm's permanent and interim candidate network to fill technology positions, with fees typically calculated as a percentage of the placed candidate's annual salary and payable upon successful placement. Offered to UK-based employers seeking tech talent.
• Retained Search A focused, exclusive recruitment engagement for senior technology appointments, typically structured with upfront fees and milestone-based payments, designed to achieve optimal results for organizations making key senior hires such as CTO, CIO, or Technology Director.
• Cloud & Infrastructure Recruitment Specialist recruitment practice covering cloud architecture, infrastructure design, DevOps, and systems engineering roles for UK-based employers.
• Senior Technology Leadership Recruitment Recruitment practice focused on placing senior technology leadership, including CTO, CIO, and Technology Director roles, for organizations seeking qualified C-suite technology leaders.
• Business Analysis & Project Management Recruitment Specialist recruitment practice for business analysis, project management, programme management, and transformation leadership professionals driving digital change in UK organizations.
• Tech Sales Recruitment Recruitment practice focused on technology sales professionals, including pre-sales, sales engineering, and technical account management roles that bridge technical and commercial functions.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Understanding Recruitment: Understanding Recruitment is a UK-based specialist technology recruiter with a comparable mix of permanent placements across cloud, development, and senior tech roles, serving a similar SME-to-enterprise client base.
• McGregor Boyall: McGregor Boyall is a London-based specialist technology and change & transformation recruiter with a contingent + retained model similar to SPS. It is a direct competitor for UK tech permanent and interim mandates.
• La Fosse Associates: La Fosse is a UK-headquartered specialist technology, digital, and transformation recruiter offering both contingent and retained search. It is the closest comparable boutique-to-mid-market peer, with similar senior-tech and digital-transformation specialisms.
• Venturi (Voiceflow) / Venturi Ltd: Venturi is a UK technology recruiter with practices across cloud, data, and senior tech appointments, offering contingent and retained search — comparable in scale and specialism to SPS.
• Opus Talent Solutions: Opus is a UK-based technology and digital recruiter focused on permanent and contract placements across cloud, data, and engineering — a directly comparable specialist boutique competing for the same candidate pool.
• ARC Tech: ARC Tech is a UK specialist technology recruitment firm focused on cloud, infrastructure, and senior technical appointments — a closely comparable boutique competitor in the same niche as SPS.

Broad incumbents

• Michael Page Technology: Michael Page's UK technology division places mid-to-senior permanent technology professionals including CTO/CIO and cloud specialists — directly overlapping SPS's specialisms. It is a much larger incumbent with established brand recognition.
• Computer Futures: Computer Futures is an established UK and European technology recruiter covering permanent and contract IT roles across cloud, infrastructure, and software — competing for similar candidates and mandates.
• Hays Technology: Hays operates a UK-wide technology practice covering permanent and contract roles across cloud, infrastructure, and transformation. It competes with SPS for the same hiring-manager budget but offers broader geographic and functional coverage.
• Reed Technology: Reed is one of the UK's largest generalist recruitment brands with a substantial technology division offering permanent and contract IT hiring across the UK. It is comparable as a UK tech-permanent-placement competitor but at vastly greater scale and breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sps-tech-recruitment

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 →

Frequently asked questions about SPS Tech Recruitment