Specialist Technology Recruitment & Executive Search · UK

Hire above
the noise.

The best technology people are already employed, already valued — and not reading job boards. We know where they are, and after twenty-five years, they take our calls.

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Begin the ascent

Twenty-five years above street level

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Years of specialist recruitment
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Worldwide connections
SME to FTSE
From scale-up to blue-chip
Full service
Permanent · Contract · Executive search

Every floor higher, fewer people qualify

Floor 12

Software Engineering

C#, .NET, Java, Python, JavaScript and the engineers who actually ship. From senior ICs to heads of engineering.

Floor 24

Cyber Security

Analysts, engineers, architects and security leadership — people trusted with what matters most.

Floor 31

Data, AI & Analytics

Data engineers, scientists, BI specialists and machine-learning talent that turns noise into advantage.

Floor 38

Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure

The people who keep everything up: cloud, platform, networking, infrastructure and support.

Floor 45

Project, Change & IT Leadership

Project and programme managers, business analysts, change leads, IT directors and heads of technology.

Three ways up

Executive Search

The top one percent — mapped, approached and won, in total confidence.

Permanent

People who clear the technical bar and fit the room. Right first time.

Contract

Proven contractors, vetted and available, on site within days.

The higher you go, the thinner the field

  1. BriefWe sit down, we listen, we push back where it's needed.
  2. MapThe whole market charted — including the people who aren't looking.
  3. ApproachDirect, discreet conversations with the hardest people to reach.
  4. QualifySkills proven. Motives understood. Culture matched.
  5. ShortlistThree or four right answers — never a pile of CVs.
  6. LandOffer to onboarding, handled. And we stay in touch long after.

Executive Search

Reserved for the
top one percent.

The leaders who change a company's trajectory are rarely available and never advertised. Discreet search for CTOs, CISOs and heads of technology — mapped, approached and delivered in confidence.

Discuss a search

Views from altitude

Clients measured in years,
not placements.

SDL is the only agency we use now. Ten years in, they have never sent a CV we didn't want to read.
Operations Director · software group
Three developers, two weeks' notice. All three still with us years later.
Head of Engineering · SaaS platform
Their candidates arrived better prepared than our interviewers.
HR Director · logistics group
Client relationships of 5–10+ years
Short-notice contract delivery
The only agency on the roster
Candidates arrive prepared

Open floors

Current roles.

Floor 47 Head of Platform Engineering £120–140k · London · Hybrid · Permanent View role → Floor 31 Senior Data Engineer £85–95k · Cambridge · Hybrid · Permanent View role → Floor 24 Security Architect £750/day · Remote (UK) · 6-month contract View role → Floor 12 Lead .NET Developer £70–80k · Hertfordshire · On-site · Permanent View role →

View all current roles →  ·  Or send your CV — most of the roles we fill are never advertised.

ALT 740M · The summit

Someone has to
take the seat.

Employers

A role you can't fill — or can't advertise.

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Candidates

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