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Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions

@DeerfootRec

Connecting Tech Talent with Opportunities 🌐 | Your Partner in IT Recruitment | Bridging Careers and Companies for Success

 United Kingdom
deerfoot.co.uk
Joined July 2015
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London has nearly six times as many AI job listings as Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Liverpool combined, says Accenture. Yet Manchester's tech demand grew 35%, against London's 24%. A one-postcode search misses that. digit.fyi/is-ai-excacerbatin…
Deerfoot graphic reading: London leads AI hiring. Demand is spreading. About 6 times as many AI job listings in London as in Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Liverpool combined. Bar chart of growth in tech skills demand: Manchester 35%, Bristol 25%, London 24%, Birmingham 17%. UK AI vacancies up 51% to nearly 100,000, 70% of them in London. Source: Accenture UK Tech Talent Tracker.

ALT Deerfoot graphic reading: London leads AI hiring. Demand is spreading. About 6 times as many AI job listings in London as in Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Liverpool combined. Bar chart of growth in tech skills demand: Manchester 35%, Bristol 25%, London 24%, Birmingham 17%. UK AI vacancies up 51% to nearly 100,000, 70% of them in London. Source: Accenture UK Tech Talent Tracker.

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Ask any recruiter how many of their permanent hires are still in post after 12 months. At Deerfoot it is 94% (our own figure). Fit is tested before the shortlist, not discovered after the start date. deerfoot.co.uk/targeted-tech…
Deerfoot graphic reading: A fill rate is easy to quote. Retention is the proof. 94% of our permanent hires are still in post after 12 months. Two cards: 2 conversations with every candidate before the shortlist, and a 6 month 100% refund on our standard permanent terms.

ALT Deerfoot graphic reading: A fill rate is easy to quote. Retention is the proof. 94% of our permanent hires are still in post after 12 months. Two cards: 2 conversations with every candidate before the shortlist, and a 6 month 100% refund on our standard permanent terms.

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DevOps Engineer, UK median salary: £70,000. The middle half of the market runs from about £56,000 to £90,000 (Deerfoot Q3 2026 Salary Report). Skills across DevOps, security and platform drive the top of that range. deerfoot.co.uk/technology-sa…
DevOps Engineer, UK permanent: median salary £70,000, with the middle half of the market running from £56,000 to £90,000. Price the skills, not the title. Source: Deerfoot Q3 2026 Salary Report.

ALT DevOps Engineer, UK permanent: median salary £70,000, with the middle half of the market running from £56,000 to £90,000. Price the skills, not the title. Source: Deerfoot Q3 2026 Salary Report.

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92% of UK graduate employers suspected or found applicant misconduct last year. Undeclared AI in interviews was the most common form (ISE). Set the rules in the invite, then probe with follow-ups. deerfoot.co.uk/articles/ai-t…
Set the AI rules before the interview. 92% of graduate and apprentice employers suspected or found applicant misconduct last year, up from 78% in 2024. 66% reported undeclared AI use in interviews. 82% now publish guidance on acceptable AI use, up from 55%.

ALT Set the AI rules before the interview. 92% of graduate and apprentice employers suspected or found applicant misconduct last year, up from 78% in 2024. 66% reported undeclared AI use in interviews. 82% now publish guidance on acceptable AI use, up from 55%.

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From 30 Oct, UK employers must take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment, including by clients. From 1 Jan, unfair dismissal protection starts at six months, so probation matters more. deerfoot.co.uk/articles/empl…
Two changes to plan for. 30 October: employers must take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment, including by clients. 1 January 2027: unfair dismissal protection starts at six months, down from two years.

ALT Two changes to plan for. 30 October: employers must take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment, including by clients. 1 January 2027: unfair dismissal protection starts at six months, down from two years.

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Every candidate we put forward has been spoken to at least twice, checked against their CV and reviewed by two consultants. On average, one in two CVs we send leads to an interview. deerfoot.co.uk/targeted-tech…
A CV claims. We check. Every Deerfoot candidate is spoken to at least twice, checked against their CV and reviewed by two consultants. 1 in 2 CVs we send lead to an interview.

ALT A CV claims. We check. Every Deerfoot candidate is spoken to at least twice, checked against their CV and reviewed by two consultants. 1 in 2 CVs we send lead to an interview.

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Around 5 million GB employees have a non-compete. The government says it will legislate to curb them. Ask about restrictive covenants at first conversation, not at offer. gov.uk/government/speeches/p…
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Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions turns 29 this month, the first anniversary since we became a Certified B Corporation™. The assessment measured what we already did and gave us a list to improve. deerfoot.co.uk/articles/deer…
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IT and engineering led UK demand for permanent staff in September (KPMG and REC Report on Jobs), while candidate supply grew at its slowest pace in three years. If a hire is on hold, the cost of waiting is changing. deerfoot.co.uk/submit-vacanc…
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Salary ranges in UK job adverts may soon stop being optional. The government's pay transparency consultation closes on 27 October. Publishing a number is easy. Publishing the right one takes data. deerfoot.co.uk/articles/pay-…
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Six months. 100% refund. No sliding scale. Our standard permanent terms refund the fee in full if a hire leaves in the first six months. 94% of our permanent hires are still in post after 12 months. deerfoot.co.uk/risk-sharing-…
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The UK AI skills premium has nearly tripled in a year: roughly 34% above baseline tech pay, up from 11%. AI vacancies are up 40%+, overall tech vacancies around 4%. Our Q3 2026 Salary Report: deerfoot.co.uk/technology-sa…
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57% of UK businesses have a basic cyber skills gap, up from 49% a year ago. Cyber job postings rose 10%, the workforce just 2%. Regulation sets the standard. Hiring decides whether you can meet it. deerfoot.co.uk/articles/cybe…
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Sourcing AI talent is a reading problem before it is a search problem. A keyword hunt for "machine learning" returns everyone who has used the term. It can't tell you who has shipped a model into production and will hold up in a regulated environment.
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If AI handles the junior work, who mentors the next generation of experts? Expertise in tech is built, not downloaded, through tickets, code reviews and questions asked of someone nearby. Automate the task, you still have to grow the person.
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Multi-agency briefings feel like the safer bet: more coverage, more CVs, fast. But when several agencies work one role, the model rewards being first, not most thorough. Sole agency changes that. One partner accountable for the outcome has room to go deeper on suitability.
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An algorithm can match keywords. It cannot tell you whether a candidate will hold up in a regulated, fast-moving environment. Our specialist consultants average 19 years in UK IT and tech recruitment. The standard sets the rigour. The people apply the judgement.
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A £100m public push into UK AI firms reads as a technology story. It's just as much a hiring one. Capital moves faster than capability. Fresh funding widens the same shortlist of scarce AI, data and ML engineers employers already compete over. Hiring decides who captures it.
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A tech-stack match on paper tells you little about whether the work history behind it is real. Our BSI-audited vetting treats every shortlist with the rigour of an audit, ending in a Quality Gate where two senior consultants verify competency before a candidate reaches you.
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Most tech pay benchmarks run on guesswork or last year's figures. Neither tells you what an offer needs today. Our Q3 2026 UK Tech Salary Report draws on live roles and real offers moving through the market this quarter. cognitoforms.com/Deerfoot1/S…
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