The tech hiring landscape is changing fast, and our 2025 Market Guide is built to help you keep up.
Each year, we dig beneath the buzzwords to uncover what’s really shaping hiring strategies, candidate behaviour, and market demand across the global tech space. This guide reflects the real conversations happening between candidates, hiring managers, and recruiters on the front lines.
*If you want a tailored guide, we also offer bespoke market reports, including competitor insights and localised hiring trends. Fill out a quick form here, and we'll be in touch to build something for you.
What’s inside the Guide:
This year’s insights are based on:
- Conversations with 28,977 candidates
- 2,568 interviews conducted
- 1,304 vacancies worked by our consultants
- 342 successful hires across 276 companies
- Real-time data from a live network of 400,000+ tech professionals
Key content includes:
- Salary and day rate benchmarks for tech jobs in the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, and the US
- Market-by-market analysis across:
• Software Engineering
• Data
• Cloud & Infrastructure
• DevOps
• Go-to-Market
We also explore emerging hiring models like SOW-based recruitment, the rising cost of bad hires, and what employers need to understand about speed, specialisation, and shifting candidate expectations in 2025.
Whether you're building a team, mapping out your next move, or navigating budget pressures, this guide is built for you.
*If you'd like a tailored guide, we also offer bespoke market reports, including competitor insights and localised hiring trends. Fill out a short form here, and we'll be in touch to build something for you.