Deerfoot Recruitment
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Deerfoot Recruitment | Certified B Corp | Connecting IT and tech professionals with great opportunities since 1997. Built on honesty, integrity, and impact.
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.
https://www.deerfoot.co.uk/articles/cyber-security-resilience-bill-hiring
Regulation sets the standard. Hiring decides whether you can meet it.
https://www.deerfoot.co.uk/articles/cyber-security-resilience-bill-hiring
October 2, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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.
https://www.deerfoot.co.uk/articles/cyber-security-resilience-bill-hiring
Regulation sets the standard. Hiring decides whether you can meet it.
https://www.deerfoot.co.uk/articles/cyber-security-resilience-bill-hiring
Sourcing AI talent is a reading problem before it is a search problem.
A keyword hunt for "machine learning" or "LLM" returns people who used the terms, not who shipped a model into production or grasps the governance around responsible AI. Reading for genuine competency is the work.
A keyword hunt for "machine learning" or "LLM" returns people who used the terms, not who shipped a model into production or grasps the governance around responsible AI. Reading for genuine competency is the work.
September 24, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Sourcing AI talent is a reading problem before it is a search problem.
A keyword hunt for "machine learning" or "LLM" returns people who used the terms, not who shipped a model into production or grasps the governance around responsible AI. Reading for genuine competency is the work.
A keyword hunt for "machine learning" or "LLM" returns people who used the terms, not who shipped a model into production or grasps the governance around responsible AI. Reading for genuine competency is the work.
If AI handles the junior work, who mentors the next generation of experts?
Automating entry-level tasks looks like efficiency. The cost lands years later, when the senior specialists you need were meant to grow from junior ranks you stopped filling.
Automate the task, you still grow the person.
Automating entry-level tasks looks like efficiency. The cost lands years later, when the senior specialists you need were meant to grow from junior ranks you stopped filling.
Automate the task, you still grow the person.
September 15, 2026 at 1:41 PM
If AI handles the junior work, who mentors the next generation of experts?
Automating entry-level tasks looks like efficiency. The cost lands years later, when the senior specialists you need were meant to grow from junior ranks you stopped filling.
Automate the task, you still grow the person.
Automating entry-level tasks looks like efficiency. The cost lands years later, when the senior specialists you need were meant to grow from junior ranks you stopped filling.
Automate the task, you still grow the person.
The recruitment model you choose shapes everything that follows, right down to how deep the candidate pool goes.
Multi-agency rewards being first. Sole agency rewards being thorough, with one partner accountable for the outcome.
The useful question is which fits the role in front of you.
Multi-agency rewards being first. Sole agency rewards being thorough, with one partner accountable for the outcome.
The useful question is which fits the role in front of you.
September 10, 2026 at 9:01 AM
The recruitment model you choose shapes everything that follows, right down to how deep the candidate pool goes.
Multi-agency rewards being first. Sole agency rewards being thorough, with one partner accountable for the outcome.
The useful question is which fits the role in front of you.
Multi-agency rewards being first. Sole agency rewards being thorough, with one partner accountable for the outcome.
The useful question is which fits the role in front of you.
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. That judgement sits behind the assessment work, not a search tool running in the background. 💡
Our specialist consultants average 19 years in UK IT and tech recruitment. That judgement sits behind the assessment work, not a search tool running in the background. 💡
September 8, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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. That judgement sits behind the assessment work, not a search tool running in the background. 💡
Our specialist consultants average 19 years in UK IT and tech recruitment. That judgement sits behind the assessment work, not a search tool running in the background. 💡
A £100m public push into UK AI firms reads as a technology story. It's a hiring one too.
Capital moves faster than capability. Specialist AI, data and ML engineers are already scarce here. Fresh funding just widens the shortlist employers compete over, and hiring decides who wins.
Capital moves faster than capability. Specialist AI, data and ML engineers are already scarce here. Fresh funding just widens the shortlist employers compete over, and hiring decides who wins.
September 3, 2026 at 8:03 AM
A £100m public push into UK AI firms reads as a technology story. It's a hiring one too.
Capital moves faster than capability. Specialist AI, data and ML engineers are already scarce here. Fresh funding just widens the shortlist employers compete over, and hiring decides who wins.
Capital moves faster than capability. Specialist AI, data and ML engineers are already scarce here. Fresh funding just widens the shortlist employers compete over, and hiring decides who wins.
A tech-stack match on paper tells you little about whether the work history behind it is real.
That gap is what our BSI-audited vetting closes. We treat every shortlist with the rigour of an audit, so fabricated experience rarely survives our Quality Gate.
CV fraud is a verification problem.
That gap is what our BSI-audited vetting closes. We treat every shortlist with the rigour of an audit, so fabricated experience rarely survives our Quality Gate.
CV fraud is a verification problem.
September 1, 2026 at 9:03 AM
A tech-stack match on paper tells you little about whether the work history behind it is real.
That gap is what our BSI-audited vetting closes. We treat every shortlist with the rigour of an audit, so fabricated experience rarely survives our Quality Gate.
CV fraud is a verification problem.
That gap is what our BSI-audited vetting closes. We treat every shortlist with the rigour of an audit, so fabricated experience rarely survives our Quality Gate.
CV fraud is a verification problem.
Most tech pay benchmarks run on last year's figures or whatever the last candidate asked for. None tell you what an offer needs today.
Our Q3 2026 UK Tech Salary Report draws on live roles and real offers this quarter.
Pricing a role? https://www.cognitoforms.com/Deerfoot1/SalaryReport
Our Q3 2026 UK Tech Salary Report draws on live roles and real offers this quarter.
Pricing a role? https://www.cognitoforms.com/Deerfoot1/SalaryReport
August 27, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Most tech pay benchmarks run on last year's figures or whatever the last candidate asked for. None tell you what an offer needs today.
Our Q3 2026 UK Tech Salary Report draws on live roles and real offers this quarter.
Pricing a role? https://www.cognitoforms.com/Deerfoot1/SalaryReport
Our Q3 2026 UK Tech Salary Report draws on live roles and real offers this quarter.
Pricing a role? https://www.cognitoforms.com/Deerfoot1/SalaryReport
Adzuna data shows just 8,383 UK graduate jobs advertised in July 2026, down 45% year-on-year and the lowest since tracking began in 2016.
Meanwhile a record 262,820 students start university this September.
What are you seeing where you are?
Meanwhile a record 262,820 students start university this September.
What are you seeing where you are?
August 26, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Adzuna data shows just 8,383 UK graduate jobs advertised in July 2026, down 45% year-on-year and the lowest since tracking began in 2016.
Meanwhile a record 262,820 students start university this September.
What are you seeing where you are?
Meanwhile a record 262,820 students start university this September.
What are you seeing where you are?
A stack of 30 CVs for one technical vacancy isn't thorough sourcing. It usually means the filtering got passed to your team.
Our BSI-audited process delivers a 2:1 CV-to-interview ratio. Every two CVs we send for a perm role lands a formal interview.
Our BSI-audited process delivers a 2:1 CV-to-interview ratio. Every two CVs we send for a perm role lands a formal interview.
July 24, 2026 at 8:01 AM
A stack of 30 CVs for one technical vacancy isn't thorough sourcing. It usually means the filtering got passed to your team.
Our BSI-audited process delivers a 2:1 CV-to-interview ratio. Every two CVs we send for a perm role lands a formal interview.
Our BSI-audited process delivers a 2:1 CV-to-interview ratio. Every two CVs we send for a perm role lands a formal interview.
B Corp certification isn't a badge you buy. It's a verified score across governance, workers, community, environment and customers, assessed by B Lab. Deerfoot earned ours in summer 2026. When you shortlist recruitment partners, ask what they're audited on, and by whom.
July 22, 2026 at 9:01 AM
B Corp certification isn't a badge you buy. It's a verified score across governance, workers, community, environment and customers, assessed by B Lab. Deerfoot earned ours in summer 2026. When you shortlist recruitment partners, ask what they're audited on, and by whom.
Most recruitment models reward the agency the moment a contract is signed, leaving the client to carry the retention risk alone.
That never sat right with us. We refund 100% if a perm hire leaves in the first 6 months. 94% are still in post after a year.
That never sat right with us. We refund 100% if a perm hire leaves in the first 6 months. 94% are still in post after a year.
July 20, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Most recruitment models reward the agency the moment a contract is signed, leaving the client to carry the retention risk alone.
That never sat right with us. We refund 100% if a perm hire leaves in the first 6 months. 94% are still in post after a year.
That never sat right with us. We refund 100% if a perm hire leaves in the first 6 months. 94% are still in post after a year.
63% of UK candidates say they've been ghosted after an interview. Ontario has now legislated against it, requiring employers to inform every interviewed candidate within 45 days. Should the UK follow, or is this something the industry should fix on its own?
July 16, 2026 at 9:01 AM
63% of UK candidates say they've been ghosted after an interview. Ontario has now legislated against it, requiring employers to inform every interviewed candidate within 45 days. Should the UK follow, or is this something the industry should fix on its own?
UK tech salaries have stabilised. Culture, hybrid working, and growth are now the real differentiators. If your offers are stalling, focus on transparent, concise processes over technical gauntlets. For expert support, get in touch with Deerfoot. #TechRecruitment #Hiring #TechTalent
July 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
UK tech salaries have stabilised. Culture, hybrid working, and growth are now the real differentiators. If your offers are stalling, focus on transparent, concise processes over technical gauntlets. For expert support, get in touch with Deerfoot. #TechRecruitment #Hiring #TechTalent
By the time you review a shortlist for diversity, the filtering has already happened. It happened in the advert.
Gendered phrasing and needlessly narrow credentials quietly tell qualified candidates the role isn't for them, long before anyone clicks apply.
Gendered phrasing and needlessly narrow credentials quietly tell qualified candidates the role isn't for them, long before anyone clicks apply.
July 14, 2026 at 10:09 AM
By the time you review a shortlist for diversity, the filtering has already happened. It happened in the advert.
Gendered phrasing and needlessly narrow credentials quietly tell qualified candidates the role isn't for them, long before anyone clicks apply.
Gendered phrasing and needlessly narrow credentials quietly tell qualified candidates the role isn't for them, long before anyone clicks apply.
Most recruitment fees reward the agency the moment a contract is signed. The client carries the risk alone for 12 months.
That never sat right with us. We refund 100% if a perm hire leaves in the first 6 months. 94% are still in post after a year.
That never sat right with us. We refund 100% if a perm hire leaves in the first 6 months. 94% are still in post after a year.
July 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Most recruitment fees reward the agency the moment a contract is signed. The client carries the risk alone for 12 months.
That never sat right with us. We refund 100% if a perm hire leaves in the first 6 months. 94% are still in post after a year.
That never sat right with us. We refund 100% if a perm hire leaves in the first 6 months. 94% are still in post after a year.