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Helping you to hire the best Software and Technology professionals


Working in Partnership with You

Spectrum IT Recruitment is an award-winning IT & Technology recruitment specialist based in Hampshire. We are committed to providing our customers with the platform to access and hire the best IT & Technology candidates from across the South / South East. Unlike recruitment agencies with an IT division, we focus exclusively on the IT sector with experts in each field of technical discipline to enable us to share our wealth of knowledge and experience.  

We aim to form long-term partnerships with our clients, either as part of a Preferred Supplier List (PSL) or as a sole supplier. We get to know our clients and their businesses personally, so we can meet their exact recruitment requirements. Spectrum IT Recruitment are always looking for new and innovative ways in which to attract the best talent within any niche technical market and continues to work closely with our clients to identify pro-active and creative strategies.  Using a strong and proven sourcing strategy, we’re able to find both active and passive candidates and place them into the right roles. 

Recruitment Services


We specialise in sourcing top talent for all types of roles in the IT space. Whether you need to build a new software team from scratch for a significant project or find an individual IT contractor to meet a short-term need, our expertise ensures the perfect fit for your requirements. Our extensive network and tailored approach allow us to deliver high-quality candidates across various IT disciplines, ensuring your projects succeed with the right people in place. Discover how we can help you with your recruitment needs.

Permanent Recruitment

Helping to source highly skilled candidates for your business which will be employed on a permanent basis

Contract Recruitment

Contractors can bring the right skills at the right time, either to fulfil a short-term need or to help build a project team that will deliver

Search Recruitment

Our retained search service is particularly suited for filling niche and confidential roles

International Recruitment

Helping businesses to recruit into their internationals teams and business, typically on a permanent basis

Our Services Include

Talent Insights

We are able to provide data analytics to clients on the potential candidate pools. We can profile candidates by industry experience, skill set and location. This data can be used as a great platform to help target diverse employee groups

Salary Survey

Salary package survey guidance based upon company size, type, location and job role. Use this data to ensure your business is competitive and paying market rates

Recruitment Portal

We can provide a personalised client applicant tracking system (ATS) which is co-branded as the client. CV tracking, interviews, and feedback is handled via this ATS. This helps to reduce client administration time logging CVs, arranging interviews, and providing feedback. The ATS acts as a central repository of recruiting data for clients

Job Specification Creation

Do you need to hire for your team but don’t have a job spec?  We’re happy to create a job specification for you or provide templates to help you get started

Bespoke Coversheets

We can ask candidates bespoke questions and include their responses on their coversheets to help reduce client screening times. Questions may ask about recent projects or experience with a certain tech stack

CV & Interview Review Workshop

Working in partnership with line managers / talent teams to help consider the most effective ways to review CVs and to ensure each application is being reviewed in a fair and transparent way

Recruitment Process Improvement

We can make recommendations to help improve your recruitment process. Lengthy drawn-out interview processes can often deter some candidates from progressing with an application

End-to-end IR35 Solution & Insurance

We know that IR35 can be complex, which is why we offer you peace of mind with our end-to-end solution for full IR35 (off-payrolling) compliance & insurance to ensure you get the best contractors, in the most cost-effective way, and fully in line with UK tax law

Bespoke Management Information

Providing management information on all aspects of a recruitment process via our CRM, we can monitor anything from CV feedback duration, CVs to interview ratio data, average process length and anything in between. Please reach out to a consultant with your MI requirments

Digital ID Checks

We have the ability to carry out digital right to work checks for employees via an approved government software package. This product conducts biometric and passport chip checks as part of the process

Background Screening

We can undertake all aspects of screening according to your requirments, including financial checks, DBS, references, and previous employment history

Tech Community Speakers

Spectrum IT supports a host of technology events in the community. If you are interested in speaking, please let us know and we will link you up with an event organiser. Our technology events are a great way to give back to the technology community

Looking to Submit a Vacancy?

Have an IT job you'd like to fill? Tell us about your job vacancy or send us a job specification and one of our consultants will be in touch to discuss it further


Our Talent Pool

Our extensive network of candidates has been compiled since 2008 to create a relevant database that is specific to software and technology professionals in the South. This enables us to present a choice of skilled candidates for every vacancy. We have access to a wide range of candidates at all levels, meaning that we can source the right people for the most senior roles through to graduate positions. 

We pride ourselves on the quality of candidates and the consultants that work within the business. By engaging with our clients on a personal level, we have built strong and loyal relationships with IT businesses throughout the region who rely on us to source and place skilled candidates into their company. We also offer a range of additional services to make the recruitment process as streamlined as possible, as well as give advice and guidance based on our knowledge of the sector.

How We Work

We believe we do things differently to other recruitment companies, which is why we deliver such great results. We offer a comprehensive experience from start to finish, from initial contact through to aftercare.

By engaging with your company on a personal level, preferably face to face, we can understand your business, your ethos and your team. We will assign the right Consultant with the experience and specialist knowledge of your industry and the role you are recruiting for, to give you access to the best possible candidates.

An in-house database of IT contract and permanent candidates, and long-term partnerships with online IT job boards provides us with unrivalled sourcing capabilities. Our unique engagement with local user groups and developer events means that we attract skilled candidates of all levels. We actively search for exceptional talent so that we can present you with a selection of relevant high calibre candidates that meet your needs.

We will work with you to arrange interviews with your chosen candidates at a time that suits you. With our additional value-added services; technical testing, job profiling and salary benchmarking, we can also help to screen potential candidates and negotiate offers to find the right fit for your business.

We’ll help get candidates ready to start their exciting new role, including sourcing ID checks and references. We’ll check that you are happy with your new employee, and your assigned Account Manager will be available for your on-going recruitment needs whenever you need them. 

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