Software Engineering
Software Engineer, Front-End Developer, Back-End Developer, Full-Stack Developer, DevOps Engineer.
Software development, cloud, cybersecurity and data move faster than most job specs keep up with. Alliance recruits IT and technology talent UK-wide — permanent, contract or outsourced — against a bench we keep actively screened, so you’re not starting from nothing when a role opens.
Need a software engineer, cloud architect or cybersecurity specialist on your team? Alliance runs permanent, contract and outsourced IT searches for 12,000+ UK businesses, so you get a shortlist of vetted candidates without carrying the search in-house.
What you get working with Alliance:
From hands-on engineering to the people who manage it, these are the roles we place most often.
Software Engineer, Front-End Developer, Back-End Developer, Full-Stack Developer, DevOps Engineer.
Cloud Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer.
Cybersecurity Analyst, SOC Analyst, Penetration Tester, Information Security Manager.
Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Product Manager, IT Project Manager.
Whether you need an IT staffing agency for short-term cover or an IT employment agency for a permanent hire, it runs through the same screening standard.
Direct hires onto your core engineering or IT team.
Learn moreShort- or long-term cover for a project, a leave gap or a sudden spike in workload.
Learn moreHand us all or part of a project, or add vetted contractors straight into your existing team.
Learn moreRun your own IT hiring process through our AI-assisted platform, with our consultants alongside you.
Learn moreCloud, AI and security skillsets move faster than most internal hiring plans. We keep an actively screened bench, so you’re not starting from a blank search each time a role opens.
We run a fast, structured process — a shortlist in days, not weeks — so a good candidate doesn’t disappear to a faster-moving offer.
Our consultants screen on real technical fit, not just keyword-matched CVs, before anyone reaches your interview stage.
Tell us the role, the team and what “right” looks like.
Our consultants source and screen against the skills that matter.
Fewer, better-matched candidates, not a stack of CVs.
We handle as much of the process as you want us to.
12,000+ UK businesses have hired through Alliance. IT and technology searches run on the same standard — a 98% offer-acceptance rate and a 70% interview-to-offer rate once a candidate is put forward.
Yes — Alliance places both. Permanent hires go through Permanent Recruitment; short- and long-term contractors go through Temporary & Contract Staffing or IT Outsourcing & Staff Augmentation, depending on how the work is structured.
Yes, through Recruitment Process Outsourcing or Hiring OS — either our team runs it end to end, or you run it yourselves on our platform with our consultants alongside you.
It depends on seniority and how niche the skillset is, but our actively screened bench means most technical roles get a shortlist within days of the brief, not weeks.
Both — we place across software engineering, cloud and infrastructure, cybersecurity, and data and product roles, not just developers.
Tell us what IT or technology role you’re hiring for, and a specialist consultant will get back to you.