Our Recruitment Expertise - Specialist Markets
Helping you to find a foothold in some of the toughest tech markets out there, our Specialist Markets solutions are the definition of expert-led.
Contract & Permanent Recruitment
Our experience tells us that there’s a candidate for every role - no matter how specific the skillset or competitive the sector. We work closely with our clients to provide bespoke solutions catered to business needs, including stability and structure in long-term permanent contracts, or an individual hire for a particular project.
We cover all tech requirements, including Data and Analytics, Cloud, Infrastructure, Business Change and Transformation, Software Development, Cybersecurity, AI, Engineering and DevOps and Digital Marketing.
We have an exclusive talent pipeline for all skillsets which allows us to deliver high-calibre, qualified talent when it is required.
With far-reaching networks across all disciplines, we can rapidly identify talent, even in the most complex markets.
We have over 45 years of experience in identifying and engaging high quality tech talent, which has been recognised by Everest Group and Staffing Industry Analysts.
Executive Search
At Lorien, we specialise in connecting tech-enabled businesses with the world-class executive talent they need today, and the visionary leaders they'll rely upon tomorrow. Whether you call it executive search, headhunting, or retained search, our mission remains the same: to find and place top-tier leadership that drives businesses forward.
We understand that leadership defines your business. There is no margin for error when it comes to recruiting the right talent. That's why our executive search services map your organisational culture and objectives, ensuring you get access to the best candidates that are the perfect match.
We know that often the challenge isn’t just finding talent, it’s finding the right talent. That’s why, we get to know your organisation to fully understand your needs, culture and structure - resulting in more aligned, longer-term matches.
Our networks are constantly being refreshed by leads generated by Lorien as we track maturing talent, helping us to unlock referral paths and identify rising stars. We know the market inside out, and our networks are constantly being refreshed by leads generated by Lorien.
Every company faces unique challenges on their mission to achieve strategic goals. That’s why we ensure our costings are always transparent. We’ve divided our standard fees into three payments – instruction, acceptance of shortlist, and offer accepted – so you can choose the best approach for you.
Diverse businesses perform better, but there aren’t enough people in positions of power to drive this. We can provide balanced shortlists to help you find the best people from every background. We are proud that 44% of our senior hires over the last 18 months have been female.
Managed Service Provider (MSP) & Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS)
Our Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) bring transparency, efficiency, and cost savings to your temporary staffing needs. We stay ahead of workforce and tech market changes to keep your recruitment agile and future-proof.
Ranked as the #1 largest IT staffing firm in the UK by Staffing Industry Analysts and recognised as a Leader and Star Performer by Everest Group, Lorien is your trusted partner in workforce solutions.
Streamline your talent acquisition with standardised processes across all suppliers, reducing time-to-hire. We manage your supplier base, allowing hiring managers to focus on acquiring top talent quickly and efficiently. Our solutions allows you to gain full oversight of your contingent workforce with a bespoke VMS, offering regular reports and a clear audit trail.
Reduce administrative burden by centralising all contractor and supplier engagement through a single, trusted provider. Leverage industry experts to manage suppliers, source top talent, and ensure best practices. We build strong relationships within your organisation to enhance compliance and effectiveness.
Stay ahead of legislative and governance requirements with our expert management, ensuring your business remains fully compliant.
Project Recruitment
Our Project Recruitment solutions are built for agility and tailored to meet your company’s specific needs. Whether you're facing a surge in hiring, scaling down, or expanding into new markets, our recruitment experts are ready to step in.
Ideal for short-term campaigns, growing businesses, or adapting to changing demands, our solutions offer the flexibility you need to stay ahead.
Call upon specialists in your chosen tech markets to hit the ground running. Reduce pressure on your internal team by offering support during peak hiring times and high-volume campaigns.
Harness market insights to design a recruitment experience focused on attaining the results you want.
We offer transparent solutions so you will only pay for what you need, when you need it.
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
Our Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) models set you apart from the competition. Unlike the typical one-size-fits-all approach, our tailored RPO solutions offer a strategic path to securing your most valuable asset—top talent.
Our models are flexible for your future and robust for your users. We empower you to unlock new talent pools, raise your brand awareness, and become a magnet for passive talent, all while prioritising the experience of candidates and stakeholders. By integrating innovation and technology, we help enhance your recruitment strategy, ensuring you are the employer of choice. We’re here to help you secure the workforce of tomorrow.
We facilitate workforce planning to help you stay ahead of the market and ensure you have access to the talent you need. Our solutions are designed to scale up or down to ensure we keep up with your changing hiring needs.
With streamlined processes and a culturally aligned delivery team, we create a better candidate experienced. By championing your brand, we set realistic expectations to ensure that candidates are bought in to your business and understand your culture. Position your brand ahead of the competition and attract the most engaged and relevant talent.
A data-driven, overarching view of your workforce ensures that the right resources are acquired at the right time. We provide you with accurate data, regular benchmarking and strategy reviews that drive continuous improvement - leading to better collaboration and better hires.
Services Procurement Management
In the fast-paced world of technology and managed services, streamlined services procurement management is vital. From outsourced service desks to custom software development, our team use their expertise to help companies manage their supply chain, finesse procurement processes and provide visibility. We deliver control and governance, providing you with an agile, compliant workforce that keeps you ahead.
Access the right skills and expertise with a well-balanced supplier panel, ensuring efficient and effective project execution.
By bringing your services spend under a single program, not only can you achieve greater cost savings and spend visibility, but procurement can also influence and drive improved delivery of strategic enterprise objectives. We give you full visibility of spending, workforce activity, and engagements to ensure your operations are streamlined and your costs are controlled.
Protect your business with consistent contracts, proper worker classification, and secure intellectual property, reducing risk across all supplier engagements.
Specialist Markets
Our specialist division, Lorien Specialist Markets, focus on sourcing talent to fill niche, in-demand and emerging roles. We can help you to find a foothold in some of the toughest tech and telecommunications markets out. Expert-led and covering a broad spectrum of tech and digital verticals, our consultants are vertically aligned to give you an in-depth understanding of specific tech markets and emerging tech stacks and help you find the talent that others can’t. Our background means that we cover all digital skillsets, but there are specific sub-sectors where we provide even deeper levels of insight–often in the places where skills are niche, rare, competitive, or just developing. We call these our Specialist Markets.
Our Specialist Market team are focused on niche, skill-scarce, and cutting-edge tech and telecommunications skillsets, where the market is highly competitive, and the candidate pool is limited. These can range from e-commerce, gaming, digital health, and financial services alongside traditional sectors including software engineering and digital marketing. From individual hires to teams of experts, immediate need to ongoing demand, we map the market and deliver. Representing the highest standard of expertise in the industry, we help you find the talent that others can’t.
If you have a niche, hard-to-fill or skill scarce tech role, Specialist Markets can help. We can support with one-off hires or longer-term campaigns.
- Expert-to-expert engagement
- Build your business for the future
- Hire hard-to-fill roles with confidence
- Talent pipelining
Statement of Work (SOW) / Managed Services Delivery
Technology is changing the world. We help deliver that change.
In a rapidly evolving, technology-driven world, digital transformation has become vital for businesses to stay relevant. We work closely with our clients to manage the end-to-end process of project delivery with complete care and control. Led by industry experts, we combine deep tech sector knowledge with advanced analytics and years of experience in specialist project and programme delivery to solve critical business challenges.
At the beginning of our service, we set realistic timeframes that deliver you the best results in the shortest timeframe. Partnering with us allows you to refocus on core operations and business goals, reducing labour costs and boosting profitability. Our service is a collaborative journey. We promote visibility and control through weekly and monthly operational meetings, business reviews, progress updates and project performance reports.
Our team deliver solutions in accordance with a robust governance framework, supported by our expert Account Directors and Project Services teams. We understand the importance of maintaining a fluid workflow, whilst allowing for agility, accountability, and risk management. Partnering with us allows you to transfer many of the risks involved in delivering complex, business-critical projects.
We have been at the forefront of technology for over 45 years, so we understand today’s business challenges. Our experts are highly skilled and vetted, empowered by our ethos of virtuosity, best in class training and a culture of continuous improvement. Our team are passionate about delivering change and driving for results.
Our Insights | News, Events & Case Studies
We believe in the power of technology; that’s why we keep up to date with tech advancements and the latest trends to provide regular market insight to our clients and candidates.
We are always learning, adapting, and educating.