Technology — headcount changes
Year-on-year headcount change for Technology companies that file detailed accounts. A structural signal from filed accounts — not a live jobs feed; figures lag the present by roughly 12–24 months.
Fastest-growing Technology teams · 2026
By year-on-year headcount growth — companies of 20+ staff
| # | Company | Headcount | Growth | Trend | Cost/head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | ABACUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UK LIMITED IT and data hosting provider | 30 85 | +183% | £65k | |
| 02 | NEXTEARTH LTD | 64 177 | +177% | £42k | |
| 03 | OPENSIGNAL LIMITED Mobile network analytics provider | 55 152 | +176% | £53k | |
| 04 | NOURISH CARE SYSTEMS LIMITED Social care software provider | 76 186 | +145% | £54k | |
| 05 | IRIS SOFTWARE LIMITED Business management software provider | 170 396 | +133% | £54k | |
| 06 | MONDAY.COM UK 2020 LTD. UK subsidiary of a software group | 71 156 | +120% | £163k | |
| 07 | ZENZERO SOLUTIONS LIMITED Managed IT services provider | 104 228 | +119% | £49k | |
| 08 | DEEPL UK LTD. AI translation software subsidiary | 78 170 | +118% | £118k | |
| 09 | WIZ CLOUD LIMITED Cloud security software subsidiary | 81 168 | +107% | £286k | |
| 10 | VERTICE GROUP LTD | 86 175 | +103% | £97k | |
| 11 | FIFOSYS LIMITED | 38 76 | +100% | — | |
| 12 | APRON PAYMENTS LTD | 34 68 | +100% | £58k |
Sharpest Technology headcount cuts
By year-on-year headcount decline — talent likely coming onto the market
| # | Company | Headcount | Change | Trend | Cost/head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | BIONICAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 422 44 | -90% | £56k | |
| 02 | KASPERSKY LABS LIMITED Cybersecurity software provider | 4,670 916 | -80% | £118k | |
| 03 | IMPROBABLE WORLDS LIMITED Simulation and metaverse software developer | 634 212 | -67% | £121k | |
| 04 | SMART TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LIMITED Fintech software holding company | 212 76 | -64% | £114k | |
| 05 | SIMPLICITY MARKETING LIMITED | 347 130 | -63% | £178k | |
| 06 | ELECTROPAGES MEDIA LIMITED | 99 39 | -61% | £73k | |
| 07 | LUMENTUM TECHNOLOGY UK LIMITED | 444 176 | -60% | £183k | |
| 08 | VX FIBER LIMITED Fibre broadband network operator | 116 47 | -59% | £48k | |
| 09 | THRIVA LIMITED At-home health diagnostics platform | 104 43 | -59% | £90k | |
| 10 | BITFURY GROUP LIMITED Blockchain technology and mining group | 156 65 | -58% | £52k | |
| 11 | MEDIATONIC LIMITED Video game development studio | 264 114 | -57% | £204k | |
| 12 | JAMES FISHER MARINE SERVICES LIMITED Marine engineering and technical services | 109 48 | -56% | £95k |
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Headcount drawn from each company's two most recent sets of filed accounts. Companies below 20 staff in either year are excluded, and growth above +300% is treated as a scale or scope artefact and dropped. Snapshot 2026-10-01.