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 | THRIVE OPERATIONS LIMITED IT consultancy and managed services | 63 178 | +183% | £80k | |
| 03 | OPENSIGNAL LIMITED Mobile network analytics provider | 55 152 | +176% | £53k | |
| 04 | RENAISSANCE LEARNING UK LIMITED PE-backed educational software provider | 142 390 | +175% | £61k | |
| 05 | EEZE ENTERTAINMENT UK LTD Information technology consultancy entity | 40 99 | +148% | £95k | |
| 06 | NOURISH CARE SYSTEMS LIMITED Social care software provider | 76 186 | +145% | £54k | |
| 07 | IRIS SOFTWARE LIMITED Business management software provider | 170 396 | +133% | £54k | |
| 08 | MONDAY.COM UK 2020 LTD. UK subsidiary of a software group | 71 156 | +120% | £163k | |
| 09 | ZENZERO SOLUTIONS LIMITED Managed IT services provider | 104 228 | +119% | £49k | |
| 10 | TELEDOCTOR LIMITED Information services provider | 105 230 | +119% | £56k | |
| 11 | DEEPL UK LTD. AI translation software subsidiary | 78 170 | +118% | £118k | |
| 12 | WIZ CLOUD LIMITED Cloud security software subsidiary | 81 168 | +107% | £286k |
Sharpest Technology headcount cuts
By year-on-year headcount decline — talent likely coming onto the market
| # | Company | Headcount | Change | Trend | Cost/head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | KASPERSKY LABS LIMITED Cybersecurity software provider | 4,670 916 | -80% | £112k | |
| 02 | ZEPPELIN GROUP LTD Information technology consultancy | 98 27 | -72% | £331k | |
| 03 | PRIVITAR LIMITED Data privacy software developer | 105 30 | -71% | £167k | |
| 04 | IMPROBABLE WORLDS LIMITED Simulation and metaverse software developer | 634 212 | -67% | £121k | |
| 05 | SMART TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LIMITED Fintech software holding company | 212 76 | -64% | £114k | |
| 06 | FOOTBALL RADAR LIMITED Football analytics and betting advice | 166 61 | -63% | £53k | |
| 07 | GEEKS LTD Software development and technology consultancy | 66 26 | -61% | £70k | |
| 08 | LUMENTUM TECHNOLOGY UK LIMITED | 444 176 | -60% | £183k | |
| 09 | VX FIBER LIMITED Fibre broadband network operator | 116 47 | -59% | £48k | |
| 10 | THRIVA LIMITED At-home health diagnostics platform | 104 43 | -59% | £90k | |
| 11 | BITFURY GROUP LIMITED Blockchain technology and mining group | 156 65 | -58% | £53k | |
| 12 | MEDIATONIC LIMITED Video game development studio | 264 114 | -57% | £204k |
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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 2026-06-01.