The UK contingent talent and strategic solutions market remained subdued amid persistent economic uncertainties and cautious business sentiment. Enterprises shortened requisition cycles and delayed hiring decisions, leading to softer demand across skill domains. However, technology-led and data-driven roles showed relative resilience as AI and automation reshaped skill requirements and created new opportunities in adjacent domains.
Providers with diversified portfolios, established managed services capabilities, and continued investments in digital enablement, analytics, and automation were better equipped to navigate these conditions. Easing inflationary pressures and initial policy shifts under the new government contribute to a cautiously optimistic outlook for modest growth, though a full recovery in buyer confidence and contingent workforce expansion is likely to remain gradual.
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UK Contingent Talent and Strategic Solutions PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025 – IT and Business and Professionals
This report explores the dynamics of the UK’s contingent talent and strategic solutions landscape and examines how they shape the contingent staffing market, particularly within IT and business professional sectors. It provides a market overview and analyzes the areas where providers differentiate themselves based on the comprehensive Everest Group PEAK Matrix®.
Scope
- Industry: contingent talent and strategic solutions
- Geography: UK
- Skills coverage: IT and business professionals
Contents
The report analyzes the performance of various UK contingent talent and strategic solution providers and examines:
- The UK contingent talent and strategic solution provider landscape
- 18 UK IT contingent talent and strategic solutions providers and classifies them into Leaders, Major Contenders, and Aspirants on Everest Group’s proprietary PEAK Matrix® framework
- 15 UK business and professional contingent talent and strategic solutions providers and classifies them into Leaders, Major Contenders, and Aspirants on Everest Group’s proprietary PEAK Matrix® framework
- Providers’ capability assessment on seven dimensions: market adoption, portfolio mix, value delivered, scope of services offered, innovation and investments, delivery footprints, and vision and strategy
- Each contingent talent and strategic solution provider’s key strengths and limitations
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UK Contingent Talent and Strategic Solutions PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024 – IT and Business and Professionals
This report examines the contingent talent and strategic solutions landscape’s dynamics in the UK and its impact on the UK contingent staffing market in 2023 under the lens of IT and business and professionals staffing. It provides a market overview and analyzes the areas where providers differentiate themselves based on the comprehensive Everest Group PEAK Matrix®.
Scope
- Industry: contingent talent and strategic solutions
- Geography: UK
- Skills coverage: IT, business and professionals
Contents
The report analyzes the performance of various UK contingent talent and strategic solution providers and examines:
- The UK contingent talent and strategic solution provider landscape
- 17 UK IT contingent talent and strategic solutions providers and classifies them into Leaders, Major Contenders, and Aspirants on Everest Group’s proprietary PEAK Matrix® framework
- 16 UK business and professionals contingent talent and strategic solutions providers and classifies them into Leaders, Major Contenders, and Aspirants on Everest Group’s proprietary PEAK Matrix® framework
- Providers’ capability assessment on seven dimensions: market adoption, portfolio mix, value delivered, scope of services offered, innovation and investments, delivery footprints, and vision and strategy
- Each contingent talent and strategic solution provider’s key strengths and limitations
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What is the PEAK Matrix®?
The PEAK Matrix® provides an objective, data-driven assessment of service and technology providers based on their overall capability and market impact across different global services markets, classifying them into three categories: Leaders, Major Contenders, and Aspirants.
