Spinks: 2024 in Review

2024 has certainly been a roller coaster – with new governments, smarter technology and fresh challenges all testing our collective adaptability.

It’s no secret that in the current economic climate, this year was a challenge for most people across all sectors – and the recruitment sector was no different.

But it wasn’t all doom and gloom.

A challenging climate often creates new and exciting opportunities – so with that in mind we thought we’d share some of our top highlights of the year.

 

Our Partners

Many of our partners this year have been focused on getting through these challenging times. They’ve been faced with redundancies, restrictions on investment, and in some cases, reduced product sales; all of which, of course, has had an impact on their long term growth.

We use the word ‘partners’ because these organisations aren’t just clients. When it’s time to hire, we offer more than simply finding the best candidates to support them through tough times.

This year we’ve supported various organisations with their workforce planning for the year ahead, provided multiple expert round tables and produced detailed salary surveys to give our partners more insight to the wider technology ecosystem.

And with that, we’re starting to see some “green shoots”; especially in the GreenTech world (pardon the pun).

Investment is starting to come back around, especially for those start-ups out there that are trying to tackle the NetZero challenge we are all facing.  Working with these early stage businesses is a real privilege and I’m sure many of them will continue to flourish and grow over the new few years.

 

Our Team

This year our team have performed above and beyond and we couldn’t be more proud of every single person at Spinks.

It’s been a year where we’ve had to dig deep by working harder in a much quieter market; all with the view to build relationships and provide top quality work for our partners – and they’ve all done exactly that.

With uncertainty around long term hiring needs, many businesses have opted to use our expert contract resource.

The Spinks contracts team have done a brilliant job this year to find exceptional contractors and consultants to keep up with their technology road map.

When it comes to permanent hires, we’ve also seen some great success.

The majority of organisations have been focused on productivity; with every hire they make critical to their long-term success.

And it’s not just been about matching a technical skillset with the brief; it’s about finding the right people to drive these businesses forwards – people who fit with the long-term goal, vision and culture each business has.

Alongisde all this, we’ve also welcomed new faces to our talented Spinks recruitment team, expanding our technology experts to have more networks across areas such as AI, DevOps and Python.

 

What to expect in 2025

It’s an interesting time in the world of technology and recruitment.

With the rise of AI and automation, we’re all having to keep up - and it’s something we’re excited to continue embracing; not by using this technology to replace our consultants, but to empower them to be able to provide an even higher standard to our partners.

Investment is starting to come through more and many start-ups will be reaching scale-up phase. Changes in legislation makes permanent hiring even more important, with the impacted cost of making the wrong hire now even greater.

In 2025, we anticipate the majority of scale-ups will de-risk their financial outlay on product development by using contingent resource & contractors to reach their product development milestones, before scaling their permanent in-house team.

Finally, from myself and Spinks, I’d like to say a massive thank you to our partners, candidates and consultants that have made 2024 a success. Enjoy the break, and bring on 2025!

 

Jack Capel | Director, Spinks