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This is where it all started for Oliver Bernard. Software engineering is the market we are most known for in London, UK and Europe. Our consultants are true specialists with decades of experience in their tech specialisms; we cover most modern programming languages.
We have built software engineering teams for some of the world’s most impressive companies.
74% of our business comes from existing relationships
Our greatest experience is in placing Software Engineers across Frontend, Full stack, and Backend-focused roles with a wide range of tech companies, from pre-seed startups seeking their first or Founding Engineers to multinational corporations looking for Staff/Principal-level Engineers.
One consistent factor is the quality of candidates relative to our clients’ requirements. We invest significant time in building relationships with both clients and candidates to ensure we fully understand their needs and make sure there is a strong match before any introductions, saving valuable time for both parties.
Our decades of experience give us a significant advantage over our competition, allowing us to build a vast network that covers all skill sets and levels. We focus on quality, introducing only a select number of profiles we are confident will be a suitable fit—saving hiring managers the effort of sorting through an unnecessarily large volume of CVs.
We also invest in building strong relationships within the tech community. We actively participate in and host meetups, roundtables, and other events to promote education and networking opportunities. This allows us to connect with passionate talent and expand our network of highly skilled professionals.
Built a strong relationship with Sam @OB. He went the extra mile to really understand the business and our requirements so that we were able to quickly fill a key senior role
Matt led the recruitment of our CTO brilliantly. He found appropriate candidates and was able to meet the brief. He worked closely with MDRx to understand our business and helped us secure a successful CTO who has prooven to add a lot of value to our growing business.
Chris Penton at Oliver Bernard has placed me into QA Senior Engineering role. I personally felt their top dedication and communication is the best of best. I really appreciate working with them and would highly recommend.
OB has been the most reliable partner in engineering hiring I've ever worked with.
We speak to thousands of candidates every day and are constantly being fed a large amount of first hand market intelligence. Every quarter we put this data together and update our salary benchmarking, giving our customers access to free and up to date information to help them stay competitive.
| Software Engineering | Permanent | Outside IR35 Day Rate | Inside IR35 Day Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | |
| Principal/Staff Engineer | £120,000 | £175,000 | £750 | £900 | £800 | £1,000 |
| Lead Software Engineer | £100,000 | £130,000 | £600 | £750 | £750 | £900 |
| Founding Engineer | £100,000 | £200,000 | – | – | – | – |
| +1-3% equity | +1-3% equity | |||||
| Senior | Low | High | Low | High | Low | High |
| Java | £85,000 | £120,000 | £550 | £700 | £700 | £800 |
| Frontend | £80,000 | £130,000 | £450 | £650 | £450 | £700 |
| Node / TypeScript | £80,000 | £130,000 | £500 | £700 | £550 | £750 |
| Full-Stack JavaScript | £80,000 | £130,000 | £450 | £700 | £500 | £750 |
| .Net / C# | £80,000 | £110,000 | £500 | £750 | £650 | £750 |
| Scala | £80,000 | £130,000 | £550 | £700 | £750 | £850 |
| Golang | £80,000 | £120,000 | £600 | £700 | £700 | £750 |
| Kotlin | £95,000 | £120,000 | £600 | £750 | £700 | £900 |
| PHP | £65,000 | £85,000 | £450 | £600 | £600 | £750 |
| Python | £80,000 | £120,000 | £600 | £700 | £700 | £900 |
| C++ | £80,000 | £110,000 | £600 | £700 | £700 | £850 |
| Ruby | £70,000 | £90,000 | £500 | £600 | £650 | £750 |
| Clojure | £80,000 | £100,000 | £700 | £800 | £800 | £950 |
| iOS | £80,000 | £120,000 | £550 | £650 | £700 | £800 |
| Android | £80,000 | £120,000 | £550 | £650 | £700 | £800 |
| React Native | £80,000 | £130,000 | £600 | £750 | £750 | £900 |
| Flutter | £80,000 | £125,000 | £600 | £750 | £750 | £900 |
| Mid-Level | Low | High | Low | High | Low | High |
| Java | £60,000 | £85,000 | £450 | £600 | £650 | £700 |
| Frontend | £55,000 | £80,000 | £400 | £550 | £550 | £700 |
| Node / TypeScript | £55,000 | £80,000 | £500 | £600 | £650 | £750 |
| Full-stack JavaScript | £55,000 | £80,000 | £450 | £600 | £600 | £750 |
| .Net / C# | £50,000 | £75,000 | £450 | £550 | £600 | £650 |
| Scala | £60,000 | £80,000 | £500 | £600 | £700 | £850 |
| Golang | £50,000 | £80,000 | £500 | £600 | £600 | £700 |
| Kotlin | £70,000 | £85,000 | £550 | £600 | £700 | £800 |
| PHP | £50,000 | £65,000 | £400 | £450 | £550 | £650 |
| Python | £50,000 | £80,000 | £500 | £600 | £600 | £700 |
| C++ | £60,000 | £80,000 | £500 | £600 | £600 | £700 |
| Ruby | £50,000 | £70,000 | £400 | £500 | £500 | £650 |
| Clojure | £60,000 | £80,000 | £600 | £700 | £700 | £800 |
| iOS | £60,000 | £80,000 | £450 | £550 | £600 | £700 |
| Android | £60,000 | £80,000 | £450 | £550 | £600 | £700 |
| React Native | £65,000 | £85,000 | £500 | £600 | £650 | £750 |
| Flutter | £65,000 | £85,000 | £500 | £600 | £650 | £750 |
| Junior | Low | High | Low | High | Low | High |
| Junior Level Developer | £40,000 | £60,000 | £350 | £450 | £450 | £550 |
| Entry Level Developer | £30,000 | £40,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Testing | Permanent | Outside IR35 Day Rate | Outside IR35 Day Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | |
| Test Lead | £90,000 | £120,000 | £600 | £750 | £700 | £950 |
| Senior Test Engineer | £70,000 | £90,000 | £500 | £600 | £600 | £800 |
| Test Engineer | £45,000 | £70,000 | £400 | £500 | £500 | £700 |
| Junior Test Engineer | £30,000 | £40,000 | £300 | £400 | £400 | £600 |
| Senior SDET | £80,000 | £110,000 | £550 | £700 | £650 | £900 |
| SDET | £55,000 | £75,000 | £450 | £550 | £550 | £750 |
| Junior SDET | £40,000 | £50,000 | £300 | £400 | £400 | £600 |
| Entry Level Tester | £25,000 | £35,000 | £250 | £300 | £350 | £500 |
| ESDET (Graduate) | £25,000 | £35,000 | £250 | £300 | £350 | £500 |
| Architecture | Permanent | Outside IR35 Day Rate | Outside IR35 Day Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | |
| Principal Architect | £140,000 | £170,000 | £800 | £1,200 | £1,000 | £1,500 |
| Lead Architect | £110,000 | £130,000 | £700 | £800 | £800 | £1,000 |
| Enterprise Architect | £90,000 | £140,000 | £750 | £900 | £900 | £1,200 |
| Solutions Architect | £90,000 | £120,000 | £600 | £750 | £750 | £1,000 |
| Technical Architect | £95,000 | £140,000 | £650 | £850 | £850 | £1,000 |
| Cloud Architect | £95,000 | £150,000 | £600 | £1,000 | £800 | £1,200 |
| Data Architect | £90,000 | £120,000 | £600 | £850 | £800 | £1,000 |
