Now serving London recruitment firms

Your IT department.
Without the hire.

IT support built for London recruitment firms

Round the clock monitoring, instant remote support and onsite technicians when you need them. One monthly fee. No IT manager required.

Built for
Recruitment firms· Staffing firms· Executive search· RPO providers
What we actually fix

One less thing pulling you away from billing and retention.

Recruitment owners aren't losing sleep over servers. They're losing time to them. Every hour spent on a broken system is an hour not spent keeping your best consultants and winning the next client.

The CRM goes down mid placement. A deal is moving, a candidate's about to sign, and the system locks up. Every minute it's down is a minute that placement is at risk.
How we cover it 24/7 monitoring catches most outages before your team notices, and remote support aims to resolve the rest within minutes. You spend that time on the desk, not on the phone to support.
A consultant leaves and no one locks the door. Recruitment has some of the highest staff turnover of any sector. Every departure is a window where old access sits open on a system full of candidate and client data.
How we cover it Where you're on a centralised identity system, we can suspend access immediately. Otherwise, we advise consolidating logins under a single identity provider and keeping an offboarding checklist, so it's never a job competing with the rest of your week.
A laptop dies the morning of three interviews. Hardware failures don't wait for a convenient time. Neither do clients.
How we cover it We aim to have a vetted, DBS checked engineer on site within hours for urgent hardware, AV or meeting room issues, priority response for retainer clients, so it's handled without ever landing on your desk.
Cost of downtime

What is unmanaged IT actually costing you?

A rough estimate based on team size and average placement value — adjust the sliders to match your firm.

20 consultants
3 placements / month
£4,000
6 hours / month
Estimated annual revenue at risk
£0
based on consultant time blocked during downtime

Methodology: revenue per consultant hour = (placements/month × average fee) ÷ working hours/month (160). This assumes a shared outage, like your CRM going down, that blocks your whole team at once, downtime hours are valued at that rate across every consultant, then annualised. An estimate to illustrate exposure, not a guarantee that this revenue is lost rather than delayed, or a prediction of your firm's actual figures.

How it works

Three layers. One seamless service.

01

AI catches it first

Our monitoring agent watches your systems 24/7 and resolves the majority of issues automatically — password resets, connectivity faults, software errors.

02

Remote expert escalates

Anything beyond the agent gets escalated to a vetted remote technician. We aim to have it picked up within the hour. Complex issues handled without anyone needing to visit.

03

Onsite when needed

Hardware failures and physical infrastructure issues get a DBS checked engineer dispatched to your office. Priority response for retainer clients.

04

Monthly health report

Every month you receive a clear summary of resolved issues, system health and recommendations. Full visibility, no technical jargon. See what's inside →

Tectiv vs the alternatives

See the real difference in coverage.

Response time
Unmanaged
Coverage hours
None
Onsite support
Not available
Monthly cost
£0, until something breaks
Why Tectiv

Why we started this.

"After half a decade speaking to hundreds of companies, I kept hearing the same thing: 'our support is awful.' That's what pushed me to build the best support business in the UK."

RB
Robbie Bell
Founder, Tectiv
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing.

Start with what you need. Scale as you grow. No hidden fees, no long term lock in on your first engagement.

Pay as you go

Per hour / remote

For businesses that need occasional support without a monthly commitment.

  • Remote IT support
  • 2 hour minimum onsite
  • Issue resolution guarantee
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Full coverage

Custom / per site

The complete Tectiv stack for businesses that need full IT peace of mind.

  • Everything in Essentials
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Quarterly IT roadmap
  • Cyber security baseline
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Not ready to talk? See a sample health report.

The exact monthly report retainer clients receive — system health, resolved issues, recommendations. See what's inside →

Questions

Common questions from recruitment firm owners.

Comparing providers? Read our guide to choosing an IT support provider.

How much does IT support cost for a recruitment firm?

Pay as you go remote support is billed hourly with no contract, so it's a natural way to start if we haven't worked together before. Once you're ready for ongoing cover, the Essentials retainer starts from £30 per user, per month. Full coverage is quoted per site based on your setup. See the full cost breakdown.

How quickly do you respond when something breaks?

We aim to respond within 15 minutes. 24/7 monitoring catches most issues before your team notices, and remote support resolves most of the rest without you needing to chase anyone.

Do you provide onsite support, or only remote?

Yes, we dispatch engineers on site for urgent issues, hardware failures, TV and AV problems, and meeting room setups. Most day to day issues resolve remotely first.

What happens to a consultant's access when they leave?

This depends on how your systems are set up today. Where you're using a centralised identity system such as Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, we can suspend access immediately. Otherwise, we advise consolidating logins under a single identity provider and keeping an offboarding checklist, and can help you set both up.

Can you support our CRM and recruitment specific software?

Yes. A CRM going down mid placement is one of the most common issues we handle, since that's exactly the moment downtime costs you the most. We aim to get you back up and running as quickly as possible, escalating on site if it's a hardware fault. If you run Bullhorn or another ATS, see how we support it.

Is there a minimum contract length?

Pay as you go has no contract, it's the place to start if we haven't worked together before. Once you move to a retainer, plans run on a 12 month term.

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