Cybersecurity is one of the tightest commercial talent markets in the UK. Technical credibility is non-negotiable, the candidate pool is small and well networked, and the best people are rarely looking.
| Specialty | B2B cybersecurity sales recruitment. Vendor, MSSP, channel, enterprise and public sector security sales, plus presales and security marketing. |
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| Services | Contingency and retained search, confidential replacement searches, executive search, talent mapping, salary benchmarking and market intelligence. |
| Roles | SDR through to Enterprise Account Executive, Channel Manager, Solutions Engineer, Sales Director and VP of Sales. |
| Coverage | Reading, the Thames Valley, London and nationwide across the UK. |
| Location | Based in Twyford, Berkshire RG10 9AE. Independent agency, not a branch of a national network. |
| Rating | 4.9 out of 5 from 88 Google reviews. 94% client retention rate. |
| Typical timescale | Vetted shortlist within 48 hours of brief. Average 14 days from brief to offer. CV to hire ratio of three to one. |
Three things make this market distinct from general technology sales.
First, technical credibility is a hard gate rather than a nice-to-have. A security buyer will work out inside ten minutes whether a seller understands what they are selling, and the conversation ends there if they do not. Sellers who have succeeded with simpler products frequently do not transfer.
Second, the candidate pool is small and extremely well networked. People move between vendors, resellers and MSSPs repeatedly over a career and know each other well. Searches leak easily, which is why a high proportion of ours run confidentially.
Third, demand has outpaced supply for years. Good security sellers are rarely on the market, and when they are, they are usually in several processes at once.
Every search is personally managed by a founder, every candidate is interviewed before you see them, and shortlists arrive within 48 hours. We run a high proportion of security searches confidentially, because in this market that is usually what the situation requires.
For adjacent sectors see our technology sales, SaaS sales and AI sales recruitment pages.
Technical credibility is a hard gate rather than a preference, the candidate pool is small and well networked so searches leak easily, and demand has outpaced supply for years. Sellers who succeeded with simpler products frequently do not transfer.
Vendor sales, MSSP and managed security services, channel and alliances, presales and solutions engineering, and commercial leadership from Sales Manager to VP of Sales. We also place security marketing roles.
Rarely as a hard requirement. What matters far more is whether a candidate can explain their product's actual mechanism and where it fails. We screen for that directly rather than relying on certifications as a proxy.
The candidate pool is small and people move between vendors, resellers and MSSPs repeatedly, so they know each other well. Searches become public quickly. We run a high proportion of security searches confidentially for that reason.
Presales and solutions engineering, consistently. It requires genuine technical depth alongside the communication skills to run a customer-facing conversation, and the overlap between those two is narrow.
Tell us what you are hiring for and we will tell you honestly whether the brief is achievable at the budget approved. Vetted shortlist within 48 hours.
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