Hire offshore cybersecurity professionals without a recruitment fee

In short

TalentDock is a cyber security staffing partner, not a traditional recruitment agency. Instead of charging a placement fee for a UK hire, we recruit, assess, employ and manage dedicated security professionals in Sri Lanka who work full-time for your organisation. You interview and choose every person; we handle payroll, equipment, HR and replacement. Analysts start from £1,695 a month and engineers from £2,295, all-in.

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Recruitment agency vs offshore staffing

Two ways to add security headcount
	UK cyber security recruitment agency	TalentDock offshore staffing
Who employs the hire	You	TalentDock, in Sri Lanka
Upfront fee	Typically a percentage of first-year salary	None
Ongoing cost	UK salary, employer NICs, pension, equipment	One all-in monthly fee
If they leave	Rebate period, then you start again	Replacement cover included
Clearance-bound roles	Suitable	Not suitable
Best for	Senior UK leaders and cleared roles	Hands-on analysts, engineers and testers

Many clients use both: a UK agency for a head of security or CISO, and TalentDock for the team that does the work.

Roles

Security roles you can hire

Roles, focus and starting fee
Role	Focus	From / month
Cyber security analyst	Vulnerabilities, triage, reporting	£1,695
SOC analyst	Monitoring and escalation	£1,695
GRC analyst	ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, SOC 2	£1,695
Security engineer	EDR, SIEM, network, hardening	£2,295
Cloud security engineer	AWS, Azure, GCP	£2,295
Application security engineer	Secure code, SAST/DAST	£2,295
DevSecOps engineer	Secure pipelines, GitOps	£2,295
Penetration tester	Authorised testing	£2,295
IAM engineer	SSO, MFA, PAM	£2,295
Incident response specialist	Readiness and response	£2,295
Threat intelligence analyst	Threat research	£2,295
Security architect	Design and roadmap	Quoted

Vetting

How we assess security candidates

1 · Skills screen

CV and certification review against your brief.

2 · Hands-on test

Role-specific practical: triage, detection rules, cloud review or a lab test.

3 · Communication

Written report and a spoken walkthrough in English.

4 · Checks

Police clearance certificate, references and certificate verification.

5 · Your interview

You interview the shortlist and decide.

Staff augmentation

Cyber security staff augmentation

Staff augmentation adds named specialists to your existing team for as long as you need them. Our specialists are full-time and dedicated to you, which suits ongoing work better than short contracts: they learn your environment, your alerts and your people.

Need several roles together? See dedicated cybersecurity teams. Building developers too? See IT staff augmentation.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Are you a cyber security recruitment agency?

Not in the traditional sense. We do not charge a placement fee; we employ and manage offshore specialists who work full-time for you.

How fast can I hire?

Shortlists typically arrive in under two weeks.

Can I interview candidates?

Yes, every shortlisted candidate, as many rounds as you need.

What if a hire does not work out?

Replacement cover is included in the monthly fee.

Can you recruit UK-based security staff?

No. We specialise in offshore teams in Sri Lanka. For UK-cleared or on-site roles, use a UK agency.

What certifications do candidates hold?

It depends on the role: CompTIA Security+ and CySA+, Microsoft SC-200 and AZ-500, OSCP, CISSP and ISO 27001 qualifications are common. We verify them.

Keep reading

Next steps

Offshore cybersecurity UK

How the model works.

Dedicated cybersecurity team

Build a team.

Cyber security salary UK

UK pay benchmarks.

Is offshore cybersecurity safe?

Controls and limits.

Request security candidate profiles

Share the role, tools and hours. We will send an all-in monthly price and start sourcing assessed candidates.