Clients
Build teams that hold up.
Most recruitment stops at the offer.
We stay involved until the hire is working, the team is stronger, and the decision still looks right twelve months later.
What makes us different
We work with fewer clients than most agencies. That is a deliberate choice.
It means when you brief us on a role, it gets our full attention. Not split across forty open vacancies. Not handed to a junior to fill a quota. It is ours, from the first conversation to the point where your new hire is settled and performing.
We will tell you honestly if the brief needs refining, if the salary is out of step with the market, or if the role as written will struggle to attract the right people.
That kind of candour is rare in recruitment. It is also exactly what a hiring manager needs.
What working with us looks like
A proper brief, not a job description handed over and worked.
Honest market feedback, even when it is not what you want to hear.
A shortlist with context behind each name, not a pile of CVs to sift.
Candidates who are properly prepared for interview, kept informed throughout, and supported through to their first day and beyond.
If something is not right, you hear it from us first.
No handoffs. No volume targets. Recruitment you can hold someone accountable for, from start to finish.
What Our Clients Say
“We have worked closely with Xist4 to recruit some critical technical IT Infrastructure and Development roles in a very challenging marketplace. We have been successful in now appointing all of the roles – Gozie Ezulike has provided a very professional level of service and expertise’”
— CIO, National Museum
Ready to Hire? Let's Talk.
If you need a recruitment partner to run the search properly, we can help. We manage the process from brief to offer, keeping candidates engaged and making sure you know where things stand throughout.
Recruiting it Yourself?
The Hiring Campaign Diagnostic is a two-day review of your brief, job description, salary, sourcing plan and candidate journey before you go to market.
It helps you spot the problems that could cost you weeks: the wrong salary, a weak advert, unclear role definition, poor sourcing routes or a process that good candidates simply will not wait around for.
£1,500 fixed, with a written readout you can act on.
Who we work with
We’ve built deep specialist knowledge in the markets where specialist recruitment earns its place.
Greentech
We work with selected greentech firms electrifying transport, energy and the built environment. That includes public EV charging networks, smart charging and energy flexibility, battery technology and analytics, fleet electrification software, smart buildings and commercial IoT. These organisations sit where software, data, infrastructure, hardware and operations meet. They need people who can build systems, improve platforms, make sense of complex data and lead teams through growth and change. That is where we help.
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Mission-Led, Cultural & Heritage Recruitment
Museums, galleries, archives, charities and heritage organisations are modernising, often with small teams and limited resources. They need data, technology and leadership people who can improve digital access, modernise systems, protect critical information and help the organisation evolve without losing sight of what it exists to do. That is who we help them find.
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Startups & Scale-ups
For many startups and scale-ups, hiring is the biggest brake on growth. You need engineers, data specialists, cyber professionals and leaders who can build from scratch, move quickly and make good decisions under pressure, while competing against larger organisations with stronger brands and deeper pockets. Get the recruitment partner right and you secure the people who move the business forward. Get it wrong and you lose them to someone who did. We treat startups and scale-ups as a type of organisation rather than a sector: ambitious businesses that cannot afford a key hire going wrong.
Learn moreThe roles we place
Leadership
- Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
- Chief Data Officer (CDO)
- Chief AI Officer (CAIO)
- Chief Operating Officer (COO)
- VP of Engineering
- VP of Data
- Head of Engineering
- Head of Software Development
- Head of Data Science
- Head of Data Engineering
- Head of Cyber Security
- Head of IT
Specialist and Mid-Senior
- Software Engineer
- Embedded Engineer
- Firmware Engineer
- Full Stack Developer
- Back End Developer
- Front End Developer
- DevOps Engineer
- Platform Engineer
- Site Reliability Engineer
- Solutions Architect
- Cloud Architect
- Data Scientist
- ML Engineer
- AI Engineer
- Generative AI Specialist
- NLP Engineer
- LLM Engineer
- LLM Ops Engineer
- AI Product Manager
- Data Engineer
- Data Architect
- Data Product Manager
- ETL Developer
- BI Manager
- BI Developer
- BI Analyst
- Data Analyst
- Insights Analyst
- Reporting Analyst
- Business Analyst
- Quantitative Analyst
- Database Administrator
- Cyber Security Analyst
- Security Architect
- Cloud Engineer
- Infrastructure Engineer
- IT Manager
- RPA Engineer
Recently filled roles
Product Manager
Amsterdam
€75 – €95,000
Software Engineer
Berlin
€50 – €65,000
Senior Software Engineer
London
£80 – £100,000
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Bristol
£70-85,000
Head of Data
London
£100 – £115,000
Digital Programme Manager
London
£60 – £75,000
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