Women make up just 26% of the UK tech workforce. But a group of standout companies on cord are driving change. Starting at the top of the funnel. These teams significantly outperformed the industry average for sourcing women over the past 3 months- some outperforming their peers by over 500%. 1. zeroheight - 584% over avg. 2. Engine by Starling - 366% over avg. 3. Amiqus - 173% over avg. 4. Sense Street - 149% over avg. 5. Apollo Research - 149% over avg. 6. Triad Group Plc - 138% over avg. 7. TradingHub - 128% over avg. 8. Muzz - 124% over avg. 9. YouLend - 119% over avg. 10. Midnite - 90% over avg 11. SHY Aviation - 86% over avg. 12. SHY Aviation - 86% over avg. 13. Aslan - 83% over avg. 14. Titanbay - 82% over avg. 14. Searchland - 76% over avg. 16. My Money Matters - 69% over avg. 17. Lumilinks Group Ltd - 61% over avg. 18. Vega - 61% over avg. 19. Ocado Technology - 56% over avg. 20. Haven - 54% over avg. 👏 Congratulations to the winners of our Gender Diversity Sourcing Awards, Winter ‘25. See the full list here: https://lnkd.in/e_Vm53uf
cord
Staffing and Recruiting
The messaging tool for finding work inside technology companies.
About us
Our mission is to increase the number of people doing their best work. cord is a messaging tool that enables the most simple transaction on earth - a conversation - to happen between someone and their future colleagues. Every message is direct and instant. All the information is relevant and transparent. It feels natural, as if it was always meant to be that way. Underneath the hood, facilitating these conversations isn't so simple. cord is rebuilding the underlying infrastructure that underpins it all, able to handle recruiting complexity and distribute people and opportunities at scale. Hiring teams inside the world's most advanced technology companies use cord to hire, from recent Y-Combinator alumni to publicly listed technology companies. Whole teams are built on cord that wouldn't otherwise exist, inside companies whose work develops vaccines, tackles climate change and builds autonomous vehicles.
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https://cord.com
External link for cord
- Industry
- Staffing and Recruiting
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2016
- Specialties
- Development, Technology, Recruitment, Full Stack , and Hiring
Products
cord
Recruiting Software
cord is the messaging tool for hiring teams to source active people and make direct hires. Hiring teams inside some of the world's most advanced technology companies use cord to make direct hires; from recent Y-Combinator alumni to publicly listed technology companies. These teams tackle some of the worlds biggest problems - from developing COVID-19 vaccines and reversing climate change, to building autonomous vehicles. By making hiring feel more like starting a conversation, cord lowers the barriers to entry and enables whole teams to be built that wouldn't otherwise exist.
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London, GB
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New York, US
Employees at cord
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⏳ Want a response to your application by tomorrow? Apply to these companies… Announcing the winners of cord Hiring Leaders Awards "Most Responsive" category. Ranked by average response time to applications across the last 3 months: 🌱 Top 10 Small companies (1-50 employees) Cog Design - 8h 17m Ortus Technologies - 10h 7m Rascal Ventures - 12h 52m VitVio - 12h 57m TransFICC - 16h 23m Forestreet - 16h 29m Nomio - 18h 10m Paranormal - 18h 33m Catapult - 20h 1m FITFILE - 20h 41m 🚀 10 Mid-sized companies (51-500 employees) TreasurySpring - 7h 12m VoCoVo - 17h 0m My Money Matters - 20h 2m Searchland - 1d 0h Titanbay - 1d 7h Partnerize - 1d 8h Aqovia - 1d 19h Vega - 1d 19h Fundamental Media - 1d 20h r QiH Group - 1d 21h 🏢 Top 10 Large companies (501+ employees) Ocado Technology - 19h 39m HiBob - 23h 27m Dunelm - 1d 2h OVO - 1d 7h Sainsbury's - 1d 12h Haven - 1d 14h Ebury - 1d 16h Santander Auto - 1d 19h RVU - 2d 1h Storio group - 2d 4h 🎉 Congrats to the winners. Full list here: https://lnkd.in/e5Ng8JDP
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💡 Every candidate deserves a reply to their application. Here’s the companies you should apply to if you want a response. 📈 Highlights from the Autumn ‘25 Most Response Hiring Leaders Awards: The top 15 responded to 100% of their applications within 14 days The top 20 responded to 98% of their applications within 14 days. 🌱 Top 10 startups (1-50 employees) 1. Bondio - 100% 2. Catapult - 100% 3. SHY Aviation - 100% 4. ToffeeX - 100% 5. Cog Design - 100% 6. mixie.music - 100% 7. Forestreet - 100% 8. Nomio - 100% 9. Openstage - 100% 10. Querio - 100% 🚀 10 Mid-sized companies (51-500 employees) 1. Titanbay - 100% 2. QiH Group - 100% 3. TreasurySpring - 100% 4. TradingHub- 98% 5. Searchland - 98% 6. Aqovia - 98% 7. VoCoVo - 98% 8. Partnerize - 96% 9. Octopus Money - 96% 10. Trayport - 96% 🏢 Top 10 established companies (501+ employees) 1. HiBob - 100% 2. RVU - 100% 3. Haven - 99% 4. Ocado Technology - 99% 5. Zopa Bank - 98% 6. Azzurri Group - 97% 7. Dunelm - 96% 8. Santander Auto - 93% 9. OakNorth - 93% 10. Storio group - 78% For a full list of companies hiring into tech who will respond to your applications head here: https://lnkd.in/enp84_Ya
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💡 Every candidate deserves a reply to their application. Here’s the companies you should apply to if you want a response. 📈 Highlights from the Autumn ‘25 Most Response Hiring Leaders Awards: The top 15 responded to 100% of their applications within 14 days The top 20 responded to 98% of their applications within 14 days. 🌱 Top 10 startups (1-50 employees) 1. Bondio - 100% 2. Catapult - 100% 3. SHY Aviation - 100% 4. ToffeeX - 100% 5. Cog Design - 100% 6. mixie.music - 100% 7. Forestreet - 100% 8. Nomio - 100% 9. Openstage - 100% 10. Querio - 100% 🚀 10 Mid-sized companies (51-500 employees) 1. Titanbay - 100% 2. QiH Group - 100% 3. TreasurySpring - 100% 4. TradingHub- 98% 5. Searchland - 98% 6. Aqovia - 98% 7. VoCoVo - 98% 8. Partnerize - 96% 9. Octopus Money - 96% 10. Trayport - 96% 🏢 Top 10 established companies (501+ employees) 1. HiBob - 100% 2. RVU - 100% 3. Haven - 99% 4. Ocado Technology - 99% 5. Zopa Bank - 98% 6. Azzurri Group - 97% 7. Dunelm - 96% 8. Santander Auto - 93% 9. OakNorth - 93% 10. Storio group - 78% For a full list of companies hiring into tech who will respond to your applications head here: https://lnkd.in/enp84_Ya
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⚡️ Who are the UK’s Most Popular Tech Companies hiring engineers right now? Ranked by popularity with engineers, and then categorised into industries & size. Every company in the list is hiring into their tech teams right now. 🌱 Top 10 Small companies (1-50 employees) 1. Lumilinks Group Ltd - Top 2% 2. TransFICC - Top 3% 3. Cooper & Hall Ltd - Top 4% 4. The Curve - Top 4% 5. Track24 - Top 4% 6. 6B - Top 6% 7. Hex Digital - Top 6% 8. Aslan - Top 7% 9. Applied Data Science Partners - Top 8% 10. Canary Protocol - Top 8% 🚀 10 Mid-sized companies (51-500 employees) 1. Muzz - Top 1% 2. Prolific - Top 1% 3. Hippo - Top 1% 4. Triad Group Plc - Top 1% 5. Flock - Top 1% 6. Aqovia - Top 1% 7. DMGT plc - Top 1% 8. Nutmeg - Top 2% 9. Zaizi - Top 2% 10. 9fin - Top 2% 🏢 Top 10 Large companies (501+ employees) 1. Global Relay - Top 1% 2. LSEG - Top 1% 3. Lloyds Banking Group - Top 1% 4. Amazon Web Services - Top 1% 5. TP ICAP - Top 1% 6. RELX - Top 1% 7. BT Group - Top 1% 8. Capgemini - Top 1% 9. Bupa - Top 1% 10. dunnhumby - Top 1% Rankings are based on data from tens of thousands of applications on cord in the past 3 months. 🎉 Congratulations to the winners! Check out the other 150+ most popular tech companies here: https://lnkd.in/e-3-JQvM
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🚀 Who are the UK’s fastest-growing tech companies hiring right now? Out of 5,000 UK tech companies analysed - here are the top 10 startups, scaleups and established tech companies, ranked by headcount growth in the past 12 months. All hiring engineers right now… 🌱 Top 10 startups (1-50 employees) 1. CPTN Limited ↑550% 2. Wordsmith AI ↑450% 3. Alps2Alps ski transfers ↑380 4. Granola ↑367% 5. Camion ↑200% 6. Infoserv Systems ↑200% 7. Gradient Labs ↑180% 8. Arondite ↑175% 9. Capi Money ↑162% 10. London Insurance Life ↑125% 🚀 Top 10 scaleups (51-500 employees) 1. Humanoid ↑581% 2. Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford ↑416% 3. The Collecting Group ↑338% 4. inforcer ↑283% 5. Nscale ↑225% 6. Fractile ↑206% 7. Cogna ↑200% 8. Sokin ↑190% 9. Tilt ↑164% 10. Oriole ↑160% 🏢 Top 10 established companies (501+ employees) 1. A-SAFE UK ↑368% 2. PIB Group ↑337% 3. Two Circles ↑266% 4. Metrea ↑181% 5. popeyes ↑166% 6. HeliosX Group ↑135% 7. Anthropic ↑123% 8. Sizewell C ↑101% 9. MANUAL ↑96% 10. Wayve ↑85% Find over 150 more of the fastest-growing tech companies in AI, Fintech, Data, Blockchain & more here: https://lnkd.in/egUE4rfT
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🏅The UK Tech Hiring Rankings Autumn ‘25 are now live! Here’s who came out on top… We analysed 5,000+ UK tech companies and 15,000+ positions in the last 3 months to highlight the leading companies hiring into tech right now. The rankings celebrate companies in the following categories: 📈 The Fastest Growing tech companies ↳ Measured by headcount growth over the past 12 months ↳ Link: https://lnkd.in/egUE4rfT 💡 The Most Popular companies with engineers ↳ Measured by application volume from engineers on cord ↳ Link: https://lnkd.in/e-3-JQvM 🏆 Hiring Leaders delivering the best candidate experience ↳ Measured by key candidate experience metrics, like response rates/times ↳ Link: https://lnkd.in/enp84_Ya A huge congratulations to all those featured. ➕ Follow cord for more posts on the UK Tech Hiring Rankings over the next two weeks
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Women make up just 26% of the UK tech workforce. And while that number is slowly rising, there’s still a long way to go… But a group of standout companies on cord—from early-stage startups to established brands—are driving change. Starting at the top of the funnel. These teams significantly outperformed the industry average for sourcing women over the past 3 months- some outperforming their peers by over 200%. 👏 Congratulations to the winners of our Gender Diversity Sourcing Awards, Winter ‘25. You’re proving that progress is possible - at any size. See the full list of winners here: https://lnkd.in/e5_YSMnM
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⏳ You shouldn't be left waiting weeks to get a response to your application. And you won't if you apply to these companies... ➡️ 45 companies in the Fastest to Respond awards get back to applicants within 48 hours. ➡️ 20 respond in less than a day. Shout out to the top 20: TreasurySpring - 5h 58m response time Zego - 9h 5m response time Kittl - 10h 24m response time ARC Analytics - 11h 35m response time Titanbay - 11h 53m response time VoCoVo - 12h 21m response time Fifth Dimension - 13h 14m response time Dunelm - 13h 17m response time TransFICC - 14h 13m response time Vega - 14h 51m response time Lumilinks Group Ltd - 18h 3m response time Ravio - 18h 48m response time BI:PROCSI - 19h 18m response time OVO - 20h 31m response time Attest - 20h 40m response time Trayport - 20h 40m response time RegGenome - 20h 52m response time Applied Data Science Partners - 21h 33m response time Catapult - 21h 48m response time Emma - we are hiring! - 23h 46m response time Congrats to the winners of the Fastest to Respond Spring '25 Hiring Awards. Link to all companies here: https://lnkd.in/dpPf6WPy
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🚨Everyone who applies for a job deserves a response, and a group of tech companies are setting the standards... We’re proud to recognise the winners of the Spring ’25 Most Responsive Companies Award who have proven their respect for the people who apply to their positions. ➡️ The top 12 companies have responded to 100% of the their applications ➡️ The top 20 companies have responded to an avg. of 97% of their applications ➡️ The top 50 companies have responded to an avg. of 95% of their applications Special mention to the top 10: Aveni Emma - we are hiring! TransFICC Partnerize Kittl Openstage Ocado Technology Titanbay OVO Lounge See all the most responsive companies here: https://lnkd.in/dHk8mPAs
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