Top 30 IT Staffing Companies in USA (Updated-List)

Hiring technology staff in the United States usually runs through a staffing company. The firms below range from global groups with thousands of recruiters to small regional specialists, and they do not all work the same way: some supply contract staff, some run permanent searches, and a few are freelance or nearshore networks rather than conventional agencies.

This guide profiles 30 companies that appear on US IT staffing lists, checked against each company's own website and reputable industry sources in November 2026. Several names have changed since older lists were written, and those changes are flagged in each profile: what the company is called now, where it is based, and whether IT staffing is still its core business.

Quick answer

• For large-scale contract IT staffing, the biggest specialist names are TEKsystems, Insight Global, Kforce, Apex Systems and Randstad Digital.
• For permanent technology hires, Robert Half, CyberCoders and Mondo focus heavily on direct placement.
• For freelance and remote talent, Toptal runs a vetted freelance network, while Hire with Near and Heinsohn Xelerator supply nearshore teams from Latin America.
• For healthcare IT specifically, CSI Companies and Talent Groups both centre their current offer on health systems and electronic health records.
• Not every familiar name still does IT staffing: Aerotek moved to industrial staffing in 2021, Lucas Group now sits inside Korn Ferry, and Modis trades as Akkodis.

How IT staffing companies work

Most firms in this guide use one or more of five models. The right choice depends on whether you need people quickly for a fixed period, a permanent employee, or a team managed for you.

• Contract staffing: the agency employs or engages the worker and bills the client an hourly or daily rate for a fixed period.
• Contract-to-hire: the worker starts on contract, with an agreed route to a permanent job if both sides agree.
• Direct hire / permanent placement: the agency runs the search and the client employs the person from day one, usually for a one-off fee paid by the employer.
• Managed services and project work: the firm takes responsibility for a team or a defined piece of work, rather than supplying individuals one at a time.
• Freelance and nearshore networks: platforms and offshore-adjacent firms supply independent specialists or teams in nearby time zones, such as Latin America for US clients.

The 30 companies at a glance

Company profiles

1. Toptal

Toptal is not a conventional agency but a freelance talent network: businesses hire independent developers, designers, finance experts, product and project managers through its platform. The company says it accepts the top 3% of freelance applicants, and it has been fully remote since it was founded, with no headquarters.

Since 2023 Toptal has grown mainly by buying smaller talent platforms, including WeLoveNoCode, Growth Collective and YouTeam, and in 2026 it added Graphite and Adeva, an IT talent network. That makes it a broader group than the original freelance marketplace, but the core offer is still on-demand independent specialists rather than contract employees supplied by an agency.

• Founded in 2010; company-stated to have served more than 25,000 clients across more than 140 countries
• Fully remote company with no headquarters (company-stated)
• Model: freelance network and talent marketplace, plus consulting services through acquired brands
• Core roles: software developers, designers, finance experts, product and project managers

2. Robert Half

Robert Half is one of the largest professional staffing firms in the United States, offering contract talent and permanent placement. Technology is one of its core specialised practices, although the firm began in finance and accounting and also covers marketing and creative, legal, administrative and human resources roles.

The company shortened its legal name from Robert Half International Inc. to Robert Half Inc. in July 2023, keeping its New York Stock Exchange ticker, RHI. Its consulting arm, Protiviti, sits alongside the staffing business and handles internal audit, risk and technology consulting.

• Headquarters: Menlo Park, California
• Founded in 1948 (company-stated)
• More than 300 Robert Half locations worldwide; more than 400 including Protiviti (company-stated)
• Models: contract staffing, permanent placement, and consulting through Protiviti

3. Express Employment Professionals

Express Employment Professionals is a franchised staffing organisation: every office is locally owned and operated. It is a generalist firm covering office and administrative work, light industrial roles, skilled trades and professional positions, so IT hiring is a secondary line handled through its professional and technical recruiting rather than a dedicated technology division.

Employers use Express for temporary and contract staff, its Evaluation Hire temp-to-hire route, direct hire, and professional and executive search. For a business that needs one local supplier for both warehouse and office staff it can be convenient; for deep technology hiring, a specialist firm is usually the better comparison.

• Headquarters: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Founded in 1983; franchising began in 1985 (company-stated)
• More than 870 franchise locations across the US, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand (company-stated)
• Models: temporary, contract, temp-to-hire and direct hire, plus executive search

4. Randstad Digital (formerly Randstad Technologies)

The business older lists call Randstad Technologies now trades as Randstad Digital. Randstad launched the brand in August 2023, pulling its global digital and technology capabilities into one unit inside the Dutch Randstad group, and in May 2024 it acquired Torc, an AI-powered digital talent marketplace.

Randstad Digital supplies contingent technology staff and permanent hires, runs global talent and delivery centres, and offers managed solutions across four domains: customer experience, cloud and infrastructure, data and analytics, and digital and product engineering. Engagements can be delivered onshore, nearshore or offshore.

• Parent: Randstad, founded in 1960 and headquartered in Diemen, the Netherlands
• Rebranded from Randstad Technologies to Randstad Digital in August 2023
• Acquired the Torc talent marketplace in May 2024
• Focus areas: software engineering, cloud, data, AI and cybersecurity talent

5. Adecco

Adecco is the flagship staffing brand of the Swiss Adecco Group, and its US business is a large general staffing network rather than a technology-only firm. Technology is one of the industries it recruits for, covering flexible staffing, temp-to-hire and permanent recruitment; employers also use it for outsourcing and managed service programmes.

Buyers who mainly need engineering or digital consulting from this group are usually pointed to its sister brand Akkodis, profiled separately below. Adecco's own US site states it has more than 300 locations, over 1,200 colleagues and more than 32,000 associates on assignment.

• Group headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland; US principal office in Jacksonville, Florida, with a North American headquarters announced for Atlanta in 2021
• Models: temporary staffing, temp-to-hire, direct hire, outsourcing and MSP programmes
• US figures (company-stated): 300+ locations and 32,000+ associates on assignment
• Group brands include Akkodis, LHH and Pontoon

6. TEKsystems

TEKsystems is one of the best-known IT staffing names in the United States. Part of Allegis Group and based in Hanover, Maryland, it places technology talent from individual specialists to scaled teams, and its TEKsystems Global Services arm adds full-stack technology services: strategy, design, delivery and operations.

In January 2024 TEKsystems integrated selected business units from its sister company Aston Carter, including customer support, creative and marketing, and governance, risk and compliance work. Its own boilerplate describes a team of 80,000 working with more than 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500.

• Headquarters: Hanover, Maryland; part of Allegis Group
• Began in 1983 as a contract employment business (company-stated)
• Talent areas: cloud, data, digital, DevOps and security
• Company-stated scale: more than 6,000 customers across North America, Europe and Asia

7. Kforce

Kforce is a Tampa-based solutions firm specialising in technology staffing, with finance and accounting as its other main practice. It works through what it calls Talent Solutions, Team Solutions and Project Solutions, covering both flexible (contract) engagements and direct hire.

The firm moved into a hybrid headquarters in Midtown Tampa in 2022. In its own press releases Kforce states that each year it provides opportunities for approximately 30,000 professionals working with approximately 3,000 clients, including a significant majority of the Fortune 500.

• Headquarters: Tampa, Florida
• Core lines: technology staffing and finance & accounting staffing
• Models: contract (flex) and direct hire, plus team and project solutions
• Company-stated: approximately 30,000 professionals and 3,000 clients a year

8. Insight Global

Insight Global began as an IT staffing firm in Atlanta and is now a broad staffing and professional services company covering healthcare, accounting and finance, engineering and government work alongside technology. Its managed services division trades as Evergreen.

The company supplies temporary, temp-to-permanent and direct-hire staff, together with managed services and consulting. Company descriptions state that it has more than 70 locations across North America, Europe and Asia and staffing capability in more than 50 countries.

• Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia (company-stated)
• Models: contract, contract-to-hire, direct hire, managed services and consulting
• Sectors: IT (including cloud, AI and data), healthcare, accounting and finance, engineering, government
• Managed services division: Evergreen

9. Aerotek

Aerotek needs a warning label on an IT staffing list: it no longer staffs technology roles. In July 2021 its parent, Allegis Group, split Aerotek's three business units into separate companies. Aerotek kept the industrial business, placing light industrial and skilled trades staff in manufacturing, logistics, construction and aviation.

The professional division became Aston Carter, covering accounting and finance, risk and compliance, operations and customer support, while the engineering and sciences division became Actalent. A business looking for the old Aerotek's professional or engineering recruiters should approach those two brands instead.

• Headquarters: Hanover, Maryland; part of Allegis Group
• Split in July 2021 into Aerotek (industrial), Aston Carter (professional) and Actalent (engineering and sciences)
• Current focus: manufacturing, logistics, construction and aviation staffing
• Company boilerplate at the split: more than 250 offices across North America

10. CyberCoders

CyberCoders is a permanent placement recruiting firm: direct hire is its stated core model, rather than contract staffing. Founded in Irvine, California in 1999 for technology recruiting, it now also recruits across construction, engineering, accounting, sales, marketing and legal.

The firm has been a division of Everforth (formerly ASGN Incorporated) since 2013 and runs its searches on a proprietary recruiting platform it calls Cyrus. Employers use it when the goal is a full-time hire, particularly for hard-to-fill technical roles.

• Headquarters: Irvine, California
• Founded in 1999 (company-stated); acquired by ASGN in 2013
• Model: permanent placement / direct hire
• Sectors: technology, construction, engineering, accounting, sales, marketing and legal

11. Apex Systems

Apex Systems describes itself as a global technology services business, combining workforce solutions with consulting in areas such as application development, data and analytics, cloud and infrastructure, and cybersecurity. It sits in the commercial segment of Everforth (formerly ASGN Incorporated), the same group as CyberCoders.

Its 2024 press material states a presence in more than 70 markets across North America, Europe and India. The offer mixes staffing with managed services and digital transformation work, so buyers should check whether an engagement is staff supply or a contracted service.

• Headquarters: Glen Allen, Virginia
• Parent: Everforth (formerly ASGN Incorporated)
• Company-stated: presence in more than 70 markets
• Services: workforce solutions, managed services, digital innovation and transformation consulting

12. Experis

Experis is ManpowerGroup's dedicated technology brand, covering IT professional resourcing, project solutions and managed services. Its stated practice areas are business transformation, cloud and infrastructure, cyber security, digital workspace and enterprise applications, and its Experis Academy trains and reskills technology staff.

In October 2021 ManpowerGroup completed its acquisition of ettain group, a US IT staffing firm strong in financial services and healthcare IT, and folded it into Experis. For buyers, Experis is the route into ManpowerGroup when the requirement is specifically technical.

• Parent: ManpowerGroup; Experis is its technology-only brand
• Models: contract and permanent resourcing, project services, managed services, academy training
• ettain group joined Experis in 2021 (acquisition completed 1 October 2021)
• Practice areas: cloud and infrastructure, cyber security, digital workspace, enterprise applications

13. Kelly Services

Kelly Services is one of the oldest names in US staffing, founded in Detroit in 1946 and now headquartered in Troy, Michigan. Technology hiring sits inside its Kelly Science, Engineering, Technology and Telecom (SETT) division, alongside science, clinical and engineering staffing.

Kelly reshaped its portfolio recently: it sold its European staffing operations to Gi Group in January 2024, then in June 2024 completed the acquisition of Motion Recruitment Partners for $425 million, which it described as the largest acquisition in its history, adding technology, telecommunications and government staffing and consulting strength.

• Headquarters: Troy, Michigan; listed on Nasdaq (KELYA, KELYB)
• Founded in 1946 in Detroit (company-stated)
• Company-stated: connects 350,000+ people a year to specialty jobs, in 80 countries
• Acquired Motion Recruitment Partners in June 2024; sold European staffing operations to Gi Group in January 2024

14. Vaco by Highspring

Vaco's parent company rebranded from Vaco Holdings to Highspring on 31 March 2025, and the staffing business now trades as Vaco by Highspring, the group's Talent Solutions platform. Highspring, a portfolio company of Olympus Partners, presents consulting, managed services and talent solutions as one offer.

Vaco's work covers three stated areas: accounting and finance, technology and digital, and human resources and operations, through contract staffing and direct hire. The company states it has more than 45 offices worldwide and seven international delivery centres.

• Based in the Nashville area, Tennessee (Brentwood)
• Founded in 2002 (company-stated)
• Parent rebranded to Highspring in March 2025; owner: Olympus Partners
• Models: contract staffing and direct hire, with consulting and managed services at group level

15. The NineHertz

The NineHertz appears on IT staffing lists, but it is primarily a software development and AI engineering company, headquartered in Jaipur, India, with US offices listed in Georgia and Ohio. Its own services are product engineering, mobile and web development, AI consulting, cloud and DevOps work, delivered as outsourced projects.

IT staff augmentation exists only as a sub-service of its software outsourcing offer, so it is best understood as a development partner that can add engineers to a project, not as a US staffing agency with a contract workforce.

• Headquarters: Jaipur, India; US offices listed in Georgia and Ohio
• Founded in 2013, per its current About page
• Core business: software development, product engineering and AI services
• Staffing position: staff augmentation is a minor add-on, not the core model

16. Hire with Near

Hire with Near is a nearshore hiring company: it recruits staff in Latin America for US employers, handling sourcing, vetting, onboarding, payroll and compliance. It was founded in 2021 out of a venture studio in Austin and Buenos Aires; its own pages give its Texas base variously as Austin and San Antonio.

Near is not an IT-only firm. It hires across finance, accounting, sales, software engineering, AI, data, design, marketing, operations and administrative support, through direct hire, staff augmentation, recruitment process outsourcing and executive search.

• Founded in 2021 (company-stated)
• Model: nearshore staffing and recruiting from Latin America
• Services: direct hire, staff augmentation, RPO and executive search
• Coverage: 20+ industries, including software engineering and data roles

17. The Judge Group

The Judge Group is a privately owned professional services firm based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, founded in 1970. Technology staffing is its historic core: its Judge Technical Services arm dates to 1986 with a focus on IT contract staffing, and the group now also covers healthcare, engineering, finance, life sciences and manufacturing.

Beyond staffing, Judge provides technology consulting and corporate learning. It acquired Copley Consulting Group in 2021 and the executive search firm Slayton Search Partners in 2022, and launched a Judge Government Services division in 2025. Its boilerplate states more than 30 locations across the US, Canada and India.

• Headquarters: Wayne, Pennsylvania
• Founded in 1970 (company-stated)
• Models: contract, contract-to-hire, direct placement, managed services, consulting and training
• Company-stated: over 30 locations; clients include over 60 of the Fortune 100

18. ManpowerGroup

ManpowerGroup is the Milwaukee-based global staffing group behind three brands: Manpower for contingent staffing and permanent recruitment, Experis for IT resourcing and services, and Talent Solutions for recruitment process outsourcing, managed service programmes and outplacement through Right Management.

Founded in Milwaukee in 1948, the group says its brands operate in more than 70 countries and territories. Its biggest recent technology move was the acquisition of ettain group in October 2021 for $925 million, which became part of Experis.

• Headquarters: Milwaukee, Wisconsin; listed on the NYSE (MAN)
• Founded in 1948 (company-stated)
• Brands: Manpower, Experis and Talent Solutions
• Acquired ettain group in 2021, now part of Experis

19. Collabera

Collabera is a Basking Ridge, New Jersey staffing firm focused on IT and professional talent, offering staff augmentation, direct placement and what it calls talent development and transformation, plus a global remote talent platform. On its own talent page it claims access to a network of more than 14 million professionals worldwide.

Its client base is concentrated in banking, financial services and insurance, healthcare, pharma and life sciences, and telecom, media, technology and energy. The group's digital engineering business was rebranded Collabera Digital in 2022 and later integrated under its sister company Ascendion, which was spun out of Collabera the same year.

• Headquarters: Basking Ridge, New Jersey
• Models: staff augmentation, direct placement, global remote talent
• Company-stated: network of 14M+ professionals worldwide
• Sister company Ascendion spun out in 2022; the US talent business still trades as Collabera

20. PrideStaff

PrideStaff is a franchised staffing organisation headquartered in Fresno, California. Its core business is commercial staffing: administrative and office work, light industrial, manufacturing, warehouse and distribution, and skilled trades, with divisions for finance (PrideStaff Financial), pharmacy (Rx relief), insurance (Insurance Relief) and executive search (G.A. Rogers & Associates).

IT staffing is a secondary line with no dedicated technology division, so PrideStaff is a realistic option for general workforce needs rather than specialist technology hiring. The company states that it operates over 85 offices in North America and began franchising in 1995.

• Headquarters: Fresno, California
• Franchise model; franchising began in 1995 (company-stated)
• Company-stated (2023): over 85 offices serving more than 5,000 clients
• Models: temporary, temp-to-hire and direct hire, plus executive search via G.A. Rogers & Associates

21. Mondo

Mondo specialises in high-end IT, technology and digital marketing talent, supplying contract, contract-to-hire and full-time staff. It has been part of Chicago-based Addison Group since December 2018 and trades as Mondo, an Addison Group company; its international offer runs through the parent group's global delivery centre.

Roles it names include full-stack developers, UI/UX designers, AI and machine learning engineers, data engineers, cloud and cybersecurity specialists, content strategists and digital marketing analysts, which makes it a common choice for product and marketing teams as well as engineering.

• Based in New York City, New York
• Parent: Addison Group (acquired Mondo in December 2018)
• Models: contract, contract-to-hire and full-time placement
• Focus: IT, technology, AI and digital marketing talent

22. Akkodis (formerly Modis)

Older lists name this business Modis. In February 2022 the Adecco Group completed its acquisition of AKKA Technologies and combined it with Modis under a new brand, Akkodis; the US legal entity changed its name from Modis, Inc. to Akkodis, Inc. later that year. Modis should not be presented as a current brand.

Akkodis is broader than staffing: its four service lines are Consulting, Solutions, Talent and Academy, spanning digital engineering, project delivery, tech talent and upskilling. It is headquartered in Switzerland within the Adecco Group, with a US principal office in Jacksonville, Florida, and its boilerplate cites 50,000 engineers and tech consultants in over 30 countries.

• Parent: The Adecco Group; one of its three global business units
• Brand created in 2022 from Modis plus AKKA Technologies
• US principal office: Jacksonville, Florida
• Company-stated: 50,000 engineers and tech consultants in over 30 countries

23. Talent Groups (formerly Queen Consulting Group)

Queen Consulting Group no longer trades under its own name. The Boston-based IT staffing firm, founded in 2015, was acquired by Talent Group (announced in January 2023), and in September 2023 Talent Group, EdgeLink and Queen Consulting Group relaunched together as one brand: Talent Groups, based in Houston, Texas.

Queen's specialism was healthcare IT, including Epic electronic health record implementations, financial services and niche technical recruiting, and healthcare IT for providers, payers and health systems remains a stated strength of Talent Groups. The combined firm offers contract staffing, contract-to-hire, direct hire and managed services.

• Current brand: Talent Groups; Queen Consulting Group merged into it in September 2023
• Headquarters: Houston, Texas; Queen was founded in Boston in 2015
• Owner: Talent Groups is a portfolio company of Osceola Capital
• Specialism: healthcare IT and EHR implementations, plus general IT staffing

24. Epitec

Epitec is a certified women-owned staffing and workforce solutions company headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, with regional hubs in Chicago, central Illinois and Dallas. Founded in 1978, it supplies IT, engineering and professional staff on contract, contract-to-hire and direct-hire terms, and also offers employer of record and statement of work engagements in the US and Canada.

In 2026 Epitec acquired the information technology, engineering and state, local and education (SLED) staffing operations of TalentBurst, including its staff, consultants and customer relationships, extending its public-sector reach.

• Headquarters: Southfield, Michigan
• Founded in 1978 (company-stated); certified women-owned
• Models: contract, contract-to-hire, direct hire, employer of record and SOW
• Acquired TalentBurst's IT, engineering and SLED staffing operations in 2026

25. CSI Companies (CSI Tech)

The CSI Companies, based in Jacksonville, Florida, has narrowed its focus since older lists were written. CSI Tech was one of four divisions it named in 2020, but its current site presents the business primarily as healthcare IT staffing, consulting and managed services, stating plainly that its core focus is healthcare IT, including Epic and Oracle Health work.

Founded in 1994 and owned by Japan's Recruit Holdings since 2010, through RGF Staffing, CSI supplies contract, contract-to-hire and direct-hire staff. It acquired the healthcare IT consultancy MedSys Group in January 2025 and states that its staff augmentation database holds over 1.8 million candidates.

• Headquarters: Jacksonville, Florida
• Founded in 1994 (company-stated); part of Recruit Holdings (RGF Staffing) since 2010
• Current core focus: healthcare IT, including EHR integration and go-live support
• Acquired MedSys Group in January 2025

26. Peyton Resource Group (PRG)

Peyton Resource Group, shortened to PRG, is a Texas staffing and recruiting firm whose own job-board copy names Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin among its locations. It is a general professional staffing firm rather than an IT-only agency, covering information technology alongside finance, accounting and engineering.

Its client services cover contract engagements of any length, contract-to-hire, and direct or permanent hiring, plus managed services, project and statement of work solutions, talent acquisition strategy, an RPO service it calls RAPID RPO, onboarding support and a veterans hiring programme, Operation: HeroHire.

• Based in Texas, USA; trades as PRG (prg-usa.com)
• Models: contract, contract-to-hire, direct hire, managed services and RPO
• Sectors: information technology, finance, accounting and engineering
• Company profile copy dates the firm to 2001

27. 52 Limited

52 Limited is a boutique staffing firm in Portland, Oregon, placing technology, engineering, digital and creative talent. Its own homepage lists roles from software, frontend, full stack, data and DevOps engineers to product managers, UX and product designers, data analysts and creative directors, and it names clients including Nike, Microsoft, The North Face and Wieden+Kennedy.

The firm offers contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire engagements nationwide and states that it acts as employer of record across all 50 states, an unusual reach for a locally owned agency of its size.

• Headquarters: Portland, Oregon
• Established in 2005 (company-stated)
• Models: contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire; employer of record in all 50 states
• Focus: technology and creative talent for brands, start-ups and agencies

28. Lucas Group

Lucas Group should not be listed as an independent staffing company. Korn Ferry announced its acquisition of the Atlanta-based professional search and contract staffing firm in October 2021 and completed the deal that year; by 2022 Korn Ferry reported Lucas Group fully integrated and no longer separately identifiable, inside its Professional Search and Interim business.

Founded in 1970, Lucas Group recruited across seven specialisations, of which information technology was one, alongside accounting and finance, human resources, legal, military transition, sales and marketing, and supply chain. Enquiries for its services now route through Korn Ferry.

• Parent: Korn Ferry (acquired 2021, since integrated)
• Founded in 1970; headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia at acquisition
• Model: professional search and contract staffing for middle-market businesses
• IT position: one of seven specialisations, not the core line

29. Heinsohn Xelerator (Heinsohn Business Technology)

Heinsohn Xelerator is the name used for the nearshore offer of Heinsohn Business Technology, a Colombian technology company. It is not a US staffing agency: its US staff augmentation pages state that it works in a nearshore model, supplying software development, UX/UI design, QA testing and DevOps talent mainly from Colombia and Latin America, across US time zones from coast to coast.

Staffing is one line of a wider business that also covers software development, technology consulting, project delivery and enterprise software. On its own blog the company describes Heinsohn Xelerator as having 40+ years of experience and a team of 400+ certified engineers.

• Company: Heinsohn Business Technology, Colombia
• Model: nearshore staff augmentation for US clients
• Roles: software development, UX/UI design, QA testing and DevOps engineering
• Company-stated (blog): 40+ years of experience; 400+ certified engineers

30. Han Staffing

Han Staffing, formally HAN IT Staffing, is a New Jersey-based staffing firm whose own About page says it was born in 2012. It describes itself as women-owned and women-led and a certified Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE).

IT staffing is a principal line — its job postings cover roles such as UI architects, lead developers and automation testers — within a general staffing business whose founders had staffed finance, retail, hospitality, healthcare and consulting clients. It is a smaller regional firm, so it suits buyers who want a diverse-owned supplier with hands-on service.

• Based in New Jersey, USA (Iselin, per its own job postings and directories)
• Founded in 2012 (company-stated)
• Certified Minority & Women Owned Business Enterprise (company-stated)
• Focus: IT staffing within a general staffing offer

What has changed since older lists were written

Several names that appear on older versions of this list, and on many other websites, no longer exist in their old form. The changes below are covered in the profiles above and are worth knowing before you contact a firm.

• Randstad Technologies became Randstad Digital in August 2023.
• Modis became Akkodis in 2022, after the Adecco Group combined it with AKKA Technologies.
• Queen Consulting Group merged into the unified Talent Groups brand in September 2023.
• Vaco's parent rebranded to Highspring in March 2025; the staffing arm is now Vaco by Highspring.
• Lucas Group was acquired by Korn Ferry in 2021 and integrated, so it no longer operates independently.
• Aerotek split in 2021 and now covers industrial staffing only; its professional and engineering arms became Aston Carter and Actalent.
• CSI Companies has refocused on healthcare IT; its CSI Tech division name dates from 2020.

How to choose an IT staffing company

• Match the model to the need: contract staff for project peaks, direct hire for permanent roles, managed services when you want outcomes rather than individuals.
• Check the specialism, not just the size. A firm whose core business is technology will usually screen developers better than a generalist, and vice versa for mixed office and industrial hiring.
• Ask how candidates are vetted: technical testing, reference checks, and who interviews the worker before you see a CV.
• Confirm the current brand and ownership. Several firms on older lists have been acquired or renamed, and contracts, insurance and payroll sit with the current legal entity.
• Agree conversion terms up front: whether a contractor can be hired permanently, after how long, and at what fee.
• Check geographic coverage and time zones, especially for remote roles: a nearshore team in Latin America works US hours, which an offshore team may not.
• Ask for references in your industry and check how the agency handles payroll taxes, insurance and worker classification.

Frequently asked questions

What does an IT staffing company do?

It finds, screens and supplies technology workers for client companies. Depending on the model, the agency may employ the worker itself and bill an hourly rate (contract staffing), run a search for a permanent employee (direct hire), or manage a whole team or project (managed services). The client directs the work; the agency handles recruitment, payroll and compliance for the people it supplies.

What is the difference between contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire?

With contract staffing, the worker is engaged for a set period and is usually paid by the agency. Contract-to-hire starts the same way but includes an agreed path to permanent employment. With direct hire, the client employs the person from the start and the agency is paid a placement fee. Contract routes cost more per hour but carry less long-term commitment.

Do staffing companies charge candidates?

Reputable staffing companies are paid by the employer, not by the candidate. Jobseekers should not be asked for placement fees, training fees or payment for equipment. If a firm asks a candidate for money, treat it as a warning sign and check the company independently before sharing personal documents.

Should I use a large national firm or a specialist agency?

Large firms offer scale, national coverage and managed programmes, which suits high-volume or multi-site hiring. Specialists and regional firms often know a niche or a local market better and give more senior attention to each search. Many employers use both: a national firm for volume contract roles and a specialist for scarce senior or niche skills.

What is nearshore IT staffing?

Nearshore staffing supplies workers from nearby countries in similar time zones — for US companies, typically Latin America. Firms such as Hire with Near and Heinsohn Xelerator recruit, employ or contract the staff locally and handle payroll and compliance, while the client manages the day-to-day work. The attraction is time-zone overlap and lower cost than US hiring; the trade-offs are language, culture and employment-law differences that the agency should manage.

How do I check whether a staffing company is still trading under the same name?

Look at the company's own website and recent press releases rather than directory listings, which often lag by years. Several firms in this guide changed names or owners between 2021 and 2025 — Randstad Digital, Akkodis and Talent Groups among them — and a quick check of the current brand avoids contracting with the wrong legal entity.