Technology & software in United Kingdom_
As of 4 November 2026, 94,820 technology & software companies are based in United Kingdom: 2,343 with 51+ employees, 1,566 hiring right now, led by b2b saas platforms and London.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies, confident classification
- 94,820
- 51+ employees
- 2,343 · 2%
- Hiring now
- 1,566 · 460 new in 30 d
- Largest segment
- B2B SaaS platforms · 37,353
- Top city
- London · 10,265
- Running cold outbound
- 712
Technology & software in United Kingdom, by segment
Click a segment for its own map. Second column: companies hiring right now.
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| B2B SaaS platforms | 37,353 · 695 |
| Software dev AI agencies | 21,725 · 519 |
| Managed IT services | 17,588 · 455 |
| Consumer software & mobile apps | 14,516 · 48 |
| Web hosting & domains | 11,942 · 11 |
| Developer apis & data infrastructure | 3,381 · 126 |
| Health technology & life sciences | 2,222 · 49 |
| Hospitality software | 2,121 · 32 |
| Tracking & fleet software | 1,801 · 32 |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 62,667 · 102 |
| 2-10 employees | 20,097 · 363 |
| 11-50 employees | 9,713 · 522 |
| 51-200 employees | 1,851 · 385 |
| 201-500 employees | 303 · 116 |
| 501-1000 employees | 95 · 40 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 74 · 32 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 9 · 4 |
| 10,001+ employees | 11 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 10,265 | 11% |
| Chalbury Common | 1,361 | 1% |
| Hoxton | 809 | 1% |
| Manchester | 723 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 495 | 1% |
| Birmingham | 475 | 1% |
| Bristol | 382 | 0% |
| Aldgate East | 360 | 0% |
| Edinburgh | 350 | 0% |
| Newington | 346 | 0% |
| Canary Wharf | 341 | 0% |
| Leeds | 330 | 0% |
The biggest technology & software companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of technology & software in United Kingdom
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94,820 technology & software companies are based in United Kingdom: 2,343 with 51 or more employees, 1,566 hiring right now (460 opened a role in the last 30 days), led by b2b saas platforms and London. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/technology_software/united-kingdom)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
- StackScripts and embeds on the company's pages plus SPF, DKIM, MX and CNAME records of its domain.
Technology & software in United Kingdom: questions
How many technology & software companies are there in United Kingdom?
94,820 with a confident industry and country classification, read from their own websites; 2,343 of them have 51 or more employees.
How do you know a company belongs to technology & software?
We classify every company from its own website into a vertical, a sub-vertical and a leaf, each with a confidence score. This page counts companies with industry confidence of at least 0.7 and country confidence of at least 0.8; the company list shows only rich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount.
Which technology & software companies in United Kingdom are hiring?
1,566 have an open role on their own career site today and 460 opened one in the last 30 days. The full list with the hiring manager is in the product; counting is free.
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