Data and AI Talent Solutions
Harnham provides specialist Data and AI recruitment staffing services and talent solutions across multiple industry verticals in the UK, the USA and the EU.
UNRIVALED DATA TALENT EXPERIENCE
For more than 18 years, Harnham has provided data and AI talent solutions to the world's largest companies and most innovative startups. We are the global leader in Data and AI recruitment.
A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF DATA TALENT SOLUTIONS
Whether you need full-time staff, contract talent, specialized training, Data-qualified graduates, or C-suite executives, Harnham Group is equipped to fulfill all your data talent requirements.
Attract, Train & Deploy
Rockborne – our graduate development arm – deploys expertly trained data consultants, who have gone through an intensive 12-week data training programme. After two years in the scheme, your consultant could become a full-time employee.
Contract & Freelance
Whether you're addressing a talent shortage, augmenting a project team, or encountering resource gaps, our specialist consultants offer bespoke interim talent solutions to address every organizations unique challenges and drive success.
Permanent & Direct Hire
From early career professionals to senior management, our comprehensive services enable you to unearth outstanding data talent across various specializations.
Executive Search
With our dedicated executive search team and an extensive network encompassing the director to C-suite level, we assist both global corporations and ambitious start-ups in securing top-tier leadership talent to accomplish their goals.
Upskilling & Data Training
Elevate your team's data expertise with our all-encompassing training programs covering essential tools and technologies such as Python, SQL, Machine Learning, LLM’s and AI.
Remote Resources
Our UK-based data consultants are ready to seamlessly integrate into your projects, offering immediate support and expertise. These consultants are equipped to hit the ground running, effectively bridging any gaps in your team.
Full Data Life Cycle Coverage
Our recruitment and talent teams cover all aspects of the data and AI pipeline, from collection to consumption, across multiple data roles and functions. We specialize in a variety of data roles and functions, ensuring comprehensive coverage and expertise across the field.
Why Harnham and Rockborne joined forces to open up data careers and deliver end-to-end impact.
When Waseem Ali joined Harnham, he was struck by the global scale of our reach in data, AI, and analytics talent. Having led data teams himself as a Chief Data Officer, he knew first-hand that businesses needed more than recruitment alone. They needed a partner who understood their challenges and could build lasting solutions.
That realisation sparked the creation of Rockborne. What began as a consultancy has grown into something much broader: training, upskilling, and deploying diverse data specialists, helping organisations close skills gaps while opening data careers to people from a wide range of backgrounds.
Together, Harnham and Rockborne now support the full talent lifecycle. From hiring junior to senior talent, to supplying interim resources, through to advising on data and talent strategy, upskilling teams, and deploying project-ready consultants, we help organisations build future-ready capability.
This is what makes Harnham x Rockborne more than recruitment: a complete talent partner in data and AI.
How Harnham and Rockborne help diverse talent thrive while reshaping data hiring.
Some of the most rewarding moments in our journey come from watching people build lasting careers in data. Our first groups of Rockborne consultants, many from non-traditional backgrounds, are now in permanent roles, earning promotions, and even leading teams of their own. Their success shows how opportunity can transform lives as well as industries.
That same impact is reflected in our client partnerships. In one organisation, Rockborne consultants, Harnham contractors, and permanent employees all now work side by side — supported by nearly 200 hours of training delivered directly to their teams. It’s a clear example of talent transformation in action, where the focus is on creating capability rather than simply filling roles.
At an industry level, we’re helping businesses challenge the status quo. With thousands applying for jobs every minute but only a handful hired, relying on the “perfect CV” leaves too much potential untapped. By opening doors to people with diverse skills and experiences, we help clients find the right talent, while giving individuals the chance to thrive in data careers.
A clear guide to our Attract–Train–Deploy model for building data and AI capability.
Every business is different, so the best way to work with Harnham and Rockborne starts with a conversation. We listen to understand the specific challenges data leaders are facing, and shape the right approach together.
Attract: Through our global network, we help organisations hire permanent data and AI talent; from executives who set direction to junior specialists who deliver impact.
Train: Training takes two forms. For leaders, we provide advisory support on both data and talent strategy, mapping out the roles, structures, and priorities you’ll need in year one, year two, and beyond. For teams, our Rockborne consultant model supplies trained junior professionals who are project-ready from day one. They typically stay for 6–24 months and often continue as permanent employees, growing with the business.
Deploy: Finally, we deliver data and AI literacy, training, and culture programmes. From generative AI workshops to organisation-wide data upskilling, we’ve supported hundreds of professionals to adapt and thrive.
This joined-up Attract–Train–Deploy model means businesses can hire, grow, and deploy data capability as and when it’s needed.
Simplifying talent strategies and investing in skills for long-term impact.
Success for our clients means confidence and simplicity. With one partner able to cover the full spectrum of data and AI talent, leaders can reduce the complexity of juggling multiple suppliers and focus on building capability that lasts.
That capability takes many forms: permanent hires who drive strategy, consultants who deliver projects, and training that develops data literacy and AI readiness across the organisation. For some businesses, it’s short-term support. For others, it’s a medium- or long-term investment in skills and culture that transforms how data is understood and used.
The impact goes beyond individual roles. When data and AI become part of the fabric of an organisation, decision-making improves, teams are empowered, and the business is ready for the future.
As demand for data expertise continues to grow, our ambition is to be the trusted partner leaders turn to, offering honest advice, scalable solutions, and a community of peers to learn and grow with.
That’s what success looks like.
Data, AI & Analytics professionals placed in 2023-24
days to fill a Data freelance requirement from initial briefing
different organizations supported across the globe in the past two years
times faster than the industry standard to fill a machine learning position
Testimonials
"From initial engagement to having a skilled member from their team within our business was quick and straightforward. They ensured their team member was well briefed, prior to starting with us so they could hit the ground running. They rapidly adapted to our business, our data insights requirements and our technology and became a valued member of the team. The quality of work and attention to detail was excellent and we would happily use the service again in the future.”
Dan Garner Confer With
“Weber Shandwick are a new client of Harnham’s and we are extremely satisfied with our partnership. The Contract Team has knocked it out of the park with the quality of candidates they have presented and with the level of service delivered.”
Olga Deich Weber Shandwick
“From my experience, Harnham's representatives excel at identifying, matching, and supporting in demand talent while maintaining strong relationships with businesses who often scramble for talent as the market demands”
Julian Schrup KPMG
“Communicative, knowledgeable, and professional are the three traits I'd say Harnham provides. It's hard to find a firm that not only understands what you are looking for but also has the skills to find it.”
Jason Vandeventer Mercy
“It's been a wonderful experience working with the Harnham team. They've consistently demonstrated expertise in finding top Data Science & Engineering talent to fill the needs of the business.”
Johnson Kuan Direct TV
“Harnham Group has started our business down the path of truly realising value from our data, and I expect this is true for many other businesses too. The consultants act and feel like they are part of the myenergi team and as such are always proactively identifying opportunities for value creation and improvement. In particular, the enhanced understanding of our customers has led to huge improvements in the accuracy of our business forecasting, and the predictive ML models are showing the potential to provide a step-change in our customer experience proposition”
Jack Fielder myenergi
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