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THE LONDON EDITION 2026

London’s
hr and payroll software industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping hr and payroll software in London. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
Illustrated cover for HR and Payroll Software Industry Landscape of London
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

HR and Payroll Software illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore London’s hr and payroll software leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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HR and Payroll Software company highlights in London, snapshot 3 September 2026
Company
Hasteehastee.com$272.9M24
Beamerybeamery.com$223.12M230
Yonderyonder.com$143.51M15
Omnipresentomnipresent.com$137.8M396Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Peakonpeakon.com$116.74M131
Sonasona.ai$115.57M
LifeWorkslifeworks.com$86M1
Jobpartnersjobpartners.com$59.86M
Versatile Peopletheversatilepeople.com5 roles
Orgvueorgvue.com4 roles266Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Learning Technologies Groupltgplc.com3 roles5,394
Only Codersonlycoders.net2 roles
Hunchhello.askhunch.com1 roles
Playrollplayroll.com1 roles11
Revolut Peoplerevolutpeople.com1 roles
The Work Perktheworkperk.com1 roles15
AIApplyaiapply.co
AimHi Earthaimhi.earth4
BrightPaybrightpay.co.uk11
Certinocertino.com14
Cezanne HRcezannehr.com54
Doremingdoreming.com1$0FYFY2024 filing
Meta Viewmetaview.ai11
PayCaptainpaycaptain.com16
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

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THE KEY SIGNALS

HR and Payroll Software industry KPIs in London

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

3 September 2026
Hiring participation3.0%

11 of 370 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation24.3%

90 of 370 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share36.3%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$1.89M

Midpoint of 171 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 36.3% of disclosed capital, while 75.7% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How London hr and payroll software has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

London hr and payroll software
$0$91.66M$183.32M$274.98M$366.64M2016: $97.32M20162017: $60.82M20172018: $179.31M20182019: $321.61M20192020: $33.82M20202021: $305.79M20212022: $250.87M20222023: $133.34M20232024: $82.7M20242025: $84.15M2025
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Annual hr and payroll software funding and company formation in London
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$97.32M167
2017$60.82M2112
2018$179.31M2915
2019$321.61M2715
2020$33.82M3419
2021$305.79M2421
2022$250.87M2419
2023$133.34M3415
2024$82.7M2411
2025$84.15M69
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Hastee15.5%
  • Beamery12.7%
  • Yonder8.2%
  • Other companies63.7%

Funding by stage

188 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel119 63.3%
Series A–B51 27.1%
Series C+ / PE3 1.6%
Grants, debt & other15 8.0%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
4 rounds

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Series A05/2026
Blink $17M

Backed by Enlightened Hospitality Investments.

Series A05/2026
Happl $11M

Backed by Portage and Y Combinator and others.

Series B04/2026
Sona $45M

Backed by N47 and Felicis Ventures and others.

Seed04/2026
Dex $5.3M

Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Concept and others.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series C06/2021
Beamerybeamery.com$138M

Backed by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Accenture and others.

Series B02/2018
Peakonpeakon.com$59.29M

Backed by Balderton Capital and Idinvest Partners and others.

Series B04/2026
Sonasona.ai$45M

Backed by N47 and Felicis Ventures and others.

Series B12/2021
Pentopento.io$35M

Backed by Tiger Global Management and Avid Ventures and others.

Series A04/2023
Sonasona.ai$33.95M

Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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GBP · millions · consolidated

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2024 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 3 reporting entities from 181 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not London market sales.

Net profit / loss

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities

None of 3 covered entities.

Top-five concentration

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2024 · 3 reporting entities

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LONDON · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does hr and payroll software compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the London companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

9 of the 370 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (2.4%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 238,605 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
AIApplyaiapply.co969,4893955.8%
Blinkjoinblink.com556,2544429.1%
PayDashboardpaydashboard.com305,2702886.2%
Beamerybeamery.com249,8564049.4%
Findmyshiftfindmyshift.com238,6053532.8%
Perkboxperkbox.com217,4704356.8%
BrightPaybrightpay.co.uk181,3723883.1%
Zeltzelt.app36,4164120.9%
Worktivityuseworktivity.com33,104200%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

55 of these companies (14.9%) publish at least one Android app — 86 apps in all, carrying 2.2M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
PerkboxPerkbox447.2KLifestyle
Blink - The Frontline AppBlink439.2K4.1Communication
Quizgecko: Smart AI FlashcardsQuizgecko191.1K4.6Education
UK Salary CalculatorSalary Calculator180.3K4.7Finance
FindmyshiftFindmyshift164.7K4.5Communication
Executive Ready AI Coach RockyRocky Robots140.6K4Business
OnsiOnsi98KFinance
PorticoPortico95KBusiness
Cezanne HR for MobileCezanne HR69.5KBusiness
PeakonPeakon59.5K4.6Business

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q3–2026Q1).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Hrtech862.2MPerkbox 447.2K
Finance & Accounting Tech13361.8KUK Salary Calculator 180.3K
Artificial Intelligence2331.7KQuizgecko: Smart AI Flashcards 191.1K
Alternative Lending5104.3KOnsi 98K
Internet First Insurance Platforms298.1KDevsi 92
Enterprise Collaboration521.7KNissan Insider 19.6K
Payments615.2KThanksBen 14.4K
Online Travel414.8KFlatIron by Ben 350

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q1: 32023Q1: 12023Q12023Q2: 12023Q2: 12023Q22023Q3: 22023Q3: 22023Q32024Q1: 32024Q1: 02024Q12024Q2: 72024Q2: 22024Q22024Q3: 32024Q3: 02024Q32024Q4: 62024Q4: 42024Q42025Q1: 32025Q1: 42025Q12025Q2: 52025Q2: 22025Q22025Q3: 42025Q3: 102025Q32025Q4: 42025Q4: 52025Q42026Q1: 32026Q1: 72026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 74 of 86 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The London hr and payroll software market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Enterprise tech349
Enterprise software304
Saas245
Hr saas245
Future of work139
Fintech57
Cfo stack49
Consumer digital39
Remote work tools31
Environmental health and safety compliance24
Artificial intelligence23
Native ai in recruiting15

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Enterprise tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

349companies
2.6%have hiring activity

9 companies hiring · $1.53B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Subscription337
Commission on transaction21
Fee-for-service19
Advertising12
E-commerce - service8
E-commerce - product5
Sponsorship2
Renting / leasing1
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsmo.work ↗

US-based giant UKG has snapped up London-founded employee recognition startup Mo

Funding roundswearebeem.com ↗

London teenager Toby Brown from Twickenham secured $1M from Silicon Valley’s South Park Commons for his AI startup Beem.

Mergers & acquisitionsguider-ai.com ↗

just weeks after it completed the acquisition of Guider in a multi-million-pound deal

Funding roundsmetaview.ai ↗

The new capital will be used to broaden its AI “hiring agent” suite across the recruiting workflow.

Mergers & acquisitionshastee.com ↗

Payroll and HR platform Zellis Group has acquired London-based Hastee as it increases its suite of financial wellbeing tools.

Funding roundsprofinda.com ↗

AI-driven workforce optimisation platform ProFinda has raised a £3m facility from Palatine’s Growth Credit Fund.

Mergers & acquisitionsappraisd.com ↗

Private equity-backed HR software specialist Talos360 has acquired global performance management software platform Appraisd in what bosses say is an “important milestone” in its growth plans.

Funding roundszelt.app ↗

Zelt, a London, UK-based all-in-one people operations software provider, raised $6m in funding.

Funding roundsbeamery.com ↗

Beamery, a London, UK-based provider of an AI-powered platform for talent management, received a debt financing from CIBC Innovation Banking.

Mergers & acquisitionsonfolk.com ↗

Y Combinator and Ace & Co. SA sold UK-headquartered payroll software developer Onfolk Ltd. to Tide Platform Ltd.

Full recorded event mix

Top 6 categories among 32 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Funding rounds
10
Leadership moves
9
Mergers & acquisitions
8
New products
3
Earnings
1
Company announcements
1

Leadership moves

3 tracked people moves

Cezanne HR ↗
Julie Lally

Appointment Chief Product Officer

Certino ↗
Tom Martin-Lockyer

Appointment Chief Executive Officer

Certino ↗
Richard McBride

Appointment Non-Executive Board Member

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
ukgMo ↗Announced2025-11-26Not stated in snapshot
EdTech ThriveGuider ↗Completed2025-08-12Not stated in snapshot
thriveGuider ↗Announced2025-07-25Not stated in snapshot
Zellis GroupHastee ↗Completed2025-06-16Not stated in snapshot
talos360Appraisd ↗Announced2025-04-07Not stated in snapshot
general atlanticLearning Technologies Group ↗Announced2024-12-04Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

11 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 36-posting snapshot covers 23 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Payroll Coordinator (Remote)1
Software Engineer Ai/Ml1
Software Development Engineer In Test (Sdet)1
4 internship postings

1 tracked postings mention remote work.

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 36 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Software
23
Payroll
10
Machine Learning
5
Hardware
4
Infrastructure
4
Jira
3
Hardware Engineering
3
Confluence
3
Benefits
3
Cell Line Development
3
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

225 founders and chief executives across 167 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

49 profiles with education records.

University of Cambridge
7
University of Oxford
5
University College London
4
London School of Economics and Political Science
4
University of Warwick
4
Imperial College London
4
King’s College London
3
University of Manchester
2

Prior employers

9 profiles with prior-work records.

Goldman Sachs
3
Morgan Stanley
3
Bain
1
Uber
1
McKinsey
1

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

DEMAND, SUPPLY & PLACE

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — London

Compare demand signals in London’s newsflow with the hr and payroll software categories mapped to each signal.

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HOW TO READ THE GAP

Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.

The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.

COMPARISON PERIOD2025-05-01 to 2026-05-01Against 2024-05-01 to 2025-05-01Explore the signals ↓

The opportunity, in one view

Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.

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4 London demand signals compared with mapped hr and payroll software supply
Signal familySignal percentileSupply percentileRelative gapGap (points)Signal share vs prior year
Data & privacy regulation ↗Compliance Pressure25.00.0+25.0
Tech workforce shifts ↗Spending Pressure50.050.0+0.0-1.1%
Cloud & platform build-out ↗Infrastructure Shift41.7100.0-58.3
Security incidents & breaches ↗Risk Pressure83.3No matching category+26.8%

Showing all 4 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.

Where the signals are loudest

All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. London is highlighted.

Mentions per 10,000 articles

Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage. Rows cover all of the United Kingdom for this page's signal families; London is marked.

Cambridge85.6

Cloud & platform build-out · Tech workforce shifts · Data & privacy regulation

Cheshire46.4

Tech workforce shifts · Security incidents & breaches · Cloud & platform build-out

LondonThis page43.3

Tech workforce shifts · Security incidents & breaches · Cloud & platform build-out

Bolton40.7

Tech workforce shifts · Security incidents & breaches

Dundee32.1

Security incidents & breaches · Tech workforce shifts

Edinburgh31.4

Tech workforce shifts · Data & privacy regulation · Security incidents & breaches

Blackburn28.5

Tech workforce shifts

Mayfair25.2

Security incidents & breaches · Tech workforce shifts

Brighton23.6

Tech workforce shifts · Data & privacy regulation

Glasgow19.1

Tech workforce shifts · Security incidents & breaches

Barry18.7

Tech workforce shifts · Security incidents & breaches

Stone18.6

Tech workforce shifts · Security incidents & breaches

Inside the leading signals

Open any signal for its quarterly history
COMPLIANCE PRESSUREData & privacy regulation+25.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Privacy rules can land as engineering requirements — consent, data handling and audit tooling follow.

5.61mentions per 10,000 articles

Mapped hr and payroll software categories

  • Environmental Health And Safety Compliance24

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of London coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

03610132024Q3: 52024Q32024Q4: 22024Q42025Q1: 32025Q12025Q2: 42025Q22025Q3: 112025Q32025Q4: 32025Q42026Q1: 32026Q1
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Data & privacy regulation in London coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3135.06
2024Q452.13
2025Q193.39
2025Q2124.99
2025Q33411.18
2025Q493.73
2026Q1103.21

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

London6.3 / 10,000
SPENDING PRESSURETech workforce shifts+0.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Hiring, visa and layoff cycles can resize teams — per-seat budgets tend to follow.

19.06mentions per 10,000 articles-1.1%share change vs prior year

Mapped hr and payroll software categories

  • Hr Saas245
  • Future Of Work139
  • Remote Work Tools31

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of London coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

081623312024Q3: 192024Q32024Q4: 162024Q42025Q1: 272025Q12025Q2: 172025Q22025Q3: 222025Q32025Q4: 142025Q42026Q1: 192026Q1
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Tech workforce shifts in London coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q35019.47
2024Q43916.63
2025Q17227.15
2025Q24117.03
2025Q36922.68
2025Q43414.1
2026Q16019.28

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

INFRASTRUCTURE SHIFTCloud & platform build-out-58.3percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Cloud and platform build-out can multiply the pipelines and environments a team must manage.

6.32mentions per 10,000 articles

Mapped hr and payroll software categories

  • Saas245
  • Hr Saas245

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of London coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0369122024Q3: 52024Q32024Q4: 42024Q42025Q1: 32025Q12025Q2: 62025Q22025Q3: 102025Q32025Q4: 62025Q42026Q1: 32026Q1
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Cloud & platform build-out in London coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3155.84
2024Q4104.26
2025Q193.39
2025Q2156.23
2025Q33310.85
2025Q4156.22
2026Q1123.86

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

London6.9 / 10,000
RISK PRESSURESecurity incidents & breachessupply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Breach pressure can push security into every buying decision.

11.4mentions per 10,000 articles+26.8%share change vs prior year

Mapped hr and payroll software categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s hr and payroll software market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of London coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

061218242024Q3: 142024Q32024Q4: 52024Q42025Q1: 52025Q12025Q2: 112025Q22025Q3: 212025Q32025Q4: 62025Q42026Q1: 62026Q1
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Security incidents & breaches in London coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q33714.41
2024Q4125.12
2025Q1145.28
2025Q22811.63
2025Q36421.04
2025Q4156.22
2026Q1196.11

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

RESEARCH & CHANGING CONVERSATIONS

Related research and changing coverage

London hr and payroll software coverage

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What is growing in this coverage

the United Kingdom coverage of this page's demand families

KeywordRecent articlesPrior articlesShare change
ai hardware483956.2%
ransomware-as-a-service11812321.7%
cloud infrastructure7899-0.0%

Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.

UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

HR and Payroll Software in London: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

Company ecosystem snapshot: 3 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.

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