Pricing

Salary, Plus One Fee From £149 a Month

No setup cost. No placement fee. No markup hidden inside statutory contributions. You know the full monthly number before anyone is hired, and the fee falls automatically as your team grows.

The rate card

Per person, per month, on top of your hire’s salary and their Indian statutory employment costs. The tier is set by how many people you have with us in total.

  • 1–4 hires

    £199per person / month

    Your first hire, or a small team

  • 20+ hires

    Customquoted per engagement

    Standing up a whole offshore team

Recruitment is included at every tier — sourcing, screening and shortlisting are covered by the monthly fee, not billed as a percentage of first-year salary. Above 20 hires we quote per engagement, and it will not exceed the 5–20 rate.

Included at every tier

Recruitment

  • Dedicated recruiter on every search
  • Shortlist delivered within 5 working days
  • Assessed English proficiency, spoken and written
  • Role-specific skills testing before shortlist

Employment terms

  • 6-week probation period
  • One month’s notice, either side
  • Replacement search at no additional fee

Payroll & compliance

  • Payroll, income tax and statutory filings managed
  • Statutory benefits administered in full
  • Multi-currency payments, invoiced in pounds

Ongoing support

  • Dedicated support manager, named not shared
  • Two weeks of structured onboarding support
  • Home-office setup assistance for your hire

Identical service at every tier. Whether you hire one person or a hundred, you get the same dedicated recruiter, the same named support manager and the same onboarding.

What the fee covers, at every tier

  • Sourcing, headhunting and screening candidates in the Indian market
  • Skills testing and spoken-English assessment before you see anyone
  • A compliant Indian employment contract through our EOR partner
  • Payroll in rupees, tax deducted at source, statutory benefits filed
  • Provident fund, insurance and gratuity accrual, handled and filed
  • Local HR support for your hire, in their own time zone
  • A replacement search if the placement does not work out
  • One monthly invoice in pounds, itemised and predictable

The fee is not the whole cost — and we will say so

Our fee sits on top of what it costs to employ your hire in India: their salary and the statutory employer contributions that go with it. Any provider quoting you one low monthly number is either bundling those in or leaving them out, and it is worth finding out which before you compare.

So the honest way to read our pricing is: their salary + Indian statutory costs + our fee = your monthly invoice. Nothing else is added. For most support roles that lands somewhere between £650 and £950 a month all in; for senior engineering roles it is higher, because the salary is.

Ask us for a fully loaded monthly figure for one specific role and we will send it as a single number you can put in a budget. That is the figure worth comparing against a UK salary, and against another provider.

What that actually buys you

Criterion Through JuteWise Hiring the same person in the UK
Monthly fee £199 or £149 per person; custom above 20 None, but see below
Recruitment Included 15–20% of first-year salary
Employer National Insurance Not applicable 15% above £5,000
Workplace pension Not applicable 3% minimum on qualifying earnings
Desk, equipment, software You provide equipment only All of it
Replacement if they leave Included Recruit and pay again

UK statutory figures are for the 2025/26 tax year. Employment Allowance may offset some employer NI across your whole payroll.

FAQ

Pricing questions

Is there a setup fee?

No. There is no setup fee, no onboarding fee and no charge to begin a search.

Is recruitment really included?

Yes. Sourcing, screening, skills testing and shortlisting are covered by the monthly fee. There is no placement fee and no percentage of first-year salary — which is the single biggest difference between this and using a recruitment agency.

When does the fee drop to the next tier?

The tier is set by how many people you have with us in total. At five hires you move to £149 per person. Above 20 we quote per engagement — it will not be more than the 5–20 rate. The new rate applies across your whole team, not just the additional hires.

What is the minimum term?

There is no minimum term and no fixed contract length. Either side gives one month’s notice. You are never locked into a year to get a monthly price.

What happens to the fee if our hire leaves?

Billing stops when the employment ends, under the notice terms in the agreement. If they leave inside the settling-in period, the replacement search is included.

Do you mark up the salary or the statutory costs?

No. The employment cost line on your invoice is what it costs to employ them. Our margin is the fee, and it is the number on this page.

Want a number for your specific role?

Tell us the job and we will send an exact all-in monthly cost, in writing.