TL;DR: Nicoll Curtin, GMP Technologies and Tenth Revolution Group are Singapore's specialist IT recruitment agencies, and Morgan McKinley, Charterhouse, Argyll Scott and Ambition run dedicated IT desks. Kerry Consulting covers senior technology leadership. Every firm on this list holds a Ministry of Manpower employment agency licence, which you can check free on MOM's register.
Running an IT recruitment agency in Singapore without a licence carries a fine of up to S$80,000, two years in jail, or both.
Three of the firms below, GMP, Morgan McKinley and Adecco, now open their websites with warnings about scammers using their names. That makes the licence number the first thing to check on any IT recruiter.
Tech recruitment demand has also cooled. MOM's labour market report counted 4,400 information and communications vacancies in June 2026, down from 5,300 in March.
IT Recruitment Agencies in Singapore Compared
| Agency | IT focus | Hiring types | MOM licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicoll Curtin | Technology and change only | Permanent, contract, executive | 16S8274 |
| Second Talent | Engineers from nine Asian markets | Full-time, EOR | 25C2662 |
| GMP Technologies | Technology arm of a generalist group | Permanent, contract | 11C3793 |
| Argyll Scott | Product, cloud, DevOps, data | Permanent, contract, RPO | 16S8105 |
| Morgan McKinley | Technology practice | Permanent, contract, leadership, RPO | 11C5502 |
| Charterhouse | IT risk, infrastructure, applications, security | Permanent, contract | 16S8066 |
| Ambition | Mid to senior technology roles | Permanent, contract | 10C5117 |
| Kerry Consulting | Senior technology leadership | Executive search | 16S8060 |
| Tenth Revolution Group | Microsoft, AWS, Salesforce, SAP and other platforms | Permanent, contract, executive | 11C3017 |
| Adecco | Technology among nine industries | Permanent, volume, RPO | 91C2918 |
- 1A Select Licence lets an agency place only roles paying more than S$4,500 a month, and its consultants need no CEI certificate.
- 2MOM caps the fee an agency may take from the worker. Nothing caps what it charges you, the employer.
- 3Several firms hold two licences, one per legal entity. GMP, Kerry and Charterhouse each run a second licensed company.
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1. Nicoll Curtin
Nicoll Curtin suits a company that wants a recruiter who does nothing but technology. The firm recruits only in technology and change. Its Singapore office trades as Nicoll Curtin Technology Pte. Ltd., which holds the MOM licence.
Its site lists nine disciplines, from software development, cloud and data to machine learning and AI, cyber security, and governance, risk and compliance. The firm turned 25 in 2024.
It has offices in eight countries, from the UK and the US to Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines.
Its own numbers are specific. It reports 1,313 placements across 2024 and 2025, work with 127 companies and a candidate Net Promoter Score of 70.
It says it was the top supplier to a leading social media company in Asia Pacific, which it does not name. It also publishes a 2026 technology and change salary guide.
- Best for: software, cloud, data and cyber security hires where the recruiter needs to read a technical CV.
- Watch out: the placement figures cover all eight countries, so ask how many came through the Singapore desk.
- Published scale: 1,313 placements in 2024 and 2025, about 750 candidates helped into jobs each year.
2. Second Talent
We are on our own list, so read this entry with that in mind. Second Talent suits a company hiring software engineers who do not all need to sit in Singapore. Our Singapore entity, Second Talent SG Pte. Ltd., holds MOM licence 25C2662.
We match pre-vetted engineers from nine Asian markets, including Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia, within 24 hours.
Candidates pass four stages: a technical test, a check of their AI coding tools, English at C1 or above, and a behavioural interview.
We can then employ the hire through our employer of record service in Singapore, so you need no local entity.
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The same roles cost less in Vietnam or the Philippines, and our Singapore hiring costs page sets the rates side by side. 92% of the talent we place stays, across more than 200 client companies.
- Best for: engineering teams that want Singapore and nearby markets on one contract.
- Watch out: our model is built around engineers employed across nine markets. If every seat must be in a Singapore office, compare our quote with a local agency’s fee.
- Published scale: 200+ client companies, 92% talent retention.
3. GMP Technologies
GMP Technologies suits a company that wants a Singapore-born recruiter with three decades in the local market. It is the technology company of The GMP Group, which Dr Giam Cheng Lan founded in 1991 as a small recruitment firm.
The group splits its work across two licensed companies. GMP Recruitment Services (S) Pte Ltd holds licence 09C3051, and GMP Technologies (S) Pte Ltd holds 11C3793.
The group’s Singapore office is at One Finlayson Green in the Raffles Place district, and it runs a sister agency in Kuala Lumpur.
GMP has grown beyond placement into HR services such as payroll, so one supplier can recruit and then run the admin. Its homepage opens with a banner warning about scammers posing as GMP consultants.
- Best for: companies that want technology hiring and payroll from one Singapore supplier.
- Watch out: the jobs on the group homepage include chemical plant and supply chain roles, so confirm which consultants will run your IT search.
- Published scale: more than 30 years in Singapore recruitment, per the group.
4. Argyll Scott
Argyll Scott suits a company hiring across product and engineering, where one recruiter covers the whole build team.
Its Singapore technology practice names six areas: leadership hires, product and engineering, cloud and infrastructure, QA and DevOps, enterprise architecture, and data science.
The firm says 70% of the candidates it places come from its existing networks, and that 90% of clients use it again.
For companies that want to hand over hiring altogether, it also runs recruitment process outsourcing, where its team works as your in-house recruiting function.
Its Singapore entity, Argyll Scott Singapore Pte. Ltd., holds licence 16S8105. It also runs the Argyll Scott Platinum Club, a community that keeps past placements in touch for later searches.
- Best for: product, platform and DevOps hiring in one search.
- Watch out: the newest tech salary guide on its Singapore page is from 2023. Ask for current pay data before you set an offer.
- Published scale: 90% repeat clients, by its own count.
5. Morgan McKinley
Morgan McKinley suits a company that hires technology contractors as often as permanent staff.
Its technology recruitment page covers contract and temporary hires, permanent roles, leadership searches, and outsourced models such as RPO and managed service programmes.
Contractors are where it differs. A Contractor Experience team handles onboarding and care for technology contractors placed through it, which takes that work off the client.
The firm says it draws on a global database of 1.5 million active and passive job seekers. It is part of Org Group, which also sells technology advisory and managed services.
Its Singapore office is at One Raffles Place Tower 1, under licence 11C5502. The page quotes a Singtel director of software engineering praising how few, and how well matched, the profiles were.
- Best for: mixed permanent and contract technology teams.
- Watch out: the site carries a scam notice about fake Morgan McKinley domains and WhatsApp recruiters, so deal only through its official addresses.
- Published scale: 1.5 million job seekers in its global database.
6. Charterhouse
Charterhouse suits companies hiring infrastructure and security staff in regulated industries. Its Information Technology practice splits into four teams: IT risk and compliance, infrastructure, applications and security.
Matthew Ng leads it as regional head of technology and operations.
The open roles show where it works. In September 2026 they included an Azure cloud engineer on a one-year contract and two infrastructure roles at hedge funds.
A head of cybersecurity and an SAP enterprise architect for a global manufacturer were also open.
Charterhouse runs two licensed companies in Singapore: Charterhouse Pte. Ltd. (16S8066) and Charterhouse Resources Pte. Ltd. (13C6338). Ask which one will sign your contract.
- Best for: cloud, network and security roles in finance.
- Watch out: most listed IT roles are infrastructure and security, so product engineering hires may sit outside its core.
- Published scale: four named IT sub-practices with a regional head.
7. Ambition
Ambition suits companies hiring experienced technologists rather than graduates. Its Technology division focuses on mid to senior positions across application development, technology infrastructure and IT change and transformation.
The division is split by client sector: banking and financial services, digital and start-ups, and enterprise commerce. A start-up hiring its first platform lead gets a different consultant from a bank replacing a head of infrastructure.
Current openings include an IT project manager in banking and an IT ERP engineer.
Ambition publishes a quarterly newsletter on Singapore tech hiring, “How’s the Market?”, alongside an annual Singapore Market Insights and Salary Guide. Its local entity, Ambition Group Singapore Pte. Ltd., holds licence 10C5117.
- Best for: mid to senior tech hires at banks and start-ups.
- Watch out: it is not built for graduate or high-volume hiring.
- Published scale: three sector teams within the technology division.
8. Kerry Consulting
Kerry Consulting suits a company filling a senior technology seat, such as a head of security or a CTO.
It describes itself as the largest and most experienced executive recruitment firm in Singapore, and it works from Suntec Tower 4 under licence 16S8060.
Its technology practice recruits at leadership level. Recent searches include a head of identity and access management and a head of vulnerability management.
It also recruits around technology, such as a head of HR for a data centre business.
Kerry holds a second licence for a sister company, Kerry Interim Pte. Ltd. (22C0942). Chief executive Declan O’Sullivan publishes the firm’s performance and outlook updates, the latest in August 2026.
- Best for: senior security, infrastructure and technology leadership hires.
- Watch out: it runs executive search, so it is not the firm for individual engineer roles.
- Published scale: two licensed companies, founded 2003.
9. Tenth Revolution Group
Tenth Revolution Group suits a company hiring for one software platform, such as Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce or AWS.
It recruits by platform through specialist brands, including Nigel Frank, which has placed Microsoft specialists since 2006. In Singapore it holds licence 11C3017 as Frank Recruitment Group Private Ltd.
Its site lists the platforms it covers. In enterprise software they include SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Salesforce and ServiceNow, and in cloud AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
It fills permanent, contract, executive search and staff augmentation roles.
It also trains its own talent. Its Revolent brand runs a hire-train-deploy model: it certifies candidates on a platform before placing them, which helps when experienced consultants are scarce.
The group reports a talent NPS of 76 and work in more than 40 countries.
- Best for: Dynamics, Salesforce, SAP and cloud platform specialists.
- Watch out: it hires by platform, so a generalist software engineer role fits other firms here better.
- Published scale: more than 40 countries, talent NPS of 76.
10. Adecco
Adecco suits a large employer that needs technology hires alongside volume or multi-department hiring. It says it has more than four decades in Singapore.
Technology is one of nine industries it recruits for, alongside banking, engineering, life sciences and supply chain.
Its permanent recruitment service covers junior to mid-level search, volume hiring, executive search and recruitment process outsourcing. It tests candidates’ technical skills as part of the process.
It also publishes a Singapore salary guide.
The Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices has awarded Adecco Singapore five Tripartite Standards badges, including Fair Recruitment Practices.
Its Singapore entity, Adecco Personnel Pte Ltd, holds licence 91C2918.
- Best for: large employers combining IT hires with volume hiring.
- Watch out: it is a generalist, so ask how many consultants work only on technology.
- Published scale: more than 40 years in Singapore, five Tripartite Standards.
IT Job Consultancy in Singapore: Licence and Fees
Many Singapore candidates call an IT recruitment agency an IT job consultancy. Either way, it is a firm paid to place them in technology jobs. MOM draws no line between the two names.
Both need an employment agency licence, and both appear on the same register.
To check one, search the firm’s name or licence number on MOM’s Employment Agencies Directory, under the Foreign Worker tab. MOM says anyone who places job seekers with employers needs a licence.
In 2021 it jailed one unlicensed operator for four weeks and fined him the maximum S$80,000.
A foreign IT hire also needs an Employment Pass. The qualifying salary is S$5,600 a month. It rises to S$6,000 for new applications from 1 January 2027, and both figures climb with the candidate’s age.
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FAQs
How much do IT recruitment agencies charge in Singapore?
No government body publishes an employer-side benchmark. Our staffing agency fees guide puts Singapore at 20% to 25% of the hire’s annual salary.
Where else can I find IT candidates in Singapore?
Job boards and hiring platforms work for roles you can screen yourself. See our guides to Singapore job boards and platforms for hiring software engineers.
