What is staff augmentation?

Adding external engineers to your existing team, under your management, for as long as you need the capacity. You direct the work; we supply vetted people who fit your stack and your process. It fills a gap faster than hiring and without the recruitment risk.

Staff augmentation vs outsourcing — what is the difference?

Who manages the work. With staff augmentation, our engineers join your team and you manage them — your priorities, your process, your codebase. With outsourcing, you hand over a project and manage a contract instead. If you have technical leadership and need hands, augmentation; if you want delivery managed for you, that's a dedicated team.

Staff augmentation vs consulting?

Capacity versus advice. A consultant tells you what to do; an augmented engineer does the work you've already decided on, inside your team. Plenty of clients use both — advice to set direction, augmentation to ship it — but they solve different problems.

How quickly can an engineer start?

Weeks, not months — the time it takes to match someone to your stack and run your interview. We'd rather take an extra week to get the right fit than rush a mismatch into your team; a bad fit costs more than a short wait.

What does staff augmentation cost?

From £4,000 per engineer per month, rolling — scale up or down month by month, with no recruitment fees and no long lock-in. A squad of two or more engineers starts from £12,000 a month.

What if we need a whole team, or technical leadership?

Then augmentation is the wrong page. A dedicated team gives you a cross-functional group that we manage and hold accountable for delivery; a fractional CTO gives you senior direction a few days a month. All three exist so you only pay for the shape you're missing.

IT Staff Augmentation Services UK

Every step, with a team who's done it before

Staff augmentation adds capacity you direct, not a project you hand off. We start with the gap you're filling and the team the person joins, match vetted engineers to your stack, and let you interview and pick. From £4,000 per engineer per month, rolling.

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The gap

First we get specific about what's missing — the skills, the seniority, and how the person has to fit your standups, sprints and codebase. Augmentation only works when the match is right, so we scope it before naming anyone.
You interview

We shortlist vetted engineers matched to your stack; you interview and choose. We'd rather take an extra week to get the fit right than rush a mismatch into your team — a bad fit costs more than a short wait.
They embed

Your engineer joins in weeks, not a hiring quarter, and works your roadmap under your management — your priorities, your process, your tools. One invoice, rolling monthly, with no recruitment fee behind it.
Scale as needed

Priorities move, so the capacity moves with them — add engineers, swap skills, or stand down month by month. No long lock-in, and whenever someone leaves the handover is documented.

Teams we've been part of

An ongoing product team behind Skamper's running app, a retainer keeping AWS programme sites shipping through agency Marble LDN, and engineers still embedded in a case-handling platform's ongoing team — engagements that lasted because the work did, not because of a lock-in.

Skamper

A running app for a UK running company — a cross-platform app that helps runners discover thousands of verified routes across Britain, race them on demand and track every run.
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AWS programme websites

Campaign websites for AWS's community programmes — Girls' Tech Series, CloudRoom, CloudPrep and more — designed and built with events agency Marble LDN to bring young people into tech.
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Insurance claims platform

Published under NDA, with the sector changed: CodeLeap builds and maintains the web platform a claims operation runs on, carrying every claim from the day it is notified to the day the work is signed off.
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The tech

The stacks our engineers slot into — where we've shipped, we say shipped; where we haven't, we say so before anyone joins your standup.

React & React Native

We've shipped production React and React Native — engineers join your frontend team having built these apps, not read about them.
Django & Python

Python and Django are our deepest bench — the stack behind most of the backends we have shipped and still run.
Swift & Kotlin

We've built native iOS in Swift; on Kotlin we work capably — tell us your stack and we'll tell you plainly whether we're the right fit.
Node.js & Next.js

We work in Node.js and Next.js — capable hands, though our longest production miles are on Python, and we'll say so.
Flutter

Flutter is a work-with for us, not a shipped-with — you'll hear that from us before you hear it in a sprint.
AWS & Google Cloud

Cloud engineers arrive from infrastructure we genuinely operate — AWS and Google Cloud environments running client products today.
Your stack

Engineers are matched to your stack and your interview — a mismatch costs more than a short wait, so we'd rather take the extra week.
And much more

This is what comes up most often, not a limit. Bring us something that isn't on this list and we'll get up to speed on it — working with something new is the job, not an obstacle.

What our clients are saying

Real reviews from clients we have delivered for, on Clutch and elsewhere.

4.9 via Clutch

The enthusiasm, understanding of our mission, and passion from the first few minutes of the call were the deciding factors in choosing CodeLeap. Within 3 months of our app launching, we had over 1,500 downloads, appeared in leading publications from Forbes, The Metro, Marie Claire, Women's Fitness and many more, and started raising further investment.

Charlie CEO, Becon
They are incredibly diligent in the quality of work they produce, and go above and beyond when it comes to solving issues faced within the project, and to ensure we meet strict project deadlines. You never feel like you are one of many clients, and they ensure they are always there to help with any need you have, no matter how big or small.

Amelia Parmiter Marketing Manager, AWS - Marble
CodeLeap made me feel like my options were limitless in terms of what could be achieved, which was critical to me as we were creating something very unique. I'm glad I chose Codeleap over a large corporation as the personable approach resulted in a smooth and pleasant experience.

James CEO, Bearable
Working with CodeLeap was a very good experience from both a professional and personal point of view. These people know what they are doing and are both efficient and clever and made a good partner. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend CodeLeap.

John CEO, Neurometrics-Diab
CodeLeap adds so much value and goes above and beyond what I expected. CodeLeap's team is very flexible with all the different requests we've put in front of them. They've also been great with the whole business side of things, and being able to forecast for this industry is really helpful. Overall, I'm completely satisfied with their work — they've been incredibly helpful.

Johanne CEO, Cherry
Their flexibility and focus on quality were outstanding.

Mike Fenna CTO, Kite Insights
Marcelo has been wonderful throughout the process and we are very happy.

Amrit Director, Energy Company
Absolutely FANTASTIC. This is very much what I had in mind. We're very pleased with your team, thank you all very much.

Rich Director, Legal Company

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Recognised by the industry

Independent rankings from Clutch, The Manifest, SME News and the National Digital Awards.

Flexible, transparent pricing

Embedded engineer

Per engineer · per month, rolling
- A vetted senior engineer inside your team
- Working under your management and process
- Started in weeks, not a hiring quarter
- Scale up or down month by month
- No recruitment fees, no long lock-in
From £4,000 / mo
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Engineering squad

Squad · per month, rolling
- Two or more engineers, matched to your stack
- Slotted into your standups, sprints and tools
- Swap skills in and out as the roadmap changes
- One invoice, rolling monthly
- Handover documented whenever someone leaves
From £12,000 / mo
Book a free consultation
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Everything you might want to know before starting a project with us.

Adding external engineers to your existing team, under your management, for as long as you need the capacity. You direct the work; we supply vetted people who fit your stack and your process. It fills a gap faster than hiring and without the recruitment risk.
Who manages the work. With staff augmentation, our engineers join your team and you manage them — your priorities, your process, your codebase. With outsourcing, you hand over a project and manage a contract instead. If you have technical leadership and need hands, augmentation; if you want delivery managed for you, that's a dedicated team.
Capacity versus advice. A consultant tells you what to do; an augmented engineer does the work you've already decided on, inside your team. Plenty of clients use both — advice to set direction, augmentation to ship it — but they solve different problems.
Weeks, not months — the time it takes to match someone to your stack and run your interview. We'd rather take an extra week to get the right fit than rush a mismatch into your team; a bad fit costs more than a short wait.
From £4,000 per engineer per month, rolling — scale up or down month by month, with no recruitment fees and no long lock-in. A squad of two or more engineers starts from £12,000 a month.
Then augmentation is the wrong page. A dedicated team gives you a cross-functional group that we manage and hold accountable for delivery; a fractional CTO gives you senior direction a few days a month. All three exist so you only pay for the shape you're missing.