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How Kainos hires

Truth index
B 81/100
Median time to fill
41 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
75%
Reposted roles
0%

Kainos scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 8 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 75% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 41 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

Kainos is a Belfast technology company founded in 1986 that delivers digital services and Workday implementations. It has built many of the digital services used by British government departments and health bodies. The company also develops the Smart Test automation product for Workday customers worldwide.

News

News The Irish Times 2 months ago
Kainos sees momentum as business continues to grow
Company expects to beat expectations for current financial year
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News The Irish News 4 months ago
Kainos to create 341 more jobs in Belfast and Derry
Invest NI say its £1.5m offer of funding convinced software group to create jobs in Northern Ireland amid competition from Europe and North America
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News PE Hub 1 year ago
Kainos appoints Ryan Horstman as CFO and Peter Schnuck as VP
Most recently, Horstman was chief financial and compliance officer at Vortus Investments and Schnuck is a former vice president at Sunrise Strategic Partners and ex-senior associate at MidOcean Partners.
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Press release PRNewswire 2 years ago
Kainos and Pulsora partner to enable enterprises to modernise ESG operations and ensure rapid regulatory compliance
/PRNewswire/ -- Kainos, a global digital technology provider, proudly announces a strategic partnership with Pulsora, the leading enterprise sustainability...
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News The Irish News 3 years ago
Kainos secure £75m Home Office contract just days after appointing new CEO
BELFAST IT group Kainos has landed one of its biggest ever government contracts just days after appointing its first new chief executive in 22 years.
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News Silicon Republic 5 years ago
Kainos acquires Workday operations of Finland's Cloudator
The deal will see Belfast-based Kainos acquire Cloudator's Workday services partner business and increase its reach in Europe.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Kainos over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
94
Postings analysed
53
Stack modernity
80/100AI adopter
Languages
Python34%
Java21%
SQL9%
Scala9%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch13%
Scikit-learn13%
TensorFlow13%
XGBoost9%
Databases
DynamoDB4%
MySQL4%
PostgreSQL4%
Cloud & platforms
AWS57%
Azure51%
GCP15%
Kubernetes13%
AI & ML
Claude9%
Llama9%
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$42k
Typical range
$42k – $46k
Open positions
3
3 Jobs
Junior 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 3 $42k $42k – $46k
Highest paying role Graduate Technologist (Birmingham) - September 2027 Start Date $46k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
69/100
Growing
Open positions
96
27 opened / 19 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
44 days
faster than 30% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~11 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
10% ▼
Enterprise Apps
10% ▲
Solutions
10% ▼
Early Careers
8% ▲
Data Science
7% ▼
Sales
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Early Careers (+8 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added BPMN to stack Oct 2026
Added .NET to stack Oct 2026
Added SLI/SLO/SLA to stack Sep 2026
Added Power BI to stack Sep 2026
Added LinkedIn Ads to stack Sep 2026
Added Google Ads to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
14
Hiring now
14
Countries
8
Busiest office
Belfast
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Belfast United Kingdom
HQ
Homeworker - UK
65 open roles 69 posted in 90 days 42% engineering 3% remote 500-1000 est. staff $42k Avg Salary
hires for Enterprise Apps, Solutions, DevOps
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Birmingham United Kingdom
Regional office
Homeworker - UK
57 open roles 61 posted in 90 days 53% engineering 500-1000 est. staff $46k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions, Enterprise Apps, DevOps
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Derry United Kingdom
Regional office
Derry-Londonderry
28 open roles 35 posted in 90 days 57% engineering 7% remote 200-500 est. staff $42k Avg Salary
hires for Enterprise Apps, QA, Backend
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
London United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
Homeworker - UK
8 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 75% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Security, AI/ML, Data Science
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Indianapolis United States
Regional office
Homeworker - USA
7 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 43% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Enterprise Apps, Finance, Sales
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Toronto Canada
Corporate office
Homeworker - USA
6 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 33% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Finance, Administrative, Management
seen since Jan 2026 job postings
Quebec Canada
Corporate office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 67% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Finance, Management, Customer Success
seen since Jan 2026
Columbia United States
Homeworker - USA
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Finance, Customer Success
seen since Jan 2026 job postings
Melbourne Australia
Homeworker - Australia - NSW
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales, Solutions
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Dublin Ireland
Homeworker - UK
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Halifax Canada
Halifax
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Buenos Aires Argentina
Buenos Aires
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Support
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Amsterdam Netherlands
Amsterdam
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Solutions
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Helsinki Finland
Helsinki
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for HR
seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Jobs

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CI/CD
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Scala
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AWS
Analytics
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Management
Agile
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