Yes. Ciphr iRecruit is designed for UK mid-sized organisations with real hiring complexity: multiple sites, volume roles, diversity reporting requirements, and the compliance obligations that come with UK employment law.
Recruitment software that gets the right person in the door
Recruitment software that keeps hiring on track
Most recruitment software UK teams use was built to log applications, not manage a hire. The vacancy sits in one place. The offer letter lives in another. Nobody notices a candidate has gone quiet until someone remembers to check, and by then they've accepted a role elsewhere.
Ciphr's HR recruitment software gives every vacancy, application and offer one home. You know where a hire stands. And you don't have to search an inbox to find out.
"System reliability is strong, allowing consistent functionality for users and integrations from our ATS and into payroll"
Non-profit organisation with 501–1,000 employees
February 2026
One HR recruitment system, not five different email threads
You post the vacancy. CVs come in. Candidates get screened. Offers go out. And somewhere in all of that, HR, hiring managers, and payroll are working from a slightly different version of the same story.
Ciphr's HR recruitment software sits inside the same connected suite as your HR, onboarding, and payroll data. A confirmed hire triggers the onboarding workflow. A new starter record flows through to payroll. No re-keying. No chasing. No gap where the system falls behind the process.
That is the difference between online recruitment software that stands alone and an HR recruitment system that is part of how your organisation works.
From first application to day-one ready
Ciphr iRecruit is available as a standalone online recruitment software solution for organisations that want to start with hiring. It also integrates with Ciphr HR and Ciphr onboarding when you’re ready to connect the full journey.
When those systems are connected, the admin that would otherwise fall on your team happens automatically. The accepted offer creates the new starter record. The right-to-work check sits with the employment file. Onboarding tasks go out on schedule. Payroll has what it needs before the first payday.
A leaver triggers a vacancy. A hire triggers onboarding. This is what HR hiring software looks like when it is part of a suite rather than a standalone tool.
Ciphr iRecruit makes the recruitment process less arduous and paper-based. Staff can access the system anywhere, any time, and shortlist applicants. It’s totally changed our process for the better.
Tricia Howarth
HR Director, Latymer Upper School
Hiring data you can stand behind
When the HR director asks what the campaign status is, you shouldn’t need to pull three reports from three different places. Ciphr iRecruit gives you end-to-end visibility across every live role: candidate volumes, application source, time to hire, stage-by-stage progress, and diversity data, all from one HR recruitment system.
When the CFO asks what hiring cost last quarter, the answer shouldn’t take an afternoon to find. With Ciphr, the data you report is the same data the process ran on.
Built for UK hiring, not adapted for it
Ciphr is a UK company. Ciphr iRecruit is built around UK hiring requirements from the ground up: right to work verification, UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act, and the compliance obligations that come with recruiting in this market.
Right to work and background checks run through integrations with Experian and TrustID , so you have an auditable record without the manual back-and-forth. Candidate data is held under UK GDPR, processed and stored in the UK. Your data does not travel through a global platform that was configured for a different market first.
A system adapted for the UK is not the same as one built for it. When compliance is not optional, that difference matters.
"User‑friendly and easy to navigate, making it simple for employees to access their personal data. The system is highly accessible, and the customer service is supportive. Ciphr continually improves the platform and provides excellent short learning tutorials to help us make the most of its functionality."
Talent acquisition manager in UK retail with 201–500 employees
January 2026
The connected suite is what makes AI useful in recruitment
Ciphr's approach to AI starts with connected data. When all your HR data is joined up, AI tools have the complete picture rather than just a fragment.
We're building AI capability into our wider connected HR suite, including an AI assistant.
When AI capabilities arrive in our recruitment software, we'll tell you what's been shipped and what's still on our roadmap.
Built for UK mid-market HR, the right functionality for your needs
Ciphr iRecruit is designed for organisations with complex recruitment requirements – multiple roles, multiple sites, volume hiring peaks, compliance obligations – but without the appetite for a years-long enterprise implementation.
It is recruitment software UK teams can get live quickly, use without heavy IT involvement, and scale as the organisation grows.
Implementation is part of the product, not an afterthought
You’ aren't handed a login and left to work out the configuration. Ciphr's implementation is a structured, supported process: your vacancy templates set up, your application forms configured to your hiring workflow, and a named team to guide you through go-live and beyond.
Most hiring software UK vendors treat setup as your problem. We treat it as ours.
Go live in as little as 7 weeks
Your implementation covers vacancy template setup, custom application form configuration, job board connection (through partners such as Vacancy Poster), data migration, and named team support right through to go-live. You test the system before it goes live. You do not find out what is missing on day one.
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This is HR amplified
One connected suite. Built to make work, work. For HR directors who need a hiring process that holds up under scrutiny, and CFOs who need to see recruitment spend against real outcomes, Ciphr recruitment software gives both more control and cleaner data, not more administration.
Clear pricing. No surprises
HR and payroll software from £5 per user per month (minimum user numbers apply – see example pricing here). We scope your requirements properly, so you get the right solution.
Implementing Ciphr has significantly reduced our recruitment costs. Our spend was about 70% higher than it is today.
FAQ: recruitment software
Yes. Ciphr iRecruit is available as a standalone HR recruitment system or as part of the connected Ciphr suite alongside HR and onboarding. When it is part of the suite, new starter data flows directly through to HR and payroll. No duplicate entry, no manual handoff.
Yes. Ciphr iRecruit integrates with Experian and TrustID to automate identity, background, and right to work verification. You get an auditable compliance record for every hire without the manual chase.
Yes. Candidate data is processed and stored under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act. Ciphr is a UK company with UK-based teams and UK data hosting. Your candidate data does not go through a global platform configured for a different regulatory environment.
Ciphr iRecruit publishes vacancies to multiple job boards, agencies, and social media channels from a single place. We do this through integration with selected partners such as Vacancy Poster.
It also integrates with psychometric test and situational judgement providers, so you can build screening into the application process itself.
Yes. Ciphr iRecruit is available as a standalone online recruitment software solution with no requirement to take the wider HR suite. When you are ready to connect hiring to onboarding and HR, those integrations are there.
With a structured, expert-led approach, you can go live with Ciphr iRecruit in as little as 7 weeks. Your implementation covers template setup, application form configuration, job board connections, data migration, and named team support through to go-live. You aren’t handed a system and asked to configure it yourself.
Recruitment software (also called an applicant tracking system or ATS) is a digital platform that manages the end-to-end hiring process: from vacancy creation and job board publication through to candidate tracking, right to work compliance, and offer management. Modern HR recruitment software connects the hiring process directly to onboarding and HR, so new starters arrive ready to work rather than requiring a fresh round of data entry.
HR recruitment software creates a single place for the entire hiring cycle. You create a vacancy and publish it to multiple job boards and your own careers site. Candidates apply and you track their progress stage by stage. You screen, shortlist, schedule interviews, and communicate with applicants from the same system. When an offer is accepted, the relevant data passes straight into onboarding and HR without manual re-entry or a separate email chain to trigger it.
Good hiring software does more than store CVs. For UK organisations, it is also an instrument of compliance: right to work checks, UK GDPR-aligned data handling, and an auditable record of the hiring process from first application to day-one start.
Beyond compliance, a connected HR recruitment system reduces the time your team spends on administration, cuts reliance on external agencies by building your own direct application pipeline, and gives you the data to understand what hiring actually costs and where your best candidates come from.
Online recruitment software reduces recruitment costs in several ways. Direct publication to job boards (via integrations with solutions like Vacancy Poster and Broadbean) reduces reliance on agencies. Faster, more structured processes reduce the time your HR team spends on manual candidate management. A talent pool of past applicants means you are not starting from zero every time a role opens.
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