To compare outsourcing against hiring honestly, you have to compare the fully-loaded cost of an employee — not just their salary — against the all-inclusive cost of the alternative. Here's that comparison with real numbers.
The fully-loaded UK employee
Take a £28,000 admin role. Add employer NI (~£3,450), pension (~£840), equipment and software (~£1,500 year one), plus recruitment and the cost of holiday and cover. The real annual cost lands around £35,000–£36,000.
The dedicated offshore equivalent
The same role, delivered by a dedicated full-time offshore hire, is around £950 a month — £11,400 a year, all-inclusive. No NI, no pension, no equipment, no recruitment churn.
The saving
That's roughly £24,000 saved per year, per role — a 65–70% reduction — for the same work, done full-time, by someone exclusively yours. Across multiple roles it compounds into serious money.
Where hiring still wins
If a role genuinely needs UK physical presence or in-person client contact, hiring locally is worth the premium. But for back-office, finance, admin and support roles, the maths is decisive. Run your specific role through our calculator to see the exact figures against current UK benchmarks.
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