Headcount: 136 (+94%)
Specialism: Networking
HQ: London
Boasting client testimonials from the likes of Vodafone, this network consultancy attributes its swift growth to being “laser focused on what we’re good at”.
Its four most recent sets of filed accounts – covering fiscal 2020 to 2023 – show average monthly headcount vaulting from 70 to 136. It now employs 162 staff, according to numbers it shared with us.
Opticore IT claims to offer best-in-class engineering and project management services to organisations transitioning to next generation technologies and working practices.
Q&A with Opticore IT MD Neil Taylor
You’re one of the UK’s fastest-growing IT solutions providers by headcount. What would you attribute that to?
We’re laser focused on what we’re good at. Year on year, we continue to drive growth through the development of our consultancy practice and associated network managed services, automation, Wi-Fi, cloud, connectivity, and cellular services. This has driven existing clients to grow with us and new clients to join us.
What’s your biggest growth bet for 2025?
The development of automation into our key services. We have spent the last year focusing on improving our bespoke Network Managed Service Platform and Automation Tooling to provide our teams and our clients with next-level network monitoring features and network automation capability.
What’s been your biggest tech let down of the last 12 months?
The use of the term AI when it is not AI. We often see the term used in discussions, sales material, and demos, only to find that it is beyond artificial and not very intelligent.
Name one thing your company has planned for the next 12 months
The release of our all-encompassing Network as a Service offering. A unique and cost-effective model that allows clients to pay a monthly cost for an end-to-end network service. From network audit to design, connectivity, hardware, implementation, and managed service, a simple delivery model is covered by one monthly fee.
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