Headcount: 131 (+54%
Specialism: Managed digital services and consulting
UK HQ: Sheffield
This Dublin-headquartered consultancy harbours “ambitious plans for growth” and will “continue to recruit to support these ambitions”, CEO Patrick Jordan tells us (see below).
Its Sheffield-based, UK business saw average monthly headcount hit 131 in calendar 2024 (up from 85 in the base year). UK headcount now stands at 140 it told us.
The HPE and Microsoft partner counts care home group Canford Healthcare among its clients.
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Q&A with Auxilion CEO Patrick Jordan
How have you been able to increase headcount in a flat market?
There’s a significant amount disruption in the market at present, and we’ve always seen that as opportunity. Our growth has been driven organically through the transformation of our services and go-to-market proposition, ie shift from IT managed services to digital services provider – helping organisations better align (and utilise) technology, processes and people. Increasingly we’re winning business starting with advisory, and process optimisation, and then expanding into our managed digital services to sustain those improvements at scale.
What mega trend do you think will most shape the year for your company?
I’m less focused on mega trends related to supply chain or technology disruption – although it’s important to keep an eye on them – but global political uncertainty is causing buyer inertia and buyer paralysis.
Which competitor or peer do you respect the most, and why?
I really respect ServiceNow for the clarity of its vision and its relentless focus on creating powerful digital experiences. Their culture of innovation consistently delivers real, measurable value for customers, which is exactly what great enterprise technology should do.
What’s a fact or quirk about your company most people won’t know about?
We recently calculated that we successfully solved more than 10 million end-user issues since inception.
Does the rise of AI and automation make it less likely you’ll continue to add headcount at the same rate in the coming years?
We’ve ambitious plans for growth in the next few years and, therefore, will continue to recruit to support these ambitions. But the nature and composition of our talent acquisition strategy will evolve as AI and automation reshape how work is done. Even so, human insight, judgement and engagement will remain central to how we partner with customers and technology has limits. We believe people will always be in the loop with technology to deliver business outcomes.
Name one thing you have planned for the next 12 months
Launch the ‘Auxilion Digital Skills Academy’ – our unified, company-wide framework for developing the capabilities, potential and advancement readiness of our people. It brings together all aspects of our talent strategy – from onboarding and technical upskilling to leadership development and succession planning – into one cohesive, future focused model.
