metablend

Build the team. Keep the difference.

Compared with hiring the same team directly in
Estimated saving per year vs UK£197,676saved
Saving
52%
Monthly fee · 7 people
£15,000
Live in (vs 11 wks direct)
~2 weeks

Your team

Pick roles, seniority and headcount. Start from a template if it helps.
2
Meta Blend £3,200/mo eachUK direct £6,498/mo · 51% less
1
Meta Blend £2,400/mo eachUK direct £4,997/mo · 52% less
2
Meta Blend £1,700/mo eachUK direct £3,675/mo · 54% less
2
Meta Blend £1,400/mo eachUK direct £3,065/mo · 54% less
Your company is based inHiring outside your home market needs a local entity or an EOR.
Include recruitment feesAgency fee on direct hires. Meta Blend charges none.
Include overheadsLaptop, software, desk space, payroll and HR admin.
I already have entities abroadTurn on to remove EOR fees from non-home markets.

Cost of this team by market

Total employment cost per year. Select a market to see its breakdown.
Meta Blend£180kAll-inclusiveLive in ~2 weeks
Meta Blend
£180k
🇬🇧 UK
£378k
🇺🇸 USA
£636k
🇪🇺 Europe
£435k
🌍 Africa
£143k
Meta Blend feeBase salaryEmployer taxes & benefitsOverheadsRecruitment feesEOR / entity fees
RoleQtyUK salaryTaxes & benefitsOverheadsUK totalMeta BlendSaving
Full-Stack Developer
Mid-level (3–5 yrs)
2£120,000£23,942£12,000£155,942£76,800£79,142
UI/UX Designer
Mid-level (3–5 yrs)
1£45,000£8,963£6,000£59,963£28,800£31,163
Sales Development Rep (SDR)
Mid-level (3–5 yrs)
2£64,000£12,206£12,000£88,206£40,800£47,406
Customer Support Agent
Mid-level (3–5 yrs)
2£52,000£9,566£12,000£73,566£33,600£39,966
Total per year7£281,000£54,676£42,000£377,676£180,000£197,676
Figures are indicative mid-market benchmarks, adjusted by seniority. Every number can be edited under Assumptions. A final quote follows a discovery call.
Time to productive hire

Weeks you get back, before day one.

Direct hiring means advertising, interviewing, offers and notice periods. Meta Blend works from a ready, pre-vetted talent pool.

Meta Blend
~2 weeks
🇬🇧 UK
7 + 4 = 11 wks
🇺🇸 USA
6 + 2 = 8 wks
🇪🇺 Europe
8 + 10 = 18 wks
🌍 Africa
6 + 4 = 10 wks
Search & interviewsTypical notice periodMeta Blend: shortlist in 48 hours, live around day 14
What to assess

More than a lower invoice.

The questions decision-makers ask before they commit, and how Meta Blend answers each one.

Cost

One fixed monthly fee

Salary, local employment, payroll and HR sit inside one predictable price.

  • No placement or recruitment fees
  • No employer taxes or benefits to manage
  • Scale up or down month to month
Quality

Vetted before you meet them

You only interview people who have already passed our screening.

  • Skills tests built for the role
  • English and communication assessment
  • 3–5 candidates on your shortlist
Speed

Live in about two weeks

From discovery call to your team working on live tasks.

  • Shortlist within 48 hours
  • Trained on your tools and SOPs first
  • Backups ready for leave and sick days
Control

Your team, your way of working

They work your hours, in your tools, and report to you day to day.

  • Dedicated full-time people, not a shared pool
  • Your Slack, Teams, CRM and code repos
  • Weekly check-ins and QA from your Meta Blend lead
Risk

Nothing to lose by starting

Flexible terms so a hire that doesn't work out never becomes your problem.

  • No lock-in, short notice period
  • Free retraining or replacement
  • UK contract with a UK-managed company
Compliance

We are the employer

Meta Blend handles local contracts, payroll and statutory benefits in each country.

  • No foreign entity for you to set up
  • Confidentiality and IP terms in every contract
  • Data handled to UK GDPR standards
Talent you can hire

Specialists across every function.

Mid-level monthly fee shown. Saving is against a direct hire in the market selected above.

Support

Customer Support Agent

ZendeskIntercomLive chatEmail & phoneSLA reporting
£1,400/mo
54% below UK direct hire
Operations

Executive / Virtual Assistant

Inbox & calendarTravelGoogle WorkspaceNotionResearch
£1,500/mo
57% below UK direct hire
Operations

Operations Coordinator

Process & SOPsSchedulingVendor managementReporting
£1,500/mo
59% below UK direct hire
Operations

Bookkeeper / Finance Assistant

XeroQuickBooksAP / ARReconciliationsPayroll prep
£1,500/mo
57% below UK direct hire
Sales

Sales Development Rep (SDR)

Cold callingLinkedIn outreachHubSpotApolloMeeting booking
£1,700/mo
54% below UK direct hire
Sales

Account Executive

Discovery & demosPipeline managementSalesforceClosing
£2,600/mo
53% below UK direct hire
Marketing

Digital & Social Media Marketer

Content calendarsMeta & LinkedIn adsSEO basicsAnalytics
£1,800/mo
51% below UK direct hire
Engineering

Full-Stack Developer

ReactNode.jsPythonPostgreSQLAWS
£3,200/mo
51% below UK direct hire
Engineering

Front-End Developer

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwindAccessibility
£2,800/mo
51% below UK direct hire
Engineering

Mobile App Developer

FlutterReact NativeSwiftKotlinApp Store releases
£3,100/mo
51% below UK direct hire
Engineering

QA / Test Engineer

Manual & automated testsCypressPlaywrightJira
£2,300/mo
54% below UK direct hire
Engineering

DevOps / Cloud Engineer

AWS / AzureDockerKubernetesCI/CDTerraform
£3,400/mo
51% below UK direct hire
Engineering

IT Support Engineer

Microsoft 365HelpdeskDevice managementNetworking
£1,700/mo
54% below UK direct hire
AI & Data

AI / ML Engineer

LLM appsRAGPythonOpenAI & Claude APIsMLOps
£4,000/mo
50% below UK direct hire
AI & Data

Automation Specialist

n8nMakeZapierAPIs & webhooksRPA
£2,500/mo
53% below UK direct hire
AI & Data

Data Analyst

SQLPower BILookerExcel modellingDashboards
£2,200/mo
51% below UK direct hire
Creative

UI/UX Designer

FigmaUser researchDesign systemsPrototyping
£2,400/mo
52% below UK direct hire
Creative

Graphic Designer

Adobe CCBrand assetsSocial creativePrint
£1,600/mo
54% below UK direct hire
Creative

AI Video & Motion Designer

After EffectsPremiereRunwayAI avatarsShort-form edits
£1,900/mo
51% below UK direct hire
Operations

Project / Product Manager

AgileJiraRoadmapsStakeholder updates
£2,700/mo
53% below UK direct hire
How it works

From call to go-live.

Day 0

Discovery call

We map the roles, tools, hours and culture, and agree a fixed monthly price.

Within 48 hours

Vetted shortlist

Three to five pre-screened candidates per role with skills scores and recorded intros.

Week 1

Interview & train

You choose your hires. We train them on your playbook before they touch live work.

Around day 14

Go live

Your team starts, with weekly check-ins, QA and backup cover from your Meta Blend lead.

Assumptions

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Salaries are annual base pay for a mid-level hire (3–5 years) in local currency. Seniority multiplies them. Meta Blend fees are monthly, in GBP. Changes apply instantly and reset when the page reloads.

Role (mid-level)🇬🇧 UK £🇺🇸 USA $🇪🇺 Europe €🌍 Africa $Meta Blend £/mo
Customer Support Agent
Executive / Virtual Assistant
Operations Coordinator
Bookkeeper / Finance Assistant
Sales Development Rep (SDR)
Account Executive
Digital & Social Media Marketer
Full-Stack Developer
Front-End Developer
Mobile App Developer
QA / Test Engineer
DevOps / Cloud Engineer
IT Support Engineer
AI / ML Engineer
Automation Specialist
Data Analyst
UI/UX Designer
Graphic Designer
AI Video & Motion Designer
Project / Product Manager

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Employer NIC 15% + pension

🇺🇸 United States

FICA, unemployment, health & 401(k)

🇪🇺 Europe

Social charges, 20–45% by country

🌍 Africa

Pension, social & housing levies

Exchange rates

Update to today's rate before a client call.

Seniority multipliers

Left: market salary. Right: Meta Blend fee.

EOR fee

Applied to direct hires outside your home market when you have no local entity. Deel lists EOR at $599 per employee per month.
Benchmark sources. UK: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, ITJobsWatch and Reed salary guides; employer NIC at 15% above £5,000 (from April 2025) and 3% auto-enrolment pension on qualifying earnings. US: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024; benefits loading from BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation. Europe: blended Germany, France and Netherlands salary surveys; employer social charges range from about 20% (DE, NL) to over 40% (FR). Africa: blended South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt figures, e.g. Tech In Africa salary guide 2025 (developers from $7.5k in Lagos to $55k in Cape Town). EOR: Deel pricing summary. Benchmarks are rounded indicative mid-points; actual pay varies by city, sector and candidate.