Which has better international coverage?

Experis reaches more countries through ManpowerGroup's network and suits multi-country managed programs. Hays has deeper specialist desks in its core markets: the UK, Germany, UAE, and Australia. Hyring covers the US, UAE, Europe, and India through delivery hubs and remote-first placement at a flat 14%.

What do Experis and Hays charge?

Neither publishes rates. Buyers report 20 to 28% of first-year salary on permanent tech hires and 40 to 60% markups on contract staff at both. Hyring publishes a flat 7% of CTC in India and 14% in the US, UAE, and Europe.

Which is better for hiring tech talent in Dubai?

Hays, between the two: its Dubai desks are established with local salary data and banking-technology depth. Hyring's own Dubai delivery team places the same roles at a flat 14%, typically about a third below reported fee ranges, with AI-screened shortlists in 72 hours.

Which is better for a managed IT service?

Experis, clearly: managed services under SLA are core to its model, and Hays does not compete at that scope. Below mega-enterprise scale, Hyring's AI-powered RPO covers equivalent hiring scope at roughly 30% lower cost by automating screening labor.

How fast can each deliver candidates?

Consultant-led shortlists typically take one to three weeks at both firms. Hyring delivers AI-screened shortlists with recordings and calibrated scores in 48 to 72 hours because screening runs from the day candidates apply.

Can international tech roles be filled remotely from India?

Most software, cloud, data, and QA roles can. Hyring places dedicated engineers in India at 60 to 70% below Western contractor cost, on overlapping hours, employed by Hyring with payroll and compliance handled, and tracked transparently through Insight by Hyring.

How is Hyring different from Experis and Hays?

Hyring is an AI-native recruitment agency with flat, published fees: 7% of CTC in India and 14% in the US, UAE, and Europe. AI screening backed by 900,000+ interviews covers every candidate, thousands of recruiting partners work each role, and clients get a live portal with Insight on augmented teams. Book a call to price your open roles.

Agency Comparison

Experis vs Hays: Managed IT Services or Specialist Recruitment Desks?

Two international firms with opposite theories of tech hiring: Experis sells managed capacity at group scale, Hays sells specialist desks with local knowledge. The flat-fee third column prices what both theories cost you.

Last updated on: July 3, 2026Read time: 9 mins

Written byAdithyan RKFact checked bySurya N

75+

Countries in the Experis network

7M+

Hays LinkedIn followers, industry #1

7% / 14%

Hyring flat fee, India / rest of world

48–72h

Hyring AI-screened shortlist

Experis and Hays both cross borders for a living, but they carry different products. Experis, ManpowerGroup's IT brand, sells capacity: contractors and managed services delivered consistently across 75+ countries under group-scale agreements. Hays sells knowledge: specialist consultants in London, Dubai, Berlin, and Sydney whose salary guides the whole market reads, placing 43,000 permanent and 212,000 temporary workers a year with technology as its largest line.

Hyring writes the third column, as an AI-native recruitment agency with US, India, and Dubai hubs and a published fee. Our theory is different from both: automate the screening, distribute the sourcing across thousands of recruiting partners, and let the client watch everything in a portal. Three theories, one set of tables.

Quick Verdict

Experis wins multi-country managed IT capacity, Hays wins specialist desks in its core markets, and Hyring wins fee, speed, and screening evidence.

Pick Experis

When you want IT capacity managed under SLA across many countries on one ManpowerGroup agreement.

Pick Hays

When the role sits in London, Dubai, Berlin, or Sydney and a consultant's local market knowledge is the purchase.

Pick Hyring

When fee and speed decide: flat 14% across the US, UAE, and Europe, 7% in India, AI-screened shortlists in 72 hours.

Who Are Experis and Hays?

Experis is ManpowerGroup's IT resourcing and managed-services brand; Hays is an international specialist recruiter with technology as its largest specialism.

Experis inherits the logistics of a group placing roughly 485,000 workers daily. Its offer is IT-shaped consistency: the same contract paper, the same SLA structure, and the same account choreography whether the seats are in Ohio or Osaka. Companies buy Experis to stop thinking about vendor variety.

Hays runs on desk gravity. A consultant owns one specialism in one city, publishes the salary guide the market trades on every January, and carries a candidate network built over years. The firm was first among staffing companies to a million LinkedIn followers and now holds over seven million, brand pull that keeps its funnels full without a branch on every corner.

What Do Experis and Hays Cost?

Buyers report 20 to 28% permanent fees and 40 to 60% contract markups at both firms, against Hyring's published flat 7% and 14%.

Permanent placement: 20 to 25% typical at Experis, 20 to 28% at Hays with senior international roles at the top.
Contract staffing: 40 to 60% markups over pay rate at both.
Managed services: custom SLA pricing at Experis; Hays Talent Solutions competes lighter in the mid-market.

The Hyring fee stays printed: 7% of CTC in India, 14% flat in the US, UAE, and Europe for direct hire. A $138,000 engineering manager costs $19,320 against a typical $27,600 to $38,640, and our salary benchmarks, free for 93 roles, keep the base itself honest before any fee applies.

Perm fee on a $138,000 US engineering manager

Competitor figures are typical reported ranges; Hyring fee is published

On a Dubai package of AED 350,000, the same 14% is AED 49,000 against a typical AED 70,000 to 87,500 at reported ranges.

Full Comparison Table: Experis vs Hays vs Hyring

The firms split on capacity versus knowledge, program depth versus desk depth, and consultant screening versus AI instrumentation.

Head-to-head across ten buying criteria
Criteria	Experis	Hays	Hyring
Parent / structure	ManpowerGroup brand	Independent, LSE-listed	Independent, AI-native
Theory of hiring	Managed capacity at scale	Specialist desk knowledge	AI-instrumented funnel, distributed sourcing
Perm fee	~20–25% (typical)	~20–28% (typical)	7% India, 14% US, UAE, Europe, flat
Contract pricing	~40–60% markup (typical)	~40–60% markup (typical)	~30% below big-firm quotes
Managed services / RPO	Core offer under SLA	Hays Talent Solutions, mid-market	AI-powered RPO, screening labor automated
UAE presence	Present, program-led	Established Dubai desks	Dubai delivery team, 14% flat
Remote India model	Offshore inside managed services	Not a lead offering	Core: 60–70% savings, compliance handled
Screening	Consultant screens, assessments on request	Consultant interviews, skills checks	AI coding, video, and English tests on every candidate
Time-to-shortlist	One to three weeks	One to three weeks	48–72 hours for most roles
Best for	Multi-country managed IT programs	Specialist roles in UK, EU, UAE, Australia	Fee-driven hiring across US, Gulf, Europe, India

UAE, Europe, and the Remote Route Neither Firm Leads With

Hays owns specialist Gulf and European desks, Experis owns program consistency, and remote India delivery reprices both approaches.

For a banking-technology hire in Dubai or a specialist role in Berlin, Hays' local desks earn their reputation, and this page says so plainly. For twelve countries under one SLA, Experis is the shape of the answer. Our global staffing desk plays the board differently: Dubai delivery at a flat 14%, remote-first European placement at the same rate, and for any role that can run distributed, dedicated engineers in India at 60 to 70% below Western cost through IT staff augmentation, employed and payrolled by us.

The remote route's old weaknesses have instrumented answers now. Skill: every candidate passes the AI Coding Interviewer and AI Video Interviewer, with the English proficiency test covering communication-heavy roles, all scored by an engine trained on 900,000+ interviews. Sourcing: the Hyring Jobs portal and the Recruiting Partners network, thousands of independent recruiters paid on placements, feed the funnel, ranked by the AI Resume Screener. Visibility: Insight by Hyring tracks augmented teams transparently, employees seeing their own data first.

Fact

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STEP 1

Brief the role

Send your JD or adapt one from 900+ templates in the JD library. Intake call within 24 hours.

STEP 2

AI screens the pool

Portal applicants and partner submissions pass coding, video, and English screening automatically.

STEP 3

Review in the portal

Watch recordings, compare calibrated scores, shortlist in 48 to 72 hours.

STEP 4

Hire flat-fee

14% US, UAE, Europe. 7% India. Augmented teams run on Insight.

Which One Should You Pick?

Pick Experis for managed multi-country capacity, Hays for specialist local desks, and Hyring when the same seat can be filled for a third less.

Capacity programs to Experis, knowledge hires to Hays, and everything with flexibility on location or fee to the third quote first. The comparison costs one requisition and one week, and it converts a brand assumption into your own data, which is the only kind worth signing against.

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Adithyan RK

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Adithyan RK is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hyring, an AI-native recruitment platform that has run over 900,000 AI interviews for companies ranging from early-stage startups to the Fortune 500. He has spent 18 years building technology businesses, starting with a digital consultancy in 2008 and a staff augmentation firm in 2017, before founding Hyring in 2022 to rebuild hiring around evidence instead of guesswork. Read more

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Surya N is the Co-Founder and CTO of Hyring, where he architected the AI interviewing engine that has now conducted over 900,000 interviews for companies ranging from early-stage startups to the Fortune 500. A mechanical engineer who moved into artificial intelligence, he spent 6 years building AI applications inside a technology consultancy before co-founding Hyring, and wrote the first version of its AI interviewer from scratch. Read more

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Experis is ManpowerGroup's IT talent brand, strongest in IT resourcing and managed services across 75+ countries. Hays is a specialist recruitment firm placing about 255,000 people a year, strongest in professional desks across the UK, Europe, UAE, and Australia, with technology as its largest specialism.