What does Robert Half Technology charge?

Robert Half does not publish fees. US buyers report 20 to 30% of first-year salary on tech direct hires and 40 to 60% markups on contract technologists, in line with TEKsystems' reported ranges. Hyring publishes a flat 14% in the US and 7% in India.

Can one vendor handle both finance and tech hiring?

Robert Half markets exactly that combination. So does Hyring, with a different structure: AI screening adapts per role family, coding interviews for engineers and scenario-based interviews for accountants, and the same flat 7% or 14% fee applies across both.

How do the firms verify technical skill?

TEKsystems and Robert Half rely mainly on recruiter interviews and resumes, with assessments on request. Hyring runs an AI Coding Interviewer on every technical candidate by default, so every shortlist arrives with hands-on skill scores and recordings.

How fast is each firm?

Consultant and branch shortlists typically take one to three weeks. Hyring delivers AI-screened shortlists in 48 to 72 hours because screening begins the day candidates apply, not when a recruiter frees up.

What is the cheapest way to add developers?

For remote-capable roles, a dedicated engineer in India through Hyring's staff augmentation typically costs 60 to 70% less than a US contractor at big-firm bill rates. Hyring employs the engineer, handles payroll and compliance, and runs the engagement on Insight by Hyring for transparent time tracking.

How is Hyring different from TEKsystems and Robert Half?

Hyring is an AI-native recruitment agency with flat, published fees: 7% of CTC in India and 14% in the US and rest of world. AI screening backed by 900,000+ interviews covers every candidate, thousands of recruiting partners work each role, and the portal shows the whole funnel, not just the shortlist. Book a call to price your open roles.

Agency Comparison

TEKsystems vs Robert Half: Which Should Fill Your Tech Roles in 2026?

Q: Which firm has more tech contractors?

TEKsystems, by a wide margin. Technology contracting is its entire business, backed by Allegis Group, the largest US staffing company. Robert Half's contractor strength is concentrated in finance, accounting, admin, and legal.

The pure-play IT staffing giant against the finance-first firm's technology division. Contract benches, fees, and speed compared for US employers, with a flat-fee third column that changes the ceiling on both.

TEKsystems vs Robert Half: Which Should Fill Your Tech Roles in 2026?

Last updated on: July 7, 2026Read time: 10 mins

Written byAdithyan RKFact checked bySurya N

100%

TEKsystems focus on technology

Robert Half specialist divisions

7% / 14%

Hyring flat fee, India / rest of world

48–72h

Hyring AI-screened shortlist

An IT director choosing between these two is really choosing between a specialist and a department. TEKsystems does nothing but technology staffing, at a scale backed by Allegis Group, the largest US staffing company. Robert Half Technology is one division of six inside a firm whose heart beats in finance and accounting, where it has been the US leader for decades.

Third column disclosure: we are Hyring, an AI-native recruitment agency with US and India delivery teams, and our fee is published where theirs are not. This page compares all three honestly, including the scenarios where an incumbent is your better call, because comparison pages that never concede anything are advertising, and you can smell it.

Quick Verdict

TEKsystems wins dedicated tech depth, Robert Half wins combined finance-plus-tech convenience, and Hyring wins fee, speed, and screening evidence.

Pick TEKsystems

When technology contracting is the whole requirement and you want the deepest dedicated bench in your US metro.

Pick Robert Half

When tech roles ride alongside finance and admin hiring and one familiar vendor relationship matters more than tech depth.

Pick Hyring

When cost and evidence decide. Flat 14% US fee, coding-scored shortlists in 72 hours, and remote India engineers at 60 to 70% savings.

Who Are TEKsystems and Robert Half?

TEKsystems is the largest dedicated US IT staffing brand; Robert Half is the finance-first professional staffing leader with a technology division.

TEKsystems' entire machine points at technology. Branch recruiters who work only tech roles, national candidate databases, and contract benches that turn over constantly in every major US metro. When speed-to-contract-developer is the metric, this focus is the moat.

Robert Half brings a different asset: relationships. A firm running $5.4 billion in revenue with 300+ locations and seven consecutive years atop Forbes' professional recruiting rankings has a CFO's trust in most mid-market companies already. Robert Half Technology monetizes that trust into tech requisitions. The division is competent; it is simply not the specialist, and its fee structure does not discount for that.

Fees and Markups: The Numbers Neither Website Shows

US buyers report 20 to 30% direct-hire fees and 40 to 60% contract markups at both firms, against Hyring's published flat 14%.

Direct hire: 20 to 25% typical at TEKsystems for tech roles, 20 to 30% at Robert Half with senior roles at the top.
Contract staffing: markups of 40 to 60% over pay rate at both. A $72/hour developer bills around $100 to $115/hour.
Conversion clauses: both firms charge prorated fees to convert contractors to employees; converting early can cost close to a full placement fee.

Our number is public: 7% of CTC in India, 14% flat in the US for direct hire. A $130,000 full-stack engineer costs $18,200 against a typical $26,000 to $39,000. On staff augmentation, quotes land around 30% below big-firm equivalents, and the remote India route takes the same seat to a different budget line entirely.

Direct-hire fee on a $130,000 US full-stack engineer

Competitor figures are typical reported ranges; Hyring fee is published

Check the salary before the fee: our free benchmarks cover 93 roles, and a right-sized base saves you on both lines.

Full Comparison Table: TEKsystems vs Robert Half vs Hyring

The firms split on specialization, fee transparency, technical screening method, and what the client sees during the search.

Head-to-head across ten buying criteria
Criteria	TEKsystems	Robert Half	Hyring
Parent / structure	Allegis Group brand	Independent, NYSE-listed	Independent, AI-native
Tech focus	100% technology	One division of six, finance-first firm	Tech-led, plus finance and professional roles
Direct hire fee	~20–25% (typical)	~20–30% (typical)	7% India, 14% US, flat and published
Contract pricing	~40–60% markup (typical)	~40–60% markup (typical)	~30% below big-firm quotes
Finance hiring	No	US market leader	Yes, AI-screened at the same flat fee
Remote India model	Not a lead offering	Limited	Core: 60–70% savings, compliance handled
Technical screening	Recruiter screens, assessments on request	Recruiter screens, references	AI coding interview on every technical candidate
Time-to-shortlist	Days to weeks	One to three weeks	48–72 hours for most roles
Client visibility	Account manager updates	Consultant updates	Live portal with recordings, scores, and funnel view
Best for	Dedicated US tech contracting	Combined finance-and-tech vendor consolidation	Fee-sensitive tech and professional hiring

Hiring Tech and Finance Together: The Consolidation Play

Robert Half sells one-vendor convenience across finance and tech; AI-native hiring offers the same consolidation at half the typical fee.

The honest appeal of Robert Half is consolidation. Your controller search and your developer search on one master agreement, one account manager, one invoice format. For a busy VP with no procurement bandwidth, that convenience is worth something real.

It is worth asking what it costs, though, because consolidation does not require a percentage fee. Hyring runs the same play with a different engine: the AI Coding Interviewer screens your engineers, the AI Video Interviewer runs scenario-based finance interviews built from real controller and FP&A rubrics, the AI Phone Screener covers volume roles, and everything lands in one portal at one flat rate. For finance functions that can run remotely, AP, AR, reporting, FP&A support, our RPO and staff augmentation teams in India cut costs 60 to 70%, with Insight by Hyring keeping every tracked hour visible to both sides, employees first.

Fact

Vendor consolidation math is easy to run yourself. The cost-per-hire and build-vs-augment calculators in our free HR Toolkit, 150+ tools with no signup wall on most, plus the salary benchmarks for 93 roles, give you the full picture in about ten minutes.

How Technical Skill Actually Gets Verified

Recruiter-led firms verify skill through conversation and resumes, while AI-led screening produces coding scores and recordings for every candidate.

Ask either incumbent how they know a candidate can code and the answer involves a recruiter's conversation and a resume. Assessments exist, on request, at extra friction. The economics of branch staffing do not allow testing everyone.

Ours do, because testing is automated. Every technical applicant from the Hyring Jobs portal and the Recruiting Partners network, thousands of independent recruiters paid on placements, writes real code in an AI coding interview and answers depth questions on video, ranked first by the AI Resume Screener. Candidates take it seriously; the motivated ones prep with the free Jobseeker Toolkit and the interview questions library first. Your hiring managers watch recordings instead of running first rounds, and procurement can read how the scoring works in our Learn hub before signing anything.

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, 7% India. Augmented teams run on Insight for transparent tracking.

Which One Should You Pick?

Pick TEKsystems for pure tech contracting depth, Robert Half for finance-led vendor consolidation, and Hyring when fee and evidence decide.

If tech contracting depth in a US metro is the entire brief, TEKsystems is the specialist and specialists exist for a reason. If your real relationship is a finance one and tech hiring rides along, Robert Half's consolidation is convenient and you will pay convenience pricing for it.

If neither convenience nor incumbency justifies a fee in the high twenties to you, run one requisition through a flat 14% with coding scores attached and let your own hiring managers judge the shortlists side by side. A week and one phone call is the whole cost of knowing.

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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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FAQs

TEKsystems is the dedicated tech specialist, with branches that place only technology roles and deeper contract benches in US metros. Robert Half Technology is a strong generalist line inside a finance-first firm, best when you already hire finance and admin roles through Robert Half and want one vendor.