Offshore hiring India for UK companies is a procurement and compliance question as much as a technical one. Your engineering lead cares about Kotlin skills; your finance lead cares about IR35, GDPR, and whether this invoice creates UK payroll risk.
Here is the shape that works for UK companies hiring through AllDomainSoft in Gurgaon.
You are not hiring Indian employees in the UK
UK companies sometimes worry that offshore hiring India means putting people on UK payroll. In our model it does not.
- AllDomainSoft India Pvt. Ltd. employs engineers in Gurgaon
- Your UK Ltd contracts us for dedicated development services
- Engineers are not your UK employees, PSC workers, or inside IR35 as your staff
You still interview and direct work. We handle employment law in India.
Confirm with your accountant — this is standard B2B services, not disguised employment.
GDPR when processing touches India
Post-Brexit UK GDPR still applies. Transferring personal data to India requires:
- International transfer mechanism — typically UK IDTA or EU SCCs adapted for UK
- Transfer risk assessment — your DPO or counsel documents it once
- Technical measures — often EU/UK-hosted databases with bastion or VDI access only
Many UK SaaS clients never copy production PII to India. Engineers work on staging, anonymised data, or EU-hosted systems.
We provide SCC templates and a DPIA annex engineers follow on day one.
What the contract should cover
Minimum clauses UK companies ask for:
- IP assignment — all work product belongs to you
- Confidentiality — mutual NDA plus developer-specific NDAs
- Data protection — DPA schedule with subprocessors listed
- Replacement — timeline if an engineer resigns
- Notice and exit — how handoff works if you scale down
Money: GBP, VAT, and FX
We invoice in GBP for UK clients. Services are outside UK VAT scope when supplied from India (confirm with your adviser). FX risk sits with whoever holds the currency — fixed GBP monthly fees are common.
Rate cards live on /countries/uk/.
Hiring process timeline
Typical offshore hiring India for UK companies timeline with us:
- Day 0-2 — requirements call (roles, stack, overlap hours)
- Day 3-7 — shortlisted profiles for interview
- Day 8-14 — final interviews, offer, background checks
- Week 3-4 — onboarding, access, first sprint
Compare that to 12-16 weeks for a single London senior hire.
Dedicated vs outsourcing
Offshore hiring sometimes means send us a spec and get a deliverable. That is outsourcing.
Dedicated hiring means engineers join your rituals — standups, PRs, retros — and stay for years. That is what UK product companies usually need.
Who this fits
Works well:
- UK startups and scale-ups with a product owner
- SMEs adding 3-8 engineers without opening a India entity
- Teams that tried freelancers and want stability
Works poorly:
- Two-week fixes with no spec
- Requirement for daily in-person presence in London
Related reading
- /blog/offshore-developers-for-uk-startups/ — founder-focused playbook
- /blog/offshore-developers-for-uk/ — general UK offshore guide
- /blog/securing-ip-offshore-teams/ — IP protection detail
- /countries/uk/
Next step
Request a UK proposal: /contact/.
