Applicant tracking system contracts
UK public sector · 68 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026
Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count
- Contracts awarded
- 68
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £113k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £14.6m
- 63 of 64 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 65
- Suppliers
- 36
20 applicant tracking system contracts ending in the next 12 months
See which ones
BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned
What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most applicant tracking system contracts took 49% of them (33 of 68).
- The median contract, £113k, is close to the median across it & software contracts (£110k).
- London had the most contracts: 19, or 28% of the total.
Who buys applicant tracking system
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Department for Work and Pensions2 contracts£1.3m
- 2Nuclear Decommissioning Authority2 contracts£133k
- 3GENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED2 contracts£47k
- 4NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership1 contract£4.5m
- 5Kent County Council1 contract£1.1m
- 6Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales1 contract£500k
- 7H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS1 contract£450k
- 8Thames Valley Police1 contract£360k
- 9EU SUPPLY LIMITED1 contract£325k
- 10United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust1 contract£311k
Top applicant tracking system contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Civica16 contracts£6.3m
- 2Oleeo Limited6 contracts£2.3m
- 3Tribepad5 contracts£932k
- 4BROADBEAN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED3 contracts£543k
- 5Cornerstone OnDemand3 contracts£436k
- 6Eploy3 contracts£308k
- 7TALOS360 LIMITED3 contracts£142k
- 8Winchester Consulting Ltd2 contracts£133k
- 9IRIS Software Ltd2 contracts—
- 10Softcat1 contract£1.1m
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to Oleeo Limited · Awarded 18 September 2026
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to Winchester Consulting Ltd · Awarded 18 September 2026
Greenhouse Software 26/27 (official notice, opens in a new tab)
Value not published
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to Greenhouse Software · Awarded 15 September 2026
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust to Jobtrain · Awarded 20 August 2026
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust to Civica · Awarded 17 August 2026
Department for Business and Trade to Hackajob · Awarded 14 August 2026
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust to Civica · Awarded 3 August 2026
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust to Civica · Awarded 27 July 2026
Extra Care Charitable Trust to TALOS360 LIMITED · Awarded 3 July 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to BE Applied · Awarded 29 June 2026
Largest
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership to Civica · Awarded 11 May 2026
Kent County Council to Softcat · Awarded 6 February 2026
Department for Work and Pensions to Oleeo Limited · Awarded 6 February 2026
Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales to Oleeo Limited and Oleo · Awarded 25 June 2026
H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS to Specialist Computer Centres (SCC) · Awarded 19 February 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 66 · Wales 2
What is included
Software to advertise vacancies, capture applications and run hiring: e-recruitment portals, applicant tracking, job board multi-posting and candidate sifting tools.
- Applicant tracking systems (ATS)
- E-recruitment and candidate management portals
- Job board multi-posters
- Candidate sifting and screening tools
- ATS support and maintenance
What is not included
- Core HR and payroll -> it.ent.hr-payroll-system
- Social media recruitment advertising campaigns -> not an IT purchase
- Student recruitment engagement platforms -> another family: education