SMARTER CONTINGENT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS FOR COST CONTROL, COMPLIANCE AND GROWTH
CONTRACTOR HIRING | MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDER (MSP)
Get control of your contingent workforce
A managed service provider (MSP) - in recruitment, not IT - takes over the running of your entire contractor and contingent workforce: the supplier relationships, the rates, the onboarding, the IR35 status process and the reporting, all under one accountable model. You keep the contractors and the decisions; we run the machinery around them.
And that machinery matters, because contractor management gets complex and high-risk fast. Without clear visibility of suppliers, spend and compliance obligations - particularly around IR35 and FCA regulations - costs escalate quietly and risk builds where nobody's looking.
Vermelo's MSP brings control, compliance and clarity to all of it. We consolidate your contingent recruitment under one transparent model, managing suppliers, governance, onboarding and performance on your behalf, with real-time data on workforce spend, utilisation and compliance so every decision is an informed one.
One partner. One process. Total workforce visibility.
Managing a contingent workforce
As organisations scale, coordinating contractors, temps and SoW resources gets messy fast. Without a clear MSP framework, you’re likely to see:
Rising costs from inconsistent supplier rates
Ad-hoc negotiations and no benchmarks drive rate creep and hidden fees.
Fragmented processes across multiple agencies
Different workflows and SLAs slow delivery and make performance hard to compare.
Risk of non-compliance with IR35 and employment law
Inconsistent status determinations, documentation gaps and audit exposure.
Lack of visibility on spend and performance
Disparate systems obscure who’s on site, what they cost and how they’re performing.
Inconsistent onboarding and candidate experience
Varied vetting, contracts and start-up support impact speed, quality and retention.
Left unmanaged, these issues compound, creating delays, financial leakage and avoidable risk. An MSP standardises suppliers, processes and data in one accountable model, so you gain control, compliance and clarity while improving speed and quality.
Choosing an MSP provider?
An essential guide to managing and optimising your contractor workforce
How Vermelo’s Managed Service Provider (MSP) solution delivers exceptional results
Vermelo’s Managed Service Provider (MSP) solution centralises your contingent workforce under one accountable, compliant and transparent workforce management model.
We manage everything from supplier performance and worker onboarding to compliance reporting and cost control; so you can focus on strategy and growth, not the admin.
What you will get:
FULL VISIBILITY
Real-time dashboards
for all contingent
workers, suppliers and spend
COST SAVINGS
Rate benchmarking, consolidated invoicing and spend
control
COMPLIANCE BUILT-IN
IR35, FCA, Right-to-Work and
screening from day one
BETTER OUTCOMES
Supplier scorecards,
KPIs and consistent candidate experience.
DATA YOU CAN USE
Reporting that improve forecasting, diversity and efficiency
Vermelo’s MSP gives you confidence, compliance and control - all in one solution.
Cut cost, reduce risk, move faster
Let us show you how an MSP can improve visibility, compliance and time-to-fill for your contingent workforce.
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Why choose Vermelo MSP
We blend people, process and technology to make contractor management simpler, safer and more strategic.
With Vermelo, you’ll get:
A single point of accountability for all contingent recruitment
End-to-end ownership from supplier consolidation to payroll and offboarding
Seamless integration with HR, procurement and finance
Custom-built reporting dashboards, advanced MI and analytics
Reduced time-to-fill and improved supplier performance
Access to niche, pre-vetted contractors across sectors
Compliance excellence, including built-in IR35, tax and contractor risk management
Our MSP approach builds trust and efficiency while giving you complete control of, and confidence in, your contingent workforce spend and strategy.
How do your metrics stack up?
Our handy MSP KPI Tracker helps you to determine which metrics to track and how you are performing against them currently.
The perfect solution for organisations that…
…spend heavily on contractors on contingent workers
…face IR35 or broader compliance challenges
…need rapid scaling
for projects of expansion
…want full cost
visibility and less agency dependency
…require real-time MI
on contingent performance
Ready to take control of your contingent workforce management?
Contractor compliance that stands up in any sector
Vermelo runs MSP programmes across all industries, and the model was forged in the most demanding one. Most of our contractor management experience comes from regulated businesses: insurers, insurtechs and financial services firms, where an inconsistent IR35 determination or an incomplete screening file is a regulatory problem, not an admin one. That level of governance is built into how we run every programme. If your sector is less regulated, you simply get a more rigorous MSP than you strictly need. If it is heavily regulated, you are in our home territory.
Contractor compliance you can trust
Regulatory risk shouldn’t slow hiring. Vermelo’s MSP ensures every contingent hire meets IR35, FCA, and employment law requirements.
Real-time compliance tracking and audit-ready trails
Standardised contracts, onboarding and payroll
Comprehensive pre-employment screening and data privacy controls
You’ll gain complete peace of mind knowing every contingent worker is compliant, secure and ready to deliver.
Not sure if MSP is the right model?
Questions we are frequently asked about our Managed Service Provider solution
Here are a few questions we're asked by clients considering us for their MSP. If you want to dig into these, or anything else, a quick call is probably the quickest way to get a straight answer.
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A managed service provider takes on the management of your contractor and contingent workforce - consolidating suppliers, standardising rates and contracts, running onboarding and compliance, and giving you one real-time view of spend and risk. It's distinct from an IT managed service provider; same acronym, entirely different job.
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Recruitment agencies fill individual roles; an MSP runs the whole system the agencies sit inside. With agencies alone, every supplier has its own rates, contracts and screening standards, and nobody holds the full picture. An MSP gives you one process, one data set and one point of accountability - the agencies can still supply, but to your standards.
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Status determinations remain your legal obligation as the end client, but our MSP builds the process that makes them defensible: consistent assessments, documented reasoning, audit-ready records and ongoing reviews as engagements change. We're not a substitute for your own legal advice, we're the operational discipline that means your advisers have something solid to review.
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There's no magic number, but the honest answer is that an MSP earns its keep when contractor management has become a job nobody officially owns typically once you're running contractors across multiple suppliers or teams. A handful of contractors through one trusted agency probably doesn't need us, and if that’s the case we'll say so. Book a discovery call and we'll tell you which side of the line you're on.
What our clients say
“The team provided effective advice around IR35 and working practices. We felt secure that they had the knowledge and expertise to guide us through this transitional period.”
Head of Contingent Workforce, London
“The Vermelo team have done an excellent job supporting both us and our managers with contracts and our compliance processes.”
HR Director, Guildford