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The state of CTO compensation in 2026: equity has overtaken cash for the first time at Series B+

Our analysis of 412 CTO-level offers across the UK and EU between January 2025 and April 2026 reveals a structural shift: at Series B and beyond, equity-grant value has overtaken base salary as the headline component for the first time.

Eleanor Whitfield·4 May 2026·9 min read

Hiring7 min

How to run a senior search in eleven weeks (without compromising quality)

The conventional wisdom — that a senior search takes six months — is a function of process inertia, not of the search itself. Here is the operating manual we use to compress that timeline by a factor of three.

Marcus Allen

22 Apr 2026

Hiring6 min

Why your best talent leaves quietly — and what the data tells us about catching it

Across our placements, the median tenure at the previous employer at the point of resignation is 4.2 years. The median time the candidate had been actively considering a move is just 11 weeks.

James Okafor

8 Apr 2026

Career8 min

A candidate's guide to reading an equity offer without the headache

Equity grants are the most commonly mishandled part of a senior offer — by candidates and by employers. The four numbers you should always extract before signing.

Sophia Reyes

28 Mar 2026

Market Report12 min

London tech leadership market: half-year report, H1 2026

Our flagship semi-annual report on the London technology leadership market. Volumes, compensation bands, sector splits, and twelve specific predictions for H2.

Eleanor Whitfield

15 Mar 2026

Career10 min

A first-ninety-days operating playbook for an incoming CTO

Drawn from interviews with thirty-six CTOs we placed between 2026 and 2026 — what they did in their first ninety days, what they wish they had done, and the four mistakes that recurred.