WHY QUIETMOVES
QuietMoves began with a recurring problem in in-house talent acquisition: useful information exists, but it is difficult to assemble into a dependable view.
In development. Registration is not open yet.
THE STARTING POINT
Candidates hold detailed experience that a CV or job title may only partly explain. Employers describe similar requirements in different ways.
Agency networks, job boards and LinkedIn can all help. Information about skills, salaries and availability comes with different coverage and assumptions, making it difficult to compare.
What should a role pay? Where are people with the experience? Would they consider the working arrangements? Could someone from another field do the work?
WHAT WE’RE BUILDING
We’re building QuietMoves to connect individual career choices with employers’ hiring needs and a clearer understanding of specialist talent markets.
The platform will focus on relevant profiles, clear opportunities and introductions that candidates choose to accept. Building that properly also helps us understand where the evidence is strong and where information is missing.
As the evidence develops, it should become useful to communities, educators, investors and public bodies too.
THE WIDER CONTEXT
These observations describe different parts of the market. They explain why detail matters; they are not a measure of QuietMoves’ coverage.
DEFENCE WORKFORCE
82,000
Estimated combined growth and replacement demand across 14 priority UK defence occupations.
Skills England / MOD, updated October 2026. An uncertain projection, not a count of current vacancies.
Read the assessment ↗SEMICONDUCTORS / 2026
$1.59bn
Investment raised by UK semiconductor companies in the first nine months of 2026, already an annual record in the HSBC / Dealroom update.
A specific funding indicator, not a total for deep tech or a measure of vacancies. Source: UK Innovation Update, Q3 2026.
Read the Q3 update ↗CYBER SECURITY HIRING
53%
Reported at least one hard-to-fill vacancy among cyber security businesses that had tried to recruit.
DSIT’s 2026 study. Difficulty varies by specialism and experience, despite a broader shift towards an employer’s market.
Read the skills study ↗These sources use different definitions and periods. The figures cannot be added together to estimate one market.
LOOKING INTO 2027
On 15 October 2026, the British Business Bank announced £180m of commitments across six AI and deep tech funds, spanning early-stage and growth investment. Those funds had collectively raised over £1bn.
Our outlook: new funding can support future recruitment, but demand will vary by company, discipline and location. We want to track where it becomes confirmed hiring, and what experience employers need.
This is our assessment, not a numerical jobs forecast.
Read the October announcement ↗UK FIRST
The first focus is the UK, across defence, secure technology and related deep-tech sectors. Expansion into allied markets is a longer-term ambition.
QuietMoves remains in development. We’ll distinguish working features, proposed capabilities and published evidence so visitors can assess the service as it develops.
UK FIRST
We’re developing QuietMoves around real candidate and employer needs. The first registration will collect early interest; profiles and introductions will follow.
See the early-access status