July 20, 2026
The UK's flexible workforce is substantial. There were about 1.57 million temporary employees in January to March 2026, including about 285,000 working through agency temping (source: ONS, EMP07 Temporary employees, 2026). At the same time the vacancy market has softened, with 707,000 vacancies in March to May 2026, down 31,000 (4.2%) on the year (source: ONS, Vacancies and jobs in the UK, 2026). For an interim provider, a softer market means longer gaps between assignments and a bench that is harder to hold together.
Temporary work is a stable feature of the UK labour market. About 1.57 million people were temporary employees in January to March 2026, with about 285,000 engaged through agency temping (source: ONS, EMP07 Temporary employees, 2026). Demand is tightening rather than collapsing. There were 707,000 vacancies in March to May 2026, down 19,000 on the quarter (source: ONS, Vacancies and jobs in the UK, 2026). For an interim provider the constraint is rarely finding candidates. It is keeping a known, vetted bench engaged with you and matched to genuine live roles between assignments.
Spacewalk gives your provider a private, branded job board for your own bench, so your team spends its time placing interims rather than chasing them.
Build your branded Spacewalk job board and invite your talent community in minutes
Whether you choose to stream roles automatically, invite employers or post them yourself they are automatically matched to your talent pool
Track applications, placements and community engagement from one reporting dashboard
Unlike generic job boards, Spacewalk gives you a branded, private or public jobs marketplace your talent actually trust, with sourcing, matching and reporting running automatically in the background.
Candidate and client contact data sits under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, with the ICO as regulator, so an interim provider needs a lawful basis for holding bench data and clear retention practice (source: ICO, UK GDPR guidance and resources).
Sector rules add to that. Employment businesses must give temporary work-seekers a Key Information Document before agreeing terms, and since 7 April 2026 the Fair Work Agency enforces the Conduct Regulations in Great Britain (source: GOV.UK, Overview of the Conduct Regulations 2003). Agency workers also qualify for equal treatment after 12 weeks in the same role (source: GOV.UK, Agency workers, your rights), and employing someone without the right to work carries a civil penalty of up to £60,000 per worker (source: GOV.UK, Penalties for employing illegal workers). This is context, not legal advice.
This is an illustrative scenario, not a customer story. A UK interim management provider stands up a branded board and invites its bench of finance and operations interims. Between assignments, each interim sees verified, live roles matched to their skills instead of drifting to public job boards. Consultants watch application activity to spot who is coming free, redeploy them faster and export placement outcomes when leadership asks how the bench is performing.
Because the roles are curated and employer-direct rather than re-listed from public platforms. Each interim sees verified, active roles matched to their skills, seniority and location, alongside your own assignments.
Application tracking shows who is active and who is going quiet, so consultants contact the right interims before a rival provider does.
From an employer-direct stream of verified, active roles with direct apply links. Your team can also post its own assignments, but nothing is scraped from job boards or aggregators.
No. Those obligations stay with the employment business and the hiring employer. Spacewalk connects your bench to live roles and tracks their progress.
Yes. Export registrations, applications, interviews and placements to evidence bench performance to leadership and clients.
Yes. Spacewalk offers a 14-day free trial with unlimited admin seats, so your whole consultant team can test it with a live slice of the bench.
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