Employer of Record India specialists • UK-managed support team • Transparent monthly pricing from $349 per employee
Offshore hiring for UK businesses won’t fall under a uniform format. A ten-person startup needs a different setup than a 500-person enterprise. Governance, documentation, and operational complexity all change as you grow.
Startups move fast. They need their first offshore hire onboarded quickly, with minimal paperwork and no entity overhead. Mid-sized businesses, however, need repeatable processes, stable payroll, consistent onboarding, and documentation that scales cleanly.
Enterprises, meanwhile, require stronger governance. They need workforce planning, HR oversight, audit-ready records, and an employment structure that aligns with internal legal and finance requirements.
Orbit Offshore adapts the service to match each business size. The core compliance infrastructure stays consistent. What changes is how we apply it with onboarding flow, contract structure, and operational reporting.

Orbit Offshore supports UK businesses at every stage of their offshore journey, from making your first offshore hire to building structured, multi-department offshore operations.
We provide flexible offshore staffing solutions for growing UK businesses across a range of industries, including professional services, accountancy firms, recruitment agencies, property businesses, e-commerce companies, digital agencies, legal support teams, and other service-led businesses.
Whether you’re making your first offshore hire or ready to build a dedicated offshore team across multiple departments, we help you find the right people, put the right structure in place and provide the ongoing support needed to make your offshore operation work for your business.
Choose your business type or stage below to explore the offshore staffing model that best fits your needs.
For startups, offshore hiring often begins with a single role, usually a developer, marketer, or operations specialist. Speed matters, but you also need clean employment foundations.
What you need:
As teams grow from five to fifty employees, hiring becomes more structured. You need consistency, reliable monthly payroll, and documentation that supports HR and finance oversight.
What you need:
Enterprise offshore hiring requires governance. Contracts must be audit-ready, payroll must scale accurately, and records must align with internal HR, legal, and finance frameworks.
What you need:

A UK startup needs a developer in India but wants to avoid setting up a local entity. Orbit Offshore employs the candidate, manages onboarding and payroll, and handles statutory compliance, while you manage the work.
A mid-sized UK company hires several customer support specialists in India to extend service hours. Orbit Offshore onboards the team on compliant contracts and runs one consistent monthly payroll.
A UK technology firm expands its engineering team offshore to increase development output. Orbit Offshore prepares contracts, IP protection clauses, and payroll before the team’s start date so they can integrate immediately with the UK team.
A finance company moves back-office processing roles to India. Orbit Offshore structures compliant employment and payroll, reducing employment costs by roughly 40 – 50% for those functions.
Orbit Offshore converts the structured employment team into compliant contracts with statutory benefits and organised payroll, without disrupting delivery.
Tell us about the roles you want to hire and your timeline. We will discuss whether this is your first India hire or part of a team expansion.
We map roles to the right Indian cities based on talent availability and cost, then align compensation benchmarks and timelines.
Once you have decided on who to hire, Orbit Offshore organises the contracts, statutory registrations, and payroll, and it’s all set up before the employee’s start date. Recruitment support is available if required.
We manage payroll, filings, and employment administration while you manage the team and scale when needed.
Book an appointment with one of our onboarding experts for a free 45 minute consultation of what Orbit Offshore can do you.