Turn talent noise into
talent intelligence.

mustard ti combines live market data with specialist recruitment insight to show you where the talent is, what it costs, and how to secure it – before your competitors do.

Book a 20-minute demo See what you get
  • Market-mapping and hotspot dashboards tailored to your studio and roles.
  • Live salary and benefits benchmarking based on recent hiring.
  • Role difficulty scoring so you can prioritise searches.
  • Shareable insight decks to support budget sign-off and headcount approval.
Live insights

Salary snapshot · Architecture

£46.5k
Mid-weight Architect · London median

Offers above £58k capture the top 20% of talent in this bracket. Manchester runs £5–7k lower for comparable studios.

  • +7.2% YoY salary movement at this level.
  • Equity & bonuses used in 18% of offers.

Role difficulty · Interiors

73 / 100
High — Senior FF&E Designer · Manchester

Driven by low talent density, under-market salary and two studios aggressively hiring from the same pool.

  • Talent density: 38th percentile vs UK average.
  • Budget: £3–5k below realistic band.
  • Median time-to-offer: 63 days (market: 47).

Talent hotspots · Experiential

Senior Experiential Producers are concentrated around three city clusters. Hybrid hiring widens your pool significantly.

London
54%
Manchester
24%
Bristol / Bath
16%

Hybrid within a 60–70 minute train radius increases available candidates by 2.7×.

Salary tension · Brand & digital

£92k
Your budget vs market reality

Market band for this profile sits between £88–£104k base. Your current budget is £90k.

  • Top 20% of candidates expect £98k+.
  • Most declined offers cite progression and scope, not just base.
  • Recommended band: £92–£100k with clearer progression story.
Salary snapshot Architecture – London vs Manchester
Built on live creative-sector hiring data:
10,247 mapped candidates
3,921 salary datapoints
14 disciplines benchmarked
421 recent placements analysed
8 dashboard modules
Why studios use mustard ti

The problems we solve

Salary guesswork

Instead of “what we paid last time”, mustard ti anchors offers against live salary, benefits and offer data in your exact niche.

Invisible market pressure

Difficulty scores quantify how hard each role will be to hire for and why: talent density, competition, pay competitiveness and brand pull.

Weak headcount cases

Shareable decks bring together hotspots, salary bands and candidate flow, giving finance and leadership hard numbers instead of anecdotes.

What you actually see

Dashboards for real hiring decisions

Every mustard ti project comes with a small set of dashboards designed for hiring managers and studio leadership – not data teams. They’re built from your roles, candidates, interviews and offers, layered with wider market data.

Talent hotspots

Map view of where candidates are, not just where jobs are posted – including commuter towns, hybrid catchments and relocation clusters.

Salary benchmarks

Current, realistic salary bands by level, location and discipline, built from live offers and placements – not generic salary surveys.

Role difficulty score

A single score per role, driven by talent density, competition, compensation and brand pull – so you know where to focus effort.

Pipeline & drop-off

Where candidates are falling out of process – brief, salary, interview speed or offer – to tighten up how you hire.
Trusted by design, architecture and creative studios who care about getting hiring right.
Architecture studios
Interior & workplace
Experiential & events
Brand & digital
How it works

What goes into a mustard ti report

Each insight pack is built from a defined set of inputs – we don’t just scrape job boards. We combine your data with our market view so you can trust the story the numbers tell.

01

Your brief

Role, level, location strategy, salary range and hiring timeline – plus any studios you compete with or want to avoid.

02

Live search data

Real candidates, shortlists, interviews and offers from mustard searches in your niche across the last 12–24 months.

03

Market-wide signals

Salary movements, location trends and role demand from thousands of creative-sector roles – filtered to reflect your world.

04

Insight layer

We score difficulty, highlight hotspots and stress-test your salary and benefits so you can brief, budget and hire with confidence.

What the numbers sound like

Sample insights you can expect

For studio leadership
  • +5.8% YoY increase in mid-weight designer salaries across Manchester – budget uplift needed to stay competitive.
  • 21% shortage of senior architects at your target level within a realistic commute of your studio.
  • Top 20% of London talent is currently captured above £58k base for this role profile.
  • 47 days median time-to-offer in your market – your process currently runs at 63 days.
For hiring managers
  • 3–4x more candidates available if you open the search to hybrid within a 60-minute train radius.
  • Candidates are declining offers mainly on progression clarity, not base salary – adjust the pitch, not just the band.
  • 2 competitor studios are driving most of the salary inflation – we show where they’re hiring and at what level.

All figures above are illustrative – every mustard ti project is built on your live data and current market activity.

Ways to work together

Engagement models

Project insight

A one-off insight pack for a single critical hire or studio location. Ideal when you’re making a new role, office or discipline case.

Quarterly cadence

Repeat dashboards every quarter so you can track salary movement, talent supply and competitor activity over time.

Embedded intelligence

Ongoing support alongside your existing PSL or in-house team, feeding live data into workforce planning and hiring decisions.

Next step

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