OnTheRota is the direct-hire pool for UK construction. Search verified subcontractors, see who's available this week, contact them direct. No recruiters. No middleman fees.
A recruitment consultancy charges 15–30% on top of every day rate, sits between you and the trade you actually want, and keeps the relationship for next time. There's a faster way.
Stop emailing four agencies and waiting two days. Search the pool yourself. See who's free this week.
Every trade uploads their accreditations. We auto-check them against NICEIC, NAPIT, ECA and Gas Safe registers. Green tick = current.
Message through the platform, agree your terms, get them on site. No commission. No mark-up.
Filter by trade type, location, day rate, accreditations. See live availability — who's free this week, this month, every Saturday night.
Every profile shows uploaded certificates AND a live cross-check against the relevant trade body register. No "I'll send it over later."
Message through the platform. Agree day rate, dates, scope. They show up. You pay them direct, no commission to anyone.
Get straight to verified trades who are free now, in the region you need. One subscription, unlimited hires.
List once, set your availability, take the work that fits your week. No agency taking a cut of your day rate.
Founding members get launch pricing locked for life. 14-day free trial — no card up front. Annual deals available; ask your account manager.
Final pricing announced at launch. Founding-member rate locked for the life of the account.
Lock in founding-member pricing →Trades upload their certificates when they register. We then cross-check the relevant ones automatically against the public registers — NICEIC, NAPIT, ECA, Gas Safe, CSCS. A green tick on the profile means the membership is current and verified at the source. The hirer makes the final call before booking, just as they would today.
You search the pool yourself, contact the trade direct, agree your own day rate, contract direct with them. We don't take a percentage of the placement and we don't sit between you and the relationship. One flat subscription gives you unlimited access for as long as you need it.
The product isn't a list of phone numbers — it's a live availability pool. Last week's contact list goes stale fast: phone numbers change, accreditations expire, people get booked up. The value is knowing who is verified, available this week, in the region you need — and that's what the subscription buys.
No. OnTheRota is an introduction service. Hirers contract directly with the trade, just as they would if they'd called the trade themselves. We're not the employer, we don't process payments between you, and we don't handle IR35.
Launching with electrical first — there's an existing network behind the platform that gives us a strong starting pool. We're expanding to plumbing, carpentry, bricklaying, plastering, groundworks and HVAC over the first year. If you're a trade in any of these, get on the waitlist now.
We're seeding the worker pool now, opening hirer access in waves. Get on the waitlist below — founding members get a heads up first and lock in launch pricing for the life of their account.
Tell us which side of the call you're on. Founding members get first access at launch.
14-day trial when launch pricing opens. Founding rate locked for the life of the account.
Free to list, always. Founding members get priority placement in search results for the first 6 months.
OnTheRota is launching trade by trade. Get in early — founding members shape the product and lock in launch pricing for life.