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Flexible developer, QA, DevOps and BA capacity that plugs into your existing Glasgow team without the cost of permanent hiring. Scale your engineering capability with nearshore support from Evolved Ideas.
Trusted by enterprises, scaleups and startups
Extended teams are ideal when you have a specific project, a temporary skill gap, or a known peak in demand. CTOs and IT Directors often use them to run concurrent workstreams without hiring, to cover leaves or departures, or to inject specialist skills (DevOps, QA, architecture) that justify salary cost. Unlike hiring, there's no commitment if the work ends or priorities shift.
You brief our team on your stack, project scope, and team culture. We match candidates and onboard them into your workflow within 1-2 weeks. The extended team member sits in your standup, attends your planning, and integrates into your existing processes. Your engineering manager or tech lead sets priorities and reviews work daily. We handle payroll, compliance, and HR; you handle direction and accountability.
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Glasgow's position as a West of Scotland business hub brings strong demand for technical talent and software delivery. Nearshore extended teams give you access to developer and DevOps capacity without the relocation costs of permanent hires. Working with UK-based or Spain-based team members means minimal timezone friction and cultural alignment compared to far-offshore models, while keeping burn rate well below permanent salary plus overhead.
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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Working with Evolved Ideas has been the best experience I've ever had with a technology company. Everything that's done is done carefully. I like how my project team treats my product. We have people using our platform and getting value from it now, which wouldn't be possible without Evolved Ideas.
Jamie Beaumont
CASE STUDIES
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Supply PilotSupply Pilot bridges the gap in the client feedback loop, giving retailers insight into what their customers really think. Our dedicated team built their Modio platform.View case study
NOCNWith a growing backlog of IT needs, the NOCN Group needed a full-time team to improve their operational efficiency using web based and mobile solutions.View case studyABOUT US
Founded in 2007 as a dedicated IT consultancy, Evolved Ideas has grown into a team of over 100 professionals, with a head office in Leicester and development hubs in Eastern Europe and Spain.
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OUR EXPERTISE
Over 17 years building custom software and mobile applications, and leveraging AI and ML to build the software you'll need next.
LOCAL INSIGHT
Glasgow hosts a competitive talent market for mid-to-senior engineering roles, making permanent hiring expensive and slow. IT Directors and CTOs in the city often face peak workload cycles driven by banking, fintech, and professional services clients. Extended development teams address both: you inject capacity where and when needed, keep salary costs predictable, and avoid years-long recruitment battles. Nearshore models from our UK and Spain bases align with Glasgow's collaborative working culture and timezone expectations.
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OUR PROVEN PROCESS
Our process has guided startups, scaleups and enterprises from concept to reality, and continues after launch.
A free 30-minute consultation followed by a stakeholder workshop, where we listen to your challenges, validate assumptions and build an outside-in view of your situation.
We scope the project, define milestones and deliverables, then research your market, wireframe the UX and prototype the UI so the direction is agreed before a line of code.
We assemble your dedicated team, establish reporting and work in iterative Scrum sprints, delivering a working MVP or proof of concept you can test with real users.
We ship, sign off, and keep your product current through our support service or a permanent extended team as your business evolves.
OUR SOLUTIONS
Technology is more than just code — it's a tool for solving real business challenges. Whichever route fits your stage, the same team delivers it.
With your long-term goals in mind, we help you choose the technology you need and develop a tech roadmap based on industry trends, emerging tech and your business requirements.
We have years of experience building proof of concepts and MVPs. We will take you from testing viability to building an MVP to validate your hypotheses.
Tier 1 customer support, Tier 2 technical support and Tier 3 development support for applications and legacy software, delivered by our engineering teams.
If you need to build an IT team from zero or need staff augmentation, we can build the team you need — developers, designers, analysts and even fractional CTOs.
An extended team gives you immediate capacity without recruitment overhead, onboarding delays, or employment commitments. You pay for the hours worked, scale up or down based on project needs, and retain full control over task assignment and delivery. Your existing team leads and manages the extended staff directly.
Yes. We place developers, QA engineers, DevOps specialists, and business analysts based on your exact needs. You define the role, seniority level, and responsibilities. The extended team member works as part of your structure, reporting to your engineering manager or CTO.
Initial briefings and access setup take 1-2 weeks. We pair new team members with your internal staff to learn your codebase, architecture, and processes. Productivity typically reaches 80% by week 3-4, depending on domain complexity.
Our teams span the UK, Spain, and Ukraine. For Glasgow-based clients, we often place UK-based or Spain-based developers for timezone overlap and cultural fit. This avoids the coordination friction of far-offshore models while maintaining cost efficiency compared to permanent local hires.
There are no long-term employment contracts. You can reduce headcount with notice, pause work temporarily, or scale back as project phases complete. Costs align directly to utilisation, so there are no idle-time penalties.
All extended team staff come from our vetted pool and are backed by our Centre of Excellence standards for code quality, security, and delivery. We maintain continuous performance oversight and provide replacement support if a team member underperforms or is unavailable.
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