HR Technologies UK 2027

How it compares

For a UK team choosing HRIS, payroll or recruitment technology, HR Technologies UK concentrates the relevant suppliers into a focused buying environment. Oracle, HiBob, Zellis and specialist providers give visitors different approaches to compare, while the supplier seminars explain how those tools are used. The show is especially relevant when the next decision concerns replacing a system, connecting existing platforms or introducing AI into HR workflows.

CIPD Festival of Work covers a wider people agenda. Its 2026 event drew more than 12,500 festival-goers and over 210 exhibitors, with content spanning leadership, skills, performance and employee experience. It is a stronger fit when the objective is to shape people strategy or explore workplace practice alongside supplier conversations.

Learning Technologies is the complementary choice for learning management, training delivery and development. Its 2026 showcase had 200 exhibitors and 200 free seminars. Sharing the London venue lets teams examine how learning products fit with the broader HR systems they are evaluating.

Zukunft Personal Europe in Cologne covers the wider HR landscape and offers a continental European setting for suppliers and buyers. For a UK deployment, HR Technologies UK keeps the emphasis on the local HR technology market; for a broader European supplier search, the Cologne show offers a different market perspective.

A focused trip for UK HR, payroll and recruitment teams comparing software and testing how AI fits into their people operations.

Who exhibits

The 2026 mix combined enterprise platforms from Oracle, SAP SuccessFactors and Workday with providers such as HiBob, Personio and Ciphr. Greenhouse covered recruitment, Visier workforce analytics, and Remote and Deel global employment. Payroll and implementation specialists sat alongside employee engagement products and the Start-Up Zone. That breadth makes the floor useful for weighing a consolidated HR suite against a combination of specialist tools, with demonstrations and supplier seminars showing how each approach works in practice.

1. 

   Oracle

2. 

   SAP

3. 

   Remote

4. 

   ADP

5. 

   Pearson

6. 

   The Access Group

7. 

   UKG

8. 

   Rippling

9. 

   Personio

10. 

    Leena AI

11. 

    Zensai

12. 

    Employment Hero

13. 

    Visier

14. 

    Native Teams

15. 

    Oneflow

16. 

    Skillvue

17. 

    WorkFlex

18. 

    BIPO

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HR Technologies UK 2027

The Innovation & AI Competition returns in 2027, giving exhibitors a forum to demonstrate how AI changes HR work. It follows a 2026 contest won by Flip for its workplace communication and engagement technology. The Start-Up Zone remains part of the show, offering emerging providers a place alongside established platforms. The broader program combines keynote discussions with supplier demonstrations, continuing the connection between the people questions raised on stage and the software presented on the exhibition floor.

• Use the shared visit with Learning Technologies to examine learning platforms when your HR system project also covers skills and development.
• Pair a supplier's seminar with its stand demonstration: the seminar program is reserved for exhibitors, so it gives you a direct route from the case study to the product.
• Spend time in the Innovation Hub if you are evaluating newer HR products; its Start-Up Zone and AI competition put emerging tools beside established suppliers.

Exhibiting

Stand packages can include seminar presentations, letting HR software providers combine a product demonstration with a customer case study. The Start-Up Zone includes the opportunity to enter the Start-Up Showdown. Stand size, speaking slots and sponsorship affect the package, so the format suits suppliers able to explain a concrete HR use case on stage as well as on their stand.