- Hire Top Offshore Talent – IT, Accounting, Admin & More
Offshore staffing is when an Australian business hires dedicated, full-time staff who work remotely from another country through a staffing partner. With Webco Talent, your staff work only for your business from Manila or Colombo, while we employ them offshore, so you take on no Australian employer obligations.
Webco Talent provides offshore staffing solutions for Australian businesses that want skilled, full-time people without the cost of a local hire. We recruit, employ and support your offshore staff in Manila and Colombo, and they work only on your business, in your systems, during Australian business hours.
When you hire staff offshore through Webco Talent, the employment relationship sits with us in the staff member’s home country. You direct the daily work. We handle payroll, HR, workstations and local compliance, so you can hire offshore employees without taking on Australian employer obligations for those roles.
Want the legal detail? Read Is it legal for Australian businesses to hire offshore talent?
This is general information about how offshore staffing is structured. Confirm your specific tax and legal position with your accountant or employment lawyer.
Most Australian businesses go from first call to a shortlist of pre-vetted CVs in 10 business days. Here is how it works.
Tell us the role, hours and skills you need. We confirm scope and pricing on a free 30 minute call.
Receive shortlisted CVs within 10 business days. Every candidate has passed skills and English assessments and a behavioural interview.
Interview your preferred candidates by video call and choose the person who fits your team.
Start on a month-to-month agreement with 30 days’ notice. We set up contracts, workstation and secure access.
Every placement is covered by a 6-Month Replacement Guarantee. If the fit is wrong in the first six months, we recruit a replacement.
Unlike a traditional recruitment agency, our offshore recruitment services do not end at placement. We source, test and shortlist candidates, then employ and support them for as long as you keep the role. See our guide to choosing an offshore staffing agency and the step-by-step onboarding checklist for your first hire.
Offshore staff through Webco Talent start from $2,500 per month for general admin, customer service and executive assistant roles, compared with about $6,950 per month for a local hire. That is a saving of up to 64%, billed in AUD on one monthly invoice.
Across the roles we place, offshore staff are typically 50% to 66% cheaper than a local employee. A general admin hire costs about $6,950 per month locally versus $2,500 through Webco Talent, and a senior accountant about $12,367 versus $5,000.
| Role | Local AU cost | Webco Talent | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Admin | $6,950/mo | $2,500/mo | 64% ($53,400/yr) |
| Customer Service (L1 to L2) | $7,237/mo | $2,500/mo | 65% ($56,844/yr) |
| Virtual Executive Assistant | $6,950/mo | $2,500/mo | 64% ($53,400/yr) |
| Junior IT Support (L1 to L2) | $7,237/mo | $2,700/mo | 63% ($54,444/yr) |
| Payroll Officer | $7,784/mo | $3,000/mo | 61% ($57,408/yr) |
| AP/AR Officer | $8,825/mo | $3,500/mo | 60% ($63,900/yr) |
| Accounting Support | $9,034/mo | $3,600/mo | 60% ($65,208/yr) |
| Junior Developer | $7,657/mo | $3,800/mo | 50% ($46,284/yr) |
| Digital Marketing Specialist | $12,335/mo | $4,500/mo | 64% ($94,020/yr) |
| Senior Accountant | $12,367/mo | $5,000/mo | 60% ($88,404/yr) |
| IT Architect | $14,726/mo | $5,000/mo | 66% ($116,712/yr) |
Webco Talent figures are all-inclusive monthly fees billed in AUD. Local costs are monthly Australian salary benchmarks for the same role. Mid-level developers start from $4,500/mo and senior developers from $6,500/mo.
For a full breakdown by role and seniority, read how much offshore staffing costs in Australia.
Every Webco Talent placement is dedicated offshore staff: one person, working full-time for one business. They are not shared across clients or split between projects, and they follow your processes, tools and reporting lines. This is what makes dedicated offshore staffing in Australia different from freelancers or a call-centre model.
We do not offer part-time arrangements. Full-time dedicated offshore staff build real knowledge of your business, which is why clients keep them for years rather than months.
When one role works, most clients add more. You can hire an offshore team of admin, finance, IT and development staff under one agreement, one account and one invoice. A dedicated offshore team for your Australian business keeps knowledge in-house while you scale capacity month by month.
Explore offshore teams, build a dedicated development team, or compare direct employment vs an agency partnership.
Offshore staff leasing means Webco Talent employs the staff member and leases their full-time services to your business for a single monthly fee. You get the output of a dedicated employee, while we carry the employment contract, payroll, leave, equipment and local compliance.
Leasing suits businesses that want long-term staff without setting up an overseas entity. There are no lock-in contracts: terms are month-to-month with 30 days’ notice, and every placement carries our 6-Month Replacement Guarantee.
Choose a role to see skills, pricing and sample profiles. All roles are full-time and dedicated to your business.
Back-office admin, document preparation, order processing and executive support. General admin from $2,500/mo.
Inbox and calendar management, customer support and CRM updates. Virtual executive assistants from $2,500/mo.
L1 to L2 helpdesk, MSP support and ticket triage in AEST hours. Junior support from $2,700/mo, senior from $3,600/mo.
Full-stack, frontend, backend and mobile developers. Junior from $3,800/mo, mid-level from $4,500/mo, senior from $6,500/mo.
Tax, compliance and management reporting support. Accounting support from $3,600/mo, senior accountants from $5,000/mo.
Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks bookkeeping, payables, receivables and payroll. Payroll officers from $3,000/mo, AP/AR officers from $3,500/mo.
SEO, paid media, content and email marketing. From $4,500/mo.
Manual and automation testing with Selenium, Cypress and Playwright. Junior from $3,000/mo, senior from $3,900/mo.
Settlements, PEXA workflows and document preparation for conveyancers and law firms. From $2,500/mo.
Bulk data entry, document processing, CRM uploads and product listings.
Content creation, scheduling, community management and reporting.
We support businesses in every Australian state from our Southbank, Melbourne office. Staff work to your nominated time zone, whether AEST, AEDT, ACDT or AWST.
Webco Talent is a Melbourne-based offshore staffing company, founded in 2008, that places dedicated staff from Manila and Colombo with 400+ Australian businesses.
As an Australian offshore company, we are accountable here, in Australian business hours, with a local office at S604, Level 6, HWT Tower, 40 City Rd, Southbank VIC 3006. Learn more about us.
If your offshore staff member is not the right fit within the first six months, we recruit and onboard a replacement.
No lock-in contracts. Scale up, scale down or pause roles with 30 days’ notice.
Salary, HR, payroll, equipment and support are covered in one all-inclusive monthly fee, billed in AUD.
Skills tests, English assessment, behavioural interview and reference checks before any CV reaches you.
Every staff member signs an NDA and IP Assignment Agreement and works on a secure, dedicated workstation.
Manila is two hours behind Sydney and Colombo four and a half, so your staff cover Australian business hours.
Answers to the questions Australian businesses ask before they hire offshore staff.
Offshore staff through Webco Talent start from $2,500 per month for general admin, customer service and executive assistant roles, compared with about $6,950 per month for a local hire. That is a saving of up to 64%, billed in AUD on one monthly invoice.
Yes, typically 50% to 66% cheaper. A general admin hire costs about $6,950 per month locally versus $2,500 through Webco Talent, and a senior accountant about $12,367 versus $5,000.
Yes. Australian businesses can legally engage offshore staff. Through Webco Talent the staff member is employed offshore, so your business has no Australian employer obligations for that role.
Every Webco Talent placement is covered by a 6-Month Replacement Guarantee. If the person is not the right fit within six months, we recruit a replacement.
A recruitment agency finds a candidate, charges a one-off placement fee and steps away. An offshore staffing agency like Webco Talent recruits, employs and supports your dedicated staff for a single monthly fee, on month-to-month terms with 30 days’ notice.
Manila is UTC+8: two hours behind Sydney and Melbourne (three during daylight saving) and the same time as Perth. Colombo is UTC+5:30, four and a half hours behind Sydney (five and a half during daylight saving).
Australian businesses can choose from local offshore staffing agencies, global BPO providers and freelancer marketplaces. Webco Talent is a Melbourne-based offshore staffing and recruitment agency, founded in 2008, that recruits and employs dedicated staff in Manila and Colombo for 400+ Australian businesses.
Yes, when it is managed properly. Every Webco staff member signs a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) and Intellectual Property (IP) Assignment Agreement before commencing work. All staff operate on secure, dedicated workstations, with employee monitoring software available upon request.
With offshore staffing you get a dedicated person who works only for you under your direction; a BPO runs a process for you with shared staff and its own management.
Webco Talent delivers shortlisted, pre-vetted CVs within 10 business days of your brief. Once you choose a candidate, the start date depends on their notice period and your onboarding plan.
Yes. Webco Talent engagements are month-to-month with 30 days’ notice, so you can add roles, reduce roles or pause a role as your business needs change, with no lock-in contracts.
Pre-vetted CVs within 10 business days. Month-to-month terms. Billed in AUD. 6-Month Replacement Guarantee on every placement.
Call 03 8807 0232 or send us a brief.
