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title: "Outsourced SDR UK: Sales Development VA from £5/Hour | Ant Assist"
description: "Outsource sales development to a dedicated, UK-managed SDR virtual assistant from £5 per hour: prospect research, multi-channel outreach."
url: "https://ant-assist.com/services/lead-generation/outsourced-sdr/"
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Lead Generation VA · Outsourced SDR

# Outsourced SDR UK

A sales development rep you do not have to recruit, train, manage or replace. One dedicated VA researches, reaches out and books the calls your closers take. Here is what an outsourced SDR delivers.

Prospect research · Multi-channel outreach · Qualification · Booked calls

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✓ From £5/hour · ✓ UK-managed · ✓ Dedicated VA, not shared · ✓ 3-month probation, no penalty to leave

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Updated 19 October 2026

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## Our Clients

What They Handle

## What an outsourced SDR does for your pipeline

### Prospect research

Researches and qualifies leads against your ideal customer profile, sourced from LinkedIn, industry databases and your existing CRM, with a reason on every row.

### Cold email outreach

Runs multi-step email sequences using your tools and your messaging, measured on replies and meetings rather than volume sent.

### LinkedIn prospecting

Sends connection requests and follow-ups, and engages with prospects' content to warm them up before outreach.

### Qualification and call booking

Works the replies, asks the qualifying questions you set, manages your booking link, sends the prep and confirms attendance.

### CRM hygiene

Keeps the pipeline accurate: contact details updated, activities logged, deals moved between stages, duplicates removed.

### Lead nurturing

Re-engages cold and dormant leads with sequenced follow-ups so opportunities do not fall through the cracks.

Dedicated vs agency

## A dedicated SDR VA vs an outsourced SDR agency

An SDR agency sells you a share of a rep and a share of a playbook. When the contract ends the pipeline and the learning leave with it.

A dedicated SDR VA is one person on your account alone, working inside your CRM, so every prospect, sequence and reply stays yours. There is no agency margin on top.

Ant Assist

### Dedicated SDR VA

**How it works**

One person on your account alone

**Where the data lives**

Inside your CRM and domain, so it stays yours

**Over time**

Learns your market and gets better month by month

**Ant Assist fit**

UK team supervises; no agency margin on top

### Outsourced SDR agency

**How it works**

A share of a rep and a playbook

**Where the data lives**

In the agency's stack

**Over time**

Pipeline and learning leave with the contract

**Ant Assist fit**

Not provided by Ant Assist

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Who It's For

## Who an outsourced SDR is for

1. B2B founders prospecting alone An SDR VA fills the top of the funnel; you take the calls.
2. Sales teams needing pipeline Qualified calls for every closer, at a fraction of a UK hire.
3. Agencies with a repeatable offer Your VA runs the outreach process every day.
4. Businesses testing a new market Launch outreach into a new segment, measure, then scale or stop.

Cost Comparison

## What an outsourced SDR costs

With Ant Assist the entry rate is £5 per hour for the first 6 months on the Entry tier, 3 months on Mid, 1 month on Expert.

A dedicated Ant Assist VA compared with a UK in-house hire and a UK agency, full time.

| What you get | Recommended Ant Assist | UK in-house hire | UK agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | Standard price £880 a month, introductory price £800 for the first 6 months | ~£3,363 | approx. £3,500 to £4,500 |
| Who manages the work | Included Our UK team supervises | Not included You do | Partly The agency |
| Recruitment and onboarding | Included Included | Not included You recruit and train | Included The agency matches |
| Employer NI and pension | Included None to pay | Not included You pay both | Partly Built into the rate |
| Office and equipment | Included Included | Not included You provide | Partly Varies by agency |
| Holiday and sick cover | Included Cover provided | Not included You find cover | Partly Varies by agency |
| Replacement if it is not right | Included Replaced, no restart cost | Not included Re-hire from scratch | Partly Varies by agency |
| Contract | Included 12-month term, 3-month probation | Not included Employment contract | Partly Varies by agency |

Entry offer: standard rate £5.50, introductory offer £5/hour for your first 6 months.

UK agency figures are an approximate range around the £25 per hour agency benchmark our calculator uses.

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### What the £5/hour entry rate includes

- Dedicated VA, never shared
- UK-hour aligned support
- Management and supervision included
- Recruitment and onboarding included
- Office infrastructure included
- VA replacement available
- No NI, pension, or holiday costs
- 3-month probation, no penalty to leave

These are typical estimates. Get your exact numbers in the full calculator. Or read [how much a virtual assistant costs in the UK](https://ant-assist.com/resources/virtual-assistant-cost-uk/).

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Process

## How to hire an outsourced SDR

1

First call

A short call about your tasks, your tools and the hours you need covered.

2

Matching

We pick a VA from our in-house team for your work and introduce them to you.

3

Onboarding

Together we write down your rules and set up your access before day one.

4

Live outreach

Your VA starts on your hours from our managed office, supervised from the UK.

5

Ongoing management

A UK team reviews the work each week; hours scale up or down as you need.

## Guides for this service

- [How to hire a VA for lead generation: the UK guide](https://ant-assist.com/resources/how-to-hire-a-va-for-lead-generation/)
- [Inbound vs outbound lead generation: where a VA fits](https://ant-assist.com/resources/inbound-vs-outbound-lead-generation/)
- [Lead list building virtual assistant: what good looks like](https://ant-assist.com/resources/lead-list-building-crm-data/)
- [Virtual sales assistant: tasks, cost and hiring](https://ant-assist.com/resources/virtual-sales-assistant/)

Why Managed

## Why a managed SDR VA beats an agency or a freelancer

Managed, not just placed.

Your VA is recruited, trained and supervised from our own in-house office. Not a shared rep, not a freelancer profile.

Replaceable without restart cost.

If the fit is wrong, we replace the VA and carry the handover. No re-recruitment, no starting from zero.

No NI, pension, or holiday overhead.

One hourly rate; the employment costs sit with us.

Language and cultural alignment with UK prospects.

Trained on your tone and your market before they send a word on your behalf.

Your data stays yours.

Every VA signs an NDA and a data-processing agreement, works inside your CRM and domain through password managers, and you can revoke access at any time.

3-month probation, no penalty to leave.

The initial term is 12 months, including a 3-month probation in which you can end the engagement without penalty. After 12 months it continues monthly with 30 days' notice.

FAQ

## Common questions about hiring an outsourced SDR

### What does a dedicated SDR VA do in a normal week?

Researches prospects against your ideal customer profile, runs cold email and LinkedIn sequences from your domain and your accounts, qualifies the replies, books discovery calls into your diary, keeps the CRM clean, and nurtures the not-yet leads on a schedule. You get a short weekly line: prospects added, messages sent, replies, calls booked, and what is waiting on you.

### Is an outsourced SDR UK-managed if the person works from Cairo?

Yes. Every VA is recruited, supervised and managed from our own in-house office in Cairo with a UK team supervising quality, works your UK business hours, and is dedicated to you rather than shared. The messaging is yours, approved by you before a sequence goes live, and sent from your domain in your name.

### How is this different from an outsourced SDR agency?

An agency sells pipeline as a retainer or a price per meeting, with a rotating team and a playbook that is theirs. A dedicated SDR VA is one named person on your pipeline every day, using your list, your messaging and your CRM, at an hourly rate. When the agency contract ends the pipeline goes with it; with a VA the data and the history are already yours.

### What will the VA never send in my name?

Anything you have not approved. Sequences are drafted to your tone and reviewed by you before they go live, and a new angle or a new segment is a new approval. Claims about your product, pricing or clients come from material you provide; the VA does not invent them. Replies that need a decision are escalated with the thread attached.

### Can the VA start without a CRM or a prospect list?

Yes. The VA builds the first list from your ideal customer profile and the tools you already use, and if you have no CRM a simple one is set up in your name so the data belongs to you from day one. Most clients have their VA active within 5 to 7 working days of signing up, and the first sequence follows your approval.

### What does an outsourced SDR cost per month with Ant Assist?

The entry rate is £5 per hour for the first 6 months on the Entry tier. After the promotion the lead generation rate card applies: £5.50 per hour full time, £880 a month for 160 hours, or £6.50 per hour part time, £520 a month for 80 hours. No platform fees; your outreach tools and your CRM stay in your name.

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