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I remember in the 2nd last chancers novel, the penal regiment goes into a Tau controlled area dressed as mercs- and there are other human mercs there, as well as the necessary Kroot.

Main problem with mercs is that the Imperium is the Imperium- everyone is supposed to fall in line and be under one banner of humanity. Thus, you'd have to end up fighting for other non-human factions, which is a big no-no. However, SOMEONE has to fill out the average Inquisitor's retinue with a "tough as nails Hombre man-with-no-name" gunslinger type.

I think this just shows the problem of lore vs. tabletop- I realize there's no way to represent 100% of it, but things get swapped around. EX: Squats are a thing/ they all died to Tyranids/ no they didn't, they're leagues of Votann now. There's like 3 other Assassin temples that don't have a model.. granted, a poisoner and/ or hacker wouldn't be much of a help vs an army.