UK IT Industry Awards finalists 2021
Congratulations and thanks for showcasing our vibrant industry.
Finalists by category
From over 250 entries our successful finalists have been invited to attend our virtual judging days.
Personal Excellence
Business Analyst of the Year
- Sergio Avalos - PwC
- Steven Barber - Sovereign Housing Association
- Eve Collett - Capita
- Daniel Lawrence - Legal and General
- Emma Myers - Bank of England
- Nataliia Pelykh - Ciklum
- Ollie Penn - QBE
- Carole Rennie - Bank of England
- Fiona Teddy-Jimoh - HMRC
CIO of the Year
- Mike Beare - Driver Vehicle Agency (DVA) Northern Ireland
- Rob Greig - Arup
- Caroline Serfass - Canon EMEA
- Helen Thomas - Digital Health and Care Wales
DevOps Engineer of the Year
- Abhishek Choudhury - Cognizant Technology Solutions
- Alan Fryer - HSBC
- David Hancocks - QBE
- Tim Jacomb - Kainos
- Saran Prabhakaran Jayaraman - IBM
- Fedir Kompaniets - Ciklum
Digital Leader of the Year
- Charles Asher - Bank of England
- Marnie Eccles - Thames Water
- Akhlas Hafiz - RSA
- Lauren Jennings - QBE
- Andy Letherby - HMRC
- Yang Li - Openreach
Inspirational Individual of the Year
- Emma Allen - Arup
- Ian Butcher - St James’s Place
- Charlotte Emms - Sovereign Housing Association
- Alice Hendy - QBE
- Matthew Holbrook - Ministry of Defence
- Rodney Joffe - Neustar
- Angie Vaux - Women in Tech Forum
IT Apprentice of the Year
- Jack Bark - IBM
- Jade Carino - IBM
- Geetanjalie Chadee - IBM
- Thomas Downham - IBM
- Finn Lawford Mee - Bank of England
- Katherine Locke - IBM
- Eve Rogers - IBM
- Tara Suran - IBM
- Kai Walker - Bank of England
IT Service & Support Professional of the Year
- Nick Braithwaite - Sovereign Housing Association
- Danny Huntingford - QBE
- Sharmila Natarajan - Royal Mail
- Andrea Norriss - Thames Water
- Ian Peak - QBE
- Oleh Suvid - Ciklum
- Mike Webster - NatWest Group
Rising Star of the Year
- Lauren Howes - Bank of England
- Armna Iqbal - Thames Water
- Simona Koleva - IBM
- Joe McCarthy - Sovereign Housing Association
- Jude Murphy - IBM
- Conor Newton - IBM
- Edward Parry - Thames Water
- David Sint - IBM
Organisational Excellence
Best place to work in IT 2021
- cloudThing
- Global
- Howden Group Holdings
- Intercity Technology
- Progress
- SOTI
- Transputec
- Viable Data
- Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting UK
- Zen Internet
Development Team of the Year
- Airship
- Atos IT Services
- Boots UK and Cognizant
- Brewin Dolphin
- BT
- Mayden
- QBE
- Sort
- Thames Water
- Zühlke Engineering
IT Project Team of the Year
- Cognizant-FCA
- Intercity Technology
- Kainos & Defra
- St. James’s Place
- Tata Consultancy Service
- Times Higher Education
- Viable Data
IT Team of the Year
- Arup
- Neuways
- St. James’s Place
Organisational response to the pandemic
- Anglo American
- Cognizant
- NatWest Group
- Hermes UK
- Lloyds Banking Group
- Ministry of Defence
- Ricoh Europe
- Sovereign Housing Association
- St. James’s Place
- Worcestershire County Council
Services Company of the Year
- Audacia
- Complete I.T.
- Content+Cloud
- iTechArt Group
- Netstar
- Nexus Vehicle Rental
- N-iX
- Software Solved
- TDM Group
- VIRTUS Data Centres
Specialist Vendor of the Year
- Lanware
- Virtuoso
- WhereScape
Sustainable Organisation of the Year
- Techbuyer
- UKCloud
- VIRTUS Data Centres
Project Excellence
Automation Project of the Year
- BT and EBTIC
- Cognizant and Network Rail
- Cognizant Worldwide UK
- Housing Solutions
- HSBC
- Royal Mail Group
- SGN
- St. James’s Place
- Surrey County Council
- Viable Data
Best Charity (Third Sector) IT Project of the Year
- Cats Protection
- cloudThing
- Conga
- Durham Cathedral
- HR Wallingford
- OpenUK
- Royal Opera House
- South West Grid for Learning
Best Financial Services IT Project of the Year
- Brewin Dolphin
- Brewin Dolphin
- IPC
- IBM
- IBM in partnership with Nationwide
- iPensions Group
Best Healthcare Sector IT Project of the Year
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- CREATIVE ITC
- Digital Health and Care Wales
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Node4
- Ordr
- Sensyne Health
- Sky Medical Technology
- SOTI
- Vastmindz
Best Public Sector IT Project of the Year
- Automation Logic
- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Driver Vehicle Agency Northern Ireland
- HM Courts and Tribunals Service
- HMRC
- HMRC
- Sovereign Housing Association
- Surrey County Council
- Triad Group Plc for the DfT
- West Northamptonshire Council
Best Security, Defence or Law Enforcement IT Project of the Year
- MYSERIES, Army Digital Services
- IBM
- Metropolitan Police Service and Shared Services Connected Limited
- Ministry of Defence - Career Management Portal Team, Army Digital Services
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Defence - Navy
- (MOD) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- Nominet & NCSC
- South East Cyber Resilience Centre
- Viable Data
Best User Engagement Project of the Year
- Bank of England
- BT
- Colchester Borough Council
- Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency
- Driver Vehicle Agency (DVA) Northern Ireland
- HR Wallingford
- Park Place Technologies
- South West Grid for Learning
- Times Higher Education
Data Science Project of the Year
- Dstl
- HR Wallingford
- Mayden
- Mindtree & Jaguar Land Rover
- Sensyne Health
- SGN
- Thames Water
- TIBCO
Digital Transformation Project of the Year
- BT
- Telefónica Tech
- Cognizant
- Congnizant Worldwide
- Haulmont Technology and The Keyholding Company
- HMRC
- Housekeep
- Openreach
- QBE
- Thames Water
Technology Excellence
Business IT Innovation of the Year
- Airship
- Hermes UK
- Park Place Technologies
- Vodafone UK
Cloud Innovation Provider of the Year
- BSO
- Content Guru
- CREATIVE ITC
- IPC
- IRIS Software Group
- Omada
- Pax8
- TCS
- WANdisco
- YUDU Sentinel
Collaborative Technology of the Year
- Cheshire East Borough Council and Cheshire CCG
- Mindtree
- RealWear
- TechSee
Emerging Technology Project of the Year
- BT (CDMP)
- BT (IoT air quality sensing)
- Digital Identity Net
- Eseye
- HR Wallingford
- InfoTrack
- NetSupport
- Seldon
Infrastructure Innovation of the Year
- Bridgeworks
- Tata Consultancy Services
- Tata Consultancy Services in partnership with Nationwide Building Society
Security Innovation of the Year
- Accenture UK & Vodafone Digital UK
- Ava Security
- BigID
- Digital Shadows
- Egress
- One Identity
- Runecast Solutions
- swIDch
- Wavex Technology
UK Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
- BigHand
- Eseye
- Interact
- RoleMapper
- Seldon
IT Vendor of the Year
IT Vendor of the Year
- CircleCI
- IFS
- IGEL
- LogicMonitor
- OneTrust
- Park Place Technologies
- UKCloud
- Unit4
