UK IT Industry Awards finalists 2025
Congratulations and thanks for showcasing our vibrant industry.
Finalists by category
From over 300 entries our successful finalists have been invited to attend our virtual judging days.
We can't wait to welcome you all in-person at Battersea Evolution in London on Wednesday 12 November
Personal Excellence
Apprentice of the Year
- Amanpreet Oppal - QBE
- Anas Shiham - IBM
- Elise Bridle - Lockheed Martin
- Harvey Whyte - Lockheed Martin
- James Porter - SGN
- Kalina Nikolova - QBE
- Lucas Osborne - Lockheed Martin
- Raphael Rosin - Bank of England
- Tiarnan Crosbie - Hamilton Robson
- William Price - Lockheed Martin
Business Analyst of the Year
- Ali Jan Laghari - Bank of England
- Andrew Sinclair - Financial Conduct Authority
- Anuradha Suryavanshi - PremFina
- David Bannister - Superdrug
- Eleanor Horner-Wilson - Aviva
- Katja Fischer - UBDS Digital
- Martin McBride - KPMG
- Mohit Jain - Cognizant
- Sarah Emery - Lanes Group
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion of the Year
- Adenike Akin-Dada - Financial Conduct Authority
- Daniel Wood - National Gas
- Isabella Andreadis Rocha - IBM
Engineer of the Year
- Ben O'Neill - Nationwide
- Carla Di Cairano-Gilfedder – BT Group
- Frank Aboki - Morgan Stanley
- Garvin Kerins, Bank of England
- Martha Taylor - PremFina
- Neil Fowler, Rocket Software
- Robert Clarke - Aviva
- Sophie Daffern - PremFina
- Sridharan Govindarajan - National Gas
Inspirational Individual of the Year
- Aladdin Kashout - Morgan Stanley
- Alina Timofeeva - Unique.Bold.You.
- Amita Anderson - QBE
- Arvinder Thandi – Nationwide Building Society
- Cameron Clarke - Aviva IT Support
- Denise Payne - Trusted Tech Team
- Manohar Reddy - London Luton Airport
- Menaka Sriskandarajah - Morgan Stanley
- Vicky North - Aviva
Rising Star of the Year
- Aday Nur - Insight
- James Skinner - IBM UK Ltd
- Jared Parker QBE
- Joey Deng - Morgan Stanley
- Kenan Rexhepi, Bank of England
- Nene Yamasaki - UK Power Networks
- Nour Elhuda Zuraiki - IBM UK Ltd
- Su Jiat Ong - Morgan Stanley
- Tom Lutkins - Aviva
- Jake Young - Hamilton Robson
Security Professional of the Year
- Alex Kent - QBE
- Ikenna Umeh - BT
- James Batten - National Gas
- Jay Pandit - National Gas
- John Sotiropoulos - Kainos
- Kirsty Dalby - Unit4
- Prof Victor Chang – Aston University
- Justyna Larkowska - Everywhen
IT Leader of the Year
- Ben Dove - Livingstone
- James Snowdon - Indurent
- Kate Platonova - Shell
- Kiran Mahil - Nationwide Building Society
- Martin Knoebel – UK Power Networks
- Mo Dawood - Lanes Group
- Peter Brown - Lloyds Banking Group
- Richard Corbridge - Segro
- Richard Murphy - National Gas
- Russ Fry - PA Consulting
Organisational Excellence
Best Place to Work
- Audacia
- Aviva
- BT - Openreach IT
- Dunelm Technology
- Fulcrum GT
- Intercity Technology
- KnowBe4
- Mirus IT Solutions
- Royal Air Force
Corporate Social Responsibility Award
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- EDF Energy
- Insight
- Lloyds Banking Group & Publicis Sapient - Personalized Experiences and Communications(PEC)
- Vodafone Business
Development Team of the Year
- Aviva - Motor Modernisation
- Catapult CX
- Lloyds Banking Group and Publicis Sapient - Control and Integration Lab – API
- Nationwide Building Society - The Unisys Engineering Team
- OASIS
- OR NIA – Openreach Network Intelligence and Assurance
- Rulebook
- Tiny Digital Things
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award
- Bank of England - Assistive Technology Team
- BT - Openreach
- Fulcrum GT
- Insight
Project Team of the Year
- Aviva - Project Country
- Bank of England - Digital Assurance and Productivity
- Catapult CX Ltd
- QBE - DORA Programme
- Financial Conduct Authority
- Lloyds Banking Group - Devices and Digital Experience Lab
- Nationwide - The Passbook Modernisation Team
- Superdrug
- The Technology Transformation Group
- UK Power Networks - Copilot Task Force
Services Company of the Year < 100 employees
- Absoft
- Akita
- Audacia
- Axiologik
- NormCyber
- Select Technology
- Sereno IT Support
- Texaport
Services Company of the Year > 100 employees
- Air IT
- ANS
- Answer Digital
- Apadmi
- Arc
- Block
- Bridewell: Securing Critical National Infrastructure Through Service Excellence
- Mirus IT Solutions
- OneAdvanced - Managed IT Services
- Zenitech
Team of the Year
- Avanti West Coast
- Aviva - Making it Click
- Axiologik, BJSS (recently acquired by CGI), NHS England
- Bank of England
- Emerging Technology
- Everywhen
- Lanes Group
- Nomical Ltd
- Perform Partners – Racing Against Time to Achieve the Impossible in Global IT Transformation
- WhiteSpider
Project Excellence
Best Applied AI Project of the Year
- AtkinsRealis - AACC
- Deutsche Bank - DB Lumina
- Financial Conduct Authority - SHINE project
- HMRC - Customs Declaration Service
- Lebara - From Menu to Agentic
- Marston Holdings - FREYA
- Mitie plc - Autonomous AI Email Agent
- SSE - Conversational Agents
- Superdrug
- UK Power Networks - Intelligent Connections Triage System
Charity (Third Sector) Project of the Year
- Academy Achievers
- BlueSkyCitadel and Jobrator
- Node4 & Drone To Home: Enhancing animal rescue services
- RSPCA - Digital Education Project
- The Technology Transformation Group with the International Foundation for Aids to Navigation (IFAN)
- Waythrough - IT & Digital Team - ourWaythrough: IT Unified
- Wellcome - Transforming a charitable foundation’s network infrastructure through software-defined solutions
Data Science Project of the Year
- AtkinsRealis - ARROW
- dbt Labs - How LendInvest transformed data delivery in finance with dbt
- Financial Conduct Authority - Understanding Connections
- Lloyds Banking Group - Outcome Testing
- Superdrug – Promotional Forecasting
- West Midlands Police – Reducing knife crime with Esri UK geospatial insight
- Xalient - MARTINA
Digital Transformation Project of the Year
- AtkinsRealis: Digital Safety Case
- Colt Technology Services - Network Inventory Transformation
- Culina Group Limited- Program WIRE
- Government Digital Service - Parish Council Domains Helper Service
- IFAN - MENAS LightDues Digital Transformation Project
- Lloyds Banking Group & Publicis Sapient - BCB - Data and Pricing
- Lloyds Banking Group & Tata Consultancy services
- National Gas - Technology Separation Project
- Superdrug - Promotional Forecasting
- UK Power Networks - Project Spotlight
Financial Services Project of the Year
- First Response Finance Ltd - Athena Decision Engine Development and Implementation
- Financial Conduct Authority - My FCA project
- iPensions Group - Reshaping the Potential of Technology in the Retirement Landscape
- Lloyds Banking Group - Devices and Digital Experience
- Nationwide - The Big Nationwide Thank You
- RGA - Project Unity
- Stanhope Insurance (part of Everywhen) in partnership with Brillio & Mendix
Healthcare Project of the Year
- NHS Business Services Authority + Kainos
- Princess Alexandra Hospital - Visibility Project
- Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust - Rio Safer, Standardised, Simpler
- Superdrug
Public Sector Project of the Year
- ANS in partnership with Staffordshire & Shropshire Health Informatics Service
- Financial Conduct Authority - Digital Unified Intelligence Environment
- HM Revenue and Customs - Customs Declaration Service Exports migration
- Met Office and Esri UK - helping local authorities tackle climate change
- Network Enterprise Structures and Tunnels System
- RAF Digital Reserves
- Scottish Government Social Security Programme in partnership with IBM Consulting
- The Business Services Organisation (BSO) - CoreLIMS Project
Technology Refresh Project of the Year
- Avanti West Coast - Interactive Digital Help Point Refresh incorporating IVY AI
- Aviva - Policy Admin System migration to MS Azure
- Colt Technology Services - Network Inventory Transformation
- Financial Conduct Authority - End User Compute Retender
- International Foundation for Aids to Navigation (IFAN)
- Lloyds Banking Group & Publicis Sapient - Business & Commercial Banking - Digital Servicing
- Network Rail & Cognizant - MyRoster
- OR NIA – Openreach Network Intelligence and Assurance
- Perform Partners – Urgent Large-Scale Technology Refresh
- UK Power Networks - Smart Voltage
Technology Excellence
Technology Innovation of the Year
- Bridgeworks Ltd
- Creative Canvas
- Lloyds Banking Group and Publicis Sapient - BCB - Merchant Onboarding
- ManagementStudio
- MITIE
AI Innovation of the Year
- AISOC
- Civo
- ConnexAI
- Content Guru
- Darktrace
- Digitate
- DVSA & Kainos
- MHRA & Audacia
- SeeChange
- Spherica Business Solution
Cloud Technology of the Year
- Arc
- BlakYaks
- Content Guru
- Hyve Managed Hosting
- Lloyds Banking Group and Publicis Sapient - Data, Database and Storage Lab - Data Engineering
- Lloyds Banking Group in partnership with Publicis Sapient
- National Gas
- PEGA8
- Prism by Trustmarque
- Sitecore XM Cloud
Mobile Innovation of the Year
- Appdome
- Avanti West Coast
- Lloyds Banking Group and Publicis Sapient - Digital Customer Waterfront
- Lloyds Banking Group - Mobile App Simulator
- Story Engine - Mobile Innovation for Visitor attractions
Security Innovation of the Year
- Appdome
- Bridewell: Securing Critical National Infrastructure Through AI Innovation
- BT Research
- Darktrace
- Dragnet - Web Phishing Net
- Immersive
- Intigriti
- KnowBe4
- NETSCOUT
- Sonatype AI SCA - Securing the open source AI supply chain
Sustainable Innovation of the Year
- GoCodeGreen
- Lloyds Banking Group & Publicis Sapient - Personalized Experiences and Communications(PEC)
- Lloyds Banking Group and Publicis Sapient - Container Lab (K8)
- The Technology Transformation Group
Vendor of the Year
Vendor of the Year
- ABBYY
- BigHand
- Content Guru
- Fulcrum GT
- KnowBe4
- The access Group
- Trusted Tech Team
- Xiatech Limited
