VERSION 1 SOLUTIONS LIMITED
User Centred Policy Design and Testing
We embed user-centred design into policy development to reduce risk and ensure deliverability. Working with policy and service teams, we align intent with user needs. Through research, prototypes and agile methods, we test feasibility across digital and offline journeys and improve outcomes before implementation.
Features
- We embed digital and strategic design experts into policy teams
- Policy teams and stakeholders engaged in the design process
- Detailed analysis of user, business, and policy needs
- User research to ensure services successfully deliver policy intent
- Alpha-style experiments and prototypes to test options and deliverability
- Innovative approaches to solving complex policy problems
- Design digital services that deliver policy outcomes for users
- Design services across digital, assisted digital, and offline channels
- Analyse, assess, and test the impact and effectiveness of policy
- Policy discovery to understand goals, needs, and scope of work
Benefits
- Design policies that meet user needs, ensuring uptake
- Ensure policy intent and business objectives are met
- Increased value through embedding user-centred design practices into policy teams
- Increased collaboration between policy and service delivery teams
- Measure policy impact and effectiveness, continuous improvement of digital services/policy
- Continuous knowledge transfer and capability building to client teams
- Enables quick decision making via agile methods
- Open, transparent and collaborative ways of working, reducing risk
- Embed user centred digital/agile skills into policy design and delivery
- Derisks policy by quickly assessing if it’s deliverable
Business architect
| £520.00 |
£160.00 |
| £720.00 |
£210.00 |
| £650.00 |
£280.00 |
| £1,290.00 |
£410.00 |
Data architect
| £650.00 |
£210.00 |
| £720.00 |
£280.00 |
| £1,040.00 |
£350.00 |
Enterprise architect
| £650.00 |
£210.00 |
| £720.00 |
£280.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£410.00 |
| £1,290.00 |
£410.00 |
Network architect
| £640.00 |
£200.00 |
| £720.00 |
£210.00 |
| £900.00 |
£440.00 |
Security architect
| £720.00 |
£210.00 |
| £840.00 |
£290.00 |
| £1,290.00 |
£410.00 |
Solution architect
| £640.00 |
£200.00 |
| £720.00 |
£210.00 |
| £1,040.00 |
£380.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£390.00 |
| £1,410.00 |
£480.00 |
Technical architect
| £640.00 |
£200.00 |
| £720.00 |
£210.00 |
| £1,010.00 |
£330.00 |
| £1,040.00 |
£390.00 |
| £1,110.00 |
£450.00 |
Chief data officer
| £1,040.00 |
£350.00 |
Chief information security officer
| £970.00 |
£330.00 |
Chief technology officer
| £1,270.00 |
£430.00 |
Cyber security audit and assurance
| £1,180.00 |
£420.00 |
| £1,410.00 |
£530.00 |
Cyber security governance and risk management
| £880.00 |
£340.00 |
| £1,180.00 |
£420.00 |
| £1,410.00 |
£530.00 |
Cyber security monitoring
| £880.00 |
£340.00 |
| £1,180.00 |
£420.00 |
| £1,410.00 |
£530.00 |
Cyber security incident response
| £880.00 |
£340.00 |
| £1,180.00 |
£420.00 |
| £1,410.00 |
£530.00 |
Cyber security vulnerability management
| £880.00 |
£340.00 |
| £1,070.00 |
£410.00 |
| £1,410.00 |
£530.00 |
Cyber security digital forensics
| £750.00 |
£290.00 |
| £1,180.00 |
£420.00 |
| £1,410.00 |
£530.00 |
Cyber security testing
| £750.00 |
£290.00 |
| £1,180.00 |
£420.00 |
| £1,410.00 |
£530.00 |
Cyber security secure design
| £1,150.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,250.00 |
£500.00 |
Analytics engineer
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £510.00 |
£160.00 |
| £690.00 |
£190.00 |
| £950.00 |
£310.00 |
| £1,270.00 |
£430.00 |
Data analyst
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £440.00 |
£140.00 |
| £690.00 |
£190.00 |
| £950.00 |
£310.00 |
Data engineer
| £440.00 |
£140.00 |
| £690.00 |
£190.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£380.00 |
| £1,270.00 |
£430.00 |
Data ethicist
| £950.00 |
£310.00 |
| £1,270.00 |
£430.00 |
Data governance manager
| £640.00 |
£200.00 |
| £690.00 |
£190.00 |
| £950.00 |
£310.00 |
Data scientist
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £440.00 |
£140.00 |
| £720.00 |
£210.00 |
| £950.00 |
£310.00 |
| £1,270.00 |
£430.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£410.00 |
Machine learning engineer
| £760.00 |
£290.00 |
| £950.00 |
£310.00 |
Performance analyst
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £640.00 |
£200.00 |
| £650.00 |
£200.00 |
| £750.00 |
£270.00 |
| £930.00 |
£350.00 |
Application operations engineer
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £510.00 |
£160.00 |
| £620.00 |
£190.00 |
| £680.00 |
£240.00 |
| £760.00 |
£290.00 |
Business relationship manager
| £640.00 |
£200.00 |
| £640.00 |
£210.00 |
| £1,310.00 |
£440.00 |
Change and release manager
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £520.00 |
£160.00 |
| £720.00 |
£230.00 |
Command and control centre manager
| £440.00 |
£140.00 |
| £620.00 |
£190.00 |
| £620.00 |
£230.00 |
| £830.00 |
£320.00 |
End user computing engineer
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £510.00 |
£150.00 |
| £580.00 |
£180.00 |
| £770.00 |
£270.00 |
| £840.00 |
£310.00 |
IT service manager
| £680.00 |
£200.00 |
| £820.00 |
£290.00 |
| £1,040.00 |
£370.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£410.00 |
Incident manager
| £760.00 |
£290.00 |
| £820.00 |
£290.00 |
Infrastructure engineer
| £440.00 |
£140.00 |
| £560.00 |
£180.00 |
| £620.00 |
£230.00 |
| £830.00 |
£320.00 |
| £1,170.00 |
£480.00 |
Infrastructure operations engineer
| £440.00 |
£140.00 |
| £560.00 |
£180.00 |
| £620.00 |
£230.00 |
| £830.00 |
£320.00 |
| £1,170.00 |
£550.00 |
Problem manager
| £510.00 |
£160.00 |
| £820.00 |
£290.00 |
Service desk manager
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £520.00 |
£160.00 |
| £580.00 |
£180.00 |
| £620.00 |
£230.00 |
Service transition manager
| £610.00 |
£180.00 |
| £820.00 |
£290.00 |
| £1,040.00 |
£370.00 |
| £1,310.00 |
£480.00 |
Business analyst
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £610.00 |
£180.00 |
| £640.00 |
£210.00 |
| £950.00 |
£310.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£370.00 |
| £1,380.00 |
£480.00 |
Delivery manager
| £820.00 |
£290.00 |
| £1,040.00 |
£370.00 |
| £1,310.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,490.00 |
£760.00 |
Digital portfolio manager
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £720.00 |
£210.00 |
| £1,010.00 |
£330.00 |
| £1,280.00 |
£430.00 |
Product manager
| £640.00 |
£200.00 |
| £720.00 |
£230.00 |
| £790.00 |
£270.00 |
| £840.00 |
£290.00 |
| £1,310.00 |
£500.00 |
Programme delivery manager
| £1,040.00 |
£370.00 |
Service owner
| £1,310.00 |
£500.00 |
Quality assurance testing (QAT) analyst
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £580.00 |
£180.00 |
| £650.00 |
£200.00 |
| £680.00 |
£250.00 |
Test engineer
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £580.00 |
£180.00 |
| £650.00 |
£200.00 |
| £680.00 |
£250.00 |
Test manager
| £840.00 |
£320.00 |
| £1,370.00 |
£610.00 |
Development operations (DevOps) engineer
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £640.00 |
£200.00 |
| £640.00 |
£200.00 |
| £720.00 |
£210.00 |
| £720.00 |
£210.00 |
| £840.00 |
£290.00 |
| £840.00 |
£290.00 |
| £920.00 |
£330.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£410.00 |
Frontend developer
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £610.00 |
£180.00 |
| £730.00 |
£220.00 |
| £790.00 |
£270.00 |
| £990.00 |
£400.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£410.00 |
Software developer
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £610.00 |
£180.00 |
| £730.00 |
£220.00 |
| £730.00 |
£220.00 |
| £790.00 |
£270.00 |
| £790.00 |
£270.00 |
| £990.00 |
£400.00 |
| £990.00 |
£400.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£450.00 |
Accessibility specialist
| £440.00 |
£140.00 |
| £620.00 |
£190.00 |
| £820.00 |
£290.00 |
| £830.00 |
£320.00 |
Content designer
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £520.00 |
£160.00 |
| £610.00 |
£180.00 |
| £690.00 |
£240.00 |
| £820.00 |
£310.00 |
| £1,220.00 |
£470.00 |
Content strategist
| £690.00 |
£240.00 |
Graphic designer
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £520.00 |
£160.00 |
| £610.00 |
£180.00 |
| £690.00 |
£240.00 |
| £820.00 |
£310.00 |
| £1,220.00 |
£470.00 |
Interaction designer
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £520.00 |
£160.00 |
| £610.00 |
£180.00 |
| £690.00 |
£240.00 |
| £820.00 |
£310.00 |
| £1,220.00 |
£470.00 |
Service designer
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £520.00 |
£160.00 |
| £610.00 |
£180.00 |
| £690.00 |
£240.00 |
| £820.00 |
£310.00 |
| £1,220.00 |
£470.00 |
Technical writer
| £520.00 |
£160.00 |
| £690.00 |
£240.00 |
User researcher
| £440.00 |
£120.00 |
| £520.00 |
£160.00 |
| £610.00 |
£180.00 |
| £690.00 |
£240.00 |
| £820.00 |
£310.00 |
| £1,170.00 |
£550.00 |
Standards and certifications
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ISO/IEC 27001 certification
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Yes
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ISO/IEC 27001 accredited by
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Amtivo Group Limited
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ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
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Wednesday 10 September 2025
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What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
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N/A
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ISO 28000:2022 certification
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No
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ISO 9001 certification
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Yes
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ISO 9001 certification accredited by
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Amtivo (Ireland)
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ISO 9001 accreditation date
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Friday 3 October 2025
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What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
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N/A
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Quality management systems (QMS)
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Yes
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CSA STAR certification
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No
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PCI certification
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No
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Cyber essentials
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Yes
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Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
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F7397a60-a10e-4862-9bcd-67d6defc5fc8
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Cyber essentials plus
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Yes
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Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
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Da487fc1-ae9f-4484-a526-890c2b087ada
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Other security certifications
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No
Social value
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Mission: Kick start economic growth
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To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority
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New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
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