HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Testing as a Service
Hays delivers comprehensive testing services to ensure the reliability and performance of your applications. Our team covers functional, integration, user acceptance, and automated testing, helping you launch with confidence and maintain quality standards.
Features
- Sector expertise across NHS, Defence, Government, Education, Not‑for‑Profit
- Flexible delivery via T&M, work packages, milestones, managed services
- Support for Waterfall, Agile, iterative, and DevOps testing approaches
- Full testing lifecycle: unit, API, system, integration, performance, security
- Test governance ensuring planning, execution, and quality oversight
- Tooling expertise across Selenium, Cucumber, Gherkin, Java, JMeter, Jenkins
- Test automation design, optimisation, and continuous‑improvement pipelines
- Early lifecycle testing to identify issues sooner and improve confidence
- UAT support including scenario design, coordination, outcomes tracking
- Reporting, analytics, and trend insights to support delivery assurance
Benefits
- SC/DV‑cleared testing specialists for secure delivery environments
- Modern testing methods: test‑driven, behaviour‑driven, acceptance‑driven
- Reduced defects and improved quality through expert testing insight
- Scalable testing teams supporting peak delivery periods
- Expertise across Waterfall, V‑Model, Agile, and DevOps integration
- PMO‑aligned governance improving visibility and reducing overhead
- Agile resourcing enabling rapid deployment for time‑bound work
- Knowledge transfer strengthening internal testing capability
- Cost‑effective pricing focused on value‑for‑money outcomes
- Support aligned to Cyber Essentials and secure testing principles
Architecture roles
Business architect
| £700.00 |
£450.00 |
| £900.00 |
£550.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,500.00 |
£1,000.00 |
Data architect
| £1,200.00 |
£800.00 |
| £1,500.00 |
£900.00 |
| £2,000.00 |
£1,000.00 |
Enterprise architect
| £1,300.00 |
£800.00 |
| £1,500.00 |
£1,000.00 |
| £1,800.00 |
£1,050.00 |
| £2,000.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Network architect
| £900.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£800.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£900.00 |
Security architect
| £1,500.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£1,000.00 |
| £2,000.00 |
£1,200.00 |
Solution architect
| £900.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£700.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,500.00 |
£900.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£950.00 |
Technical architect
| £900.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£900.00 |
| £1,500.00 |
£950.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£1,000.00 |
Chief digital and data roles
Chief data officer
| £2,300.00 |
£1,000.00 |
Chief information security officer
| £2,300.00 |
£1,200.00 |
Chief technology officer
| £2,300.00 |
£1,250.00 |
Cyber security roles
Cyber security audit and assurance
| £800.00 |
£650.00 |
| £900.00 |
£700.00 |
Cyber security governance and risk management
| £700.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£700.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£800.00 |
Cyber security monitoring
| £700.00 |
£550.00 |
| £900.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£750.00 |
Cyber security incident response
| £700.00 |
£550.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,200.00 |
£800.00 |
Cyber security vulnerability management
| £700.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,200.00 |
£800.00 |
Cyber security digital forensics
| £700.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£850.00 |
Cyber security testing
| £700.00 |
£500.00 |
| £900.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£750.00 |
Cyber security secure design
| £650.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£800.00 |
Data roles
Analytics engineer
| £600.00 |
£300.00 |
| £800.00 |
£400.00 |
| £900.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£1,000.00 |
Data analyst
| £600.00 |
£350.00 |
| £700.00 |
£400.00 |
| £800.00 |
£500.00 |
| £900.00 |
£700.00 |
Data engineer
| £800.00 |
£500.00 |
| £900.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£700.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£850.00 |
Data ethicist
| £900.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£700.00 |
Data governance manager
| £800.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£700.00 |
Data scientist
| £600.00 |
£300.00 |
| £800.00 |
£400.00 |
| £900.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£700.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£850.00 |
Machine learning engineer
| £900.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£750.00 |
Performance analyst
| £600.00 |
£350.00 |
| £800.00 |
£400.00 |
| £900.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£750.00 |
IT operations roles
Application operations engineer
| £500.00 |
£400.00 |
| £600.00 |
£450.00 |
| £700.00 |
£500.00 |
| £900.00 |
£650.00 |
| £900.00 |
£650.00 |
Business relationship manager
| £1,000.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£550.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£650.00 |
Change and release manager
| £700.00 |
£400.00 |
| £800.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£600.00 |
Command and control centre manager
| £800.00 |
£400.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,500.00 |
£750.00 |
End user computing engineer
| £500.00 |
£350.00 |
| £600.00 |
£450.00 |
| £700.00 |
£550.00 |
| £800.00 |
£650.00 |
| £900.00 |
£750.00 |
IT service manager
| £700.00 |
£400.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£550.00 |
| £1,500.00 |
£700.00 |
Incident manager
| £1,000.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£600.00 |
Infrastructure engineer
| £700.00 |
£350.00 |
| £800.00 |
£400.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,200.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£750.00 |
Infrastructure operations engineer
| £700.00 |
£350.00 |
| £800.00 |
£400.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£550.00 |
| £1,200.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£750.00 |
Problem manager
| £800.00 |
£350.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£550.00 |
Service desk manager
| £600.00 |
£300.00 |
| £700.00 |
£400.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£600.00 |
Service transition manager
| £700.00 |
£350.00 |
| £800.00 |
£400.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£550.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£750.00 |
Product and delivery roles
Business analyst
| £600.00 |
£300.00 |
| £700.00 |
£350.00 |
| £900.00 |
£400.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£750.00 |
Delivery manager
| £900.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,500.00 |
£750.00 |
Digital portfolio manager
| £900.00 |
£300.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£400.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,500.00 |
£650.00 |
Product manager
| £800.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£550.00 |
| £1,500.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,700.00 |
£750.00 |
Programme delivery manager
| £1,700.00 |
£700.00 |
Service owner
| £1,300.00 |
£650.00 |
Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles
Quality assurance testing (QAT) analyst
| £700.00 |
£450.00 |
| £800.00 |
£550.00 |
| £900.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£700.00 |
Test engineer
| £700.00 |
£400.00 |
| £800.00 |
£450.00 |
| £900.00 |
£550.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£600.00 |
Test manager
| £1,200.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,500.00 |
£750.00 |
Software development roles
Development operations (DevOps) engineer
| £600.00 |
£400.00 |
| £700.00 |
£450.00 |
| £800.00 |
£500.00 |
| £900.00 |
£550.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£700.00 |
| £1,200.00 |
£800.00 |
| £1,200.00 |
£700.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£800.00 |
Frontend developer
| £600.00 |
£300.00 |
| £700.00 |
£350.00 |
| £800.00 |
£400.00 |
| £900.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£600.00 |
Software developer
| £600.00 |
£300.00 |
| £700.00 |
£350.00 |
| £800.00 |
£400.00 |
| £900.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,200.00 |
£700.00 |
| £1,200.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£800.00 |
User-centred design roles
Accessibility specialist
| £700.00 |
£300.00 |
| £800.00 |
£350.00 |
| £900.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£700.00 |
Content designer
| £500.00 |
£300.00 |
| £600.00 |
£350.00 |
| £700.00 |
£400.00 |
| £800.00 |
£450.00 |
| £900.00 |
£550.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£600.00 |
Content strategist
| £1,100.00 |
£550.00 |
Graphic designer
| £400.00 |
£300.00 |
| £500.00 |
£350.00 |
| £600.00 |
£400.00 |
| £700.00 |
£450.00 |
| £800.00 |
£550.00 |
| £900.00 |
£650.00 |
Interaction designer
| £600.00 |
£300.00 |
| £700.00 |
£350.00 |
| £800.00 |
£450.00 |
| £900.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£750.00 |
Service designer
| £700.00 |
£300.00 |
| £800.00 |
£350.00 |
| £900.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£550.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£650.00 |
| £1,200.00 |
£750.00 |
Technical writer
| £900.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£650.00 |
User researcher
| £500.00 |
£300.00 |
| £600.00 |
£350.00 |
| £700.00 |
£400.00 |
| £800.00 |
£500.00 |
| £900.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,000.00 |
£650.00 |
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
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ISO/IEC 27001 certification
-
No
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ISO 28000:2022 certification
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No
-
ISO 9001 certification
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Yes
-
Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
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Alcumus ISOQAR
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ISO 9001 accreditation date
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Friday 18 October 2024
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What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
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Anything outside the scope of recruitment services.
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Quality management systems (QMS)
-
Yes
-
CSA STAR certification
-
No
-
PCI certification
-
No
-
Cyber essentials
-
Yes
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Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
-
7b0cc977-b231-4e4f-bd3b-78b77df25f7e
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Cyber essentials plus
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No
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Cyber Essentials Alternative
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You do not have a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate, or will not have in place within 12 months of the date of award but have an IASME certified equivalent.
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Other security certifications
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No
Social value
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Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment
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Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
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Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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