VALCON GROUP UK LIMITED
Data Observability
Valcon has up-to-date knowledge of the Data Observability landscape and have relationships with all leading vendors including: Alation, Atlan, Collibra, data.world/ServiceNow, Informatica and Microsoft. These vendors offer a range of solutions and implementation approaches that complement Valcon’s discover to live approach.
Features
- Monitoring: Real-time tracking of data quality, freshness, and performance metrics
- Tracing: Visualising transaction paths, dependencies, and data lineage
- Logging: Capturing system events and data for observability and analysis
- Metrics Collection: Gathering quantitative data for reliability and performance monitoring
- Alerting: Notifying stakeholders of anomalies or abnormal system behavior
- Visualisation: Presenting data, metrics, and KPIs in intuitive dashboards
- Distributed Tracing: Tracking transactions across microservices and distributed data architectures
- Anomaly Detection: Identifying deviations in data, metrics, or system behavior
- Root Cause Analysis: Investigating and diagnosing data and system issues
- Scalability: Supporting large-scale data systems with efficient processing and storage
Benefits
- Proactive detection and resolution of data and system issues
- Enhanced reliability, performance, and uptime of systems
- Faster and more efficient troubleshooting processes
- Reduced incident response and resolution times
- Improved understanding of system behavior and dependencies
- Optimised resource allocation and capacity planning
- Increased user trust and satisfaction
- Greater operational efficiency and cost savings
- Facilitated compliance with SLAs and regulatory requirements
- Support for innovation, continuous improvement, and data-driven decisions
Architecture roles
Business architect
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
Data architect
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Enterprise architect
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Network architect
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
Security architect
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Solution architect
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Technical architect
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Chief digital and data roles
Chief data officer
| £1,666.00 |
|
Chief information security officer
| £1,666.00 |
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Chief technology officer
| £1,666.00 |
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Cyber security roles
Cyber security audit and assurance
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
Cyber security governance and risk management
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Cyber security monitoring
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Cyber security incident response
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Cyber security vulnerability management
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Cyber security secure design
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Data roles
Analytics engineer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Data analyst
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Data engineer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Data ethicist
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Data governance manager
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Data scientist
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Machine learning engineer
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Performance analyst
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
IT operations roles
Application operations engineer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Business relationship manager
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Change and release manager
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Command and control centre manager
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
End user computing engineer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
IT service manager
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Incident manager
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
Infrastructure engineer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Infrastructure operations engineer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Problem manager
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
Service desk manager
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£995.00 |
Service transition manager
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£995.00 |
Product and delivery roles
Business analyst
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£896.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Delivery manager
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Digital portfolio manager
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£726.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Product manager
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Programme delivery manager
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Service owner
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles
Quality assurance testing (QAT) analyst
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Test engineer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Test manager
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Software development roles
Development operations (DevOps) engineer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £689.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Frontend developer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Software developer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
User-centred design roles
Accessibility specialist
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
Content designer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Content strategist
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
Graphic designer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Interaction designer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Service designer
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Technical writer
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
User researcher
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £680.00 |
£476.00 |
| £850.00 |
£595.00 |
| £1,033.00 |
£723.00 |
| £1,272.00 |
£890.00 |
| £1,421.00 |
£995.00 |
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
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ISO/IEC 27001 certification
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Yes
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Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
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Perry Johnson Registrars Inc
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ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
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Friday 22 December 2023
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What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
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The scope of anything outside of "Data, Technology, and Consulting Capabilities in Addition of our Business Support Function in Accordance with SOA" which is the scope of our certificate.
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ISO 28000:2022 certification
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No
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ISO 9001 certification
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No
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Quality management systems (QMS)
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No
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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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Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
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4d5368c3-a1c6-4232-ab66-7d27d75a5274
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Cyber essentials plus
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Yes
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Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
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51fba57d-10f5-4f6c-9feb-ce5e81071759
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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: Kick start economic growth. 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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Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
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Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
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Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
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Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
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Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
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Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
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Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
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Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
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Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
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Volunteering opportunities for staff
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Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
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Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling
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How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
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Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. 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 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.
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Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
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Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
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Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering
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Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero
Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.
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Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
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Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
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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 employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
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Delivery of training schemes and programmes to address any identified skills gaps and under-representation in the workforce for the contract (e.g. prison leavers, care leavers, kinship carers, disabled people)
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Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
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Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
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Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
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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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Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.
Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.
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Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
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Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition
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Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce
Service documents
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