HITACHI DIGITAL SERVICES UK LIMITED
AI Business Accelerator Optimise & Solidify
Accelerator "Optimise & Solidify" sets out to advance your AI digital solution beyond initial launch, maximising and ensuring value continuity. By blending innovative methods, technology assets, and services, the project supports organisations through a phased approach: (i) solution review, (ii) solution hardening and optimisation, and (iii) service and support enablement.
Features
- Seamless AI journey with validated steps for innovation.
- Solution review of current state and identifying improvement areas.
- Solution hardening implementing resilience, scalability, efficiency and security.
- AI optimisation with live performance tuning, iterative enhancements and automation.
- Data science method ASUM-DM to build and deploy AI products.
- Agile development with incremental delivery of value.
- Automation and DevSecOps/MLOps practices.
- Hitachi data & AI technology and method assets.
Benefits
- Better strategy alignment by tailoring solutions to business needs.
- Improved AI solution towards peak efficiency and performance.
- Reduced operational cloud costs with optimised compute utilisation.
- Reliable and resilient solution ensuring value continuity.
- Secured solution ensuring compliance standards.
- Scalable solution verified to support anticipated business demands.
- Technology stack positioned for future development needs.
- Designed and established service and support operations.
- Faster development with Hitachi data & AI assets.
Architecture roles
Business architect
| £520.91 |
£278.82 |
| £870.00 |
£302.37 |
| £936.00 |
£380.64 |
| £1,188.29 |
£435.01 |
Data architect
| £869.35 |
£302.37 |
| £980.40 |
£380.64 |
| £1,188.29 |
£435.01 |
Enterprise architect
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Network architect
| £869.35 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Security architect
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Solution architect
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Technical architect
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Chief digital and data roles
Chief data officer
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Chief information security officer
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Chief technology officer
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Cyber security roles
Cyber security audit and assurance
| £980.40 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Cyber security governance and risk management
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Cyber security monitoring
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Cyber security incident response
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Cyber security vulnerability management
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Cyber security digital forensics
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Cyber security testing
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Cyber security secure design
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Data roles
Analytics engineer
| £520.91 |
£174.03 |
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £936.00 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Data analyst
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Data engineer
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£302.37 |
| £980.40 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Data ethicist
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Data governance manager
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Data scientist
| £520.91 |
£174.03 |
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Machine learning engineer
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Performance analyst
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
IT operations roles
Application operations engineer
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Business relationship manager
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Change and release manager
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Command and control centre manager
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
End user computing engineer
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
IT service manager
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Incident manager
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Infrastructure engineer
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Infrastructure operations engineer
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Problem manager
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Service desk manager
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Service transition manager
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Product and delivery roles
Business analyst
| £520.91 |
£174.03 |
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Delivery manager
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Digital portfolio manager
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Product manager
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Programme delivery manager
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Service owner
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles
Quality assurance testing (QAT) analyst
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Test engineer
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Test manager
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Software development roles
Development operations (DevOps) engineer
| £520.91 |
£174.03 |
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £1,188.29 |
£360.64 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Frontend developer
| £520.91 |
£174.03 |
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Software developer
| £520.91 |
£174.03 |
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
User-centred design roles
Accessibility specialist
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Content designer
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Content strategist
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Graphic designer
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Interaction designer
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Service designer
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
Technical writer
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
User researcher
| £730.91 |
£246.50 |
| £869.35 |
£278.82 |
| £936.00 |
£278.82 |
| £980.40 |
£302.37 |
| £1,188.29 |
£380.64 |
| £1,353.02 |
£435.01 |
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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BSI
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ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
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Sunday 3 August 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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Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
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BSI
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ISO 9001 accreditation date
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Wednesday 16 July 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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Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
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39099cb7-bbca-406f-9ee0-2a7d9b300a66
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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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A2682ac9-5f03-437c-9693-d216d3b6f7c0
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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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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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Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
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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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Entitlement to sick pay for the contract workforce, with provision in place for any staff who do not meet the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay, payment of sick pay from day one of absence and payment of staff on the contract workforce who are off sick a replacement income of 100% of their usual earnings for as long as possible
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Plans for an appropriate income replacement policy for staff who are required to spend time away from work to care for a sick dependent or close relative
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Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
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Support for the contract workforce by providing career advice, and providing opportunities for staff working on the contract with in-work progression career development into known skills shortages or high growth areas
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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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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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Activities to reconnect people with the environment and increase awareness of ways to protect and enhance it
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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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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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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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Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
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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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