HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Software Development as a Service
Hays offers scalable software development services, building bespoke applications and platforms to meet your business needs. Our team manages the full development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment and support, ensuring robust and innovative solutions.
Features
- Sector expertise across Government, NHS, Defence, Education, Not‑for‑Profit
- Flexible delivery via T&M, work packages, or managed services
- Rapid mobilisation across all SFIA levels, including cleared specialists
- Compliance with GDS, ISO standards, and Cyber Essentials
- Tailored delivery aligned to project milestones and timescales
- Full knowledge transfer via documentation, training, and project closure
- Automated CI/CD pipelines, data‑sync tools, and integration APIs
- UI/UX expertise including wireframing, prototyping, and accessibility testing
- Full‑stack capability across front‑end and back‑end engineering
- Expertise across JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Java, SQL, Python, cloud tech
Benefits
- SC/DV‑cleared software engineers for secure environments
- Faster delivery of secure, scalable applications
- Improved visibility and access through integrated software solutions
- Streamlined processes reducing manual effort and boosting efficiency
- Greater agility responding to evolving user and business needs
- Enhanced user experience through accessible, compliant design
- End‑to‑end support across project, programme, and change delivery
- Reduced overhead through efficient resource allocation
- Strong security and governance throughout development lifecycle
- Comprehensive delivery across design, development, testing, implementation
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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