ANS GROUP LIMITED
vCISO
vCISO provides on-demand access to experienced security leadership without full-time executive costs. Acting as trusted advisor, helping align cybersecurity strategy with business objectives, managing risk effectively, guiding organisations through an evolving threat and regulatory landscape. vCISO can be used in absence of dedicated personnel (or complementary to), ensuring board visibility.
Features
- Access senior security leadership at fraction cost of CISO
- Aligns cybersecurity strategy with business goals and risk tolerance
- Improves security decision-making and executive visibility
- Strengthens governance, risk, and compliance oversight
- Accelerates security maturity and program development
- Provides consistent, trusted guidance in a rapidly changing threat landscape
Benefits
- Dedicated vCISO with deep industry and security expertise
- Security strategy development and roadmap creation
- Executive and board-level reporting and communication
- Risk management, GRC, and compliance oversight
- Incident response planning and advisory support
- Flexible engagement models tailored to organisational needs
Pricing
- Education pricing available
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Framework
G-Cloud 15
Service ID
9 8 2 5 7 5 5 4 7 9 8 3 2 7 1
Contact
ANS GROUP LIMITED
Steve Carroll
Telephone: +44 (0) 1612271000
Email: tenders@ansgroup.co.uk
About your service
- Service categories
-
Cloud Support Services
Security Services
- Security strategy
- Security risk management
Service scope
- Service constraints
- No
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Yes
- Support response times
- Calls are responded to within 3 rings. Service Ticket response time is dependent on the criticality: 1. Critical - Immediate Response 2. High - Response within 10 minutes 3. Medium - Response within 1 hour 4. Low - Response within 4 hours 5. Very Low - Response within 24 hours. The standard SLA response times are applicable from 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday (excluding UK Bank Holidays). 365/24/7 Support is also available as a service at an additional cost.
- User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- Yes
- Online ticketing support accessibility
- WCAG 2.2 AA
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Web chat support
- No
- Support levels
-
All ANS customers have access to ticket and telephone-based support, unless they choose to take an unmanaged service. Customers have access to a named Account Manager who takes overall responsibility for the customer's commercial, technical and support relationship with ANS. Customers are assigned a support "pod" based on the type of solution they have with ANS. This ensures customers will always be supported by the same core team of support engineers who are technical experts in their particular solution. Enterprise and public sector customers also have access to a named Customer Success Manager in addition to their Account Manager.
Standard support is provided 08:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday and includes 1st line (User support) through to system management, monitoring and administration. Additional support is available to extend the service support to 24/7 at additional cost.
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Reseller providing extra features and support
- Organisation whose services are being resold
- N/A
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- Government security clearance
- Security Clearance (SC)
Pricing
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes
Architecture roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Trainee business architect | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Associate business architect | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Business architect | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Lead business architect | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Data architect | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Senior data architect | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Chief data architect | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise architect | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Senior enterprise architect | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead enterprise architect | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Principal enterprise architect | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate network architect | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Network architect | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Lead network architect | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Security architect | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Lead security architect | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Principal security architect | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate solution architect | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Solution architect | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior solution architect | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead solution architect | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Principal solution architect | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate technical architect | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Technical architect | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior technical architect | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead technical architect | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Principal technical architect | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
Cyber security roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Lead cyber security audit and assurance | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Principal cyber security audit and assurance | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security governance and risk manager | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Lead cyber security governance and risk manager | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Principal cyber security governance and risk manager | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security monitoring | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Lead cyber security monitoring | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Principal cyber security monitoring | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber incident response | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Lead cyber security incident response | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Principal cyber security incident response | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security vulnerability management | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Lead cyber security vulnerability management | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Principal cyber security vulnerability management | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security digital forensics | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Lead cyber security digital forensics | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Principal cyber security digital forensics | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security testing | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Lead cyber security penetration testing | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Principal cyber security testing | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security secure systems architecture and design | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Lead cyber security secure systems architecture and design | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Principal cyber security secure systems architecture and design | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
Data roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Trainee analytics engineer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Analytics engineer | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior analytics engineer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead analytics engineer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Head of analytics engineering | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate analyst | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Data analyst | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior data analyst | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Principal data analyst | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Data engineer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Senior data engineer | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Lead data engineer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Head of data engineering | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Trainee data scientist | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Associate data scientist | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Data scientist | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Principal data scientist | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Lead data scientist | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Head of data science | £3,000.00 | £3,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior machine learning engineer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead machine learning engineer | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate performance analyst | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Performance analyst | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior performance analyst | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead performance analyst | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Head of performance analysis | £3,000.00 | £3,000.00 |
IT operations roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate application operations engineer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Application operations engineer | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior application operations engineer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead application operations engineer | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Principal application operations engineer | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Business relationship manager | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior business relationship manager | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead business relationship manager | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration analyst | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Change and release analyst | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Change and release manager | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Operations analyst | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior operations analyst | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Operational control manager | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Head of command and control | £3,000.00 | £3,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate end user computing engineer | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| End user computing engineer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Senior end user computing engineer | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Lead end user computing engineer | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Principal end user computing engineer | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Incident manager | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Major incident manager | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate infrastructure engineer | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Infrastructure engineer | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior infrastructure engineer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead infrastructure engineer | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Principal infrastructure engineer | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate infrastructure operations engineer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Infrastructure operations engineer | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior infrastructure operations engineer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead infrastructure operations engineer | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Principal infrastructure operations engineer | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Problem analyst | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Problem manager | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Service desk analyst | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Senior service desk analyst | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Service desk manager | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Head of service desk | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Service acceptance analyst | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Service readiness analyst | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Service transition manager | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead service transition manager | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
Product and delivery roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Trainee business analyst | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Junior business analyst | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Business analyst | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Senior business analyst | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Lead business analyst | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Head of business analysis | £3,000.00 | £3,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate delivery manager | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Delivery manager | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior delivery manager | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Head of (Agile) delivery management | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate product manager | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Product manager | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior product manager | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead product manager | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Head of product | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Programme delivery manager | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Service owner | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Tester (QAT) | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| QAT analyst | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior QAT analyst | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead QAT analyst | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Tester (test engineer) | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Test engineer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Senior test engineer | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Lead test engineer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Test manager | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Head of test | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
Software development roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice DevOps engineer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Junior DevOps engineer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| DevOps engineer | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior DevOps engineer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Senior DevOps engineer - management | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Lead DevOps engineer | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Lead DevOps engineer - management | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Principal DevOps engineer | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Principal DevOps engineer - management | £3,000.00 | £3,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice frontend developer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Junior frontend developer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Frontend developer | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Senior frontend developer | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Lead frontend developer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Head of frontend development | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice developer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Junior developer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Developer | £1,250.00 | £1,250.00 |
| Senior developer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Senior developer - management | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Lead developer | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Lead developer - management | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Principal developer | £3,000.00 | £3,000.00 |
| Principal developer - management | £3,000.00 | £3,000.00 |
User-centred design roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate content designer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Junior content designer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Content designer | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior content designer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead content designer | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Head of content design | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Content strategist | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate interaction designer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Junior interaction designer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Interaction designer | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior interaction designer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead interaction designer | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Head of interaction design | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate service designer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Junior service designer | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Service designer | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior service designer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead service designer | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Head of service design | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Technical writer | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead technical writer | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate user researcher | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| Junior user researcher | £1,150.00 | £1,150.00 |
| User researcher | £1,350.00 | £1,350.00 |
| Senior user researcher | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| Lead user researcher | £2,000.00 | £2,000.00 |
| Head of user research | £2,500.00 | £2,500.00 |
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
- LRQA
- ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
- Tuesday 24 June 2025
- What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
- N/A Full scope
- ISO 28000:2022 certification
- No
- ISO 9001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
- LRQA
- ISO 9001 accreditation date
- Tuesday 24 June 2025
- What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
- N/A - Full Scope
- Quality management systems (QMS)
- Yes
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the PCI DSS certification
- PCI Security Standards Council
- PCI DSS accreditation date
- Friday 8 August 2025
- What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover
-
No cardholder data in scope.
No insecure services, protocols, or daemons.
No wireless networks in scope.
ANS does not have access to any cardholder data.
ANS does not have access to any cardholder data.
All in-scope servers have Windows
Defender AV solution installed.
All removable media is disabled by default
No bespoke and custom software development
The only bespoke solution is TechDB
No public-facing web applications in scope.
No pre-production environment
No system development
No application and system accounts in scope.
No user access to query repositories of stored cardholder data.
No remote access to customer premises
No cardholder data or customer access in scope.
MFA system is not susceptible to replay attacks
No application and system accounts that can be used interactively.
No media with cardholder data.
No hard-copy materials with cardholder data.
No POI devices that capture payment card data in scope.
No CHD in scope.
ANS is not a multi-tenant provider.
No payment pages in scope.
No cryptographic suites or protocols in scope.
There are no TPSPs in scope.
There is no cardholder data in scope. - Cyber essentials
- Yes
- Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
- C0b25fab-fa90-4e67-a2eb-851d67f11fd9
- Cyber essentials plus
- Yes
- Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
- 9f752e61-ca81-49da-a1d0-5b982f14ce38
- Other security certifications
- Yes
- Any other security certifications
-
- ISO27018: 2019
- ISO 42001 - AI
- ISO27017: 2015
Social value
- 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
- 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
- Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
- 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
- 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
- Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
- 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
- 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
- Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
- Volunteering opportunities for staff
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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 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.
- Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
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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.
- Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
- Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce
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Service documents
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