UK IT Industry Awards 2025: All the winners, in pictures
See the celebrations first-hand
Taking home a prize at the UK IT Industry Awards is a true mark of success – here’s a look at this year’s deserving winners.
We’ve already published a gallery of top photos from the big night, but here we’re focusing on those finalists who, through their dedication, innovation and success, turned a spot on the shortlist into pride of place on the winners list.
We’ve split this article into sections so you can navigate quickly and easily. Click the links below to reach the relevant page:
We began by highlighting companies who stood out with top marks in their social responsibility, DEI initiatives and teamwork. Plus, the prestigious Vendor of the Year category.
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Audacia won Best Place to Work
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The Corporate Social Responsibility Award was taken by EDF Energy
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Nationwide Building Society’s Unisys Engineering Team was crowned Development Team of the Year
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Insight took home the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award
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Project Team of the Year went to Lloyds Banking Group’s App Redesign Programme, by the Devices and Digital Experience Lab
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Axiologik was named Services Company of the Year < 100 employees
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And Bridewell won Services Company of the Year > 100 employees
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Team of the Year went to WhiteSpider
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Finally, Content Guru won the coveted Vendor of the Year
Project Excellence Awards
Project Excellence categories are all about the real-life use of technology. Whether it’s AI, data, or something sector-specific, this is where it lives.
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Superdrug won Best Applied AI Project of the Year
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Waythrough’s IT & Digital Team took home the prize for Charity (Third Sector) Project of the Year
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Data Science Project of the Year went to West Midlands Police for its project, ‘Reducing knife crime with Esri UK geospatial insight’
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Digital Service and CMC Partnership Consultancy took home Digital Transformation Project of the Year, for their work on gov.uk adoption
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Next it was the turn of First Response Finance Ltd, whose Athena Decision Engine development and implementation won the prize for Financial Services Project of the Year
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Public Sector Project of the Year went to the Financial Conduct Authority, for its Digital Unified Intelligence Environment
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Finally, Lloyds Banking Group & Publicis Sapient won Technology Refresh Project of the Year
Technology Excellence Awards
On to the Technology Excellence Awards, which are all about the underlying systems that make everything else happen. Stalwarts like cloud and cybersecurity are here, as well as newer technologies like AI, and tools designed to enhance accessibility and sustainability.
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The first Technology Excellence prize, for AI Innovation of the Year, went to Darktrace
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Cloud Technology of the Year went to BlakYaks
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Lloyds Banking Group and Publicis Sapient’s Digital Customer Waterfront won Mobile Innovation of the Year
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Intigriti took home the prize for Security Innovation of the Year
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GoCodeGreen scored a win for Sustainable Innovation of the Year
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Bridgeworks won the gong in the prestigious Technology Innovation of the Year category
Personal Excellence Awards
Our final awards recognise personal excellence. These categories are all about the people without whom the tech sector would not exist. Apprentices, engineers, analysts and everyone else who keeps the tech sector ticking – plus the biggest prize of the night: IT Leader of the Year.
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Tiarnan Crosbie of Hamilton Robson was named Apprentice of the Year
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Cognizant’s Mohit Jain was crowned Business Analyst of the Year
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2025’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion of the Year was Adenike Akin-Dada of the Financial Conduct Authority
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Engineer of the Year went to Martha Taylor of PremFina
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Cameron Clarke, of Aviva IT Support, was named Inspirational Individual of the Year
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IBM UK’s James Skinner was Rising Star of the Year. Definitely one to watch!
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BT’s Ikenna Umeh is our Security Professional of the Year
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Finally the night’s biggest prize, IT Leader of the Year, was won by Peter Brown of Lloyds Banking Group
