Celebrating the UK's top tech talent in the IT Leaders 100 - 2025
Every year we recognise the people bringing brilliance and innovation to the UK tech scene
With the world going through technological evolution and political disruption, we’re celebrating the leaders surfing the wave of change.
Computing is all about the IT leader. Whether you're a CIO, CTO, IT director, chief architect or any one of dozens of other titles, it’s our job to know what’s on your mind, what you’re dealing with and how you’re standing out from the competition.
Leading a modern tech department is no easy task. As well as rising demands from the business, today’s executives need to deal with both cultural and technological challenges – as well as scanning the horizon for the next opportunity.
That’s why we produce the IT Leaders 100 every year: to recognise and honour the leaders steering their organisations beyond mere survival and towards success. And this year there was so much to celebrate!
Click here to see the IT Leaders 100 list for 2025
From setting up a Tech Bar breaking down barriers between tech and the business, to creating a holistic IoT network across a very unusual estate, to rolling out the UK’s largest operational digital twin, Computing’s Top 100 IT Leaders each have incredible achievements to be proud of from the last 12 months.
We took into account factors like size of organisation, size of department, duration in role and level of transformation achieved to create a longlist of candidates; then, in consultation with industry experts, we undertook the incredibly challenging task of producing the final list – our assessment of the most influential figures in UK IT today.
Each of the CIOs, VPs, directors, heads, leads and executives on the list has made an outstanding contribution to their sector and the industry overall, whether through their own engineering prowess or their position as an influential figure advancing the cause of technology across the UK.
Tom Allen, Editor of Computing, said, “Every leader works to advance their own team’s interests, but the individuals on this year’s list go well beyond that.
“Each one is committed to helping their entire organisation grow using technology, and it’s absolutely inspiring to hear about the different ways they’re dealing with similar challenges.
“Every person in the IT Leaders 100 2025 should feel immensely proud of their own work, and of the teams and companies they have helped lead to success. Congratulations to each and every one.”
Click here to access the list of 2025's most inspiring technologists.
Are you, or do you know, an outstanding young technologist or woman working in IT? Put yourself (or them) forward now for Computing's Rising Stars 30 or Tech Women Celebration 50, where we can recognise and celebrate your achievements.