Announcing the winners of the AI and Software Development Awards 2026

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners

In a night to remember we celebrated the inaugural Computing AI and Software Development Awards at London’s historic Guildhall.

Congratulations to all the incredible winners of the Computing AI and Software Development Awards!

The awards are an evolution of the former DevOps Awards, in recognition of the fact that times have moved on, particularly with the advent of generative AI.

Our finalists demonstrated that they are more than capable of moving with the times, applying their skills and new tools thoughtfully to solve meaningful problems at scale.

Entrepreneur, AI expert, and former Googler Toju Duke took centre stage in the opulent Guildhall dining room, brimming with software luminaries, to present the prestigious awards, each winner receiving a trophy as a symbol of their exceptional achievements.

Here are the winners and highly commended in full:

Best AI agent platform

Winner: Agentic AI – ConnexAI
Highly commended: Verdantum – Charsfield Research & Advisory

Best AI code generation / copilot tool

Winner: Perfecto AI

Best low-code / no-code tool

Winner: Kainos Studio – Kainos
Highly commended: m‑Power – MRC

Best place to work in software

Winner: Gearset

Best software automation project

Winner: IT Automation – Enterprise Enabler, Nationwide Building Society
Highly commended: Nimbus, MSQ DX

Best use of AI & machine learning in development

Winner: RCA GenAI Bot – Aviva

Best use of AI in security

Winner: DeepDefend – Littlefish Group
Highly commended: A Guide to AI for Cybersecurity – Forti5 Tech

Best use of DevOps, DataOps or GitOps

Winner: Reinventing Developer Experience: DevHub on TaaS – Vodafone Group & MSQ DX

Data scientist of the year

Winner: Professor Victor Chang – Aston University
Highly commended: Tamanna Haque – Jaguar Land Rover

Developer of the year

Winner: Liam Henderson – Hymans Robertson
Highly commended: Molly Band – FOIL AI

DevOps practitioner of the year

Winner: Danylo Mikula – Medidata Solutions

Edge / IoT software project of the year

Winner: Privedge – Hybrid Edge‑Cloud AI Inference System

Innovation of the year (Enterprise)

Winner: GenBI – Lloyds Banking Group

Innovation of the year (SME)

Winner: GCG AI – Charsfield Research & Advisory & GoCodeGreen
Highly commended: Invisible Shield – Droplet

Most innovative UK software company (Enterprise)

Winner: OneAdvanced
Highly commended: Harness

Most innovative UK software company (SME)

Sponsored by OneAdvanced
Winner: AutogenAI
Highly commended: Tollring

Software leader of the year

Winner: Uma Thirugnanam – Aviva

Software rising star of the year

Winner: Hannah Hughes – Hymans Robertson