All the winners at the UK IT Industry Awards 2021

Who walked away with one of the most coveted gongs in IT? Find out here!

The UK IT Industry Awards, known affectionately as the 'Oscars of IT', were held in Battersea, London recently in a glittering ceremony. Guests were delighted to be back together once again, after a one-year hiatus where the awards were held virtually due to the pandemic. Once again the UK's IT industry was able to let its collective hair down together in style.

With top professional comedians, fire eaters, magicians and dancers entertaining the masses, and dozens of activities including dodgems, there was no shortage of fun to be had.

Alongside networking, team building and having fun, the awards are also about celebrating success. And there was a lot of it on show as no fewer than 32 awards were handed out. Here are those winners and highly commendeds in full:

CIO of the Year
Rob Greig

IT Project Team of the Year
Viable Data

IT Team of the Year Arup

Specialist Vendor of the Year
Lanware

Sustainable Organisation of the Year
Techbuyer

Development Team of the Year
Zuhlke Engineering

Organisational response to the pandemic
Hermes

Best place to work in IT 2021
CloudThing

Services Company of the Year
Netstar

IT Vendor of the Year
UK Cloud

DevOps Engineer of the Year
Saran Jayaman

IT Service and Support Professional of the Year
Ian Peak

Inspirational Individual of the Year
Alice Hendy

Digital Leader of the Year
Akhlas Hafiz

Rising Star of the Year
Jude Murphy

Business Analyst of the Year
Stephen Barber

IT Apprentice of the Year
Katherine Locke

Infrastructure Innovation of the Year
TCS Helps Britain's largest Building Society

Business IT Innovation of the Year
Hermes UK

Emerging Technology of the Year
HR Wallingford

UK Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
Interact: Low Carbon Data Centre

Collaborative Technology of the Year
RealWear

Security Innovation of the Year
Ava Security

Best Financial Services IT Project of the Year
iPension

Data Science Project of the Year
Thames Water

Best Charity (Third Sector) IT Project of the Year
HR-Wallingford D-MOSS

Digital Transformation Project of the Year
Thames Water - WMF

Best User Engagement Project of the Year
HR Wallingford

Automation Project of the Year
SGN

Best Security| Defence or Law Enforcement IT Project of the Year
42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)

Best Healthcare Sector IT Project of the Year
Digital Health and Care Wales

Best Public Sector IT Project of the Year
HMRC Customer Insight Platform