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Outside Spy
Nov 06, 2026
6 Months or more
SC Cleared Content Designer at Sanderson Government & Defence, London, 6 Months, £425-£450 per day
£425 - £450 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
SC Cleared Content Designer Active SC Clearance Required | Up to £450 per day | Outside IR35 | Predominantly Remote We're recruiting for an experienced SC Cleared Content Designer to join a major Central Government digital programme. This is an exciting opportunity to help design and deliver accessible, user-centred services that meet citizen needs while adhering to GDS standards and GOV.UK best practice. The Role Working within a multidisciplinary agile team, you'll be responsible for creating, testing and iterating content across complex government services. You'll collaborate closely with User Researchers, Service Designers, Interaction Designers, Business Analysts and key stakeholders to ensure content is evidence-based, accessible and aligned to user needs. Essential Requirements Active SC Clearance is mandatory and must be in place before engagement Proven experience as a Content Designer within Central Government Strong knowledge and practical experience of GDS...
Outside Spy
Nov 09, 2026
Duration not stated
Python Developer at Sanderson Government and Defence, London, £Negotiable Rate
Outside Spy London, UK
Python Developer 1-2 days a week on-site in London £450-£650 outside IR35 Requires Active SC Clearance The Role We are seeking an experienced Python Developer to join a growing engineering team delivering secure, cloud-native solutions within a highly regulated environment click apply for full job details
Outside Spy
Nov 09, 2026
Duration not stated
Data Engineer - Document & Retrieval Pipelines - Contract at VIQU IT, London, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy London, UK
Data Engineer Document & Retrieval Pipelines SC Cleared Morela is supporting a specialist technology consultancy on a high-profile defence AI programme, and we are looking for a Data Engineer to own the document and retrieval pipelines behind a set of AI-enabled planning tools. This is a contract role on a two-year programme, Outside IR35, based in Central London. Active SC clearance is required. About the Client Our client is a specialist technology consultancy that embeds engineers directly into government and defence delivery teams. They are known for long-term programme work and for giving their engineers genuine ownership of what they build. This is one of their most strategically important programmes. The Role You will join a team building AI-enabled planning tools. The core of the role is document and retrieval pipelines: getting messy, real-world documents in, then making them structured, searchable and measurable. The first increment produced working prototypes....
Outside Spy
Nov 09, 2026
Duration not stated
User Researcher at SR2, London, £500-£550 per day
£500 - £550 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
User Researcher Outside IR35: £500 - £550 p/d Primarily remote, ad hoc travel to London possibly required 16th Nov start, 4 month initial contract. Extensions to follow 3 OR 4 days a week The role You 'll lead user research for the new intranet, making sure its structure and content work for staff in both organisations. Plan and run user research through discovery, alpha and beta Find out how staff use the current intranets and what they struggle to find Use research to shape and test the new information architecture Test designs and content with users, including people with access needs Share findings clearly and turn them into actions with the product, design and content team Help the team prioritise based on evidence What you 'll bring User researcher experience on website development projects UK government digital project experience, working to the GDS Service Standard A range of qualitative and quantitative research methods...
Outside Spy
Nov 09, 2026
Duration not stated
Web Designer at SR2, London, £500-£550 per day
£500 - £550 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
Web Designer Outside IR35: £500 - £550 p/d Primarily remote, ad hoc travel to London possibly required 16th Nov start, 5 month initial contract. Extensions to follow 4.5 days a week The project Our client, a digital consultancy with a long track record in UK government, is building a new shared intranet for two large national public sector organisations. The project merges content from their two current intranets into a single site with a new information architecture. The role You 'll design the new intranet, creating a site that 's easy to navigate and consistent with public sector design standards. Design page templates, layouts and components for the new site Apply and adapt the GOV.UK and NHS design systems Turn the new information architecture into clear navigation and page designs, working with user research and content design Build prototypes to test with users, and iterate on what you learn Design for accessibility, meeting WCAG 2.2 AA...
Outside Spy
Nov 09, 2026
up to 6 Months
User Researcher at SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment, London, 4 Months, £500-£550 per day
£500 - £550 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
User Researcher Outside IR35: £500 - £550 p/d Primarily remote, ad hoc travel to London possibly required 16th Nov start, 4 month initial contract. Extensions to follow 3 OR 4 days a week The role You'll lead user research for the new intranet, making sure its structure and content work for staff in both organisations. Plan and run user research through discovery, Alpha and beta Find out how staff use the current intranets and what they struggle to find Use research to shape and test the new information architecture Test designs and content with users, including people with access needs Share findings clearly and turn them into actions with the product, design and content team Help the team prioritise based on evidence What you'll bring User researcher experience on website development projects UK government digital project experience, working to the GDS Service Standard A range of qualitative and quantitative research methods Inclusive research, including with...
Outside Spy
Nov 09, 2026
up to 6 Months
Web Designer at SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment, London, 5 Months, £500-£550 per day
£500 - £550 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
Web Designer Outside IR35: £500 - £550 p/d Primarily remote, ad hoc travel to London possibly required 16th Nov start, 5 month initial contract. Extensions to follow 4.5 days a week The project Our client, a digital consultancy with a long track record in UK government, is building a new shared Intranet for two large national public sector organisations. The project merges content from their two current intranets into a single site with a new information architecture. The role You'll design the new intranet, creating a site that's easy to navigate and consistent with public sector design standards. Design page templates, layouts and components for the new site Apply and adapt the GOV.UK and NHS design systems Turn the new information architecture into clear navigation and page designs, working with user research and content design Build prototypes to test with users, and iterate on what you learn Design for accessibility, meeting WCAG 2.2 AA Work with developers so designs...
Outside Spy
Nov 06, 2026
6 Months or more
Automation Test Engineer at Digital Skills Ltd, London, 6 Months, £300 per day,
Outside Spy London, UK
Automation Test Engineer Contract role - 6 months rolling SC Cleared or British and eligible for SC Clearance £300 a day - outside IR35 Hybrid, occasional visits to site in London We require an Automation Tester with strong Java capabilities to develop new features for our portfolio of Government Clients. REQUIREMENTS Strong Java coding skills (JavaScript, JMeter Scripting also advantageous). Experience as a software tester/developer in test with a good appreciation of test automation. Passionate about code quality and advocate of clean code principles. Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail. Experience with common test automation tools such as Selenium, Cucumber or Serenity; CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins, Stash, GitHub, Bitbucket) Experience testing UI, API (SOAP UI, RESTFUL services) and web services-based systems, including end-to-end and/or in isolation using mocks. Experience with very large...
Outside Spy
Nov 06, 2026
up to 6 Months
Product Owner at SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment, London, 5 Months, £550-£600 per day
£550 - £600 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
Product Owner Outside IR35: £550 - £600 p/d Primarily remote, ad hoc travel to London possibly required 16th Nov start, 5 month initial contract. Extensions to follow 3 or 4 days a week Our client, a digital consultancy with a long track record in UK government, is building a new shared Intranet for two large national public sector organisations. The project merges content from their two current intranets into a single site with a new information architecture. The role You'll own the product vision and backlog for the new intranet, making sure it works for staff in both organisations. Own and prioritise the backlog, writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria Turn the needs of staff and stakeholders in both organisations into one product vision and roadmap Work with user research, content design and IA to shape the new information architecture Make the calls on content: what moves across, what merges and what's retired Build agreement between stakeholders in both...
Outside Spy
Nov 06, 2026
up to 6 Months
Delivery Lead at SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment, London, 5 Months, £550-£600 per day
£550 - £600 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
Delivery Lead Outside IR35: £550 - £600 p/d Primarily remote, ad hoc travel to London possibly required 16th Nov start, 5 month initial contract. Extensions to follow 4 days a week up to Xmas, 3 days a week from Jan - Mar The project Our client, a digital consultancy with a long track record in UK government, is building a new shared Intranet for two large national public sector organisations. The project merges content from their two current intranets into a single site with a new information architecture. The role You'll lead delivery of the new Intranet from kick-off to launch, taking the team through agile phases in line with government ways of working. Set up and run the delivery approach: plan, roadmap, ceremonies, RAID log and reporting Lead a multidisciplinary team through discovery, Alpha and beta Plan and track the migration of content from two sites into one, including dependencies and cutover Keep senior stakeholders in both organisations aligned on scope,...
Outside Spy
Nov 06, 2026
Duration not stated
Delivery Lead at SR2, London, £550-£600 per day
£550 - £600 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
Delivery Lead Outside IR35: £550 - £600 p/d Primarily remote, ad hoc travel to London possibly required 16th Nov start, 5 month initial contract. Extensions to follow 4 days a week up to Xmas, 3 days a week from Jan - Mar The project Our client, a digital consultancy with a long track record in UK government, is building a new shared intranet for two large national public sector organisations. The project merges content from their two current intranets into a single site with a new information architecture. The role You 'll lead delivery of the new intranet from kick-off to launch, taking the team through agile phases in line with government ways of working. Set up and run the delivery approach: plan, roadmap, ceremonies, RAID log and reporting Lead a multidisciplinary team through discovery, alpha and beta Plan and track the migration of content from two sites into one, including dependencies and cutover Keep senior stakeholders in both...
Outside Spy
Nov 06, 2026
Duration not stated
Product Owner at SR2, London, £550-£600 per day
£550 - £600 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
Product Owner Outside IR35: £550 - £600 p/d Primarily remote, ad hoc travel to London possibly required 16th Nov start, 5 month initial contract. Extensions to follow 3 or 4 days a week Our client, a digital consultancy with a long track record in UK government, is building a new shared intranet for two large national public sector organisations. The project merges content from their two current intranets into a single site with a new information architecture. The role You 'll own the product vision and backlog for the new intranet, making sure it works for staff in both organisations. Own and prioritise the backlog, writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria Turn the needs of staff and stakeholders in both organisations into one product vision and roadmap Work with user research, content design and IA to shape the new information architecture Make the calls on content: what moves across, what merges and what 's retired Build agreement...
Outside Spy
Nov 05, 2026
Duration not stated
ERP Business Analyst/Project Manager at Morson Edge, London, £500-£550 per day
£500 - £550 per day
Outside Spy London, Greater London, England, UK
ERP Business Analyst/Project Manager £500 per day Outside IR35 - 5-month contract - Central Government - London - Hybrid We are seeking an experienced ERP Business Analyst/Project Manager to support a major ERP programme within a Central Government organisation. This is a specialist opportunity for someone with demonstrable experience of leading and coordinating end-to-end ERP procurement within the UK public sector. You will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering two significant procurement exercises: one for the System Integrator/Solution Implementation Partner and another for the ERP software licences. Working closely with the programme team, Commercial, Finance, IT and wider stakeholders, you will take ownership of the procurement planning, documentation, coordination and delivery from initial requirements through to tender evaluation and supplier selection. Key Responsibilities 1. Procurement Strategy and Planning Lead the coordination and...
Outside Spy
Nov 05, 2026
Duration not stated
Data Engineer - Document & Retrieval Pipelines - Contract at VIQU IT Recruitment, London, £500-£650 per day
£500 - £650 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
Data Engineer Document & Retrieval Pipelines | SC Cleared Morela is supporting a specialist technology consultancy on a high-profile defence AI programme, and we are looking for a Data Engineer to own the document and retrieval pipelines behind a set of AI-enabled planning tools. This is a contract role on a two-year programme, Outside IR35, based in Central London. Active SC clearance is required. About the Client Our client is a specialist technology consultancy that embeds engineers directly into government and defence delivery teams. They are known for long-term programme work and for giving their engineers genuine ownership of what they build. This is one of their most strategically important programmes. The Role You will join a team building AI-enabled planning tools. The core of the role is document and retrieval pipelines: getting messy, real-world documents in, then making them structured, searchable and measurable. The first increment produced...
Outside Spy
Nov 04, 2026
6 Months or more
Python Developer at Som-3 Recruitment, London, 12 Months, to £450 per day
£350 - £450 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
Python/Django Developer must hold current SC clearance Immediate start Outside IR35 Remote Responsibilities Develop and maintain Back End services and APIs using Python Design and optimize RESTful APIs and database interactions Write clean, secure, and scalable code Collaborate with front-end, product, and DevOps teams Troubleshoot and resolve performance and production issues Requirements Strong proficiency in Python Strong Django experience. REST API development and Back End engineering. Experience working in Agile multidisciplinary teams. Familiarity with source control and modern software engineering practices Secure government/public sector delivery. Active or transferable SC clearance.
Outside Spy
Nov 03, 2026
6 Months or more
Senior Java Developer/Technical Lead (Assurance) at Synergetic, London, 6 Months, £550-£625 per day
£550 - £625 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
Senior Java Developer/Technical Lead (Assurance) - Spring Boot/Angular - SC Cleared - Outside IR35 Location: London - Hybrid Duration: 6 months + Clearance: Active SC clearance required (UK only) Outside IR35 Synergetic is recruiting a senior, hands-on Java developer on behalf of a leading consultancy. You'll join a major central government programme that is replacing a critical system. The Legacy code is more than 30 years old, and the replacement is being built on Java, Spring Boot, Angular and PostgreSQL. You'll act as the client's technical lead on code quality and delivery. You'll get into the delivery partner's codebase, designs and pipelines, judge what is being built and how well, and then explain that clearly to Product Managers, Delivery Managers and programme leadership. We need a strong engineer who can communicate, not a governance specialist. What You'll Do Review code, designs and architecture decisions from the delivery partner, and...
Outside Spy
Nov 02, 2026
6 Months or more
SC Senior Software Developer (.Net) - Remote - Outside IR35 at Solirius Limited, London, 3 Months, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy Remote (London, UK)
About Us: Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is a technology consultancy and digital transformation partner that helps organisations solve complex challenges through strategy, design, engineering, and delivery. We work closely with our clients to deliver secure, accessible, user-focused services that evolve with their needs. By combining deep technical expertise with people-centred design, we create solutions that deliver meaningful, lasting impact. Our consultants partner directly with client teams, embedding into organisations to understand their goals, challenges, and users. This collaborative approach enables us to deliver tailored solutions that drive measurable outcomes across public and private sectors. Past and present clients include the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, UEFA, International Olympic Committee, and Mercedes-Benz. Our services span the full digital delivery life cycle,...
Outside Spy
Oct 27, 2026
Duration not stated
Oracle DBA - SC Cleared / Outside IR35 at LA International Computer Consultants Ltd, City of Westminster, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy City of Westminster, London, UK
Oracle DBA - SC Cleared / Outside IR35 An Oracle DBA is required. Responsibilities: - Installation and Upgrades: Deploy Oracle database software, apply patches, and perform version migrations. - Backup and Recovery: Design and test RMAN backup strategies to prevent data loss. - Performance Tuning: Monitor system metrics, optimize SQL queries The role is based remotely and is outside IR35 for 3 to 6 months initially. Extensions are likely. The expected start date is likely to be December or January once onboarding checks have been completed. To be considered for the role please send over your latest CV. Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's...
Outside Spy
Nov 05, 2026
Duration not stated
Data Engineer - Document & Retrieval Pipelines - Contract at VIQU IT, Greater London, £500 to £650 per Day
£500 - £650 per day
Outside Spy Greater London, UK
Data Engineer Document & Retrieval Pipelines | SC Cleared Morela is supporting a specialist technology consultancy on a high-profile defence AI programme, and we are looking for a Data Engineer to own the document and retrieval pipelines behind a set of AI-enabled planning tools. This is a contract role on a two-year programme, Outside IR35, based in Central London. Active SC clearance is required. About the Client Our client is a specialist technology consultancy that embeds engineers directly into government and defence delivery teams. They are known for long-term programme work and for giving their engineers genuine ownership of what they build. This is one of their most strategically important programmes. The Role You will join a team building AI-enabled planning tools. The core of the role is document and retrieval pipelines: getting messy, real-world documents in, then making them structured, searchable and measurable. The first increment produced working...
Outside Spy
Nov 05, 2026
Duration not stated
ERP Business Analyst/ Project Manager at Morson Edge, East London, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy East London, UK
ERP Business Analyst / Project Manager £500 per day Outside IR35 - 5-month contract - Central Government - London – Hybrid We are seeking an experienced ERP Business Analyst / Project Manager to support a major ERP programme within a Central Government organisation. This is a specialist opportunity for someone with demonstrable experience of leading and coordinating end-to-end ERP procurement within the UK public sector. You will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering two significant procurement exercises: one for the System Integrator / Solution Implementation Partner and another for the ERP software licences. Working closely with the programme team, Commercial, Finance, IT and wider stakeholders, you will take ownership of the procurement planning, documentation, coordination and delivery from initial requirements through to tender evaluation and supplier selection. Key Responsibilities 1. Procurement Strategy and Planning Lead the coordination...
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