Content Designer – Central Government (Contract)
Duration: 3 Months
Rate: £375 – £400 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: Remote with occasional travel to London

We are seeking an experienced Content Designer to support a large UK Central Government department on an initial 3-month contract. This role is ideal for someone who has previously worked in government environments and is confident operating within GDS standards.

The Role

You will play a key role in creating clear, accessible, and user-centred content for public services. Working within multidisciplinary teams, you will help ensure content meets user needs while aligning with government standards and policy requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and iterating content for digital services within a large UK government organisation

• Applying content design principles across complex, multi-channel services

• Writing clear, concise, and accessible content in line with the GOV.UK style guide

• Collaborating with product managers, user researchers, service designers, and developers

• Using evidence, user research, and data to inform content decisions

• Ensuring content meets GDS standards, accessibility requirements, and best practice

About You

Essential experience:

• Proven experience working as a Content Designer within Central Government

• Strong knowledge of GDS, including hands-on experience with the GOV.UK Design System and style guide

• Experience working in agile, multidisciplinary teams

• Ability to communicate content decisions and rationale clearly to a range of stakeholders

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Service Designer – Central Government (Contract)

Duration: 3 Months
Rate: £400 – £450 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: Remote with occasional travel to London

We are seeking an experienced Service Designer to support a large UK Central Government department on an initial 3-month contract. This role is ideal for someone who has previously worked in government environments and is confident operating within GDS standards.

The Role

You will play a key role in shaping and improving public services, working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to design user-centred, end-to-end services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing services within a large UK government organisation

• Applying service design principles across complex, multi-channel services

• Collaborating with product managers, user researchers, content designers, and developers

• Mapping service journeys and identifying opportunities for improvement

• Ensuring services meet GDS standards and best practice

About You

Essential experience:

• Proven experience working as a Service Designer within Central Government

• Strong knowledge of GDS and hands-on experience using the GOV.UK Design System

• Experience working in agile, multidisciplinary teams

• Ability to communicate service design concepts clearly to a range of stakeholders

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Senior User Researcher

Key Skills & Experience:

Senior Level User Researcher – Will Suit a User Researcher with extensive Public Sector Experience – Ideally having worked on multiple roles within Central Government.

Experience with GOV.UK User Design & User Research

Ability to work effectively in a secure, cooperative environment

Predominantly remote work with occasional travel to their offices in London
“Inside IR35” via an umbrella company – day rate to the umbrella company is up to £450 p/day.

Role Overview:
We are looking for an experienced User Researcher to support our Central Government department. The role will focus on complex User Research within central government – working to GDS standards and using the GOV.UK Design System.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Key Skills & Experience:

Senior Level User Researcher – Will Suit a User Researcher with extensive Public Sector Experience – Ideally having worked on multiple roles within Central Government.

Experience with GOV.UK User Design & User Research

Ability to work effectively in a secure, cooperative environment

Predominantly remote work with occasional travel to their offices in London
“Inside IR35” via an umbrella company – day rate to the umbrella company is up to £450 p/day.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Role: Senior Mobile Applications Developer
Clearance: SC required
Location: Hybrid – up to 2 days onsite in High Wycombe (as required)
Working Pattern: Full-time
IR35: Inside IR35
Start Date: ASAP
Contract End Date: 27 February 2026

Role Overview:
We are looking for an experienced Senior Mobile Applications Developer to support the ongoing development of existing mobile applications. The role will focus on implementing new features and ensuring applications are updated and compatible with the latest operating system versions.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience in iOS development using Swift and UIKit

• Experience with Java

• Ability to work effectively in a secure, collaborative environment

• Active SC clearance is essential

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

XPlan Business Analyst – £450 p/d – OUTSIDE IR35

Our client is on the lookout for an experienced Business Analyst to support a critical Wealth Management technology programme.

Specifically, the successful Business Analyst will play a key role in the implementation and integration of a new investment platform, working at pace within a complex delivery environment. This individual will join the programme mid-flight and will be expected to quickly understand the scope and deliverables.

The Business Analyst will collaborate extensively with multiple teams, acting as a bridge between business requirements and technical delivery.

This role would suit a highly capable Business Analyst with strong Wealth Management experience, particularly within investment platform implementations. Ideally, they will also have experience with Iress Xplan.

£450 p/d – OUTSIDE IR35

3 month initial contract (with scope for extensions)

Hybrid working – 1 day a week onsite in the client’s office in Bromsgrove

Experience needed:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst within Wealth Management
• Strong background in investment platform implementation and integration
• Experience working with Iress Xplan (highly desirable)
• Ability to quickly understand complex programmes and deliver against defined outcomes
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Experience working across multiple third parties and delivery partners
• Ability to communicate effectively between business and technical teams
• Confident, proactive and delivery-focused, with the credibility to engage senior stakeholders

Any candidates who are not able to clearly demonstrate all of the required experience above within their CV, will not be considered for this role.

To apply for this role, please send a copy of your CV. Suitable candidates will be contacted in due course.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Security Resilience Consultant

Rate: £500 – £550 per day (Inside IR35)
Duration: 6 months initial
Location: London – 2 days per week on-site

Role Overview:

We are seeking a hands-on Security Resilience Consultant to support and strengthen security controls across a regulated technology environment. This role would suit someone who has worked within a medium sized regulated business, where security teams are lean, responsibilities are broad and individuals are expected to balance analysis, delivery and operational ownership.

You will focus on the effectiveness of technical security controls, supplier and SaaS security posture and the use of data and dashboards to provide clear, actionable insight into risk and resilience. This is not a purely policy or assurance role, you will be expected to get into the detail and work directly with systems and data.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and assess the coverage and effectiveness of technical security controls, aligned to defined KRIs and KCIs.
• Work closely with the Supplier Assurance function to evaluate the security posture of third-party products and services, with a strong focus on SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) / Third Party risk platforms.
• Perform hands-on analysis of security and risk datasets, drawing meaningful conclusions to support resilience decisions.
• Help design and build a SaaS security assessment capability, embedding day-to-day security practices into administrative and technical controls.
• Develop and maintain practical dashboards and reporting to provide visibility of security posture and control effectiveness.
• Support compliance with regulatory, legal, and internal governance requirements in a pragmatic, delivery-focused manner.

Required Experience

• Background in a regulated environment (e.g. financial services, insurance, payments, utilities, or similar).
• Experience working in small-to-medium security or technology teams, where you’ve been required to be hands-on.
• Solid cloud security experience, ideally within SaaS-heavy environments.
• Strong data analysis capability, including querying, mapping, and interpreting complex datasets.
• Experience with data harmonisation and visualisation, using tools such as Excel and Power BI.
• Comfortable working across security, technology, and assurance stakeholders, translating data into clear risk insight.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to SSPM tooling or third-party risk platforms.
• Experience operating in environments without heavy process, where you help shape how things are done rather than inherit mature frameworks.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

ServiceNow Developer – CSDM / CMDB

Rate – £475 – £525 per day Inside IR35, total to umbrella

Duration – 6 months initial

Location – London (Twice a week on site)

Additional ServiceNow developer resource to complement in-house developer to assist with the Hardware Asset Management and Software Asset Management projects.

What you’ll do over the duration:

• Complete the configuration of:

• the CMDB Health Dashboards
• the default views for each CI Class
• and complete any remaining work related to the CI Class Manager
• Complete any outstanding User Stories for Governance and Compliance, including the new service transition workflow
• Work on integration with the ITSM applications, including Incident and Problem Management, Change Enablement and Request Fulfilment

Strengths and Experience

ServiceNow

• Primarily significant experience of implementing CMDBs
• Experience with CSDM
• Hardware and Software Asset Management implementation
• A thorough understanding of how other applications and modules integrate with the CMDB data

Soft Skills

• Analysis
• Ability to work with business users, talking without non-technical jargon
• Confident when presenting work to small groups of people, including senior managers
• Good at writing technical documents and business processes
• An understanding and experience of working in a formal testing environment

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Business Change Manager

• Duration; 12 months
• Location; Reading 2/3x weekly
• Rate; £550 (via umbrella)

Sanderson are currently supporting a leading Utilities provider to identify a seasoned Business Change Manager to join one of the most significant programmes in the UK energy market – Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlements (MHHS).

What you’ll do

• Support the delivery of MHHS across an established programme, coordinating change plans end-to-end.
• Lead and contribute to work streams covering customer communications, employee engagement, process mapping and migration readiness.
• Partner with Project Managers to ensure change activities are correctly scoped, sequenced, and embedded in operations for sustainable adoption.
• Collaborate closely with business SMEs and IT delivery in a cross‑functional setup.
• Align change activities to deliver measurable benefits and hit key performance indicators.

Experience Required

• Ability to translate complex market and business processes into clear, deliverable plans against an evolving roadmap.
• Proven experience operating as a Business Change professional in medium‑to‑large organisations.
• Experience of digital enablement and data‑driven change-including how AI can be leveraged to accelerate adoption.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Service Management Consultant, ITIL4
Hybrid working – 3 days on site
£525 – £625 per day (umbrella engagement)

Our client, an industry leading and national business, is looking to hire a Service Management Consultant with a strong background in ITIL v4-aligned practices.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in designing and implementing key service management processes.

Engagement via Umbrella Company Only; all taxes & NI deducted at source.

Responsibilities:

• Manage & optimise ITSM processes e.g. Incident, Request, Problem and Service Transition ensuring alignment with ITIL v4 principles.
• Ensure consistent service delivery across IT operations and business services.
• Drive adoption of ITIL practices across teams and (including stakeholders).
• Liaise with technical & business teams to drive and improve process efficiency and customer experience.
• Support and drive continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to ITSM reporting & governance.
• Assist in rollout of new ITIL aligned practices and frameworks.

Essential Experience:

• ITIL 4 certification.
• Strong knowledge and experience in ITSM process management across ITIL v4 practices.
• Ability and proven experience of embedding and ensuring adoption of ITIL practices within an organisation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with service transition activities.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.