Market Data Consultant

• Location; Canary Wharf (4x per week onsite)
• Duration; 6 month initial contract
• Rate; £500-750 DOE (engagement via umbrella company)

Sanderson are partnered with a leading consultancy to deliver a Market Data governance programme for a major financial services brand.

We are looking to engage 5x Market Data Consultants to support the development and population of a new License Store – a centralised platform designed to manage data entitlements and drive compliance with licensing terms.

We are looking for professionals with:

• Strong understanding of Market Data products and services
• Experience in analysing and interpreting data licensing contracts
• Familiarity with internal and external redistribution rights
• Ability to collaborate across Legal, Data Governance, and Business teams

The work is closely tied to Digital Rights Management – ensuring contractual terms are correctly structured and captured in a dedicated entitlements platform.

If this is of interest, please apply online with an updated CV attached.

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.

DB2 DBA

Fully remote

12-month contract

£450/day overall assignment rate to umbrella

Working with a financial services client who are looking for a DB2 DBA, this will not be mainframe focused but LUW.

DB2 DBA, key responsibilities:

• Manage and test disaster recovery procedures; restore databases using DB2 tools; ensure data integrity and minimal downtime.
• Design and maintain automated backup strategies
• Monitor and validate backup jobs
• Implement access controls and encryption
• Manage user roles and permissions
• Address vulnerabilities and conduct audits.
• Optimise queries and indexing, tune memory and configuration settings, resolve locking and resource contention issues.
• Continuously monitor system health; use DB2 tools for performance analysis; adjust workloads and configurations proactively.

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.

Technical Java Architect – Financial Services

Rate – £500 per day Outside IR35

Duration – 6 months

Location – Canary Wharf (2/3 times a week)

Our client undertaking a comprehensive digital transformation programme aimed at delivering a leaner, more digital and operationally effective institution. As part of this strategic journey, they’re seeking an experienced and hands-on Technical Architect to lead the end-to-end design and implementation of technology solutions in the areas of Limits Management and Payment Processing. These are critical domains within the Treasury and Risk functions, underpinning secure and compliant financial operations, exposure monitoring, and cross-border payment execution.

This role is embedded within the Bank’s IT Architecture team, with a specific focus on the Treasury, Risk & Operations (TRO) capability. The successful candidate will be responsible for shaping, validating, and guiding the technical architecture for projects that span multiple systems and stakeholders, including core banking, treasury, ERP, integration, and security platforms.

Experience

• Proven track record of solution architecture in banking or financial services, particularly in Treasury, Risk or Operations domains.
• Strong understanding of:
• Payment processing architectures (including SWIFT, BACS, Faster Payments)
• Limits and Exposure Management platforms (e.g., internal limit engines, Murex, Calypso, SAP TRM)
• Treasury data models (counterparty, instrument, exposure, SSI, cash flows)
• Hands-on experience with:
• Azure Cloud Platform, APIs, microservices, and integration patterns
• ERP platforms – payment orchestration tools
• Knowledge of security and compliance practices, especially in payments and exposure monitoring
• Hands on Technical Skills – Java

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.

Experienced Change Manager (ITIL) wanted for a 6-month contract with a leading organisation in Manchester. £625/day via umbrella | Hybrid | immediate/August start.

We’re working with a well-established organisation in Manchester that is seeking an experienced Change Manager (ITIL) for a 6-month contract. This role is ideal for a seasoned contractor with a strong ITIL background who thrives in governance, service assurance, and change enablement environments.

The Role:
You’ll be embedded in the Service Management function, leading the Change Enablement process across the business. Your focus: ensure changes are properly assessed, approved, and implemented to reduce risk and disruption – while enabling faster value delivery.

You’ll also work with the Change, Event & Configuration Practice Owner to support the strategic direction and improvement of the Change Enablement roadmap and toolset.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and govern the end-to-end change management lifecycle
• Chair CAB meetings and provide expert assurance on changes
• Align change processes with ITIL 4 standards
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate change control into CI/CD
• Use and improve automation tools to support efficient change handling
• Track KPIs, analyse trends, and drive process improvements
• Act as a trusted advisor for stakeholders on change governance and risk

Contractor Profile

We’re looking for someone who can hit the ground running with:

• Solid track record in Change Management within ITIL environments
• Hands-on experience with incident, event, problem, config, release management
• Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure, applications, and service operations
• Familiarity with ITSM and DevOps tools (e.g. ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps)
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and governance capabilities

Engagement Terms

• Daily Rate: £625/day (via Umbrella company – all taxes and NI deducted at source)
• Hybrid working model: 2-3 days per week onsite in Manchester
• 6-month initial term, with a strong likelihood of extension

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.

Data Governance Lead

£550-650/day overall assignment rate to umbrella

6-month contract

Gloucestershire-based

Working with a client who are looking for a Data Governance Lead to lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of data governance capabilities.

This role will reporting directly into the Director of Data Management and will be heavily involved in defining and executing the data governance initiatives within the data strategy

Data Governance Lead, key skills:

• Ability to implement data governance capabilities
• Strong understanding of data quality and MDM
• Experience configuring and managing data governance applications – ideally Aperture Data Governance Studio
• Proven-track record of developing and maintaining data governance frameworks
• Can formulate data quality standards
• Line management experience

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.

System Administrator

£425/day Outside IR-35

Central London – on site

NPPV3 clearance (please still apply if you have previously held this)

Multiple roles

Sanderson are working with an IT service provider to support their policing account with five cleared System Administrators to work on an outside IR-35 basis in a central London location.

You should be a proactive individual, a confident communicator and have a skillset in line with the below:

You do not need all of these skills, I have marked the essentials in bold.

• Broad Windows infrastructure experience
• Networking protocols
• Windows Server
• Firewalls
• Remote Desktops
• Virtualisation (VMWare or Hyper-V)
• Active Directory
• Red Hat Linux

Please note, you will be required to provide references as part of the application process.

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.

Knowledge & Information Manager – M365 Migration & Project Support

This will be a 6 month minimum assignment.

Day rate is £450 per day, Outside IR35.

You must hold a current/valid SC clearance to apply.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide oversight of information systems, records management, data governance, and knowledge management.

• Embed best practice around information architecture, IP, and asset register processes.

• Advise stakeholders and staff on records and knowledge management matters.

• Attend key project and governance meetings.

Skills & Experience:

• Relevant RQF Level 3 qualification.

• Experience with content management systems and database management.

• Strong technical understanding of taxonomies, glossaries, metadata, and information standards.

• Excellent stakeholder and risk management capabilities.

This role offers a great opportunity to influence how knowledge is captured and shared across high-impact transformation projects.

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: Data & Insights Analyst

Rate: £290 a day via umbrella

Length: 12 months initially

Location: London – Hybrid – 3 days a week in the office

Start Date: Ideally in August 2025 (1 month notice from offer maximum)

Our client, an international household name in technology, is looking for a Data & Insights Analyst to turn complex data into powerful insights that drive strategy. You’ll support the international team by improving tools, maintaining data accuracy, and delivering clear, actionable insights to senior leadership.

This is a hands-on role that requires dashboard and excel expeirnece. Perfect for someone 3+ years into their analytical career.

The Role

• Work for a fantastic, very well-renown brand
• Varied, interesting project work in a collaborative team
• Opportunity to develop your Tableau and Excel skills in a supportive team
• Initial 12 month contract with the potential for extension or permanent

What You’ll Do:

• Enhance dashboards and reporting tools to surface key data for leadership.
• Manage workflows and communicate potential tool updates.
• Communicate business needs and liaise with project managers and developers.
• Analyse data to create impactful dashboards and reports.
• Help teams resolve tool issues and track recurring problems.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience in an analytical role
• Strong experience in Excel is essential
• Advanced Dashboard skills – Strong experience in Tableau is highly desirable
• Ability to query across data sources with SQL experience as a plus
• Excellent time management and attention to detail
• Confident communicator with data analysis and storytelling abilities

If this role is of interest, please apply below!

Excel Reconciliation Analyst

£300/day overall assignment rate to umbrella

3-month contract

Kent – hybrid working

Looking for an Excel Specialist to run and develop on an ongoing basis an Excel-based reconciliation process for banking records.

Excel Reconciliation Analyst, key responsibilities:

• Run and further develop an automated process to reconcile excel statements
• Strong understanding of data flows across systems
• Data match for production of reconciliation
• Working with banking teams to ensure reconciliation is resolved
• Document process

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.

Sanderson are seeking a seasoned Infrastructure Architect to lead a complex and high-impact on-premise to cloud migration for a major financial services organisation. With the end of a strategic data centre hosting contract approaching in Summer 2027, our client is accelerating plans to modernise their estate – migrating a large, mixed portfolio of applications to cloud or SaaS platforms.

This is a critical programme of work focusing on mainframe, open systems (AIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows), and SQL Server-based applications. You’ll work closely with SMEs across multiple domains to assess and plan migration strategies that align with the organisation’s future-state architecture – including AWS and Azure.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architectural assessment and strategy for migrating legacy and mainframe applications to cloud platforms.
• Evaluate applications for multiple migration paths: decommissioning, replatforming, rewriting, SaaS replacement, or mainframe lift-and-shift.
• Analyse technical stacks and integrations (CICS COBOL, IMS, VSAM, QSAM, relational databases, flat file systems).
• Collaborate with application and infrastructure SMEs to define optimal target platforms and integration strategies.
• Provide architectural guidance on cloud-native solutions, including AWS Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, EFS, and containerised/serverless platforms.
• Explore use of mainframe migration tooling, cloud-based COBOL runtimes, and compiler compatibility.
• Support migration of storage (NAS) and file systems, potentially to Azure NetApp Files or equivalent.
• Produce high-level and detailed migration approaches, including cost estimation, sizing, and performance projections.
• Ensure alignment with cloud best practices and enterprise standards.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Proven experience as an Infrastructure Architect delivering on-prem to cloud and SaaS migrations in complex enterprise environments.
• Deep understanding of mainframe architectures, particularly CICS, COBOL, IMS, batch/online hybrid systems.
• Hands-on experience assessing legacy workloads and determining appropriate cloud-native migration paths.
• Knowledge of mainframe file systems and access methods (e.g., QSAM, VSAM).
• Familiarity with AWS (PaaS-first strategy): Lambda, ECS, EKS, RDS, EC2 custom builds, S3, EFS.
• Experience with Azure IaaS/PaaS, especially Azure SQL Managed Instance and file migration solutions like Azure NetApp Files.
• Comfortable working with hybrid estates: AIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows.
• Strong analytical skills: able to assess application characteristics (complexity, dependencies, business value, lifecycle) to guide migration choices.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills – comfortable operating in ambiguous, multi-team environments.

Desirable

• Experience working with or migrating from on prem mainframe
• Exposure to containerised serverless architecture.
• Financial services or regulated industry background.

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.