34 202601 jobs found

Change Agent Contract up to end of 2026 Based in Broughton Offering £26.14ph Inside IR35 Do you have an understanding of Lean/Six Sigma principles, methods, and tools? Do you have an understanding of change management basics? Do you want to work with an industry-leading company? As the Change Agent, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry. You will be involved in: Implement and improve boards & routines with operational teams Train/ coach by running awareness sessions with teams Launch & participate in management go-look-see providing structured feedback Measure and report maturity (KPIs, activities, self-assessment) Co-facilitate workshops Participate in industrial assessments Co-facilitate building MES roadmap / Tactical Implementation...

Job Opportunity! – Interim Chief/Deputy Chief Accountant – Fully Remote – 2 Year Contract! I am reaching out as a local authority client of mine are currently on the lookout for a Chief/Deputy Chief Accountant to join their team on a contract that will run for 2 years in. Contract Duration: 24 months. Rate: £500-£550 per day IR35: Inside Hybrid: Fully Remote. Days: Full Time or Part Time (Can be flexible) Start Date: ASAP You will be expected to: * * Contribute on closing down the 25/26 accounts for the council. * Ensure that the council delivers outturn reporting and produces a draft 25/26 statement of accounts by the statutory deadline. * Deliver high quality working papers and supporting evident as a contribution to ensure an effective audit process. * Will assist with budget monitoring and business partnering. * Will assist with budget setting and MTFS. * Will assist with returns, RA, quarterly returns etc. * Will...

Pre-Construction Project Manager – Basics * Role: Pre-Construction Project Manager * Organisation: Essex * Rate: £450 per day * Contract Length: 12 month contract (with the possibility of a further 12 month extension) * Working arrangements: 1–3 days per week * Start Date: As soon as possible * IR35: Inside IR35 Pre-Construction Project Manager – Overview * Looking for an experienced Pre-Construction Project Manager to join its Pre-Construction team to manage the pre-construction phase of its capital works programme. * The housing capital programme for investment work to occupied homes is in the region of £150m over the next 2 years. * The programme will deliver major refurbishment and component replacement projects at speed and scale to occupied council homes, including low- and high-rise blocks within the context of The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and Building Safety Act 2022. * Partnering with internal and external...

Job Title: VMWare Engineering Lead Location: Sheffield OR Birmingham (3 days per week on-site) Salary/Rate: Up to £485 per day Start Date: March 2026 Job Type:10-month contract (Inside IR35) Company Introduction: We are currently recruiting for an Engineering Lead with experience in large-scale IT infrastructure & distributed systems to join our tier-1 banking client on an exciting long-term contract. Role overview The role is part of the Virtualisation Engineering Team within Distributed Compute in CTO Enterprise Services. A VMware Engineering POD Lead is responsible for guiding the development and delivery of VMware products, ensuring they meet business needs and customer expectations. Responsible for VMware Products Vision and Strategy with a focus on automation, availability, reliability, performance, and scale. Managing complex environmental issues, collaborating with wider teams, such as Operations, Applications, Engineering, Connectivity, and vendors. Job...

Job Title: Product Owner Location: Sheffield OR Birmingham (3 days per week) Salary/Rate: Up to £485 per day Start Date: March 2026 Job Type: 10-month contract (inside IR35) Company Introduction: We are currently recruiting for a Product Owner to join our client in the financial services sector. Job Responsibilities/Objectives: Lead and mentor a team of VMware engineers within the POD structure Responsible for people and performance management of the team Design, deploy, and manage VMware vSphere, VRO, vRLI, and related technologies Oversee day-to-day operations, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of the virtual environment Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure solutions for business needs Drive automation initiatives using tools such as PowerCLI, Ansible, or vRealize Suite Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, and best practices Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities...

Network Technical Integration Lead Location: Hybrid (60% onsite / 40% remote) Duration: Contract through to November 2026 Rate: £550 - £604 per day - Inside IR35 Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Network Technical Integration Lead to drive engineering execution, ensure quality delivery, and lead safe, controlled change into production environments. This is a senior technical leadership role focused on resilience, automation-first engineering, and end-to-end design accountability. You will coach engineers, embed SRE best practices, and ensure non-functional requirements (NFRs) are engineered into every solution. Key Responsibilities End-to-End Design Ownership Lead integration design including non-functional requirements, resilience patterns, integration contracts, and rollback strategies. Change & Release Engineering Define and execute structured change rehearsals, smoke testing, soak testing, and production rollbacks. Automation & Infrastructure as...

Janauary 2026 Starts Maintenance Engineer - Electrical / Mechanical / Multi Skilled Location: West Midlands Shifts available: - Days - Double Days - 3 Shift Rotation - 4 Shift Rotation Contract: 6 Months Temp-to-Perm ------These roles are inside IR35------ The Role: We are looking to recruit several Multi-Skilled / Electrical or Mechanical Maintenance Engineers from a conveyor, automated, or fast-paced environment and you will be responsible for ensuring that all production and ancillary machinery, equipment, and power systems operate at maximum efficiency. You must have good electrical or mechanical skills and have prior experience working within a production maintenance capacity. Key Performance Indicators - Equipment reliability and performance - Plant Maintenance (TPM & PPM) Qualifications and Experience - Ideally you will have xxperience with automotive machinery maintenance and fault diagnoses - Mechanical / Electrical / Pneumatics experience - Indentured...

Role Title: Akamai Security Engineer Location: Hybrid (60% office / 40% remote) - Manchester Contract End Date: 30/11/2026 Rate: £400 - £465 per day - Inside IR35 Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Akamai Security Engineer to support the configuration, deployment, and ongoing management of Akamai security solutions across web and API platforms. You will collaborate with security and engineering teams to ensure secure, reliable, and high-performing digital services. Key Responsibilities Configure and maintain Akamai security tools, including Kona Site Defender, WAF, and Bot Manager. Implement and fine-tune security policies, rulesets, and traffic routing configurations. Monitor web traffic, identify threats, and assist with incident response activities. Optimise WAF and bot rules to reduce false positives and enhance protection effectiveness. Support CDN configuration, caching strategies, and performance optimisation. Manage certificates, edge redirects,...

Akamai Security Engineer & Senior Akamai Security Engineer (Contract) Knutsford Hybrid - 3 days onsite 2 remote Senior: £620 per day Engineer: £490 per day Until 30/11/2026 INSIDE IR35 Our client is looking for an Akamai Security Engineer and a Senior Akamai Security Engineer to lead the design, deployment, and optimisation of Akamai security solutions across large‑scale, high‑traffic digital platforms. These are key engineering roles focused on strengthening web security, enhancing performance, and embedding best‑practice Akamai configurations into global environments. Key Responsibilities Engineer Configure & maintain Akamai tools (KSD, WAF, Bot Manager, CDN) Support implementation of rulesets, policies & routing configs Monitor traffic, identify threats & assist in incident response Tune WAF & bot rules to reduce false positives Assist with CDN configuration, caching & performance tuning Manage certificates, redirects, and Akamai property...

Role Title: Network Component Product Owner Location: Hybrid (60% office / 40% remote) - Manchester Contract End Date: 18/12/2026 Rate: £550 - £600 per day - Inside IR35 Role Overview We are seeking a Network Component Product Owner to lead delivery across a defined network or security capability area (e.g., segmentation, NAC, DDI, egress, SIEM detections, or runbook automation). You will translate technical and risk requirements into actionable delivery outcomes, manage dependencies across technology towers, and ensure smooth, continuous delivery within an agile pod structure. Key Responsibilities Story & Backlog Management Translate risk, control, and design artefacts into clear user stories with defined acceptance criteria. Define Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD). Coordinate UAT activities and stakeholder sign-off. Dependency & Delivery Management Maintain cross-domain dependency mapping across networks, identity, endpoint, SOC, and...

Role: Senior Akamai Security Engineer Location: Hybrid - 60% onsite / 40% remote - Knutsford, Cheshire Contract Length: Until 30/11/2026 Rate: £550 to £600 per day Inside IR35 Role Overview We're looking for a Senior Akamai Security Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of Akamai security solutions across large-scale digital platforms. This role sits at the sharp end of web security - protecting high-traffic environments from modern threats while improving performance and resilience. Expect real engineering challenges, complex environments, and zero room for checkbox security. Key Responsibilities Architect, configure, and optimise Akamai security solutions including Kona Site Defender, WAF, Bot Manager, and CDN Lead end-to-end implementation of Akamai security policies and custom rules Perform threat analysis, log monitoring, and security incident response for web traffic Implement and manage rate limiting, bot mitigation, DDoS protection, and...

Job Title: PostgreSQL DBA Location: Manchester ( 1 x per month on-site) Salary/Rate: £435 per day Start Date: March 2026 Job Type: 6-month contract (Inside IR35) Company Introduction We are currently recruiting for an experienced PostgreSQL DBA to join our client on an exciting contract in the finance industry. Primary Skills: Must have hands-on experience as Database Administration specifically with MongoDB, PostgreSQL / Oracle. Managing a oracle team Working with database software to find ways to store, organise and manage data Expert knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL data stores and working with a variety of structures, including JSON and XML Experience of software development with distributed data processing technologies including Oracle, MongoDB, PostgreSQL Experience in keeping databases up to date, troubleshooting, helping with database design & development, and managing database access. Experience in designing maintenance procedures and putting them into operation....

Role Title: Infrastructure Designer Duration: contract to run until 31/08/2026 Location: Hybrid, 1 day per month in Mancheste. Possibility for travel to the Coventry/Birmingham during the project for only 1 day per month Rate: up to £414.92 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary Produce infrastructure design documentation based on a solution architecture to be implemented by a 3rd party supplier. To coordinate accurate estimates for inclusion in end to end project costs and business cases and to assist with the estimates for the end to end IT costs of the Client. Leadership within projects of technical resources and SMEs. Input to infrastructure solution frameworks and patterns displaying awareness of external markets and suppliers, so that the best value for money and service is delivered. Ensure that clear root cause is established for incidents impacting the deliverables of the Infrastructure CoE and that these issues are addressed. Work with 3rd party supplier...

Role: Network Security Technical Product Owner Location: Hybrid (60% office / 40% remote) - South Manchester Contract Duration: Until 18 December 2026 Rate: £550 - £597 per day - Inside IR35 Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Network Security Technical Product Owner to define and drive the strategy, delivery, and lifecycle of enterprise network security products. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, product ownership, and stakeholder management to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant network security capabilities aligned with Zero Trust principles and regulatory requirements. You will work closely with security operations, infrastructure, architecture, and compliance teams to prioritise delivery based on risk, business value, and evolving threat landscapes. Key Responsibilities Product Strategy & Vision Define and communicate a clear network security product vision aligned with Zero Trust architecture, governance frameworks, and regulatory...

EHS Administrator Contract to the end of 2026 Based in Belfast Offering £21.86ph Inside IR35 Do you have administrative experience? Do you want to work with an industry-leading company? If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you! As the EHS Administrator, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry. You will be involved in: Administrative Assistant joining the Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) team Stabilise day-to-day operations during a period of significant organisational transition Take ownership of essential administrative functions Coordinate visitor PPE and site passes; manage the inventory, distribution, and exchange of employee workwear Provide weekly FR1 data and monthly waste data reports; maintain and update...

Job Title: PostgreSQL DBA Location: Manchester Salary/Rate: £430 per day Start Date: March 2026 Job Type: 6 month contract (Inside IR35) Company Introduction We are currently recruiting for an experienced PostgreSQL DBA to join our client on an exciting contract in the finance industry. Primary Skills: Must have hands-on experience as Database Administration specifically with MongoDB, PostgreSQL / Oracle. Managing a oracle team Working with database software to find ways to store, organise and manage data Expert knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL data stores and working with a variety of structures, including JSON and XML Experience of software development with distributed data processing technologies including Oracle, MongoDB, PostgreSQL Experience in keeping databases up to date, troubleshooting, helping with database design & development, and managing database access. Experience in designing maintenance procedures and putting them into operation. Liaising with...

Service Analyst (SC Cleared) ITIL V3 – ITIL V4 Leeds (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract to £450/day (Inside IR35) Service Analyst needed with active SC Security Clearance, managing and supporting Service Delivery Manager. 6 Month Contract based in Central Leeds (Hybrid). Start ASAP in Feb/March 2026. Hybrid Working - 2 days/week remote (WFH), and 3 days/week working on-site from the Leeds office. A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in Government projects: Experience managing support services projects. Support the Service Delivery Manager, reporting, planning and operational oversight. Assist with day today service operations, providing cover across all the Service Management practice:  incident, problem, service improvements, service design etc. Monitor service KPIs, ensuring services meet performance, quality and compliance standards by communicating in service reviews Escalate complex issues appropriately while...

Role Title: API Security Architect Duration: contract to run until 30/11/2026 Location: Knutsford, hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £762.86 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary We are looking for an API Security Architect to define, design, and oversee the implementation of enterprise‑grade API security architecture. The role ensures APIs are built securely, follow best‑practice standards, and align with organisational security and compliance requirements. Key Responsibilities Design end‑to‑end API security architecture across cloud and on‑premise environments. Define API security standards covering authentication, authorization, encryption, and threat protection. Lead architectural reviews, threat modelling, and risk assessments for API integrations. Select, architect, and optimize API gateways, WAFs, and security controls. Develop reference architectures and reusable security patterns for engineering teams. Provide security governance for API...

Role Title: PMO Analyst Duration: contract to run until 30/11/2026 Location: Knutsford Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £460.62 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary We are looking for a PMO Analyst to support governance, reporting, planning, and delivery assurance across programmes and projects. Key Responsibilities Maintain RAID logs, project documentation, dashboards, and reports. Support governance forums, meeting packs, and status reporting. Track milestones, financials, dependencies, and resource allocations. Maintain delivery standards, templates, and compliance checks. Provide analytical insights and challenge to delivery teams. Required Skills Strong organisational and analytical skills. Proficiency with reporting tools (Excel, Power BI, dashboard) All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We...

Role Title: Application Security Specialist Duration: contract to run until 30/11/2026 Location: Knutsford, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £517.78 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary We are looking for an Application Security Specialist to assess and strengthen the security of applications across development, deployment, and operations. Key Responsibilities Conduct security reviews, threat modelling, and vulnerability assessments. Support secure coding practices and provide guidance to development teams. Operate security scanning tools (SAST/DAST/IAST). Validate remediation of vulnerabilities and track risk reductions. Contribute to secure design standards and best practices. Work with DevOps to embed security into CI/CD pipelines. Required Skills Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and secure development principles. Experience with scanning tools (e.g., SonarQube, Veracode, Fortify). Understanding of cloud security and API/application architecture. All...