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Public sector digital, data and AI roles in the UK
This page brings together live digital, data and AI roles in the UK public sector: central and local government, the NHS, defence and the organisations around them, permanent and contract alike. It is rebuilt every time it loads from the roles theHRkey is tracking, so it only shows adverts that are still live.
Each role links to its own page with a summary and how to apply. Roles whose adverts mention security clearance are marked.
Most roles are in London (45), Manchester (7), Birmingham (4), Leeds (3), Glasgow (1); 7 are remote.
Live roles
UK full-time Senior Consultant, Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM) & Data Science
London Permanent position Technical Delivery Manager, Public Sector
London Head of Public Sector Business Development, National Security
London contract QA Engineer (DV cleared)
Manchester Clearance £40k–£100k Infrastructure Engineer (DV cleared)
London Clearance £70k–£100k Data Engineer
Hunslet, Leeds hybrid £76k Lead DevOps Engineer (Azure)
Birmingham, West Midlands full-time £55k Data Engineer (G7)
Birmingham, West Midlands full-time £50k Deputy Director Head of Hybrid Cloud Services
Manchester, Greater Manchester full-time £64k Planning, Delivery & Engagement Manager and Deliverability Manager
Birmingham, West Midlands full-time £54k Machine Learning Engineer – Lumen Enterprise Models (SWE-focused LLMs)
London Office Full Time Senior Technical Architect
UK hybrid £81k Senior Digital Governance and Assurance Manager
Leeds full-time £46k Operations Specialist, AI Enablement [Content Moderation]
UK London hybrid Software Engineer, Model Deployment- ChatGPT Engineering
London, UK Full Time Commercial Lead - Digital Forensics
London, UK full-time £45k DNA Analyst
London, UK contract £37k Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager
Leeds full-time £44k Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager
Birmingham full-time £44k ITSM Engineer
London £47k–£55k EUC Senior Engineer (North Kent/Chelmsford)
UK part-time Workstream Lead, Agentic AI Risk Modelling and Mitigations
London, UK full_time £65k–£145k ML Systems Engineer - Model Training and Infrastructure (SWE-focused LLMs)
London Office Full Time Sales Engineer (Public Sector / Defence)
London Digital Strategy Lead
Cardiff hybrid £500–600 a day ESN Engineer - SC Cleared
East London Clearance contract Graduate Analyst Programme - Public Sector Consulting
London Senior Counsel, Privacy & AI Compliance (EU)
London, England, Spain Senior Machine Learning Scientist (Generative Modelling)
London Full Time Senior Value Engineer - Public Sector - Security Cleared
London Clearance Deputy Director of Digital Standards and Inclusive Design
Manchester hybrid £875–985 a day IT Specialist / Storage & Backup Engineer - Edinburgh
Edinburgh £400–430 a day Enterprise Architect – Modern Workplace
London Workstream Lead, Agentic AI Risk Modelling and Mitigations
London Technical Sales Engineer
London full-time Field Station Engineer
London remote Electronics/Hardware Engineer
London remote Data Modeller (VP/AVP)
London hybrid £68k–£126k Public Sector Lead, Defence & Security
London contract Lead Cloud Architect - AWS / GCP - SC Cleared
London Clearance £575–600 a day Senior Value Engineer - Defence & Government - SC cleared
London Clearance Client Value Partner - Public Sector - Security Cleared
London Clearance Identity Engineer (Public Sector & Defence)
London hybrid £65k–£75k AI Software Engineer - eDV Cleared
London Clearance hybrid £65k–£100k Senior Software Engineer - SC Cleared
Manchester Clearance hybrid £50k–£80k Senior Software Engineer - SC Cleared
London Clearance £50k–£80k Cloud Native Software Developer - eDV Cleared
London Clearance hybrid £45k–£95k Full Stack Software Engineer - eDV Cleared
Manchester Clearance hybrid £40k–£80k Senior Software Engineer - eDV Cleared
London Clearance £45k–£100k Backend Software Engineer - eDV Cleared
Manchester Clearance £40k–£75k Lead AI Software Engineer - eDV Cleared
London Clearance hybrid £65k–£100k Contract Software Engineer - eDV Cleared
London Clearance contract £600–800 a day Cloud Architect - eDV Cleared
London Clearance £65k–£100k Contract Senior Software Engineer - eDV Cleared
London Clearance contract £500–750 a day Delivery Manager / Project Coordinator (Associate, public sector AI programme)
Remote (UK), with some travel in England remote Research Lead - AI and the Public Sector (Associate)
Remote (UK), with some travel in England remote Service and Content Designer (Associate, local government AI)
Remote (UK), with some travel in England remote Product Owner - Identity Platform - SC Cleared
London Clearance £26k–£31k Senior Cloud Architect, MAP (Multiple)
London Full Time
Security clearance in plain English
Many public sector and defence roles need some level of UK security vetting. The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is the entry-level check of identity, right to work, employment history and unspent criminal records, and applies to most government roles.
Security Check (SC) is needed for regular access to material classified SECRET and involves further checks against government records. Developed Vetting (DV) is the most thorough level, for frequent access to TOP SECRET material, and includes interviews and financial checks. Some adverts ask for clearance you already hold; others will sponsor it for the right candidate.
Clearance is granted to a person for a role, not bought or applied for independently. This note is general information; each employer sets out exactly what its role needs.
IR35 on public sector contracts
For public sector clients, the client decides whether a contract falls inside or outside IR35 and must give the contractor a Status Determination Statement explaining why. Check it before you sign and take professional advice if you are unsure; this is general information, not tax or legal advice.
Also see: AI, data and digital contract roles
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Figures and roles are computed from live adverts when this page loads. Pay figures use the midpoint of the range each advert states, rounded.