Introducing the first class of AI and Software Development Awards winners for 2026!

Congratulations to the organisations, teams and individuals recognised in the first year of the AI and Software Development Awards. These winners are leading the way in AI‑driven innovation, engineering excellence and software delivery that’s making a measurable difference.

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Best Place to Work in Software

Winner: Gearset

Most Innovative UK Software Company - Enterprise

Winner: OneAdvanced

Highly Commended: Harness

Most Innovative UK Software Company - SME

Winner: AutogenAI

Highly Commended: Tollring

Most Innovative UK Software Company - SME sponsored by: 

Data Scientist of the Year

Winner: Prof Victor Chang, Aston University

Highly Commended: Tamanna Haque, Jaguar Land Rover

Developer of the Year

Winner: Liam Henderson, Hymans Robertson

Highly Commended: Molly Bland, FOIL AI

DevOps Practitioner of the Year

Winner: Danylo Mikula, Medidata Solutions

Software Leader of the Year

Winner: Uma Thirugnanam, Aviva

Software Rising Star of the Year

Winner: Hannah Hughes, Hymans Robertson

Best Software Automation Project

Winner:  Nationwide

Highly Commended:  Nimbus, MSQ DX

Best Use of AI and Machine Learning in Development

Winner:  RCA GenAI BOT, Aviva

Best Use of AI in Security

Winner:  DeepDefend. Littlefish Group

Highly Commended:  A Guide to AI for Cybersecurity, Forti5 Tech Ltd

Best Use of DevOps, DataOps or GitOps

Winner:  Reinventing Developer Experience: DevHub on TaaS, Vodafone Group PLC and MSQ DX

Edge/IoT Software Project of the Year

Winner:  PrivEdge - Hybrid Edge-Cloud AI Inference System, Setient

Innovation of the Year - Enterprise

Winner:  GenBI, Lloyds Banking Group

Innovation of the Year - SME

Winner:  GCG AI, Charsfield Research & Advisory and GoCodeGreen

Highly Commended:  Invisible shield: Thwarting a zero-day attack on the UK’s CNI, Droplet

Best AI Agent Platform

Winner: Agentic AI, ConnexAI

Highly Commended: Verdantum, Charsfield Research & Advisory

Best AI Code Generation/Copilot Tool

Winner: Perforce Software

Best Lo-Code/No-Code Tool

Winner: Kainos Studio, Kainos

Highly Commended: m-Power, mrc