The best technology is the kind you never notice.
Across the UK, engineers, product teams and IT professionals build and run the systems everyone depends on, and their best work is the work nobody sees go wrong.
The Technology Excellence Awards exist to recognise the people, teams and companies whose technology makes life and work better.
Late deploys.
Early fixes.
Finally, recognised.
Technology runs everything. Its builders are rarely thanked.
An engineer who rebuilt a system so it never went down again.
A security analyst who stopped an attack before anyone noticed.
A start up that turned a spare room idea into a product thousands use.
An IT team that kept a whole organisation working through a crisis.
An apprentice who shipped their first feature in week three.
Technologists spend every day making things work for other people.
This time the recognition is for them.
“We saw what you built.”
“Thank you.”
From the first commit to the boardroom.
CTOs, engineers, product managers, security and IT professionals, tech companies, start ups and the teams behind great products.
The Engineer
Whose code everyone else relies on.
The Leader
Turning technical vision into shipped work.
The Rising Star
Early in a tech career and already shipping.
The Start Up
Proving a new idea works.
The Team
Delivering more together.
Know a technologist who deserves to be seen?
Four ways to be recognised.
Technology People
CTOs, software engineers, rising stars, engineering managers, product managers, security and IT professionals.
Technology Businesses
Tech companies, start ups, scale ups, SaaS businesses, managed service providers, security companies and development agencies.
Products and Projects
AI innovation, software products, digital transformation, cloud, open source and tech for good.
Tech Teams and Skills
Tech teams, tech employers, diversity in technology and tech skills programmes.
Recognition that opens doors.
Pride for the team
Something every engineer can be proud of.
Credibility
Independent recognition customers and investors can see.
Talent attraction
Great technologists want to join recognised teams.
Connections
Meet technology leaders from across the UK.
You do not need to be a unicorn.
Judges consider the size and stage of every business, so a start up or a small in house team can win against a large technology company.
Commercial figures can be given as ranges or percentages.
No security details or user data are needed in an entry.
What your technology achieves matters more than the size of your company.
The question isn't:
“Are we big enough to win?”
A better question might be:
“Is what we built making a difference?”
Recognition only counts when it is earned fairly.
The value of an award depends on the integrity behind it, so the way entries are judged should be clear before anyone enters.
Free to enter
Nominating and entering cost nothing. No category depends on buying a ticket, a table or a package.
Independent judging
Entries are scored by an independent panel, not by the organisers, working under a confidentiality agreement.
Read moreConflicts managed
Judges declare any conflict of interest and stand aside from the entries it touches.
Read moreSponsors support the awards. They never decide the results.
The best technologists never put themselves forward.
They say:
“I just fixed what was broken.”
“The whole team built it.”
“It is only code.”
And sometimes that is exactly why somebody else needs to say:
“They made the difference.”
“They deserve to be recognised.”
If you work with a technologist, team or company like that, put their name forward. It takes a minute.
From a name to the night itself.
Discover
Find the award category that fits the achievement best.
Nominate
Put forward an engineer, a team, a product, a tech company or your own business.
Tell the story
Share what was achieved, and the difference it made.
Judging
Eligible entries are judged against the published criteria.
Recognition
Finalists and winners are celebrated at the awards.
Technology is how tomorrow gets built.
Every product has a story.
Every team has a moment.