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Digital & Technology

Cloud hosting, software licences, networks and system integration bought across every department, largely through Crown Commercial Service frameworks.

Supplier spend

£26bn

Share of all supplier spend

6.5%

Top 10 suppliers

£8.9bn

Since 2019

+73%

Contract spend trend

+£11.0bn (73%) since 2019

Data sourcesCrown Commercial Service — Frameworks and agreementsCabinet Office — Contracts Finder (awarded contracts)data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)HM Government — Departmental spend over £25,000data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)Companies House — Company accounts and filingsCompanies House API (api.gov.uk)
exact ONS/HMRC/MHCLG/PSS fields

What is bought

  • Cloud and hosting

  • Software licences

  • Integration and delivery

Bought by Every department, via CCS Technology Services and G-Cloud.

Top 10 suppliers

Data sourcesCrown Commercial Service — Frameworks and agreementsCabinet Office — Contracts Finder (awarded contracts)data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)HM Government — Departmental spend over £25,000data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)Companies House — Company accounts and filingsCompanies House API (api.gov.uk)
exact ONS/HMRC/MHCLG/PSS fields

  1. #1Microsoft

    £2.0bn

    Enterprise software, Azure cloud, security and productivity licences

    Reading, UK · 7.7% of the area

    • Cloud
    • Software

  2. #2Amazon Web Services

    £1.4bn

    Cloud hosting, storage and machine learning services

    London, UK · 5.4% of the area

    • Cloud

  3. #3BT Group

    £1.3bn

    Networks, emergency services network, telephony and connectivity

    London, UK · 5.0% of the area

    • Networks

  4. #4Fujitsu Services

    £0.9bn

    Legacy system maintenance, hosting and application support

    London, UK · 3.5% of the area

    • Legacy IT

  5. #5Capgemini

    £0.8bn

    System integration for tax and welfare platforms

    London, UK · 3.1% of the area

    • Integration

  6. #6IBM UK

    £0.7bn

    Mainframe services, data platforms and AI tooling

    London, UK · 2.7% of the area

    • Platforms

  7. #7Accenture

    £0.7bn

    Digital delivery, service design and programme management

    London, UK · 2.7% of the area

    • Integration

  8. #8Vodafone UK

    £0.5bn

    Mobile, fixed connectivity and secure communications

    Newbury, UK · 1.9% of the area

    • Networks

  9. #9Kainos

    £0.3bn

    Digital service build, Workday implementation and support

    Belfast, UK · 1.2% of the area

    • Delivery

  10. #10Palantir Technologies UK

    £0.3bn

    Data integration platforms for health and defence

    London, UK · 1.2% of the area

    • Data

G-Cloud is the highest-volume digital framework, used by central and local government alike.

Legacy system maintenance still absorbs a large share of departmental IT budgets.

Cloud spend has grown faster than any other supplier category since 2019.

Sources