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A community for digital and technology professionals with public sector experience. Targeted contract role alerts from vetted consultancies, sent straight to your inbox. You apply directly — we stay out of the way.

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Lead Solution Architect
Central Government · London / Remote
DV Cleared AWS SFIA L6 New
£700–800/day
Senior Delivery Manager
NHS Digital · Hybrid
SC Cleared Agile GDS
£550–650/day
Data Engineer
HMRC · Leeds / Remote
SC Cleared Python Azure
£450–550/day

Built because people kept asking for it.

For years, experienced public sector digital professionals have been reaching out to us looking for their next contract. They weren't short of talent or experience — they were short of a clean, direct route to the right opportunities.

The problem isn't the market. It's the noise. Generic job boards flooded with agency posts, irrelevant alerts, and middlemen adding cost and friction to every transaction.

Off the Bench exists to fix that. A focused community built for professionals who know what GDS delivery looks like, who understand public sector programmes, and who want to find the next one without the noise.

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Lead Solution Architect
Central Government London / Remote
DV Cleared AWSAzure GDSSFIA L6 New
£700–800/day
Posted today
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Senior Delivery Manager
NHS Digital Programme Hybrid
SC Cleared Agile GDS Phases SFIA L5
£550–650/day
2 days ago
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Senior Software Engineer (Python)
Local Government Transformation Remote
SC Cleared Python Django SFIA L4 New
£500–600/day
Posted today
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Data Engineer
HMRC Data Programme Leeds / Remote
SC Cleared Databricks Python Azure SFIA L4
£450–550/day
3 days ago
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Lead User Researcher
DLUHC Service Design London
SC Cleared Service Design Accessibility SFIA L5
£500–580/day
4 days ago
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DevOps Engineer
Ministry of Justice Remote
BPSS AWS Terraform GitHub Actions SFIA L4
£475–550/day
5 days ago
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