
Sanderson Recruitment
SC Cleared Lead Software Developer (Power Platform)
Job Description
Salary: £54,000 - 94,000 per year
Requirements:- Active SC Clearance is essential.
- Experience leading teams in a government end-client environment.
- Strong experience building production solutions using Microsoft Power Platform.
- Solid software development background beyond low-code tools.
- Ability to engage with senior stakeholders and non-technical users.
- Experience breaking down requirements, refining work items, and defining acceptance criteria.
- Understanding of clean coding practices and scalable solutions.
- Appreciation of software architecture principles and integration patterns.
- Translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
- Lead teams of Power Platform specialists within a government environment.
- Design and build applications using Power Platform, including Power Apps and Power Automate.
- Develop and integrate services within a wider architecture.
- Ensure solutions are user-focused, accessible, and aligned to government standards.
- Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code and configuration.
- Support issue investigation, resolution, and continuous improvement.
- Apply secure development practices, including awareness of OWASP principles.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and communicate technical concepts clearly.
- Support
- Microsoft Power Platform
- OWASP
- Azure
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- DevOps
- JIRA
More:
We are hiring an experienced SC Cleared Lead Software Developer with strong Power Platform expertise to join a government department on a 5-month contract, with the possibility of extension. The role pays £650 per day inside IR35 and requires 2 days per week on-site in Westminster, with the remainder remote. You will help deliver critical digital services using Microsoft Power Platform alongside broader software engineering principles. We value respect, equality, diversity, and inclusion, and we support candidates who may need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. We also offer the opportunity to work on high-impact public sector services with a balance of collaboration and remote working.
last updated 30 week of 2026
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Sanderson Recruitment
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£85,000
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This salary is 13% below the UK median for Lead roles (£85,000/yr).
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