The Softwire ethos is that happy and inspired employees deliver the best results for customers. The company backs this up with a generous bonus package that sees 50% of profits distributed to staff every year.

Other benefits include an annual company holiday for the whole team and their partners, an on-site gym, free snacks and drinks, health insurance and generous critical illness cover.

Softwire is a leading digital delivery business, offering consultancy, bespoke software development and support. It has more than 200 staff in London, Cambridge and Manchester serving customers such as the NHS, David Lloyd Clubs, the BBC and big names in financial services.

The company hires mainly graduates, and as part of that strategy it sponsors university societies. Once on board, the young talent benefits from its promote-from-within strategy.

The senior leadership strive to be open and approachable. The managing director runs a fortnightly Q&A session where he provides an update on the company's performance and answers questions on any topic from any member of the team. All directors are available for one-to-ones with employees.

Softwire has a diversity and inclusion working group whose regular meetings are attended by 20-30 employees, including around 30% of the executive group. The organisation sets diversity-in-recruitment targets on both gender and ethnicity; sponsors Women In Tech initiatives such as Code First Girls, and has introduced two new recruitment pipelines, Apprentices and Career Switchers.