About this template
The UK Modern template is a contemporary British CV in Inter, two-column layout with personal statement spanning both columns at the top. Experience on the right, skills and education on a left rail with thin rules and teal accent on dates. Suits tech profiles who remain attached to UK conventions.
Who is it for?
It fits UK tech, fintech, scaleup, product and digital candidates — London tech clusters (Shoreditch, King's Cross, Old Street), Cambridge (Arm, Microsoft Research, Darktrace), Edinburgh (Skyscanner, FanDuel, Cirrus Logic) — who keep British conventions (no photo, personal statement) but want a modern engineering-culture layout. Software engineers, product managers, data leads, growth profiles.
How to use it
The personal statement spans both columns at the top, three to four lines maximum. The sidebar holds migration status (« Right to work in the UK — Skilled Worker visa »), languages, technical skills in tags and cloud certifications (AWS, GCP, Azure). The main column carries experience in reverse chronology. For a London Senior Software Engineer, list the stack (languages, frameworks, cloud, observability) in the sidebar. For a scale-up Product Manager (Monzo, Revolut, Wise, Deliveroo, Cazoo), mention product frameworks (RICE, Jobs-to-be-Done) and tools (Productboard, Linear, Mixpanel, Amplitude).
Frequently asked questions
No photo even in UK tech?
Correct. UK equality recruitment practices are strictly applied in tech (Monzo, Revolut, Wise, Cazoo, Deliveroo, Darktrace, Arm). US tech subsidiaries (Google London, Meta London, Stripe London, Snowflake London) follow the same rule. For a modern UK CV, omitting the photo and date of birth is the norm.
Suitable for a senior tech role?
Yes for Senior Software Engineer, Staff Engineer, Engineering Manager, Senior Product Manager and Group Product Manager. For a VP Engineering / CTO at an FTSE-aspirant scale-up or FTSE Tech listed company (Sage, Auto Trader), switch to UK Executive which signals seniority better through serif typography and three-page structure.
Does the sidebar pass UK ATS?
Yes for modern ATS (Lever, Greenhouse, recent Workday) that equip almost all UK scale-ups. For traditional FTSE groups (HSBC, Barclays, BT, Unilever) still using older Workday or Taleo, the parsing disorder risk exists — for these targets, UK standard remains safer.
