Digital Identity
Digital identity is the secure, verifiable way citizens and organisations prove who they are online, underpinning both public sector transformation and economic growth across the UK.
Through market-wide standards, digital identities deliver trust, security and privacy for citizens and save millions in costs for the public and private sectors. We bring together the organisations innovating across the digital verification sector, ensuring clarity on digital identity policy, building awareness and confidence in digital identity solutions, and creating mechanisms for government and industry to drive meaningful adoption based on citizen need.
Digital identity empowers citizens and drives economic growth nationwide.
We champion a thriving, industry-led digital identity market, worth £2.05 billion, helping people and organisations with right to work, right to rent and financial checks within the UK's Digital Verification Services Trust Framework (DVSTF).
Through our Digital Identity Working Group, we bring together leaders and experts from across our membership, giving direct access to the policymakers shaping the sector's regulatory environment. We champion the ambition needed to grow the market.
Global Context
Nearly 10% of UK adults struggle with existing identity verification methods, while globally women make up a disproportionate share of the 850 million people who lack official identification. Closing that gap is both an economic and social imperative. According to techUK's own analysis, 69% of financial institutions worldwide have now adopted electronic identity verification to cut fraud and speed up onboarding - when designed effectively and inclusively, digital identity can improve access to services and participation in society for everyone.
View How digital identity is enabling the future of financial servicesUK Strategic Impact
Digital identity already supports over 10,000 UK jobs. The UK digital identity market now counts 270+ active providers and 4,700 partnerships, with employment growing 11.7% year on year, according to the Digital Identity Sectoral Analysis Report 2026 and 2025 report. Our report, Digital ID: Empowering Citizens, Enabling Growth, sets out eight recommendations to help the UK capture more of that opportunity. This topic sits within our Digital ID programme, where we bring industry and government together to accelerate secure, trusted adoption.
View Digital ID: Empowering Citizens - Enabling Growth Report
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Digital Identity Working Group
Digital identities will provide a gateway for citizens and SMEs into the connected ecosystem of services making up the digital economy.
Fraud Working Group
This group is for techUK members who are interested in tackling online fraud.
Our Subject Matter Experts
Elis Thomas
Programme Manager - Technology & Innovation
Elis joined techUK in December 2023 as a Programme Manager for Tech and Innovation, focusing on Semiconductors and Digital ID. He previously worked at an advocacy group for tech startups, with a regional focus on Wales. This involved policy research on innovation, skills and access to finance. Elis has a Degree in History, and a Masters in Politics and International Relations from the University of Winchester, with a focus on the digitalisation and gamification of armed conflicts.
Max Elphick
Head - Digital Identity
As Head of Digital Identity at techUK, Max leads policy and industry engagement, working closely with government, Parliament and industry to support the continued development of the UK’s digital identity ecosystem. Before joining techUK, Max held senior policy and public affairs roles at the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Cabinet Office and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Across these roles, he advised Ministers and senior leaders on areas including AI, digital regulation and international technology policy.
