IT Support and
Cyber Security
in Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county of contrasts - world-leading aerospace and rail engineering in Derby, manufacturing and logistics through Swadlincote and Long Eaton, professional services in Chesterfield, and a thriving SME base across the Peak District.
Each of those businesses needs IT that works as hard as they do.
We're Somerbys IT, an experienced IT support provider supporting Derbyshire businesses for over 30 years - with particularly strong coverage across South Derbyshire from our Leicester base.
An IT service provider Derbyshire businesses can trust
Derbyshire is a county of two halves.
Derby is a serious engineering and professional services city - shaped by world-class names and the dense supply chain that orbits them.
The rest of the county is a patchwork of accountancy practices, financial advisors, distribution businesses and a hospitality sector buoyed by the Peak District.
Each needs IT support that respects how they actually work.
Proudly providing IT support to businesses in Derbyshire since 1996.
We work with businesses across:
Professional services
Derbyshire has one of the UK's deepest concentrations of engineering, architectural and consultancy expertise, much of it serving the region's aerospace, rail and automotive sectors.
We support engineers, architects, recruiters, marketing firms and consultancies of every size with technology that actually fits how they work.
Hotels and Hospitality
From Peak District hotels in Buxton, Bakewell and Ashbourne to country house venues and Derby's city centre restaurants, Derbyshire's hospitality businesses operate seven days a week, often outside normal office hours.
We provide the reliable, behind-the-scenes IT support that keeps them running.
Logistics and transport
With East Midlands Gateway, the A50 corridor and the M1 all within reach, Derbyshire, and South Derbyshire especially, is one of the country's busiest distribution and logistics regions.
We understand the uptime, connectivity and cyber security pressures that come with that, and we plan our support around them.
How we help Derbyshire businesses
We deliver IT services under three simple headings - pick the ones you need.
Advice
Strategic IT consultancy, technology roadmaps and independent systems reviews. Particularly valuable for Derbyshire manufacturers planning a digital transformation, or professional services firms tightening up compliance.
Implement
Microsoft 365 migrations, cloud transformations, cyber security hardening, business-grade internet and Wi-Fi, network design and hardware procurement.
Support
Fully-managed IT support with a friendly UK helpdesk, proactive monitoring, asset and licence management, and the kind of friendly, capable people who become an extension of your team.
Areas covered across Derbyshire
We work with businesses throughout Derbyshire, with strongest coverage in the south of the county where we can reach most postcodes within an hour from our Leicester HQ via the A50, A38 and M1.
Derby (city centre, Pride Park, Spondon) • Chesterfield • Long Eaton • Ilkeston • Swadlincote • Ashbourne • Belper • Heanor • Ripley • Alfreton • Matlock • Buxton • Dronfield • Bakewell • Glossop
If your business is in Derbyshire and you'd like to know whether we can reach you on-site, just ask - we're upfront about coverage.
Why Derbyshire firms choose us
There's no shortage of IT firms happy to take a Derbyshire contract.
Here's why our clients pick us instead:
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A real Midlands team. Our office is in Leicester, our engineers live in the East Midlands, and we understand the businesses here.
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Regional by design. 30 years of experience, modern tooling and ISO-aligned processes - applied to East Midlands businesses we can properly look after, rather than stretched across contracts we couldn't service well.
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Senior engineers solving real problems. Not script-readers escalating tickets.
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Plain English, every time. It's in our brand DNA - no jargon, no IT-superiority.
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Transparent contracts. Clear scope, clear price, sensible exit terms.
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A genuinely friendly team. It sounds simple, but it's why our clients stay with us for a decade or more.
Cyber security: built into everything we do
Cyber attacks aren't an industry-specific problem any more. They hit accountants, brokers, recruiters, hospitality businesses and distribution firms with equal force — and Derbyshire businesses are no exception. We build cyber security into every IT support agreement we deliver, with:
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Email security - phishing and impersonation protection that catches what Microsoft's default tools miss.
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Endpoint protection - modern EDR rather than legacy antivirus.
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Multi-factor authentication - the single highest-impact protection most businesses still haven't fully rolled out.
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Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus - certification support, often required to win contracts with larger manufacturers and the public sector.
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Backup and disaster recovery - properly tested, not just configured.
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Staff training - because the strongest firewall in the world won't help if someone clicks the wrong link.
