About

A small consultancy with a lot of hands-on experience.

WorthIT Solutions is run by Mark Hollingworth, a UK software developer with extensive experience building, maintaining and modernising business software, web applications and integrations. You deal directly with the developer doing the work.

The approach behind WorthIT Solutions

Good software starts with understanding the problem properly. The technology comes second.

I’ve been developing software professionally since 2009, but my interest in computers goes back to my first PC in 1994. That experience spans established business systems (the long-running .NET, C# and VB.NET applications, ASP.NET and MVC sites, WCF services and SQL databases that organisations depend on) as well as modern web applications, cloud services, integrations, automation and AI tooling.

I’m equally comfortable starting something brand new or getting to grips with an existing system someone else built: working out why it behaves the way it does, modernising it a piece at a time and connecting it to newer systems, without breaking what already works or rewriting what doesn’t need it.

I particularly enjoy the awkward problems: real-time data, systems that were never designed to talk to each other, or processes that have grown into a tangle of spreadsheets and emails.

And I don’t believe every problem needs an enormous platform or expensive infrastructure. The solution should fit the problem. Sometimes that’s a substantial application; sometimes it’s a small automation that saves a few hours every week.

What you can expect

How WorthIT Solutions works with clients.

  • Honest advice

    If something isn’t worth building, or there’s a cheaper way to get the result, you’ll hear that first.

  • Clear communication

    Technology explained in plain English, with regular updates and working progress you can see and try.

  • Quality that lasts

    Tested, maintainable code with automated deployments, designed to remain straightforward to change as the system evolves.

  • Long-term support

    Launch isn’t the end. WorthIT Solutions can host, monitor and keep improving what it builds.

Experience

Breadth that’s useful in practice.

Technology matters less than what it lets you do, but for those who want the detail:
Modern web applications

Fast, maintainable interfaces that work across desktop, tablet and mobile, built with the same tools used for serious commercial applications.

  • Angular
  • TypeScript
  • RxJS
  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • SCSS
  • Node.js
Established business systems

Long-term experience building, maintaining and extending the .NET and SQL-backed software businesses run on, so a mature system is understood before it’s changed.

  • C#
  • .NET
  • VB
  • VB.NET
  • ASP.NET
  • ASP.NET MVC
  • WCF
  • SQL
Integration & real-time data

Your systems, suppliers and services connected properly, with secure sign-in and data that stays in sync.

  • REST APIs
  • WebSockets
  • OAuth
  • MQTT
  • Third-party APIs
Cloud, deployment & hosting

Reliable, cost-conscious hosting with automated deployments, so updates are routine rather than risky.

  • Microsoft Azure
  • Azure Functions
  • Static Web Apps
  • Azure Storage
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub
  • CI/CD
Desktop & hybrid applications

Desktop software that works with local hardware and services while staying connected to the web and cloud.

  • Electron
  • Angular desktop apps
  • Local services
Automation & practical AI

Repetitive work automated, with AI used where it genuinely helps, based on building real AI-assisted systems, not reading about them.

  • n8n
  • Claude
  • Codex
  • Python
  • Agent orchestration

Start with a conversation

Tell me what you’re trying to achieve.

You don’t need a specification or to know which technology you need. Describe the problem or the idea, and we’ll work out the right solution together.

Discuss a project

No technical knowledge needed. No obligation.