Why do a digital apprenticeship?


Digital apprenticeships offer a route for individuals to get their 1st tech job or to cross train / upskill in a new discipline.

Through a structured, coached development programme we’ll take you from a newbie to a junior team member over a period of 15 – 18 months and support you to develop the professional skills, knowledge, and behaviours you’ll need to succeed.

During this time, you’ll be gaining real experience, solving real problems whilst being paid to complete a Level 4 or Level 3 apprenticeship.

Over 95% of our apprentices remain employed by their employer after their apprenticeship with many progressing onto degree apprenticeships or studying for further professional qualifications.

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What apprenticeships do Digital Native deliver?


Our focus is digital apprenticeships, and we deliver in the following disciplines:

  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • Business Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Support

See more information about our apprenticeship pathways below.

Our pathways.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

LEVEL 4

Build and test simple, high-quality code across front end, logic and database layers.

Work alongside developers, learning programming languages such as C#, JavaScript and Java.

Become a member of the British Computer Society.

Duration: 12-18 months

Starting salary: £15,000 to £22,000 per annum

SOFTWARE TESTER

LEVEL 4

Design and prepare test plans and conduct software testing to ensure that software is fit for purpose

Deliver a range of test strategies, plans and scripts on software applications

Become a member of the British Computer Society

Duration: 12-18 months

Starting Salary: £15,000 to £22,000 per annum

BUSINESS ANALYST

LEVEL 4

Identify project stakeholders, map out complex business change.

Communicate progress and check that the solution meets requirements.

Become a member of the British Computer Society.

Duration: 18 months

Starting Salary: £15,000 to £22,000 per annum

DATA ANALYST

LEVEL 4

Collect, analyse and visualise data using advanced data modelling techniques to drive business decisions.

Learn the fundamentals of the data lifecycle including database system design, implementation and maintenance.

Become a member of the British Computer Society.

Duration: 18 months

Starting Salary: £15,000 to £22,000 per annum

SUPPORT TECHNICIAN

LEVEL 3

Deliver technical or application support to internal or external customers.

Help set up users, deliver infrastructure projects and support your business to use technology.

Learn the fundamentals of cloud computing, operating systems and mobile devices.

Duration: 12-14 months

Starting Salary: £12,000 to £18,000 per annum

SOFTWARE TECHNICIAN

LEVEL 3

Support software teams to deliver to internal or external customers.

Help find bugs and issues, work on small changes while you grow in confidence.

Learn the fundamentals of Programming, Agile and DevOps.

Duration: 12-14 months

Starting Salary: £12,000 to £18,000 per annum

DATA TECHNICIAN

LEVEL 3

Support data teams to deliver to internal or external customers.

Manage spreadsheets and reporting, work on small changes while you grow in confidence.

Learn the fundamentals of Data Analytics, Dashboard Design and Data Quality.

Duration: 12-14 months

Starting Salary: £12,000 to £18,000 per annum

I'm interested - What do I need to do?


An apprenticeship is a job with a structured development programme. Therefore, unlike a university or college course you can’t simply apply to do an apprenticeship, you need to apply for and successfully secure one of our apprenticeship opportunities.

You can click on the APPLY NOW button below where you’ll be taken to our careers site where all our vacancies are listed, and you can submit your application. You can also choose to connect with Digital Native where you’ll be sent updates on events, job seeking tips and tech careers information.

Before applying you may want to read our A SIMPLE GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE CVs which outlines how you can make your application stand out.

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Meet Josh

I amDigital Native.

Previously: studying Audio Engineering at the SAE Institute.
Currently: working as an apprentice in a rapidly expanding SAP consultancy as an Analytics Consultant developing dashboards for use in the Oil and Gas industries using QliK Sense, React and SharePoint.

Josh Marango | Apprentice Analytics Consultant

Meet Natalie

I amDigital Native.

Previously: studying Engineering and Physical Sciences at University of Birmingham.
Currently: working as an apprentice data analyst for Bryt Energy for a renewable energy company owned by the largest generator of renewable energy. Leading on GDPR, data mapping and reporting using Power BI, SQL and Azure.

Natalie Heasley |  Apprentice Data Analyst

Meet Burhan

I amDigital Native.

Previously: studying A Level Maths, Physics and Computer Science at Five Ways Grammar School.
Currently: having worked in a small team creating MVP’s Burhan’s now working as an apprentice Data Scientist developing in-house data science tools using Spark, Hadoop, Gremlin, Power BI and Python.

Burhan Bashir |  Apprentice Data Scientist