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Building a career in tech

Our apprenticeship programme helps individuals sharpen their programming skills and learn to ship high-quality code.

Our 18-month programme teaches apprentices how to deliver high-quality software that helps organisations make a positive impact through technology.

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Apprenticeship applications open for 2025

We’ve opened up our application process for our next 2 apprenticeship cohort intakes happening in 2025.

Cohort one: Tuesday 27 May 2025
Cohort two: Monday 20 October 2025

Please let us know your preferred start date on the application form. If you’re successful, we’ll try our best to accommodate your choice.

You’ll also need to be available to attend a full-day assessment centre on 20 March 2025 (The location is TBC, but we’ll help with your travel).

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About the programme

Who’s this apprenticeship for?

Whether this is a first job, a change of direction or a return to work – our apprenticeship programme is for any keen problem solvers with a passion for coding. Over 18 months we teach everything there is to know as you start your career in software.

What you’ll learn

Over 18 months you’ll work towards an accredited level 4 DevOps apprenticeship programme.

During that time you’ll learn to develop your technical software and person-centred skills while gaining hands-on experience working on real client projects. You’ll see how our values are demonstrated in our work and learn how to thrive in a consultancy.

Continuous development

Throughout the apprenticeship, you’ll get involved in different types of learning activities to help grow your knowledge.

Learning time

fixed learning days develop the skills and behaviours to help you progress.

Pair working

all our teams practice pair working, so you’ll spend some of your time working hands-on with others.

Retrospectives

we run retrospectives every few weeks where you look at what’s been going well and how to improve.

Show and tells

our teams host weekly show and tells where we share what we’ve been working on.

Growth programme

you’ll meet with your coach every 6 weeks to set growth targets that help you thrive on your learning programme.

Conferences and meetups

you’re given the opportunity to attend conferences and meetups where you can meet other like-minded people.

O’Reilly learning subscription

you’ll also receive a subscription to the O’Reilly learning platform to further support your learning and development.

Reasons to join

Real-world experience
You’ll work on exciting projects that use technology to improve the lives of real people.
Earn while learning
During the apprenticeship you earn a salary of £27,038 per year and after completing your first 12 months, we’ll provide an uplift. Once you’ve successfully completed your apprenticeship programme, we align your salary to our Made Tech pay framework.

Nationally recognised qualification
After successfully completing the apprenticeship programme, you’ll be awarded a level 4 DevOps qualification.
A full-time job
You’ll work at Made Tech full-time and are given a clear pathway for your career progression once you’ve successfully completed your qualification.

Meet the team

Dom Patmore

Dom is our Learning & Development Specialist Technical – Engineering Coach. He’s taught and worked in technology for over 20 years. He’s owned by 2 cats, competes in weightlifting, loves mathematics, games and sewing.

Chez Peet

Chez is our Learning & Development Team Lead. She’s worked in learning and development for as long as she can remember and has many years experience working with apprentices. She thrives off learning new things, walking in the countryside and visiting new places.

Ben Noble

Ben is a Principal Technologist, which allows him to be an architect, software engineer, strategist and any other technical role. He’s worked in tech for over 15 years for large organisations and small startups. Roller hockey player and cat owner, Ben also teaches our engineers the ways of clean code.

Tess Barnes

Tess is now a Lead Engineer, following a long and winding career in fintech, payroll, insurance and cloud. When not stretching with tai chi or serving her cat, she loves little more than mentoring, asking awkward coaching questions and solving the question of how to get a solution out in the wild and keep it there.

Bil Badul

As a member of the talent team, Bil supports all internal and external hiring initiatives across Made Tech and helps many of our communities make effective hiring decisions. Outside of Made Tech Bil enjoys playing football and meeting new people. You will hear a lot from Bil during this apprenticeship hiring journey.

Drop in sessions

Join our engineering coach for more information about what the apprenticeship programme involves and hear from our current apprentices about their experiences.

Takeaways

During the session we’ll give you all the information you need about the recruitment process and what’s involved
We’ll share insights on how we deliver the programme and topics to expect
Our apprentices will talk to you about life at Made Tech as an apprentice engineer