Salary: £21,840
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: Salford
An apprenticeship at the BBC gives you the opportunity to kick-start your career in a job you'll love. We’re the industry leaders in early careers and are committed to your skills and talent development. As one of the world’s most creative and technologically advanced organisations for the last 100 years, an apprenticeship at the BBC means the opportunity to learn from the most respected and experienced professionals in the business.
We have an amazing opportunity for anyone with a Software Engineering background who’s looking to develop, maintain and deliver apps and websites used by millions every day - with first class training and career development available, in a truly supportive environment!
We’re on the lookout for people with a passion for coding and software development to work alongside our Software Engineers and Team Leads, supporting them along with developing software and services for our journalists, producers and corporate teams, helping them to work and deliver content and products efficiently.
You’ve got to be interested now, right?
What will you be doing on the apprenticeship?
As a Software Engineering Apprentice, you’ll be placed in a front-end, back-end or full-stack team and learn to use agile planning and delivery practices like pairing, code, documentation reviewing and continuous delivery.
You’ll practice quality control, write automated tests and work with others to integrate software with monitoring and support tools.
We’ll need you to help troubleshoot and resolve issues throughout the product life cycle, including out of hours support (with support from others in the team). Learn and use the team's agile planning and delivery process.
All of this while also studying for a Level 6 Software Engineering qualification from Glasgow University.
What will you be studying?
You’ll study for your industry recognised apprenticeship qualification, learning both on and off the job. This involves….
For more information on this apprenticeship standard, you will be studying please visit here.
Where could the role take you?
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be awarded a BSc Honours degree in IT:Software Development at SCQF Level 10 from Glasgow University and you will be supported to find a job role within the BBC’s Technical or Product delivery team.
This scheme starts in September 2025, and you will be on a fixed term contract which means your contract is for the duration of the apprenticeship only. The duration of this scheme is 48 months.
We’re interested in your passion for working at the BBC and your enthusiasm for delivering world-class content and operational excellence to our audiences. We look for positive people who live our values and ensure our culture remains inclusive and full of opportunities. We’re not focused on your qualifications; instead, we look for potential and offer you the opportunity to apply your transferable strengths and experience to work in different ways.
Throughout the selection process, we’ll be looking for evidence of how you demonstrate each of the BBC’s values and behaviours. Our values guide everything we do. They define what you can expect from the BBC and what the BBC expects from you.
Great Software Engineering Apprentices are those who can demonstrate they:
This scheme is aimed at non-graduates.
To be eligible for an apprenticeship at the BBC, you must:
To apply for this scheme, you must also:
During your Apprenticeship:
Towards the end of your apprenticeship:
Don’t leave yourself thinking ‘what if?’ — this is your chance to be part of something special. Think you’re the right candidate? Click on ‘Apply Now’!
