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IBM Digital & Technology Solutions Degree Apprenticeship focused on technology sales and IT consulting, combining client-facing sales experience with a Level 6 university qualification and exposure to AI, cloud, data, automation, and infrastructure.IntroductionAt IBM Global Sales, we bring together innovation, collaboration, and expertise to help clients solve their most complex business challenges. Working across industries and geographies, you’ll partner with colleagues, clients, and partners to co-create solutions that drive digital transformation and lasting impact.Success in Global Sales is built on curiosity, empathy, and collaboration. You’ll connect technical understanding with strong people skills, building trusted relationships and shaping solutions that improve business and society. With world-class onboarding, continuous learning, and a supportive culture, IBM offers the tools and opportunities to grow your career. Join us and be part of a global team that’s passionate about driving innovation and making a difference.Considering your options after Results Day? We are looking for people who want a career in Technology Sales. We expect roles to be available starting in October 2026. Please do apply if you have 120 UCAS points or above. You don’t need to be deeply technical or want to be a software engineer. What matters most is that you’re motivated by selling, curious about technology, and eager to learn how to position IBM solutions to clients. If you are energised by building relationships, solving client challenges, influencing decisions and winning business — and you’re excited by how technology can help organisations transform — this apprenticeship is for you.We have roles in a variety of Sales and Technical Sales environments, where you will learn to: Identify and explore new client opportunitiesSupport sales teams with client meetings, demos and briefingsHelp create proposals, pitch materials and bid responsesContribute to proof of concepts and pilots with clients and partnersUnderstand client challenges and match them to IBM technologiesParticipate in events, campaigns and outreach activitiesBuild relationships with clients, partners and internal teamsThe technologies you’ll be exposed to may include:Artificial Intelligence & Agentic AIData and AI governanceAnalyticsAutomationCloud solutionsInfrastructureQuantumYour Apprenticeship: L6 Digital and Technology Solutions As a Digital and Technology Solutions Degree apprentice, you will develop a broad range of technical and business skills, including information systems, systems development, data, business organisations, project management and computer & network infrastructure.  You will also take modules to develop your skills in a technical specialism.There's an opportunity to experience University life and meet apprentices from other organisations during days at university and interactive learning sessions.On an IBM Apprenticeship programme, you will be working in an innovative, creative and exciting environment. Our Apprentices span across different business units and there are so many opportunities for you to get involved in both inside and outside of your role. We encourage all our early professionals to take the opportunity to participate in networking, mentoring, learning and give back. You will also have two managers. A task manager who works with you on your role and an early professional manager who helps you get the most out of your Apprenticeship and provides support along the way.We have Digital & Technology Solutions Degree apprentice roles available for the following specialism:   IT Consultant Competitive Benefits Package:Competitive Starting Salary: £27k Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days per year Flexible Benefits: including healthcare and other perksIBM Rewards: Enjoy discounts and benefits at high-street shops and cinemasRequired educationPre-University QualificationRequired technical and professional expertiseRequirementsAll our apprenticeships are office based (if not on a client site) a minimum of3daysa week, these are NOT remote roles. You need to live within commutable distance to one of our locations.Expected locations: London. You will need to be mobile as all our apprenticeship roles will be client focused, and you may find yourself working at client sites or other IBM locations which could require extensive travel and staying away from home during the week.Valid and eligible residency status and the right to work in England You must be authorised to work in the UK without sponsorship. Maths & English GCSE or equivalent (level 4 or above). (We may request a certificate of equivalency which it is your responsibility to provide.)You must have already achieved a minimum of 120 UCAS points, equivalent to BBB at A level.  You will need to provide us with evidence of your grades.You cannot have already started or completed an apprenticeship or university course in a similar area.You must have already completed sixth form level education at school or college.You must have a keen interest and passion for Sales.  We’re seeking talented individuals who are curious about Technology. We have some roles, which require you to have studied specific STEM subjects at sixth form level.  We also welcome applications from candidates who have not studied technology, computer science or STEM subjects at sixth form level.

Posted 3 days ago

Junior Management Consultant apprenticeship supporting public-sector consulting projects through project management, client engagement, data analysis, business analysis and technology solutions.IntroductionA career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.Considering your options after Results Day?  We are looking for candidates for our Junior Management Consultant apprenticeship.  We expect roles to be available starting in October 2026 and June 2027.  IBM is a leading global technology company that helps organizations transform their businesses with innovative solutions and expertise. We are seeking highly motivated and ambitious individuals to join our Consulting business as a Junior Management Consultant Apprentice in the Public Sector. You will be working 4 days a week at IBM on a client facing project. You will also spend one day a week studying for your Junior Management Consultant apprenticeship on IBM's apprenticeship programme rated Strong in all categories by OFSTED. Your role at IBM:Project Management Support: Assist management consultants in the delivery of projects, including data collection, analysis, and reporting.Client Engagement: Build relationships with clients and understand their business needs and challenges.Data Analysis: Analyze and interpret complex data toidentifytrends and insights that inform business decisions.Solution Development: Develop and implement solutions to client problems, including process improvements and technology implementations.Communication: Communicate complex ideas and recommendations to clients and stakeholders through effective written and verbal communication.Team Collaboration: Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, to deliver projects and meet client needs.Learning and Development: Participate in training and development programs to enhance skills and knowledge in areas such as artificial intelligence, consulting methodologies, and technology trends.Commercial Awareness: Develop an understanding of commercial principles and practices.You will be working within the Consulting Public Sector.  We want to build your experience across the full variety of public sector accounts, including healthcare, defence and local government. You will be following in the footsteps of apprentices who have already progressed to senior roles.  Your apprenticeship: Junior Management Consultant apprenticeshipIBM is an Employer Provider, rated Strong across all OFSTED categories.  You will complete IBM’s Junior Management Consultant apprenticeship programme, involving in-person and online training courses, Action Learning Sets, digital badges and the support of your own dedicated early professional manager.  Your Junior Management Consultant apprenticeship will provide you with skills and knowledge in the following areas:The business environment, management consultancy, finance, project management, communication, team working, business analysis, client relationship building, personal management, IT technical capabilities, report writing.  On an IBM Apprenticeship programme, you will be working in an innovative, creative and exciting working environment. Our Apprentices span across different business units and there are so many opportunities for you to get involved in both inside and outside of your role. We encourage all our early professionals to take the opportunity to participate in networking, mentoring, learning and give back. You will also have two managers. A task manager who works with you on your role and an early professional manager who helps you get the most out of your Apprenticeship and provides support along the way.Competitive Benefits Package:•Competitive Starting Salary: £27k•Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days per year •Flexible Benefits: including healthcare and other perks•IBM Rewards: Enjoy discounts and benefits at high-street shops and cinemaRequired educationPre-University QualificationRequired technical and professional expertiseRequirements:All our apprenticeships are office based (if not on a client site) a minimum of3days a week, these areNOTremote roles. You need to live within commutable distance to one of our locations.  Locations:London, Hursley (near Winchester), Manchester.You will need to be mobile as all our apprenticeship roles will be client focused, and you may find yourself working at client sites or other IBM locations which could require extensive travel and staying away from home during the week. Valid and eligible residency status and the right to work in England. Roles require eligibility for Security Clearance.   You must be authorized to work in the UK without sponsorship.  Maths & English GCSE or equivalent (level 4 or above). (We may request a certificate of equivalency which it is your responsibility to provide.)You must have completed sixth form education.You cannot have already started or completed an apprenticeship or university course in a similar area. You must have a keen interest and passion in technology.  We’re seeking talented individual who are curious about Tech. We welcome applications from candidates who have not studied technology, computer science or STEM subjects at sixth form level.

Posted 7 days ago

Pre-graduate Software Engineering internship focused on developing, testing and debugging IBM FlashSystem storage software while gaining experience in Agile development and CI/CD.IntroductionData storage is at the heart of everything we do in life. From every photo to every financial transaction, data is generated and stored somewhere in the world, be it on a customer’s own premises or in the cloud.  The FlashSystem team at IBM Hursley creates resilient, high-performance and intelligent storage software that keeps business-critical systems and data available 24/7. Our success comes down to one thing: our people. We’re hiring and looking for people with a passion to learn and contribute to the success of the FlashSystem products.You will be joining the FlashSystem engineering team as a pre-graduate Intern Software Engineer, where you will develop your software engineering and problem-solving skills while learning new technologies and working with mentors and teams within the Storage organisation. The team has commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, where different thinking styles are valued for the strength and innovation they bring to teams.IBM FlashSystem delivers high-performance, highly-functional solutions that make hybrid cloud storage simple for every enterprise, from hospitals to data centres. For businesses to improve their levels of insight and accuracy, analytics and AI applications are consuming enormous amounts of data. Managing, moving and storing large data volumes with efficiency and performance requires a modern IT infrastructure with wide-ranging capabilities – from data reduction to enterprise-grade business continuity features such as ransomware detection/recovery and replication. The IBM FlashSystem family of data storage solutions is designed to meet all these needs while reducing costs and complexity. IBM FlashSystem combines the performance of flash and a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe)-optimised architecture with the IBM FlashCore technology and IBM Storage Virtualize software. Your role and responsibilitiesThis role is based in IBM Hursley and you must have permanent residency to work in the UK.As a Software Developer: you will design, develop, test, and deliver offerings using leading-edge and/or proven technologies. You will work in an Agile, collaborative environment to understand stakeholder requirements and contribute to the development of innovative software solutions.Your primary responsibilities will include:• Develop Software Solutions: Design, code, and test component-level software solutions, ensuring they are unit tested and ready for integration into products.• Collaborate with Stakeholders: Work in an Agile environment to understand stakeholder requirements and deliver solutions that meet their needs.• Debug Customer Issues: Design, develop, and unit test code fixes for customer-reported problems.• Contribute to CI/CD Pipeline: Participate in the development of an automated CI/CD pipeline that takes code through various quality stages.• Deliver Offerings: Test and deliver offerings using leading-edge and/or proven technologies. Required educationPre-University QualificationPreferred educationPre-University QualificationRequired technical and professional expertisePassion for software engineering, which can be shown from experience in professional projects, experience from education projects or experience from projects completed in your personal time.Ability to solve problems alone and as part of a team.Effective communication skills to explain technical problems and solutions to other engineers.Innovative solutions to problems.Attention to detail.A direct and honest approach.Preferred technical and professional experienceFamiliarity with Development Tools: Basic understanding of tools used for design, development, and assembly of components, such as those for creating functional and technical designs, models, code, and unit tests. Awareness of Custom Information Systems: Curiosity about the design, development, and assembly of components to create custom information systems. Exposure to IT Requirements: Familiarity with the process of translating IT requirements into design and development of components, with guidance from experienced team members.ABOUT BUSINESS UNITIBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio  designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.YOUR LIFE @ IBMIn a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background. Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do. Are you ready to be an IBMer?ABOUT IBMIBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world. 

Posted 7 days ago

Develops, tests, and maintains enterprise storage software while working in an Agile team to deliver high-performance data storage solutions.IntroductionData storage is at the heart of everything we do in life. From every photo to every financial transaction, data is generated and stored somewhere in the world, be it on a customer’s own premises or in the cloud. The FlashSystem team at IBM Hursley creates resilient, high-performance and intelligent storage software that keeps business-critical systems and data available 24/7. Our success comes down to one thing: our people. We’re hiring and looking for people with a passion to learn and contribute to the success of the FlashSystem products. You will be joining the FlashSystem engineering team as a Graduate Software Engineer, where you will develop your software engineering and problem-solving skills while learning new technologies and working with mentors and teams within the Storage organisation. The team has commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, where different thinking styles are valued for the strength and innovation they bring to teams.IBM FlashSystem delivers high-performance, highly-functional solutions that make hybrid cloud storage simple for every enterprise, from hospitals to data centres. For businesses to improve their levels of insight and accuracy, analytics and AI applications are consuming enormous amounts of data. Managing, moving and storing large data volumes with efficiency and performance requires a modern IT infrastructure with wide-ranging capabilities – from data reduction to enterprise-grade business continuity features such as ransomware detection/recovery and replication. The IBM FlashSystem family of data storage solutions is designed to meet all these needs while reducing costs and complexity. IBM FlashSystem combines the performance of flash and a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe)-optimised architecture with the IBM FlashCore technology and IBM Storage Virtualize software.  Your role and responsibilitiesThis role is based in IBM Hursley and you must have permanent residency to work in the UK. You must have only worked less then a year in a previous software developer role.As a Software Developer: Generalist, you will design, develop, test, and deliver offerings using leading-edge and/or proven technologies. You will work in an Agile, collaborative environment to understand stakeholder requirements and contribute to the development of innovative software solutions.Your primary responsibilities will include:• Develop Software Solutions: Design, code, and test component-level software solutions, ensuring they are unit tested and ready for integration into products.• Collaborate with Stakeholders: Work in an Agile environment to understand stakeholder requirements and deliver solutions that meet their needs.• Debug Customer Issues: Design, develop, and unit test code fixes for customer-reported problems.• Contribute to CI/CD Pipeline: Participate in the development of an automated CI/CD pipeline that takes code through various quality stages.• Deliver Offerings: Test and deliver offerings using leading-edge and/or proven technologies. Required educationBachelor's DegreePreferred educationBachelor's DegreeRequired technical and professional expertisePassion for software engineering, which can be shown from experience in professional projects, experience from education projects or experience from projects completed in your personal time.Ability to solve problems alone and as part of a team.Effective communication skills to explain technical problems and solutions to other engineers.Innovative solutions to problems.Attention to detail.A direct and honest approach.Preferred technical and professional experienceBack-End Development Skills: Exposure to designing, developing, testing, and delivering front-end components of software applications using leading-edge and/or proven technologies.DevOps Engineering Knowledge: Familiarity with DevOps engineering practices and tools, contributing to the development of automated CI/CD pipelines.L3 Support Engineering: Exposure to L3 support engineering, debugging customer-reported problems, and designing, developing, and unit testing code fixes.

Posted 16 days ago