Recruit an Apprentice

Bring in diverse new talent with the tech and digital abilities that your organisation needs to close the digital skills gap.

Get tech talent

Train an Apprentice

Reskill your existing teams and adapt roles with the skills needed to help your organisation thrive in a digital-first environment.

Upskill your employees

The Benefits of Recruiting an Apprentice

Recruiting new talent or upskilling your employees with an apprenticeship is a great way to inject the digital and tech skills your company needs with precision, speed and cost efficiency.

  • An apprenticeship is a great way to recruit or retain talent your organisation needs.
  • Apprentices spend 80% of their time in the workplace putting their skills into practice; the rest of the time is spent earning an industry-recognised qualification.
  • Our programme pathways, from school-leaver to degree-level, allow learners to progress and grow within your company.
  • Apprentices are fully supported by our subject experts and digital learning consultants, providing feedback and guidance both digitally and face-to-face.
  • Each apprenticeship is at least 95% funded by the government apprenticeship levy.

Read more about the benefits of employing an apprentice. 

How Apprenticeships Can Work for Your Business

Watch the video below to see how a QA apprenticeship can deliver for your business.

Learn more about Apprenticeship funding

Apprenticeships are either fully funded by your companies' Apprenticeship Levy or 95% funded by the government. Find out how the Apprenticeship Levy works in England and how your business can benefit on the link below.

Apprenticeship Levy & Funding

Step by Step Guide to Hiring an Apprentice

Our Apprenticeship Programmes

QA partners with the world's leading software vendors including Microsoft, AWS, and Salesforce to deliver qualifications highly valued across the tech industry.

QA offer apprenticeship programmes in a range of sought-after specialisms, organised into levels equivalent to qualifications from A level to degree level.

View apprenticeships by level:

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Level 3

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Level 4

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Level 5

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Level 5/6 (Degree)

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Level 7 (Masters)

View apprenticeships by tech specialism:

We also offer frontloaded apprenticeships which deliver a block of learning upfront, providing apprenticeships ready for the job from day-one, and a programme of apprenticeships in Scotland. Find out more about each below. 

Frontloaded Apprenticeships

Boost the digital expertise in your organisation faster with our frontloaded apprenticeships in data, devops or software, providing job-ready candidates from day one.

Frontloaded Apprenticeships

Scotland Apprenticeships

Discover how our Scottish apprenticeship programmes can help you bring in and train up new tech talent for your business.

Scottish Apprenticeships

Why Choose QA?

Unrivaled achievement

QA have placed more than 30,000 apprentices into sought-after tech roles, and our apprenticeship programmes boast the highest overall pass rate among UK tech training providers.

Award-winning delivery

Our award-winning learning delivery system, Digital by Design, blends virtual learning with on-the-job practice, enabling learners to develop further and faster whilst managers can easily track progress on real-time dashboards.

Sought-after tech skills

Our programmes focus on the most in-demand tech skills, including cyber, IT, software development, data and digital marketing. We boast unrivalled experience in the EdTech sector and the largest tech specialist coaching teams in the UK.

Practise in safe environments

Our unique sandbox environments offer learners the ability to practise projects and develop their skills within a safe and contained environment before applying their knowledge to your live systems.

QA Learners Develop Further and Faster

Our unique, blended Digital by Design curriculum enables learners to develop further and faster:

  • Flexible digital learning; learners can take an approach which works for them.
  • The opportunity to practice new skills in a safe environment before taking those skills into the workplace.
  • A seamless learner journey; single portal log-on to access all key material, for a holistic view of learner progress in one place.
  • Easily accessible support; our courses continue to guide the learner as they apply their new skills in the workplace.
  • A superior end-to-end service; unrivalled response times and feedback.

Watch the video below to learn more about our unique learning delivery system:

Safeguarding & Support

QA's Learner Services Team provides holistic support for apprentices in 4 key areas: learning support, safeguarding, Functional Skills and academic study skills (degree apprenticeships only). Find out more about our safeguarding policies & procedures

The Impact of Apprenticeships

Hear how our apprentices have made an impact in the workplace

Hear from Didier on the positive impact that a Software Development Apprenticeship at Worldline is having on his career.

Let Jacob tell you about his highly successful 12-year journey from QA apprentice to Lead Consultant & Software Architect at Zühlke Group.

Read the case studies below to to learn how QA apprenticeships have supercharged the tech and digital skills across organisations from government agencies to magazine publishers and IT consultancies.

Hear from businesses we work with

"We are delighted that QA is joining Microsoft’s Get On 2021 campaign. As one of our UK Gold Learning Partners, QA brings to bear their long-standing pedigree in training, re-skilling and certifying thousands of Microsoft IT Professionals, developers and apprentices."

Simon Lambert – Chief Learning Officer, Microsoft UK

"The apprenticeship programme we’ve created with QA focuses on developing a converged skill set, meaning apprentices can quickly meet the diversity of the job. This makes a real difference to our talent pipeline... this journey will add huge value across the business for years to come."

Graham Webb - Vodafone’s Field Operations Manager

"Ergo partnered with QA to find the best candidates, confident in the knowledge that it would only suggest dedicated and talented individuals." 

Tom Walton - Design Director

Get involved

If you'd like to get involved with QA apprenticeships, find out more below and get in touch with our experts, whether you need to recruit new tech talent for your business or upskill your existing workforce. 

Bring in New Talent

QA will work as your apprenticeship recruitment partner to bring in the tech talent your organisation is looking for. We’ll make sure the apprentice is a great fit for your company, and help you choose the best programme path.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusivity and work closely with organisations to ensure apprentices from all backgrounds are given opportunities, while we’re also helping to close the tech gender gap.

Recruit an apprentice

Upskill Your Employees 

Upskill or reskill your existing workforce with in-demand expertise. Our tech apprenticeships can help you retain talent and adapt roles with the skills that your organisation needs.

Our programme pathways, from school-leaver to degree-level, allow learners to progress and grow within your organisation and help drive digital change.

Train an apprentice

Partnering with you to power potential

We can work together to help recruit tech and digital apprentices or help reskill your existing workforce and provide your business with the in-demand tech skills you need.

Get in touch with us. Our team will respond within 48 hours.

Apprentice Recruitment - FAQs

What is the apprenticeship levy?

The Apprenticeship Levy is a government scheme that provides businesses with dedicated funding for employing and training apprentices. You can find detailed information about how this initiative works and how our team can help on our dedicated Apprenticeship Levy Explained guide

Why should employers hire an apprentice?

There are a number of benefits of employing an apprentice. Recruiting apprentices provides a business with fresh talent that they can nurture and develop into the future of their workforce. With programmes such as our Frontloaded Apprenticeships,  many apprentices are now day 1 ready, meaning they can impact the employing businesses as soon as they start.

Employing an apprentice is also a smart method of filling critical digital skills gaps. With many businesses facing a shortage of data, AI, software and project management specialists, taking on apprentices in these specialisms can often be preferable to other recruitment options.

How do I recruit an apprentice?

The recruitment process often starts with identifying which skills you are looking to hire for. Then connecting with a partner, like QA, who can support every step of the apprentice hiring process, helping to identify skills gaps, and connect businesses with the best talent.

Then employers will need to identify the best funding option, such as the Apprenticeship Levy, as well as preparing for the management and training of your new apprentice.

Which roles can apprentices be recruited into?

Those looking to become an apprentice can be trained in a number of different tech specialisms. These roles include a number of highly in-demand areas, including Cyber Security, Data, IT, cloud computing and software development.

If you have a skills gap in these areas, QA can help to connect your requirements with the best talent for that role. Apprentices are able to apply for these roles by visiting our Apprenticeship Jobs board.