Help your team with the skills to create impactful campaigns through our new Digital Apprenticeships. Designed for technicians, analysts, and data professionals, these programmes provide hands-on training in social media, SEO, branding, and analytics, helping businesses stay competitive in data analysis, cyber security, and AI driven automation to support real world business needs and digital transformation.
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What Are Digital Apprenticeships?
A digital Apprenticeship is a way to gain practical work experience in a digital role while also completing structured training. You are employed, earn a salary, and develop skills in areas like IT, software, or automation, all while studying part time toward a recognised qualification.
Benefits for Employers
Develop Talent – Create a pipeline of skilled professionals who understand your business and culture.
Boost Productivity – Apprentices bring fresh ideas and motivation, improving performance and efficiency across your teams.
Save on Costs – Apprenticeships can be fully funded – making training one of the most cost-effective ways to grow your people.
Retain Staff– Investing in development builds loyalty and engagement, helping you keep your best talent.
Apprenticeship Programmes
We offer several Digital Apprenticeship programmes to support the growth of your business and people:
Why choose Digital Apprenticeship?
- Build practical capability in key digital areas such as data, cyber security, and AI that directly support business growth
- Helps organisations keep pace with rapid technological change and digital transformation
- Cost-effective way to grow your marketing team– Apprenticeships offer a more budget friendly way to expand your team, with government funding and incentives available to support training costs.
- Develops employees who can improve efficiency through data insights, automation, and secure systems
- Improves productivity by applying new digital skills directly to real business challenges
Apprenticeship Funding
SMEs (non-levy employers with a pay bill under £3 million) usually pay no more than 5% of Apprenticeship training and assessment costs, with the government funding 95% of the course cost. From April 2024, the government fully funds training for apprentices aged 16–21 (and some 22–24 with an EHC plan or care-leaver status). Employers hiring 16–18-year-olds (or eligible 19–24s) also receive a £1,000 incentive. Apprentices must work mainly in England, be on an approved standard, and use a registered training provider. SMEs only pay extra if training costs exceed the funding band.
Large employers with an annual pay bill over £3 million must pay the Apprenticeship Levy, which is 0.5% of their total pay bill, minus a £15,000 allowance. Funds go into a digital Apprenticeship account to pay for approved training and assessments. Unused funds expire after 24 months, but employers can transfer up to 50% of unused levy funds to other employers. If training costs exceed the government’s funding band for a standard, the employer covers the excess.
