Technology UK Graduate Programme

**Applications now open**

Job Title:                                  Technology UK Graduate Programme  

Apprenticeship:                      Level 7 MSc Software Engineering (or equivalent: we’ll work with you on this!)

Duration:                                 24 Months    

Qualification Gained:            Msc Software Engineering (or equivalent: we’ll work with you on this!)

Contract Type:                        Permanent, No end date

Location:                                  Birmingham

Start Date:                               April or September 2025

Salary:                                      £33,000 + annual bonus (+ professional qualification completion bonus)

Benefits:                                   Reimbursed office travel costs up to £3250 per year, £100 monthly lifestyle allowance, £550 remote office set up allowance, additional holiday buy scheme, flexible alternative bank holiday policy, private healthcare, generous pension and life assurance, big brand discounts, wellbeing provision, D&I networks and volunteering allowance.

Beazley:

Beazley is a specialist insurance company with over 30 years’ experience helping people, communities, and businesses to manage risk all around the world. Our mission is to provide beautifully designed insurance, innovating to give our clients the maximum benefit with minimum hassle. Our products are wide ranging, from cyber & tech insurance to marine, healthcare, financial institutions, and contingency, covering risks such as the weather, film production or protection from deadly weapons. 

Our Culture:

We employ over 2,300 people globally, hosting a wonderful diversity of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds. We are proud of our family-feel culture at Beazley that empowers our staff to work from when and where they want, in an adult environment that is big on collaboration, diversity of thought & personal accountability. 

Our three core values inspire the way we work and how we treat our people & customers – 1) Be bold 2) Strive for better 3) Do the right thing. Upholding these values every day has enabled us to become an innovative and responsive organisation in touch with the changing world around us – our ambitious I&D & Sustainability targets are testament to this. 

Early Careers at Beazley:

From spaceships to subsea ships and from major sporting events to celebrity concerts, specialist insurance is an exciting place to be. Beazley is the largest Lloyd’s syndicate, and the market leader in products such as Cyber – you can read our full story back on the main Early Careers Academy Page.

There’s no better place to launch your career! All programmes have been designed by respected senior leaders who sponsor the programmes and you – setting you up for continued success. All programmes have personal and professional development built in, and a fantastic support network set-up to help you thrive.

We’ll welcome you to the family and to show our commitment to you, you’ll start as a full-time Beazley employee from day 1. This entitles to you all our renowned benefits, from free lunch and reimbursed office travel to flexible religious holidays and private medical cover.

Our non-hierarchical structure and friendly culture make Beazley a fantastic launchpad for your career – we can’t wait to welcome you!

Job Summary:

Fast-track your career in IT with hands-on and in-depth experience and be part of cutting-edge projects to enhance IT. Make a difference and become an industry leader.

Technology at Beazley goes way beyond the support you receive from the Service Function. Our teams are on a mission to digitally transform Beazley to support the company’s ambition and strategy to scale. Equipped with a group of talented people working together effectively, we aim to amplify and accelerate business outcomes: align technology with business goals, enhance efficiency and deliver the right infrastructure and service to drive digital transformation, while also leveraging the power of data and technology.

The Technology Graduate programme is a 24-month immersive learning experience designed to provide participants with the knowledge, experience and exposure in key Information Technology areas involving individuals from a wide range of background who are passionate about their work.

Members of this graduate programme will participate in four alternative rotations between Architecture, DevOps, Cloud and Software engineering. Following the successful completion  of the programme, graduates will have the opportunity to move into a full-time role in Information Technology. If you enjoy a dynamic and challenging environment, we encourage you to apply. You could make a significant impact in our IT teams.

Professional Development Information

Alongside the Beazley UK Early Careers Academy Development offering, you will also work on development and progression pathways specific to your chosen programme.

Beazley will support you in achieving an Msc Software Engineering (or equivalent)

We aim to give our candidates exceptional grounding in most areas of technology that will benefit their career immensely. It is a wonderful and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fast track your career with hands-on experience and knowledge.

Entry Criteria

·         2:1 degree in a related subject (STEM).

·         GCSEs with grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) in English and maths (or equivalent).

Applicants with less than this level of academic qualification may be considered if they have a

relevant professional qualification in the tech field.

UK Application Process

Our application process is designed with you in mind, we aim to make the process as interactive and as two-way as possible- we want you to get to know us as much as we get to know you!

All stages are designed to assess your future potential – not any experience you may or may not have. Behind the scenes we also undertake adverse impact testing at each stage to ensure that our processes are fair and equitable. If you have any adjustment requests, you can let us know at any time. Best of luck!

“Don’t meet all the requirements? At Beazley we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every requirement in the JD, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or one of our other roles.”