User Experience Graduate - 2026

At CGI, we empower the next generation of innovators to shape the future of technology and security. As part of #GenerationCGI, you'll join a community of graduates who are turning ambition into action and possibility into progress.

As a User Experience Graduate you will join CGI on the Graduate programme where you'll step into a role where creativity and ownership are at the core. You will be joining a User Research and Design team within our Government and Justice business area where you'll have the opportunity to be part of meaningful projects that matter.

Your future duties and responsibilities include:

• Uncovering deep insights about users' needs, behaviours, and experiences.
• Informing and shaping crucial public services based on your findings.
• Working closely with researchers and designers to ensure services are designed with the user at the heart of the process.
• Understanding users' needs and behaviours, analysing evidence, and translating findings into actionable insights.
• Ensuring that research activities include diverse user groups to make services accessible and inclusive.

We recruit User Experience Graduates in our London, Manchester, Bridgend and Newcastle offices. As CGI is a consultancy, you may be required to work in different locations, so flexibility and a willingness to travel are key.

At CGI, you'll be part of a culture that celebrates diversity, inclusion, and collaboration, where your perspective is valued and your ideas contribute to meaningful outcomes. Your journey starts with a structured Early Careers Induction Programme, giving you the foundations to succeed, along with 24/7 e-learning and opportunities to gain professional certifications that build your expertise.

Along with a competitive salary and a £1000 joining bonus, you'll enjoy benefits that support every stage of your journey. You'll share in CGI's success through our matched share scheme, have access to private healthcare, well-being programmes, and professional training, and build financial security with a competitive pension.

We're seeking individuals who are ready to take ownership of their career and are passionate about making a difference through technology and business. Candidates with psychology or other research-intensive degrees may be particularly well-suited for this role.

Minimum qualifications include:

• Minimum 2:2 degree (some roles may require a 2:1 depending on the business unit).
• Flexibility to travel and work on different projects across the UK.
• Enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, project-based environment.
• Due to the security clearance requirements of this particular role, UK nationality is required.

Desired skills include:

• Communication, Interpersonal, and Teamwork Skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Resilience.
• Digital Awareness - Basic understanding of digital channels.
• User focus: Ability to empathise with users and their circumstances.
• Design thinking: A basic understanding of design approaches based on understanding users' needs.
• Accessibility and inclusive design - Basic awareness of accessibility standards.
• Agile UX: Basic understanding of iteration and adaptation.
• Negotiation and compromise - Capacity to balance thorough research with practical project requirements.
• Prioritisation skills - Ability to prioritise tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Digital skills - an awareness of product development cycle.
• Understanding of User-Centred Design (UCD) or Human-Centred Design (HCD).
• Awareness of different analysis techniques for analysing and interpreting raw data.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because you are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Come join our team - one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.