Apprentice Software Developer 2026

We are looking for motivated apprentices to join our team of software developers. As an apprentice at Softwire, you’ll get a thorough introduction to commercial software development on one of the best training programmes in the business. We offer a fantastic package with a salary of £24,000, plus profit share and other benefits.

Our two-year apprenticeship starts with three months of full-time training, leading into commercial software development work on Softwire’s customer project teams. You will get to work on a variety of projects, with a range of technologies, and we provide ongoing training and support every step of the way. Apprentices graduate with a Level-4 BCS-accredited Diploma in Software Engineering, and an internationally recognised coding qualification.

The people we are looking for:

• A passion for solving real-world challenges: You’ll get a buzz from building things that make a difference to businesses, people, and society. We also want to see passion for coding – any experience you have is a bonus.
• An articulate people-person: You’ll be interacting with a wide variety of individuals: some deeply techy, some from complex business domains, and others with low digital literacy. You’ll need to be comfortable understanding their needs and discussing potentially complicated technical ideas with all of them.
• A positive, can-do team player: You love pushing the team to greater heights by helping colleagues out wherever you can. You always look to improve yourself and others. Your default answer to a question is ‘yes’, and you make big problems seem small.

The benefits package:

• Starting salary of £24,000 plus annual profit share.
• 25 days annual holiday with the option to buy or sell, plus charity days.
• Consistently one of the best places to work in the UK.
• Dedicated budget for staff activities and entertainment.
• Great offices, plus free on-site gym and subsidised restaurant.
• A workplace that promotes diversity and inclusion.

We aim to get back to you within two working days at each stage. If you get to the interviews, you can choose your own timeslots, using our online booking system. Given the current situation, we’ll be running this year’s recruitment process entirely remotely. Apprenticeships start in October. We allocate them to successful applicants on a first-come, first-served basis.

More about Softwire:

Our mission is to solve our customers’ business challenges using technology. This often demands creativity, tackling complex issues in intelligent ways, to help organisations streamline operations and better serve their customers and users. We played an important role in the Moorfields Eye Hospital/DeepMind collaboration, which demonstrated how artificial intelligence could help doctors fast-track patients with serious eye diseases. We built the system that runs the BBC Live Events websites, sharing content from Glastonbury, the Reading and Leeds festivals, and the BBC Proms. We’ve been the long-term digital partner for David Lloyd Leisure, building its mobile app, booking system and numerous other capabilities.

Of course, there’s more to Softwire than building software. We’re working hard to nurture a diverse, inclusive and supportive culture, where people love what they do and feel inspired by working with some of the best minds in the business. Put all of this together, and you see why we’ve got such high retention rates and why we’ve been among the Best Companies to Work For list, 10 years in a row.