Digital, IT and data
Support the systems and data that modern science runs on.
Paid as an apprentice while you train. Pay varies by employer.
The route
How people get in and grow
Research and industry run on software, networks and data. You can start in IT support or as a data technician and move up to software developer or data analyst, all through apprenticeships.
- 1
Start in support
Digital support and IT solutions technicians keep people and systems working, and learn how a whole organisation runs on technology.
Unlocks: Digital support technician or IT solutions technician apprenticeship (Level 3)
- 2
Work with data
The data technician apprenticeship teaches you to collect, clean and report the data research depends on.
Unlocks: Data technician apprenticeship (Level 3)
- 3
Build and analyse
Software developer and data analyst apprenticeships lead to writing code and finding answers in data.
Unlocks: Software developer or Data analyst apprenticeship (Level 4)
Ways in
Apprenticeships on this route
- A Level 2 or Level 3 digital or IT course at a local college
- Something you have built or taught yourself, for the developer roles
- Digital support technicianLevel 3 · 15 months typical · ST0120
- IT solutions technicianLevel 3 · 18 months typical · ST0505
- Data technicianLevel 3 · 24 months typical · ST0795
- Software developerLevel 4 · 24 months typical · ST0116
- Data analystLevel 4 · 24 months typical · ST0118
Typical duration excludes the end-point assessment. Employers set their own entry requirements.
Occupational data from Skills England. © Skills England 2025. This information is licensed under the Open Government Licence https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Where this goes
Digital and technology in Oxford North is at Level 3 right now. More levels exist in this work elsewhere.
Level 3about the same as A levels
2 openings in Oxford North1 apprenticeship- Information communications technician (level 3)
Level 4 exist in this work elsewhere in the country but nothing is open in Oxford North today. Worth widening your search, or asking a local college what they run.
Levels and apprenticeship standards from the Department for Education Find an apprenticeship service, counted from vacancies open today. Wages are the middle of what employers actually advertised, not a promise about any one job, and they do not always rise with the level: pay depends on the employer and the year as much as the qualification. These are the levels within this line of work, not a guarantee that one apprenticeship leads to the next.
Take the first step
Register and we will match you to local routes into digital, it and data and tell you exactly which step you are ready for. Want to think it through first? Sign in and ask RORY in the chat at the bottom-right.