Graduate programmes

Join in on the real action

Shape the future of our business by joining one of our graduate programmes.

Graduate rotational programmes

Business strategy
Technology (Osterley)
Technology (Livingston)
Data and analytics

Graduate programmes

Software engineering

Create products used by millions, using cutting-edge tech. Work on our flagship projects – Sky Q, NOW TV, Digital Platforms, our global streaming platforms and Sky Mobile.

Software development graduate programme (Osterley)

Change the way customers interact with the NOW TV interface. Create software technology that influences the way they watch their favourite shows. Make an impact, contribute to our success and get all the support you need to do your best work.

What to expect

Join the experts behind Sky Mobile, NOW TV and Sky Q. Create products used by millions. Use cutting-edge technology. Whatever your project, you’ll be in the driver’s seat from day one, designing the software that steers us to success.

How you’ll grow

You’ll learn a lot in seven months. After just five weeks, you’ll be familiar with the major software engineering principles, Java development, test-driven development, continuous build and integration. Over the remaining six months, with our guidance, you’ll put your newly-acquired skills into practice on live projects, before moving into a delivery team.

What you could be working on

Deliver and support the building of our software products
Team up with software professionals to create high-quality, testable products designed to engage our customers
Produce software through iteration using Agile delivery principles

Apply now

Software development graduate programme (Brentwood)

Change the way customers interact with the NOW TV interface. Create software technology that influences the way they watch their favourite shows. Make an impact, contribute to our success and get all the support you need to do your best work.

What to expect

Join the experts behind Sky Mobile, NOW TV and Sky Q. Create products used by millions. Use cutting-edge technology. Whatever your project, you’ll be in the driver’s seat from day one, designing the software that steers us to success.

How you’ll grow

You’ll learn a lot in seven months. After just five weeks, you’ll be familiar with the major software engineering principles, Java development, test-driven development, continuous build and integration. Over the remaining six months, with our guidance, you’ll put your newly-acquired skills into practice on live projects, before moving into a delivery team.

What you could be working on

Deliver and support the building of our software products
Team up with software professionals to create high-quality, testable products designed to engage our customers
Produce software through iteration using Agile delivery principles

Apply now

Software development graduate programme (Leeds)

Change the way customers interact with the NOW TV interface. Create software technology that influences the way they watch their favourite shows. Make an impact, contribute to our success and get all the support you need to do your best work.

What to expect

Join the experts behind Sky Mobile, NOW TV and Sky Q. Create products used by millions. Use cutting-edge technology. Whatever your project, you’ll be in the driver’s seat from day one, designing the software that steers us to success.

How you’ll grow

You’ll learn a lot in seven months. After just five weeks, you’ll be familiar with the major software engineering principles, Java development, test-driven development, continuous build and integration. Over the remaining six months, with our guidance, you’ll put your newly-acquired skills into practice on live projects, before moving into a delivery team.

What you could be working on

Deliver and support the building of our software products
Team up with software professionals to create high-quality, testable products designed to engage our customers
Produce software through iteration using Agile delivery principles

Apply now

DevOps graduate programme (Osterley)

Hit the ground running on this accelerated learning programme. Take a hands-on approach using agile methodologies. Work alongside experts in our DevOps team and make sure we stay ahead of the game.

What to expect

Join the teams that built Sky Mobile, NOW TV and Sky Q. Create products used by millions. Take the lead on challenging and exciting projects. With the support of a leading software delivery team, create high-quality, testable products designed to bring customers more of what they love.

How you’ll grow

You’ll learn a lot in seven months. Spend your first four weeks learning what it takes to be a DevOps Engineer. Over the remaining six months, with our guidance, you’ll put your newly-acquired skills into practice on live projects.

Once you’ve completed the programme, you’ll move into a delivery team, which provides a variety of support and deployment activities to our Development, Quality Assurance and Release Management teams.

Here you’ll help reduce costs, improve products, enhance service availability, tighten security and boost our growth. Top quality is always a priority as you deliver effective, innovative software.

What you could be working on

Provide the environments our developers will use to create our software products
Be involved in scaling applications and products when popularity increases or where user demands peak expectations.
Ensure deployed products remain available and diagnose issues when they occur.
Work in an iterative way using Agile delivery principles

Apply now

DevOps graduate programme (Brentwood)

Hit the ground running on this accelerated learning programme. Take a hands-on approach using agile methodologies. Work alongside experts in our DevOps team and make sure we stay ahead of the game.

What to expect

Join the teams that built Sky Mobile, NOW TV and Sky Q. Create products used by millions. Take the lead on challenging and exciting projects. With the support of a leading software delivery team, create high-quality, testable products designed to bring customers more of what they love.

How you’ll grow

You’ll learn a lot in seven months. Spend your first four weeks learning what it takes to be a DevOps Engineer. Over the remaining six months, with our guidance, you’ll put your newly-acquired skills into practice on live projects.

Once you’ve completed the programme, you’ll move into a delivery team, which provides a variety of support and deployment activities to our Development, Quality Assurance and Release Management teams.

Here you’ll help reduce costs, improve products, enhance service availability, tighten security and boost our growth. Top quality is always a priority as you deliver effective, innovative software.

What you could be working on

Provide the environments our developers will use to create our software products
Be involved in scaling applications and products when popularity increases or where user demands peak expectations.
Ensure deployed products remain available and diagnose issues when they occur.
Work in an iterative way using Agile delivery principles

Apply now

DevOps graduate programme (Leeds)

Hit the ground running on this accelerated learning programme. Take a hands-on approach using agile methodologies. Work alongside experts in our DevOps team and make sure we stay ahead of the game.

What to expect

Join the teams that built Sky Mobile, NOW TV and Sky Q. Create products used by millions. Take the lead on challenging and exciting projects. With the support of a leading software delivery team, create high-quality, testable products designed to bring customers more of what they love.

How you’ll grow

You’ll learn a lot in seven months. Spend your first four weeks learning what it takes to be a DevOps Engineer. Over the remaining six months, with our guidance, you’ll put your newly-acquired skills into practice on live projects.

Once you’ve completed the programme, you’ll move into a delivery team, which provides a variety of support and deployment activities to our Development, Quality Assurance and Release Management teams.

Here you’ll help reduce costs, improve products, enhance service availability, tighten security and boost our growth. Top quality is always a priority as you deliver effective, innovative software.

What you could be working on

Provide the environments our developers will use to create our software products
Be involved in scaling applications and products when popularity increases or where user demands peak expectations.
Ensure deployed products remain available and diagnose issues when they occur.
Work in an iterative way using Agile delivery principles

Apply now

Automated testing graduate programme (Osterley)

Our passion? Connecting our customers to more of what they love. To do this we need to make sure we’re constantly delivering quality service and products. Make an impact by producing test coverage and ensuring software is delivered to the highest standard.

What to expect

Join the teams that built Sky Mobile, NOW TV and Sky Q. Create products used by millions. Use cutting-edge tech. Deliver top-quality software. Learn the fundamentals of software engineering, testing and gain an understanding of DevOps.

How you’ll grow

You’ll learn a lot in seven months. After five weeks, you’ll be familiar with major software engineering and testing principles, as well as DevOps and test-driven development. Master the fundamentals of performance and API, mobile and hardware testing. And the security principles that underpin all our work. Over the remaining six months, with our guidance, you’ll put your newly-acquired skills into practice on current projects before moving into a delivery team.

What you could be working on

Identify and negotiate business objectives to deliver quality, customer-focused testing solutions
Collaborate with developers to maintain and improve our test suites
Stay up to date on the status of tests, offering solutions as needed
Help us deliver continuous, quality code that matches business requirements

Apply now

Automated testing graduate programme (Brentwood)

Our passion? Connecting our customers to more of what they love. To do this we need to make sure we’re constantly delivering quality service and products. Make an impact by producing test coverage and ensuring software is delivered to the highest standard.

What to expect

Join the teams that built Sky Mobile, NOW TV and Sky Q. Create products used by millions. Use cutting-edge tech. Deliver top-quality software. Learn the fundamentals of software engineering, testing and gain an understanding of DevOps.

How you’ll grow

You’ll learn a lot in seven months. After five weeks, you’ll be familiar with major software engineering and testing principles, as well as DevOps and test-driven development. Master the fundamentals of performance and API, mobile and hardware testing. And the security principles that underpin all our work. Over the remaining six months, with our guidance, you’ll put your newly-acquired skills into practice on current projects before moving into a delivery team.

What you could be working on

Identify and negotiate business objectives to deliver quality, customer-focused testing solutions
Collaborate with developers to maintain and improve our test suites
Stay up to date on the status of tests, offering solutions as needed
Help us deliver continuous, quality code that matches business requirements

Apply now

Automated testing graduate programme (Leeds)

Our passion? Connecting our customers to more of what they love. To do this we need to make sure we’re constantly delivering quality service and products. Make an impact by producing test coverage and ensuring software is delivered to the highest standard.

What to expect

Join the teams that built Sky Mobile, NOW TV and Sky Q. Create products used by millions. Use cutting-edge tech. Deliver top-quality software. Learn the fundamentals of software engineering, testing and gain an understanding of DevOps.

How you’ll grow

You’ll learn a lot in seven months. After five weeks, you’ll be familiar with major software engineering and testing principles, as well as DevOps and test-driven development. Master the fundamentals of performance and API, mobile and hardware testing. And the security principles that underpin all our work. Over the remaining six months, with our guidance, you’ll put your newly-acquired skills into practice on current projects before moving into a delivery team.

What you could be working on

Identify and negotiate business objectives to deliver quality, customer-focused testing solutions
Collaborate with developers to maintain and improve our test suites
Stay up to date on the status of tests, offering solutions as needed
Help us deliver continuous, quality code that matches business requirements

Apply now

Cyber security

Be part of innovative projects and keep Sky safe from cyber security threats

Cyber security graduate programme (Osterley)

Keep Sky safe from cyber-attack. Educate staff on security threat and vulnerability. Advise on new security threats. Get involved in supporting and guiding projects. All so we can continue to deliver products free from threat exposure.

What to expect

As part of our Group Technology Security team, you’ll gain experience working across multiple lifecycle stages of Cyber Security here at Sky. You’ll then get the opportunity to take on a more focused role, whether that’s simulating an attack on our computers or designing system architecture.

How you’ll grow

Take part in a five-week induction before getting under the skin of our cyber security operation. You’ll cover analysis, project management and specialist cyber security training. Throughout the two year programme, you’ll do up to four rotations, before specialising, with roles ranging from penetration testing to security project management. ,

What you could be working on

Business support and security program/project management
Security design and architecture
Information security operations
Assurance, penetration testing and code review

Apply now

Finance

Number crunching your thing? Our Finance team is at the core of everything we do. Produce financial and operational reports. Complete financial analyses for product launches. Help with making investment decisions. This programme will give our graduates hands-on experience of becoming a Management Accountant in a fast-paced, exciting business.

Finance graduate programme (Osterley) - February 2020

Whizz with numbers? Join our finance team and be right at the heart of all the action. Dive right in to exciting projects and learn on the job while studying for your CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) qualification.

What to expect

Find out first-hand what it’s like to be an Accountant for a leading entertainment brand. Commercial Finance Influences key business decisions. Support new product launches. Advise on whether we should invest in a new TV show or a game-changing piece of technology. Manage company-wide budgets and gain experience in our Corporate Finance team. And enjoy a collaborative, caring culture that helps us achieve brilliant things.

How you’ll grow

You’ll go on three year-long placements, spanning the entire business. From content and channels, to product development and technology, sales and strategy. Spend time in Livingston HQ in Scotland. And if you fancy, work in our Munich and Milan offices. Plus, you’ll be financially supported to study for your CIMA qualification while gaining relevant experience – meaning that you’ll be able to join the world’s largest and leading professional body of Management Accountants.

What you could be working on

Through your business rotations, you’ll learn how to set budgets and track against them, develop business cases to support projects and investment decisions, analyse data to provide key insight, and collaborate with teams across the business to meet and exceed our business targets.

Apply now

Finance graduate programme (Osterley) - August 2020

Whizz with numbers? Join our finance team and be right at the heart of all the action. Dive right in to exciting projects and learn on the job while studying for your CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) qualification.

What to expect

Find out first-hand what it’s like to be an Accountant for a leading entertainment brand. Commercial Finance Influences key business decisions. Support new product launches. Advise on whether we should invest in a new TV show or a game-changing piece of technology. Manage company-wide budgets and gain experience in our Corporate Finance team. And enjoy a collaborative, caring culture that helps us achieve brilliant things.

How you’ll grow

You’ll go on three year-long placements, spanning the entire business. From content and channels, to product development and technology, sales and strategy. Spend time in Livingston HQ in Scotland. And if you fancy, work in our Munich and Milan offices. Plus, you’ll be financially supported to study for your CIMA qualification while gaining relevant experience – meaning that you’ll be able to join the world’s largest and leading professional body of Management Accountants.

What you could be working on

Through your business rotations, you’ll learn how to set budgets and track against them, develop business cases to support projects and investment decisions, analyse data to provide key insight, and collaborate with teams across the business to meet and exceed our business targets.

Apply now

Finance graduate programme (Livingston)

Whizz with numbers? Join our finance team and be right at the heart of all the action. Dive right in to exciting projects and learn on the job while studying for your CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) qualification.

What to expect

Find out how accounts payable and receivable functions work. Prepare month-end accounts. Set and track budgets. Make a case for investment decisions. Analyse data. Work with teams across the business to meet and exceed our targets.

How you’ll grow

Boost your accounting skills with three exciting years in various cross market finance functions. Enjoy full support to study for your CIMA qualification, giving you membership to the world’s leading professional body of management accountants. And if you fancy swapping Livingston for Munich or Milan, you can: our European offices welcome finance graduates.

What you could be working on

Our Finance team is rooted at the core of what we do, meaning you’ll get hands-on experience of being an Accountant in business. You’ll gain experience in producing the financial and operational reporting that will enable us to continue growing every year and, in addition, you’ll complete analysis and partner the business supporting our customer service function.

Apply now

Business analysis

Join the team responsible for our award-winning customer service. Drive improvements in customer experience. Dive into exciting projects. Working with our Customer Operations, Product, Marketing and IT teams, you’ll learn how Change Delivery supports our strategic goals, and how Business Analysts help get things done.

Business analysis graduate programme (Osterley)

Work on fast-paced projects that span our entire business. Lead on projects working with Sky, NOW TV or NBCU and help get top quality products and services in front of our customers.

What to expect

On this two-year programme, you’ll join the team responsible for our award-winning customer service. Drive improvements in customer experience. Dive into exciting projects. Working with our Customer Operations, Product, Marketing and IT teams, you’ll learn how Change Delivery supports our strategic goals, and how Business Analysts help get things done.

How you’ll grow

For the first six months, you’ll team up with one of our experienced Business Analysts to help you get started. Once you’ve got your feet under the table, we’ll give you the freedom to do your best work, your way.

What you could be working on

Support our training and communications teams, as well as retail advisors, in rolling out changes
Define and deliver new products and services
Develop a streamlined customer experience
Drive changes to the way we do things

Apply now

Change delivery

Graduates on this programme are integral to our customer experience. Deliver huge projects that change the game.
You’ll work with the Business analyst team supporting the customer-facing side of Sky, or in Project management delivering top-quality products and services.

Change delivery graduate programme (Livingston)

Our Change Delivery teams support the customer-facing side of our business. Deliver ‘best in class’ products and services. Work alongside a wide range of stakeholders across the business. Help grow our business and keep our customers coming back for more.

What to expect

On this two-year programme, you have the option of choosing between one of two paths; business analysis or project management

As a Business Analyst, you’ll focus on finding innovative solutions, designing an ideal customer experience and working with stakeholders from across the business to define and manage business requirements for change.
As a Project Manager, you’ll successfully deliver change by leading and delivering through the project team, making sure everything runs to schedule, to the agreed budget and to the commercial and business objectives.

How you’ll grow

Dive into exciting projects. Work with people from Customer Operations, Product and Marketing and IT. Learn how Change Delivery supports our strategic goals. After two years, you’ll join the team as a fully trained Business Analyst or Project Manager.

What you could be working on

As a Business Analyst

Define and deliver new products and services
Develop a streamlined customer experience
Drive changes to the way we do things
Support our training and communications teams, as well as retail advisors, in rolling out changes

As a Project Manager

Keep track of your project’s progress
Update relevant people in the business
Define the business need for your project and help others understand it, too
Manage and track risks, working with other teams to reduce impacts on timeline and budget
Help us launch new products and services

Apply now

What we look for

What to expect when you apply

Our rewards

Learning & development

What we look for content

At Sky, we look for people who can rise to the challenge and quickly focus on finding a solution. People who are always striving for simpler, smarter, faster and better. Whether that’s explaining complicated things simply and confidently. Being able to draw meaningful insights from a set of complex data. Or staying ahead of the curve by keeping up with the latest technological advances and applying them at work.

People here aren’t afraid to work hard. They know that to be brilliant, they need to push themselves constantly to achieve more. They can adapt in fast-paced environments. And they enjoy being kept on their toes by working on a variety of tasks. They’re driven by their genuine passion. Working towards our purpose and values to give customers more of what they love. And no-one goes it alone. Working here means being part of a team that looks for opportunities to collaborate and support colleagues to deliver the best results. So, if you’re someone who constantly seeks opportunities to learn from your experiences and the people around you, then a career at Sky could be right for you.

Application hints and tips

Register

This is the easy part. Simply register your details and provide your academic information. That’s all there is to it.

If you need any adjustments for any stage of the process, make sure to let us know when you register and one of our team will be in touch to discuss.

Digital assessments

As part of the application process you’ll complete our immersive digital assessments. One of these assessments will include a video interview. If you’re applying for any of our finance and software engineering programmes, we’ll also be assessing specific skills. For finance, we’ll ask you to complete a numerical reasoning test. For software engineering, you’ll take part in additional digital assessment where you can show us your coding skills.

Ready to go? Here are some hints and tips to get you started:

Find somewhere quiet where you won’t get distracted
It might help to turn off your phone or keep it on silent
Open a new browser window or close any tabs you aren’t currently using
Have a pen, some paper and calculator to hand
Get camera ready. Make sure you’re in a tidy, well-lit space with good internet connection. And of course, test your audio and webcam to check that they’re working fine. We’ll give you some more instructions to help you get set up
To get you in the swing of things, you’ll get some time to practice recording your answers. Make the most of this so you’re ready for your final take
We know it might feel a little strange but try and treat the video interview like you would any interview. Dress comfortably, smile and keep focussed on the camera
And finally, we’re excited to get to know you. Be yourself. Always provide answers that best represent you and what you would do in a given situation.

Assessment centre

For the final assessment stage, we’ll invite you to our offices. You’ll get the opportunity to impress us in person and get a feel for what it’s really like to work at Sky.

It’s normal to be nervous but we’re on hand to help you along the way. To prepare, do your research about Sky and come ready to demonstrate your skills and passion. Think about what’s motivated you to apply to work here. We’re keen to hear more about you.

The day could include an individual interview, group discussion or individual exercise. We’ll give you plenty of notice and let you know how best to prepare for these activities. And while it may seem obvious, make sure you plan your journey ahead of time.

Once you’ve completed your assessment day, we’ll let you know when you can expect to hear back from us.

Any questions? Email us at earlycareers@Sky.uk

Good luck!

Our rewards

Rewards

We’re committed to providing great rewards to the people who drive our success. Whether it’s taking care of your health, providing for your future, experiencing our great products or the little things that show we care, we aim to make your life better by providing a great range of benefits which fit around your needs.
Our rewards package provides you with:

Experience

Free Sky Q, Broadband and discounted Talk. (One off payment required for installation and equipment for Sky Q).

Choices

Pension plan – you’ll automatically be enrolled into the pension plan after you’ve been with us for three months. There’s also free life assurance (dependants will receive from two to four times your salary depending on your circumstances) and ill health cover.
Healthcare plan – the health of our people is important to us, so we’ll provide you with a competitive healthcare plan.
Savings – you can save on childcare costs, travel season tickets, mobile phones and cheaper shopping through retail vouchers.
Dental insurance – discounted dental insurance for you and your family with a leading UK provider.

Share

Share save scheme – we’ll give you the opportunity to gain from our success, which means you’ll benefit as our share price rises (available for people on a permanent contract).

Discounts

Savings – we’ve arranged special discounts across a wide range of goods and services just for you.
Gym benefits – discounted membership at many high street gyms, saving employees around £200 per annum.

And lots more

Holidays – 25 days’ annual entitlement plus up to five extra days per year, the longer you stay with us. (entitlements may vary depending on location and business area.)
Great support for working parents including generous maternity benefits with 6 months at full pay for those with the required length of service.
A range of recognition schemes providing great prizes for our people who live and breathe our values.
Make a difference – whatever good cause you want to support, we’ll help you with time off, donations or help raising funds.
Flexible working – we have a clear and on-going commitment to a whole range of flexible working options depending on the job you do.

Learning & development

Be Brilliant

How? We give you freedom. Support. The chance to try things your way – forging your ideal career path, or developing something totally new. It means you can do more. Make an impact. Get noticed. And it means with the right attitude, anything’s possible.
With a variety of graduate and apprentice programmes across a range of areas, whether you want to develop into a business leader, create cutting-edge products and services or specialise in an area, Sky have programmes to fit. What you need to succeed, however, is the drive, passion and ambition to write your own career story.
Come in and challenge the status quo. We’re flexible in the way we work and want you to be at the heart of this. Whether it’s working in Agile or making data driven decisions, we’re never looking to stand still. Think there’s a better way to work or tell our story? We want to hear it.
If you want to make the decisions that count and have real responsibility from day one, you’ve got it. Own a project, learn by doing and pick up those skills to thrive from experts in the field. We’ll give you the room to pick things up on the go and back you all the way.

Skills to make you successful at Sky

What skills will you need to succeed here? We’ve got a few ideas but so will you. We’ll train you up with sessions that we think will make you successful. How to influence. How to have that chat with your manager. How to deliver that show stopping presentation. You’ll have the freedom to dip into the ones that you want and shape your skillset to be the best you. We’ll also give the support you need to develop your technical expertise and become a subject matter expert. And if it’s relevant to your programme you’ll study towards a professional qualification.

LinkedIn Learning

Digital Development. Whenever you want it. Access 3,000 LinkedIn Learning courses at a time that suits you. We’ll suggest courses that we think are key, then it’s over to you.
Development days
We’ll bring you together as a grad or apprentice community at our Development days, all designed to set you up for the future. You’re a long way from the classroom now with these practical sessions that give you hands on experience of the skills that matter. Get your ideas heard by working with successful leaders from all over the business and build relationships with your fellow grads. Who knows where these connections might take you.

Support Network

Whatever path you choose we’ll be right there with you. You’ll get to team up with a grad or apprentice who’s been there and done it and have a manager who’ll stretch and guide you to where you want to go. All this plus the support of the Early Careers team who will be on hand from your first day through to the start of your post scheme career journey.