Summer internships
Uni student looking for a summer placement? Whichever team you join, our internships are an ideal way to get a flavour of what working at Sky is like.
About the programmes
Software development summer internship (Osterley) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
Join the team at the forefront of developing great quality software. Learn agile techniques. Produce clean, testable and documented code. Take a proactive role in helping the team choose the best solutions and technologies for the task at hand.
Nothing happens on-screen without the talented people behind the scenes, working their magic every day at Sky. Join us for an internship and you’ll be working in a fun, fast-moving environment. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position once you graduate – starting summer 2021
What you’ll be doing
Work alongside one of the biggest Agile teams in the UK. Find out how our Associate Software Developers write brilliant software to delight customers and improve the way we work as a business.
- Work with recent graduates and experienced Software Developers.
- Refine your coding skills, whether you’re a newbie or you’ve dabbled for a while
- Learn to write code in different programming languages
- Help us build a new product or app
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject
- Passionate about technology
- A quick learner and a team player
- Experience in creating software applications using modern day web languages either at university, at home or in industry
- Aware of Agile methodologies
Automated software testing summer internship (Osterley) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
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.
Join the teams that built Sky Mobile, NOW TV and Sky Q. Learn the fundamentals of software engineering and testing.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll learn about software engineering and testing principles. Master the fundamentals of performance and API, mobile and hardware testing. And the security principles that underpin all our work.
You’ll work alongside Automated Testers to ensure software is delivered to an excellent standard within a busy agile team, where quality is the highest priority. This could include
- 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
Nothing happens on-screen without the talented people behind the scenes, working their magic every day at Sky. Join us for an internship and you’ll be working in a fun, fast-moving environment. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position once you graduate – starting summer 2021
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject
- Be familiar with a modern-day test framework
- Passionate about software and technology
- A quick learner and team player
- Analytical and enjoy using logic to solve problems
Software development summer internship (Leeds) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
Join the team at the forefront of developing great quality software. Learn agile techniques. Produce clean, testable and documented code. Take a proactive role in helping the team choose the best solutions and technologies for the task at hand.
Nothing happens on-screen without the talented people behind the scenes, working their magic every day at Sky. Join us for an internship and you’ll be working in a fun, fast-moving environment. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position once you graduate – starting summer 2021
What you’ll be doing
Work alongside one of the biggest Agile teams in the UK. Find out how our Associate Software Developers write brilliant software to delight customers and improve the way we work as a business.
- Work with recent graduates and experienced Software Developers.
- Refine your coding skills, whether you’re a newbie or you’ve dabbled for a while
- Learn to write code in different programming languages
- Help us build a new product or app
- Find out how our DevOps Engineers provide environments our developers use to create our software products.
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject
- Passionate about technology
- A quick learner and a team player
- Experienced in creating software applications using modern day web languages either at university, at home or in industry
- Aware of Agile methodologies
DevOps summer internship (Osterley) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
During this internship, you’ll learn to provide support for our technology projects. Whether in Group Product & Digital, Reliability Engineering or Enterprise Engineering. Get first-hand experience on industry leading technology projects.
Work alongside one of the biggest Agile teams in the UK. Find out how our Associate DevOps Engineers provide the environments our developers use to create our software products.
What you’ll be doing
- Ensure deployed products remain available and diagnose issues when they occur
- Work in iterative way using Agile delivery principles
- Get involved in scaling applications and products when popularity increases or where user demands peak expectations.
Nothing happens on-screen without the talented people behind the scenes, working their magic every day at Sky. Join us for an internship and you’ll be working in a fun, fast-moving environment. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position once you graduate – starting summer 2020
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject
- Passionate about technology
- Able to develop scripted software in a modern web language
- Familiar with pipeline automation and deployment frameworks such as Jenkins, Puppet, AWS and VMware automation
- Comfortable using cloud-related technologies
- Aware of Agile methodologies
Data and analytics summer internship (Osterley) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
Join the team that manages data and transforms it into actionable information across Sky. Creating new products. Exploring new markets. Innovating ways to communicate with our customers. You can even help predict what the future of our multi-billion bound business looks like.
Get first-hand experience on industry leading projects. Try your hand in data governance, customer analytics, data science or econometrics. You’ll be involved in innovative and exciting new projects, helping meet the information requirements for the next big Sky Campaign.
You’ll learn from the best in industry get support in bringing your ideas to life. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position on our data and analytics programme once you graduate – starting summer 2021.
What you’ll be doing
Support key analytical and econometrics modelling projects, and lead on smaller scale assignments
- Experience a range of techniques to shape analytical approaches, including forecasting, segmentation, predictive analytics, machine/deep learning
- Contribute to establishing scalable, efficient, automated processes for large scale data analyses, model development and implementation
- Develop relationships with stakeholders to understand their business areas
- Explore how data architects produce designs to meet requirements, and enhance Sky’s data and analytics
- Learn how the information life-cycle can be made to work through proper governance and oversight
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, ideally in a numerate discipline (Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering)
- An enthusiastic problem-solver, with numerical, presentation and IT skills
- Logical, end to end thinker
- Enjoy task-focused delivery, a fast pace environment and overcoming challenges
- Collaborative, great with people and keen on following recent trends in the market
Technology summer internship (Osterley) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
Technology is the motor that drives us, so get right to the heart of who we are. Work with cutting-edge technology and get inspiration from experts.
Your internship could take place in one of the following areas:
NOW TV: which lets customers watch TV on their own terms. Join their innovative tech teams and work on the next iteration of this ground-breaking service.
Technology: From information security to streaming. From content discovery to emerging tech. Our tech teams are at the heart of our business. Driving innovation. Creating exciting new products. Developing the services that our customers love.
Group Product & Digital: Digital innovation is what this team is all about. Whether they’re creating voice search or launching Netflix on Sky Q, they keep finding ways to improve the experience of millions of Sky customers.
What you’ll be doing
Join our technology team and get an in-depth insight into life as a technical analyst or product owner, explore new technologies that let us achieve brilliant things. You will have the opportunity to work in teams that play a critical part in developing and maintaining technology used by millions of customers, as well as the systems used here at Sky.
As a product owner you’ll be the interface between the stakeholders and development team and be responsible for the vision of the product. You’ll be involved in developing product backlog, prioritising requirements and ensuring the development team works towards meeting the requirements.
As a technical analyst you’ll be responsible for developing tasks for the developer to build based on the requirements of the backlog. You’ll provide guidance on how a requirement will impact a project or the systems the projects depend on.
Nothing happens on-screen without the talented people behind the scenes, working their magic every day at Sky. Join us for an internship and you’ll be working in a fun, fast-moving environment. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position once you graduate – starting summer 2021
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject
- Passionate about technology
Things move quickly around here, so apply now to avoid disappointment.
Technology summer internship (Livingston) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
Technology is the motor that drives us, so get right to the heart of who we are. Work with cutting-edge technology and get inspiration from experts.
Your internship could take place in one of the following areas:
Technology: From Automation and Robotics to Customer Experience and Emerging Tech. Our Tech teams are at the heart of our business. Driving innovation. Creating exciting new products. Developing the services that our customers love.
Data Tech & Analytics Puts data right at the heart of our strategy. Work here and shape decisions on everything from the products we launch to the content we show. Teams you can join include Data Development and Test, Data Governance and Customer Analytics.
What you’ll be doing
Join our technology teams in roles ranging from software engineer to designer and explore new technologies that let us achieve brilliant things. You will have the opportunity to work in teams that play a critical part in developing and maintaining technology used by millions of customers, as well as the systems used here at Sky.
Nothing happens on-screen without the talented people behind the scenes, working their magic every day at Sky. Join us for an internship and you’ll be working in a fun, fast-moving environment. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position once you graduate – starting summer 2021
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject
- Passionate about technology
Strategy summer internship (Osterley) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
Where will our future growth come from? What products and technologies should we invest in? How do we compete in an unpredictable market? Partner with our senior leaders to answer the big questions and help us define our strategic direction as we enter an exciting new chapter. We welcome different opinions and perspectives, and we’d love to hear your ideas. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position on our business strategy programme once you graduate – starting summer 2021.
What you’ll be doing
- Support the delivery of key projects and lead on smaller-scale assignments
- Develop core skills in business strategy and planning, data analysis and interpretation, report writing and presenting
- Build networks and collaborate with other teams across the business
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject
- An enthusiastic problem-solver, with numerical, presentation and IT skills
- An outside-the-box-thinker, brimming with ideas
- Collaborative and great with people
Finance summer internship (Osterley) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
Commissioning a TV show. Developing a new app. Key to decision making is the financial impact of these projects. That’s why our Finance team is at the very heart of everything we do at Sky.
Our Finance team:
- Set and track budgets
- Develop business cases to support projects and investment decisions
- Interpret data to provide insights
- Connect with teams across the business to meet and exceed our company targets
Get in on all the action. Experience what working in a dynamic, exciting environment is like. And get a taste of what it takes to become a qualified Accountant. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position once you graduate – starting summer 2021.
What you’ll be doing
Spend your first three weeks learning about the role of finance in business
- Collaborate on an exciting, challenging project
- Get to know how we work with other areas of the business
- Develop your problem-solving skills
- Present your work to senior members of our Finance team
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject
- Commercially-minded and a problem-solver
- Collaborative and great with people
Finance summer internship (Livingston) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
Commissioning a TV show. Developing a new app. Key to decision making is the financial impact of these projects. That’s why our Finance team is at the very heart of everything we do at Sky.
Our Finance team in Scotland:
- Provides world class accounting and finance operational services across the whole of our European business including UK & Ireland, Italy, Germany and Austria
- Supports the Group’s financial control environment not only engaging with Sky but also our Comcast colleagues in the US
- Engages and works with all elements of the business to ensure that the end to end financial considerations of every business decision are tackled
Get in on all the action. Experience what working in a dynamic, exciting environment is like. And get a taste of what it takes to become a qualified Accountant. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position once you graduate – starting summer 2021.
What you’ll be doing
- Spend your first three weeks learning about the role of finance in business
- Collaborate on an exciting, challenging project
- Get to know how we work with other areas of the business
- Develop your problem-solving skills
- Present your work to senior members of our Finance team
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject
- Commercially minded and a problem-solver
- Collaborative and great with people
Commercial summer internship (Osterley) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
Get involved in every aspect of Commercial Strategy and Planning. Identify new market opportunities and the latest products. Define our quarterly and annual commercial plans. Manage sales and retention. This internship will help you understand the marketplace and our position in it.
You could take on an internship in
- Propositional Development: decide which new products and services we should launch with the help of a clear strategy, as well as customer insights.
- Media Planning: work with creative agencies to decide how we should spend our budget
- Trading Performance: improve sales and customer retention by fine-tuning our pricing and promotion strategies, as well as the channels we use.
Nothing happens on-screen without the talented people behind the scenes, working their magic every day at Sky. Join us for an internship and you’ll be working in a fun, fast-moving environment. Impress us, and we may well offer you a full-time position on our business strategy programme once you graduate – starting summer 2021
What you’ll be doing
- Analyse the TV market and competitor activity to inform commercial plans
- Collate insights on broader trends in TV and technology
- Gather and review best practices from other functions on successful embedding of competitor insights
- Lead collation of cross-functional updates on key activities and projects
- Work closely with Finance and Insight Teams
- Support on other relevant team priorities e.g. analysis of outputs from research projects, project progress updates
- Find new ways to leverage and streamline team activity and workflow
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject
- A great verbal and written communicator
- People orientated with strong organisational skills
- Detail focussed
- Proactive and keen to drive improvements
- A problem solver, with skills to overcome obstacles and find creative alternatives
Marketing summer internship (Osterley) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
We make sure everyone knows about our innovative products and services. We’re experts in all things Sky and know what makes our customers tick.
Join our Marketing team and help raise awareness of our innovative products and services. Get stuck into various marketing projects in a dynamic, exciting environment. Impress us, and we could well offer you a full-time position on our business strategy programme once you graduate – starting summer 2021.
What you’ll be doing
- Craft advertising campaigns
- Help build meaningful customer relationships
- Present strategic insights
- Promote TV shows
- Get involved in various challenging yet exciting projects
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject
- A confident communicator with an analytical mind
- Able to work well as part of a team, juggle priorities and hit deadlines
Corporate affairs summer internship (Osterley) - applications now closed
Applications for this programme have now closed.
At Sky we want to achieve sustainable success. Seeing the Bigger Picture. Being good for our customers, our people, our partners and the communities in which we live and work. Minimising the company’s environmental impacts.
What you’ll be doing
Through your work, you will play a key role in helping to further develop Sky’s position as a leader on sustainability.
Your internship could take place in one of the following areas:
- Events Team – Create new opportunities to engage stakeholders. Identify platforms to showcase our work through events, awards and speaking opportunities.
- Inspirational Business – Passionate about the value of engagement and reporting on responsible business issues? Support the communication of Sky’s responsible business commitments and performance to stakeholders.
- Inspiring Action – Be part of our Bigger Picture team. Work on campaigns alongside talented marketing and project management experts. Bring our approach to sustainability to life to customers, business partners and Sky staff.
Impress us, and we could well offer you a full-time position on our business strategy programme once you graduate – starting summer 2021.
What you’ll need to be
- In your penultimate year of university;
- Studying for an undergraduate degree, in any subject;
- An enthusiastic problem-solver, brimming with ideas;
- Passion for sustainability issues
- A good verbal and written communicator across a range of media
- People orientated with the ability to lead collaborative work across teams
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