Data Engineer

Data Engineer Apprenticeship - Level 4

Ref: 487695

Location: Newport, Titchfield

Salary: £29,545

Working Patterns: All our vacancies are offered as a flexible option of Fulltime, Parttime, Flexible working, Job Share

Closing Date: before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 18th November 2026

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s largest producer of official statistics, covering a range of key economic, social and demographic topics. These include measuring changes in the value of the UK economy, estimating the size, geographic distribution and characteristics of the population, and providing indicators of price inflation, employment, earnings, crime and migration.

If you are interested in an exciting career in data and technology and want to become a highly skilled tech professional, we are seeking 5 people who are passionate about data and technology to join our Data Engineering teams on an apprenticeship programme. If you are looking for a career change, or perhaps a school leaver looking at alternatives to full-time class-based learning this may be the perfect opportunity for you.

We are looking for candidates who want to make the most of data, love a challenge, and want to make a real difference in the quality of National Statistics. You do not have to be skilled in data engineering as full training will be provided, along with a nationally recognised qualification through an apprenticeship provider.

Do you have a desire to learn how to translate technical concepts into non-technical language and to learn what communication is required between internal and external stakeholders?

Do you have a desire to learn how to build extract transform load (ETL) pipelines that facilitate the movement and transformation of data across ONS systems?

Do you have a desire to learn how to optimise the performance of our queries and data pipelines.

Do you have a desire learn how to use industry wide tools such as Python, SQL, Cloudera Data Platform and Google Cloud Platform?

Would you like to find opportunities for innovation with new tools and uses of data?

Then we'd like to hear from you..

Please note - We will be holding a candidate information session on Monday 9th November at 12:00 noon. If you're interested in finding out more, please join here - Click here

What qualfication will I get?

The programme will be 2 years and will be delivered by assigned external training providers. The apprenticeship will support apprentices to develop their capability in data engineering. As well as training and support from the external training providers you will have support from a dedicated, highly experienced data engineering mentor.

All apprentices who successfully meet the scheme's milestones will receive a Level 4 Data Analyst Diploma.

You will gain experience to help you work towards your qualification, as well as attending formal training and other development opportunities that will consist of 20% off the job learning.

You will develop other skills that will aid you in the workplace, such as organisation, communication, the ability to work under pressure, teamwork, and lots more, giving you a real and valuable insight into the industry.

In return we offer:

✔Hybrid working

✔A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 28%

✔ A choice of working patterns: full-time, part-time, job-share.

✔Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)

✔Employee Assistance Programmes

✔Diversity Network Groups

✔Mental Health Allies

✔Civil Service Sports and Social club

✔Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays