Software Tester Apprentice
In our test team, you’ll be playing a vital role in protecting critical national infrastructure and supporting government projects and large UK businesses. This mission‑focused work is inspiring, challenging, and offers rare opportunities to work on high‑impact projects with brilliant colleagues.
Role
On this apprenticeship, you'll contribute to:
- Test Strategy creation: Setting out the approach, methods, environments, tools and test levels that will cover the project delivery needs
- Producing Test Plans: Identifying the scope, priority, resources, techniques and timelines to be followed for each test level or workstream
- Undertaking Test Case development: Detailing the titles, descriptions, steps, expected results and mapping of individual tests back to the requirements
- Executing testing and performing test assurance: Following the test case steps, running specific scenarios and observing the outcomes to ensure the system behaviour is as expected
- Analysing test coverage and generating fact-based test reports:
- Logging results from tests, cross-checking back to requirements and collating results into meaningful metrics for decision making.
- Managing test defects and regression testing corrective actions: When the results of tests are not as expected, capture the incident and status of the system. Share the bug details and explain to the resolving team. When the fixes have been applied, repeat the test and sign-off the defect closure
- Actively supporting wider team initiatives such as Continual Improvement and Automation: Review the processes being followed and look for better, faster, more cost-effective ways of performing the tasks
BT delivers a wide range of service to customers that need testing, such as:
- Contact Centres and Telephony solutions
- IP Networks, Firewalls, Gateways
- AI, webchat, messaging, email
- Cyber, Security and SIEM
- Cloud partnerships and dedicated Hosting facilities
- Service Management and tooling
Training
- Join us as an apprentice and you’ll get dedicated support, a personal buddy, hands‑on exposure across the business, and the chance to build real‑world, transferrable skills that set you up for long‑term success.
- On completion of your programme, your future role will depend on the opportunities available when you assimilate, but we will support you throughout this process to help identify and secure a suitable position
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Software tester (level 4)
- Training Provider
- FIREBRAND TRAINING LIMITED
- Working Week
- Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm (with some flexibility dependent on your team)
- Expected Duration
- 1 Year 4 Months
- Positions Available
- 2
- Closing Date
- Sunday, 22nd February 2026
- Start Date
- Monday, 7th September 2026
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
Qualifications
- Any GCSE, grade 4 (Essential)
- Any GCSE, grade 4 (Essential)
- Any GCSE, grade 4 (Essential)
- English GCSE, grade 4 (Essential)
- Maths GCSE, grade 4 (Essential)
- Any A Level, grade C (Essential)
- Any A Level, grade C (Essential)
About the Employer
BT GROUP PLC
You’re not just looking for a career, you’re looking to make a difference. Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding. And we use the power of technology to help solve big challenges, like climate change and cyber security. From day one, you’ll have a voice at BT Group. You’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitching ideas and making things happen. You won’t be alone though: we’ll be there with help and support through you’re learning and development. You’ll make great friends, discover new talents, and feel part of something exhilarating. This is your chance to make a real difference to the world. Grab it.