Software Application Tester Apprentice

This apprenticeship offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and professional training in one of three technical career paths: Application Testing, Developer Support, or IT Support. You will work alongside experienced professionals, receive structured training, and develop the skills necessary for a successful career in technology.

Role

Learn to design and execute test cases for software applications
Assist in identifying, documenting, and tracking software defects
Gain experience with manual and automated testing techniques
Support quality assurance processes and testing activities

Training

Why choose our Junior Developer Level 3 apprenticeship?

QA’s Junior Developer Level 3 apprenticeship develops digital skills and provides the technical grounding needed to become a well-rounded, entry-level programmer. Junior Developers work as part of a software development team to build simple software components on web, mobile or desktop apps to be used by other members of the team as part of larger software development projects.

QA’s Junior Developer Level 3 apprenticeship programme enables the apprentice to:

Explore a wide range of skills including Python, C#, Java, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git, Microservices and cloud
Interpret simple design requirements for discrete components of a project under supervision
Implement code which other team members have developed to produce required components

Gain the following qualifications upon successful completion of the Junior Developer Level 3 programme:

Software Development Technician Level 3
BCS Certificate in Systems Development Context and Methodologies
BCS Certificate in Programming

Tools and technologies learned: Apprentices will learn to use Python, C#, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and Git.

After this apprenticeship there is the potential full-time employment for the right candidate upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Apprenticeship Standard: Software development technician (level 3)
Training Provider: QA LIMITED
Working Week: Days and shifts to be confirmed.
Expected Duration: 1 Year 4 Months
Positions Available: 1
Closing Date: Friday, 15th May 2026
Start Date: Friday, 22nd May 2026

Desired Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Team working

Qualifications

6 including Maths GCSE, grade 4 (C) or above (Essential)
English GCSE, grade 3 (D) or above (Essential)

About the Employer

INSPIRE ATA LIMITED

Inspire ATA are a flexi-job provider, so you will be employed by Inspire ATA and placed with Detego Global for your apprenticeship. Detego Global are the creators of the Detego® Unified Forensics Platform, an end-to-end suite of modular digital forensics tools which are used globally by military, law enforcement, intelligence agencies and enterprise organisations. With today's investigators faced with an onslaught of digital devices and the corresponding mass of data that is created, Detego® has become the go to toolset to rapidly acquire, analyse and act on evidence and intelligence. Detego Global is proud to employ the brightest software development talent, led and supported by a world class senior management team from the military, law enforcement, government and technology fields. The company is headquartered in Horsham, United Kingdom with additional offices in Washington, USA, Singapore and Johannesburg, South Africa.

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