Level 6 Digital and Technology Solutions Apprenticeship
On our Digital and Technology Solutions Degree-Apprenticeship, you’ll gain experience across a broad range of activities that will develop your key employability and industry specific skills.
Role
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This is an alternative route to full time University. You’ll study part-time at one of Network Rail’s partnered Universities towards a BSc (Hons). Putting your university-learned theory into practice, you’ll hone your current IT skills and learn new ones.
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As part of our IT Apprentice Academy, you’ll gain vast and varied exposure, but specifically in our Telecommunications teams, implementing cutting-edge, innovative technologies and applications, to supporting the delivery of a significant business change initiative or working in our IT Operations teams. You’ll be able to learn what it means to be a Network Engineer, Project Manager, Data Analyst, Business Analyst or Information Security Analyst.
Training
We expect you’ll move into roles, covering areas from Network Engineering, to Information Security and IT Project Management to IT Business Analytics.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Digital and technology solutions professional (level 6)
- Training Provider
- NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
- Working Week
- Shifts, may work evenings and weekends.
- Expected Duration
- 3 Years
- Positions Available
- 8
- Closing Date
- Friday, 10th April 2026
- Start Date
- Tuesday, 15th September 2026
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Creative
Qualifications
- English GCSE, grade 9-5 (Essential)
- Mathematics GCSE, grade 9-5 (Essential)
- 3 A-Levels : including 1 STEM subject A Level, grade BCC (or 104 UCAS points) (Essential)