The government will create 2,500 new technology roles by June 2025 through apprenticeship and other early-career recruitment programmes, the Cabinet Office has announced.
The programme will provide the opportunity for both civil servants and new entrants to be recruited into the “most in-demand” data and technology roles, such as cybersecurity technologists and software developers, the Cabinet Office said.
A total of 1,800 people – including 500 this financial year – will join government as part of a cross-government digital apprenticeship programme. A further 700 roles are being created through an expansion of existing departmental digital programmes.
To reflect this, the Central Digital and Data Office’s recent update to its government-wide roadmap, includes a new target that, by June 2025, “at least 2,500 new entrants to the HM Government digital, data and technology profession will be introduced via apprenticeships and early-career talent programmes”.
