Career Change
Data Science Placement Programme
Job Description
Salary: £26,000 - 35,000 per year
Requirements:- No previous experience required
- Willingness to complete full data science training and certification
- Ability to complete online courses, practical projects, and portfolio development
- Interest in starting a career in data science
- Ability to complete the programme at a pace that suits your circumstances
- Complete industry-recognized data science training from beginner to junior level
- Learn Python, R, machine learning, AI, and other relevant topics
- Complete mini projects to build practical experience
- Study for and pass the CompTIA Data+ exam
- Complete two practical projects based on real-world scenarios
- Work with ongoing support from a personal tutor
- Build a portfolio to demonstrate job-ready skills
- Progress through the recruitment stage after successful completion of the traineeship
- AI
- Support
- Machine Learning
- Python
More:
We are offering a Data Scientist placement programme designed to help candidates start a new career in data science, with full training provided and a job guarantee within 20 miles of your location upon completion. Our traineeship is flexible and can be completed while working full time, part-time, or while unemployed, with placement possible in as little as 6 to 12 months. We partner with large organisations across the UK to provide nationwide job opportunities, and successful candidates will be supported through training, certification, practical projects, and portfolio building before moving into a Data Scientist role with a great starting salary. The programme is available for a one-off fee or through an instalment plan, and we offer a 100% refund of course fees if no role is offered at the end of training.
last updated 32 week of 2026
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£30,500
This role
£65,000
UK median
This salary is 53% below the UK median for Data roles (£65,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks