IT Management for Business Graduate Apprenticeship
- Mrs McIntosh
- April 20, 2026
- Employment & Training
- 2
Scottish IT Management for Business Graduate Apprenticeship
A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.
Application process:
- Please follow the steps, that you can find at this link: https://ibm.box.com/s/06is5gr5p3190xbs38ughuzn68r22euj
- No online assessment is required for this position.
- Please note that you will have only 48 hours to complete your application form.
Start date: 7 September 2026 – Glasgow
Your role and responsibilities
Kick‑start your career in business and technology with IBM.
This is your chance to earn a salary, get real experience and study for a fully funded IT Management for Business degree — all at the same time.
We’re looking for someone who’s curious, motivated and ready to start building a career in business, consulting and technology. You don’t need to be a tech expert already – just interested in how technology shapes the world and keen to learn.
**What you’ll be doing**
You’ll join our Project Management Office team, working four days a week at IBM and studying one day a week at university. You’ll learn how real projects run while getting hands‑on experience with:
- Planning and coordinating projects
- Tracking budgets, costs and project performance
- Analysing data and creating reports and dashboards
- Working with clients, teams and partners
- Helping run meetings, workshops and events
- Managing risks, issues and project documentation
- Supporting procurement and supplier relationships
- Spotting ways to improve how things are done
You’ll build real skills in project management, communication, technology, teamwork, leadership and business operations. You’ll be studying for an IT Management for Business graduate apprenticeship.
**What you’ll get**
- Starting salary of £27k+
- 25 days holiday
- Flexible benefits including healthcare
- Discounts at shops, cinemas and more
- Two managers to support you. A task manager working with you day to day. An early professional manager to support your learning and development.
- A large community of apprentices, mentors and early‑career professionals
- University days where you’ll learn alongside apprentices from other companies
**Who we’re looking for**
- You are resident in Scotland
- You can travel to Glasgow or a client site a minimum of 3 days week. You need to live within commutable distance of our IBM Glasgow location. This is NOT a remote role.
- You will need to be mobile as our apprentice roles are client focused, and you may find yourself working at client sites, which could require travel and staying away from home during the week.
- You have (or are predicted): 4 Highers at BBBB plus National 5 Maths and English (or equivalent)
- Maths & English Scottish National grade C or above or equivalent. (We may request a certificate of equivalency, which will be your responsibility to provide.)
- You can work in the UK without sponsorship
- You haven’t already completed a degree or apprenticeship in a similar subject
- You’re interested in technology, even if you’ve never studied it
**Key things to know**
- Start date: 7 September 2026 (no exceptions)
- Please apply as soon as possible: if we have sufficient applications we will close on 22nd April
- After your initial application, you must complete the full application form within 48 hours
Take your first step into technology, business and consulting with a global company — and get paid while you learn.
Thank you for applying. Explore free learning at: https://skillsbuild.org
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YOUR LIFE @ IBM
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
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ABOUT IBM
IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

