2027 Graduate - Digital & Data Analyst - Manchester at PA Consulting

Job Description

Why considering joining us?

PA are delighted to announce recruitment to our 2027 Rotational Digital Graduate Scheme. This programme is designed for graduates with a passion for technology, data, software engineering and artificial intelligence who are looking to accelerate their careers in consulting.

As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

In the ever-evolving landscape of digital technologies, including the transformative realm of artificial intelligence (AI), we believe that embracing digital has changed businesses forever. Organisations that have embraced digital, including the integration of AI, are leading their industries and influencing others – and those that haven’t are falling behind.

We work alongside clients across a broad range of sectors including Government, Health, Financial Services, Consumer, Defence and Transport, to help them take the opportunities of digital and data innovation for their customers, people, and organisations. Joining us as a graduate, you will work on a variety of real-life client projects, delivering innovative data-driven solutions to our clients' most critical business needs.

As a Graduate Analyst, you will rotate across Architecture, Engineering & DevOps (AED), Data Science and AI, gaining hands-on experience delivering innovative solutions for leading organisations.

The Graduate Scheme provides structured learning, mentoring, capability rotations and professional development opportunities to help you build the foundations of a successful consulting career.

Digital isn’t just about fast-changing technology opening new possibilities, and the door to new competitors, it’s about the consideration of people, process and technology as one. It’s essential to compete and keep performance high today while adapting to stay relevant tomorrow. Cracking the challenge means harnessing digital to bring ingenuity to life.

Our Digital Graduate scheme will get you stuck into delivering some of the most advance solutions for clients.

What you can expect

• We will provide you with a variety of skills and experiences which will form the foundations of your consulting career.
• You will be enrolled onto our Graduate Development Scheme including access to mentoring; and at the end of the scheme, you will be eligible for promotion to our Consultant Analyst rank. You will participate in rotations across AED, Data Science and AI.
• You will learn to design, develop and support technology solutions using modern engineering and data practices.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to solve complex business and technical challenges and support development of AI-enabled and data-driven solutions for clients.
• We'll look to you to provide high-level technical designs and to develop software in collaboration with business analysts and software architects.
• You will also work closely with test and DevOps specialists as well as service managers on automated software releases to production.
• As your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the development lifecycle, from strategy to implementation, and to take on assignments in different sectors.
• You will develop skills in a wide range of technologies, and also benefit from the excellent training opportunities that PA offers. This will provide you with broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career.

Assessment process

First Stage Assessments

• Application form
• Online Assessments
• Shortlisting and/or Technical Assessments

Final Stage Assessments

• Assessment Centre with Technical Assessments
• Final Stage Interviews

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on earlycareers@paconsulting.com

Qualifications

Essential requirements

• Qualification: Undergraduate degree — Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, AI, Mathematics, Engineering or a related STEM discipline.
• Growth-oriented and curious — open to change, driven to succeed, hungry for new challenges, and eager to broaden your understanding of the world.
• Collaborative and relationship-focused — thrive in dynamic teams, build strong relationships with clients and peers, and support others to succeed.
• Credible and communicative — comfortable in high-performance environments, with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Analytical and adaptable — demonstrate strong problem-solving abilities, innovative thinking, and the flexibility to adapt your style and approach. A passion for data.
• Professional and reliable — show strong workplace etiquette by being punctual, dependable, and respectful of business expectations and office conduct.
• Technical and coding experience – Ideally you will also have:
• Experience with programming languages preferred (e.g. Java, JavaScript, C/C++, Python or C#). Good understanding of relational and non-relational databases and familiarity with cloud-native services across AWS, Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The Offer

• The opportunity to work alongside and learn from talented colleagues on real client challenges from the start. We'll look to you to provide high-level technical designs and to develop software in collaboration with business analysts and software engineers.
• You will work closely with test and DevSecOps specialists
• Structured graduate development programme including mentoring, technical training, capability rotations and career coaching.
• The opportunity to work across all areas of the development lifecycle, from strategy to implementation, and to take on assignments in different sectors
• The opportunity to provide high-level technical designs in collaboration with business analysts, data engineers, data scientists and data architects
• Opportunity to experience multiple digital disciplines before choosing a specialism.
• Exposure to AI, cloud platforms, software engineering and modern data solutions.
• Hybrid working – We work flexibly at PA, but your work base will be our Manchester office
• Salary potential: £36,500
• The role will start in Autumn 2027

Additional Information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

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