Web Developer Apprentice

MY PENSION EXPERT LIMITED

DONCASTER, South Yorkshire (DN1 3BW)

Closes in 25 days (Monday 25 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 30 July 2025

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Summary

This is a fantastic opportunity to begin your career in web development within a modern, fast-moving financial services business. At My Pension Expert, you’ll join a friendly and collaborative digital team working on a range of projects including our company website (WordPress), a custom-built client portal, and Silo – our landing page platform.

Wage

£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Software developer (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 25 September 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Assist in the development and maintenance of our client-facing platforms (MPE HUB) using PHP (Laravel), HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and MySQL
  • Help manage and update our WordPress-based company website, including SEO- related content and metadata
  • Contribute to the ongoing development of Silo, our internal landing page solution used for digital marketing campaigns
  • Collaborate with senior developers to understand and deliver project requirements
  • Help identify bugs, test new features, and write basic documentation

Where you'll work

My Pension Expert
Colonnades House, Duke Street
DONCASTER, South Yorkshire
DN1 3BW

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

GINGER NUT MEDIA LIMITED

Training course

Software developer (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • create logical and maintainable code
  • develop effective user interfaces
  • link code to data sets
  • test code and analyse results to correct errors found using unit testing
  • conduct a range of test types, such as Integration, System, User Acceptance, Non-Functional, Performance and Security testing.
  • identify and create test scenarios
  • apply structured techniques to problem solving, debug code and understand the structure of programmes in order to identify and resolve issues
  • create simple software designs to effectively communicate understanding of the program
  • create analysis artefacts, such as use cases and/or user stories
  • build, manage and deploy code into the relevant environment
  • apply an appropriate software development approach according to the relevant paradigm (for example object oriented, event driven or procedural)
  • follow software designs and functional or technical specifications
  • follow testing frameworks and methodologies
  • follow company, team or client approaches to continuous integration, version and source control
  • communicate software solutions and ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • apply algorithms, logic and data structures
  • interpret and implement a given design whist remaining compliant with security and maintainability requirements
  • create logical and maintainable code
  • develop effective user interfaces
  • link code to data sets
  • test code and analyse results to correct errors found using unit testing
  • conduct a range of test types, such as Integration, System, User Acceptance, Non-Functional, Performance and Security testing.
  • identify and create test scenarios
  • apply structured techniques to problem solving, debug code and understand the structure of programmes in order to identify and resolve issues
  • create simple software designs to effectively communicate understanding of the program
  • create analysis artefacts, such as use cases and/or user stories
  • build, manage and deploy code into the relevant environment
  • apply an appropriate software development approach according to the relevant paradigm (for example object oriented, event driven or procedural)
  • follow software designs and functional or technical specifications
  • follow testing frameworks and methodologies
  • follow company, team or client approaches to continuous integration, version and source control
  • communicate software solutions and ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • apply algorithms, logic and data structures
  • interpret and implement a given design whist remaining compliant with security and maintainability requirements

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

  • Training will be provided by Ginger Nut Training
  • Ginger Nut’s delivery is based on a remote, blended model of one-to-one tutor sessions every 4 weeks, group sessions, webinars, online courses, video, and additional support where required
  • Apprentices are allocated a tutor to guide them through the training, conduct regular meetings and prepare for End Point Assessment
  • Our tutors are industry experts with relevant industry experience in addition to teaching and coaching expertise
  • To support learning, we utilise online resources mapped to the apprenticeship and all learners are given access to LinkedIn Learning, and other bespoke channels designed to support their apprenticeship

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Logical

About this employer

We are independent and on the side of the nation’s savers - everyone should be able to achieve the retirement they want. We use technology to ensure all of Britain’s savers can have access to the right advice and information. As such, our reach goes far beyond Doncaster, where we are based. We help savers all across the United Kingdom to achieve their retirement goals.

http://www.mypensionexpert.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • There is potential to move up within the team to senior status after completing the apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

GINGER NUT MEDIA LIMITED

Recruitment@mypensionexpert.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334610.

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Closes in 25 days (Monday 25 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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