Apprentice Economic Analyst
FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITED
London (EC2A 4JE)
Closes on Monday 5 January 2026
Posted on 11 November 2025
Contents
Summary
Our Apprentice Analyst programme is for students finishing A Levels (or equivalent) who want to start their career in economics while studying. Over four years, you’ll work on real consulting projects and spend one day a week with the University of Kent studying for a Level 6 Economics Apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£26,000 a year
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£26,000 + 20% fixed bonus
- Training course
- Professional economist (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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35 hours a week, with 7 of those hours for study. Usually 9.00am - 5.00pm, but with flexibility to start a bit later or earlier e.g. 9.30am - 5.30pm, provided no client/work commitments.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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3
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
- Working alongside experienced economists on live client projects
- Collecting, checking and organising data to help answer real client questions
- Learning to use tools such as Excel, R, Stata and Python to analyse and visualise data
- Helping prepare reports, presentations and materials for clients
- Carrying out desk research to understand markets, industries or policies relevant to your projects
- Supporting your team by drafting slides or summarising findings for internal and client meetings
- Assisting in project management tasks — such as tracking timelines, keeping records organised, and helping coordinate small pieces of work between teams
- Learning how to apply economic principles to real-world questions
- Building your skills through structured training, mentoring and on-the-job learning
Where you'll work
65 Clifton Street
London
EC2A 4JE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Training course
Professional economist (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Applied economic and data analysis: Rigorously analyse complex information and data, drawing on economics knowledge and applying it to questions of interest for the organisation, while being aware of the limitations of economic analysis and the available data. Demonstrate an excellent working knowledge of and effectively use appropriate statistical and spreadsheet software to deliver this analysis. Approach analysis as a practical problem solver: choose the appropriate approach from a range of economic and other analytical tools, use judgement where data is incomplete, consider the context, degree of uncertainty, time pressures, and the question that needs answering. Ensure analysis has impact: explain what is happening and why it matters, and propose solutions.
- Communication: Clearly communicate economic concepts, analysis or advice, risks and uncertainty. Do this in both written and oral forms, to both specialists and non-specialists. Communicate with clarity and conciseness, tailoring communication to the audience to have the maximum impact. Demonstrate an ability to listen to, interpret and understand stakeholders’ needs, to ensure that economic analysis is answering a question that will address those needs.
- Synthesise evidence: Use personal judgement in collating evidence from a wide range of sources, evaluating the relevance, quality and validity of research, and demonstrate an ability to distil this evidence so that it answers the question at hand.
- Quality Assurance: Review and quality assure the analysis of others to ensure it is of high quality. Provide appropriate challenge to methods and results, and continually evaluate the quality of analysis to ensure that the organisation is producing robust economic analysis which can stand up to scrutiny.
- Planning and Prioritisation: Work to tight deadlines and respond to changing priorities. Effectively plan and prioritise time and coordinate the input of others in order to meet deadlines, across multiple projects.
- Team Working & Collaboration: Work effectively in teams and with others, maintaining effective, professional working relationship both internally and externally across organisations.
Training schedule
The course spans 4 years with apprentices spending 80% of their time on-the-job and 20% on off-the-job training.
Each year has three 12-week trimesters starting in September, including 10 weeks of teaching and an exam period.
Trimester 2 and 3 feature two face-to-face seminars in London, with the remaining content delivered via distance learning.
Weekly online learning includes lecture recordings and assignments released on Monday, with a live webinar every Friday.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade B/6)
A Level in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
Frontier is an economics consultancy helping governments, businesses and organisations tackle some of society’s biggest challenges. We support clients to understand their markets and develop strategies grounded in sound economics. Our work spans sectors including energy, competition, transport, health and digital. Using data and economic models, we bring clarity to complex issues with advice that’s objective and easy to understand. With over 350 economists across Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Dublin, London, Madrid, Paris and Prague, Frontier is one of Europe’s largest economics consultancies. Fully employee-owned, we care deeply about our work, our clients, and how we work together
https://www.frontier-economics.com/uk/en/home/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Expected to then be hired and move on in economic consulting.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000030.
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Closes on Monday 5 January 2026
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