IT Apprentice - Technical Analyst

Canopius

Manchester (M2 3BD)

Closes in 13 days (Friday 5 June 2026)

Posted on 22 May 2026

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Summary

In this role, you will learn to gather, understand, and document business and technical requirements that help Technology teams deliver solutions aligned with stakeholder needs. Working alongside experienced analysts, developers, and product teams, you will gain practical experience supporting technology delivery within an agile environment.

Wage

£24,000 a year

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Training course
Software developer (level 4)
Hours
Monday-Friday, hybrid working. Shifts to be confirmed.

40 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

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

  • Support the gathering and documentation of business and technical requirements with technology teams and business stakeholders
  • Assist in translating requirements into user stories, documentation, and acceptance criteria
  • Help maintain project and product documentation to support development and delivery teams
  • Participate in Agile team activities such as stand-ups, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews
  • Assist with maintaining and organising product backlogs and tracking work items
  • Support collaboration between developers, analysts, and business stakeholders to help ensure shared understanding of requirements
  • Help review and validate that delivered solutions meet the agreed requirements
  • Assist with analysing data, processes, or system behaviour to support solution design
  • Support the investigation and documentation of technical or business issues
  • Contribute to team discussions and help identify opportunities to improve processes or ways of working

Where you'll work

100 Barbirolli Square
Manchester
M2 3BD

Training

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

Training provider

QA 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.

Requirements

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

Canopius is a global speciality (re)insurer with underwriting operations in Australia, Bermuda, Singapore, the UK and US. They are privately owned and one of the leading insurers in the Lloyd’s of London insurance market. 

At Canopius they foster a distinctive, positive culture which enables them to bring their whole selves to work to flourish as people, and build a business which delivers profitable, sustainable results. Canopius operates a flexible, hybrid working model and is committed to providing an environment that challenges employees to be their best and where everyone's unique contributions are recognised, valued and respected.

After this apprenticeship

  • There will be opportunities across the business following the apprenticeship

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

QA LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000032252.

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Closes in 13 days (Friday 5 June 2026)

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