Digital and Technology Solutions Apprentice Review

Item: Digital and Technology Solutions Apprentice at Newcastle Building Society
Rating: 4.5
Author: Anonymous

at Newcastle Building Society

Degree Apprenticeship

Computer Science, Information Technology

North Tyneside District, UK

Review Submitted: April 2026

Overall Rating

4.5 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role

4/5 - Skills Development

4.4/5 - Structure and Support

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

5/5

In my role, I have had the flexibility to move between different teams and get a feel what each team does and what their responsibilities are in the organisation. My tasks have varied from creating website components, helping with Octopus deployments, working at Service Desk and

To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

5/5

I have enjoyed it a lot, and being given the flexibility to move between teams and get a feel for each has been very helpful in my end goal to decide what I want to specialise in.

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

4/5

I have managed to learn about using Confluence and Jira for collaboration and team-coordinating. I have also learnt C# and ASP.NET Core with my time in the web development team. And I got to also use IBMI system for data queries and access granting.

Structure and Support

How well organised/structured is your programme?

4/5

My programme is pretty structured, and the deadlines are told to us way in advance. Because I do two modules simultaneously every term, it feels like I am mainly kept busy with my learning.

How much support do you receive from your employer?

5/5

I am always been offered support from my manager, and he even helps reach out to other people in the business who could lend a hand in my assignments.