IT and Business Services Year in Industry

Entry Requirement

You must be in your penultimate year at university, and on track to achieve at least a 2:2 in any degree subject.

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IT and Business Services Year in Industry

Shape the future of Network Rail and get involved in our digital transformation, gaining practical insights and learning new skills. Whether you work on cutting-edge technologies or delivering elements of change, you’ll gain plenty of valuable experience.

If driving innovation matters to you.
You matter to us

Our future matters.

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IT and Business Services Year in Industry

Our 2024 IT and Business Services Year in Industry is now closed for applications. You can register your interest for our 2025 programme below.

Start Date: September 2025

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What you’ll be doing

As our organisation increases its digital reach, we rely on our IT department to support everything we do. Whether you’re working with cutting-edge technologies and applications such as digital railway traffic management and accident prevention or contributing to the delivery of significant business change initiatives, you’ll always be facing new and exciting challenges.

You’ll experience a variety of roles across the department, such as project management, service management, information systems strategy, and application support.

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Who you are matters

You’ll need to be in your penultimate year at university, and on track to achieve at least a 2:2 in any degree subject.

We’re looking for confident individuals with a passion for IT and digital transformation. You should have an eye for detail, enjoying getting into the nitty gritty of data analysis and comfortable coming up with creative solutions to complex problems.

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What you’ll get out of it

We’re passionate about developing the next generation of talent that will come into our industry, and that means we’ll ensure you’re surrounded by supportive colleagues and receive coaching from senior staff.

We invest in our placement students because we believe they hold the potential to become the future of our business. Over the 12-months, you’ll get a rounded experience of what it takes to work in IT and Business Management at Network Rail. Impress us, and we’ll consider you for next year’s graduate scheme.

We matter to millions. You could too.

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