In our Industry Excellence Academy for Computing & Digital, you’ll develop all the skills you need to advance into a challenging career in Manchester’s rapidly expanding IT and technology sector.  In Greater Manchester alone there is expected to be a 2.8% growth in jobs in the sector by 2027, ranging from cyber security and system administration through to games developers and software writers.

As you progress through our Industry Excellence Academy, you’ll improve your coding skills and explore how IT systems and solutions can be used across a wide variety of industries for different business applications. Seeing how vital these skills will be for all companies, you’ll understand why there are many career opportunities to choose from.

If a career in computing or IT appeals to you but you aren’t yet ready for our Industry Excellence Academy, you’ll be able to start writing the code for an exciting career in this forward-thinking sector in our Centre of Excellence for Computing and Digital. Here you’ll be able to start writing the software required to progress into the Academy under the guidance of our expert team.

Once you’ve completed your journey with us there are a number of different career options open to you in the computing and digital sector, ranging from IT Operations Technicians, where you’ll earn an average of £30,200 per year, to IT Business Analysts with an average annual salary of £49,300.