Software Developer Industrial Placement

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year in Industry placement, commencing at the start of July 2027. You will develop your skills and knowledge and ensure you gain the most value possible from your experience with us.

You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placements all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities are on offer after you graduate.

About the Placement

This is a full-time, 37 hours per week role. The job may be suitable for hybrid working, where an employee works part of the week in the office and part from home. The location advertised will be your contractual place of work. As an Industrial Placement, you will be expected to attend the office once a week as a minimum.

Your World of Expertise

Our Industrial Placement scheme offers ambitious and capable undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside diverse and highly skilled experts in their field. You’ll be working on projects that really matter and will make a difference.

You will be working in an area of Technology that is delivering the next generation of products and services supporting the global aviation industry. The Met Office is one of two World Area Forecast Centres, responsible for issuing weather information to every flight across the globe.

On this placement, you will have space to learn and work in an Agile team. You will work together to understand, design and deliver visualisation tools and data applications to meet customer needs. This is a fantastic opportunity to build and maintain services that support safety-critical decision-making on a global scale.

Your Key Duties

• Work in an Agile development team to deliver user value
• Build your knowledge of software development practices
• Learn and develop skills in different types of testing
• Develop an awareness of information security and system design

Why Join Us

• Your salary will be £27,170
• Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days
• Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands

Whilst this is a temporary position until July 2028, there may be an opportunity to apply for our Graduate Development scheme upon completion of your university studies. However, this is not guaranteed and would be subject to programme availability and a successful application.

Essential Criteria, Skills and Experience

• Modern Standards and Approaches: Demonstrate your learning to date and how you keep abreast of developments in technology or the environment. Be aware of modern approaches such as Agile, Test Driven Development, Git and GitHub, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
• Programming and Build (Software Engineering): Demonstrate your experience of designing, coding and testing simple software programs or scripts. Typically, Python applications are deployed onto cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• User Focus: Prioritise delivering quality services based on user requirements. Evidence that you have considered user needs and desires within your solutions or designs.
• Communication: Demonstrate evidence of teamwork and how your contributions have made a difference to the outcome.

How to Apply

Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills. Please also look at the Early Careers Programmes Application Guidance at the bottom of this advert.

Closing Date

23:59 on 8th November 2026.

Interviews

Interviews will be completed by 16th December 2026.

Eligibility

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK. You need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible for Security Clearance, with 2 of those years being immediately preceding the point of your application.