Graduate Applications Consultant
Locations: Birmingham, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Treforest and Woking (Nationwide)
Intake Dates: April 2026
About the job you’re considering
We are looking for individuals with a genuine enthusiasm for technology who want to start their career in the IT industry.
You will be joining the Applications Development and Maintenance practice working for a wide variety of clients across a large range of sectors from the public sector to retail, insurance and defence. You will build strong team and client relationships, support growth, innovation, and continuous service improvement.
Hybrid working: This role is hybrid working meaning you will predominately work from home but will be expected to attend the office regularly for meetings and team events. You can attend the office daily if you wish. You will need to be based within a commutable distance of one of our main offices (Birmingham, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Treforest, Woking) and may be asked to work on client site for part of the week depending on the client.
Your role
As an Applications Consultant within the ADM (Applications Development & Maintenance) practice, you will develop technical skills to support and enhance clients’ business applications, contributing to activities such as incident resolution, application enhancements, testing, and documentation. You will work within established delivery frameworks like Agile, ITIL, and Product-centric approaches, advising clients on maximising application value.
Depending on your strengths and business needs, you may specialise as either a functional consultant (for example, HR, Finance, or Supply Chain) or as a technical application consultant, working with technologies such as Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, AWS Cloud, Azure Cloud, and Java. Regardless of specialism you will engage with leading-edge cloud and AI technologies, have ongoing access to world-class industry training and certifications, and be actively encouraged to pursue industry-standard qualifications to support your professional growth—all while consistently maintaining high delivery standards and best practices.
You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.
Graduate Empower Programme
The Empower Programme provides hands-on experience, structured development, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact. You’ll join a supportive, feedback-rich environment where you’ll build consulting, technology, industry, and soft skills - whether in business analysis, data, project management, software development, cybersecurity, AI or creative design.
Designed to help you thrive, offering technical and professional development alongside tailored feedback and mentoring. You’ll have regular social and networking events to strengthen connections across teams and contribute to a positive, collaborative culture.
The Empower Programme equips you to succeed in dynamic roles that integrate both technology and business expertise to deliver value for clients. Built around six essential Power Skills, the programme blends client work, role-specific training, and collaborative projects. You’ll join Learning Pods to build cross-functional networks and follow personalised development roadmaps that guide your growth.
Your skills and experience
1. A bachelor’s degree (preferably in a STEM field).
2. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
3. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in team environments.
4. Ability to effectively prioritise and deliver in a challenging, fast-paced environment.
5. Eagerness to learn and adapt to emerging technologies.
6. A true passion for technology, and the transformational impact it can have.
Your clearance
If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employmentchecks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service).
Your security clearance
Security Check (SC) Clearance
To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain.
To be eligible to apply for SC clearance the successful applicant must have resided continuously in the UK for the last five years with no more than 28 consecutive days out of the country, along with other criteria and requirements.
Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.
Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.
Get The Future You Want – what does it mean for you?
Impactful Experiences – You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future. You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business, technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the UK.
Shape your path– You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:
7. Declare they have a disability, and
8. Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
Capgemini. Get The Future You Want.
Why you should consider Capgemini
Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.
About Capgemini
Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.
Salary:
£30,000 plus additional benefits