The posting
A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.
What this internship is about
If you’re curious about how data and technology can tackle real world problems, this hands on internship gives you the chance to explore both.
You’ll join a cohort of interns working in small cross functional teams on real client challenges within one of our consulting sectors. Supported, coached, and mentored by consultants from across the UK business throughout the programme, your team will take ownership of a standalone project, exploring ideas, solving problems and adapting as the work evolves.
Because our projects are collaborative and fast moving, there isn’t one fixed role from day one. Instead, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute in different ways depending on the challenge, the client, your interests and where you can add the most value. Alongside your project work, you’ll gain exposure to different teams, consulting disciplines and ways of working across the IBM organisation.
Whether your interests are in analytics, automation, emerging technology, cloud, development or problem solving, this internship offers you real project experience working as part of a collaborative consulting team.
We work collaboratively in a fast-moving environment, where roles and responsibilities evolve organically based on the needs of each project.
What you might do
• Explore and analyse data to uncover trends, patterns or insights
• Support technical problem solving, testing or automation activities
• Work with tools, systems or platforms to understand how organisations use technology
• Contribute to coding, development or configuration-related tasks
• Participate in client workshops, agile ceremonies or collaborative problem solving sessions
• Help identify ways data and technology could improve processes or experiences
• Present findings, ideas or recommendations in clear and engaging ways
Your experience will vary depending on the project, giving you the opportunity to learn from different people, approaches and ways of working.
What you’ll get
• Hands on experience working on a real consulting project from start to finish
• Exposure to data, analytics, technology and agile ways of working
• Opportunities to learn from consultants across different teams and disciplines
• Mentoring, coaching and support from consultants, buddies and early careers teams
• A collaborative environment where curiosity, initiative and new ideas are encouraged
• A clearer sense of whether a career in data, technology or consulting is right for you
If you enjoy solving problems, exploring technology and finding meaning in data, we’d love to see your application.
Who you are
• Students due to graduate in 2027 or 2028
• Already able to work in the UK (no visa sponsorship available)
• Curious about data, technology and problem solving
• Comfortable exploring new tools, systems or ways of working
• Logical thinker with strong communication and collaboration skills
• Adaptable, proactive and comfortable working in evolving team environments
• Coding or technical knowledge is welcome but not required



