Data and tech graduate jobs

It is a hugely exciting time to join EDF, as we transition to a low carbon and Smart future energy system, with data and tech at the heart of this evolution.

Build specialist skills and experience to develop you as a data scientist or software engineer, all while gaining exposure and understanding across the energy business.

Our Data & Tech scheme will open in January 2024. In the meantime, take a look at the benefits of completing our training programme and the support we offer our Graduates.

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

  • At EDF, everyone's welcome

  • Watch our Data and Tech team talk about the culture at EDF

  • We want you to feel you can bring your whole self to work

What's in it for you?

  • Join our thriving Data and Tech community, spanning across EDF and providing a fantastic network to help you progress your career

  • Make an impact on real-world commercial decisions and use our award-winning digital tools to help make customers lives easier and contribute towards our ambition to help Britain achieve Net Zero

  • Starting salary of £31k, with annual bonus, market-leading pension and competitive benefits

"I’m helping Britain achieve Net Zero by investigating the potential of incentivising residential electricity customers to shift their electricity consumption to off-peak times."

Rob Carter, Data & Tech Graduate

We'll support your career

  • Follow a tailored training path designed to build specialist skills in cutting edge data techniques, software engineering and technologies, such as Tableau, Python, Pandas, Javascript, AWS and many others

  • Develop your technical skills through online courses, classroom training and learning on the job, and gain certifications such as AWS, Python or SQL

  • Learn from our tech experts about applying our award-winning data and tech tools to continually upgrade our customers' experience

"I applied for lots of graduate schemes and the thing that made me choose EDF over any of the others was the atmosphere at the assessment centre.  The way the staff interacted with each other and myself made it feel like the sort of environment I'd like to work in."

Tina Lansdell, Data & Tech Graduate

What do I need to apply?

  • Have (or be expecting) a 2:2 Bachelor’s or Postgraduate Degree in any discipline, although a STEM or other highly numerate subject is preferred

  • A passion for data and a strong interest in the latest tech tools and techniques

  • Ability to adapt to new challenges and an agile work environment

"It’s in the ethos of the company that you’re encouraged to go out and teach other people, so we’ve had opportunities to volunteer and teach refugees about data science and how to code, which has been a great opportunity."

Katie-Louise Hale, Data & Tech Graduate

Life as a Graduate at EDF

Head over to our Graduate Hub to discover all the benefits of completing our training programme and the support we offer our Graduates.

  • Dates for applying
  • How we support you during the programme
  • Continuous development for your career
  • What our Graduates say
  • Diversity and inclusion at EDF
  • Company benefits

What's it like to work at EDF?

Benefits and rewards

Work is just one part of our lives and at EDF we’re dedicated to providing our people with a flexible benefits package that supports their wellbeing, financial security and allows them to enjoy their time away from work. 

Employee benefits & rewards

Diversity and inclusion

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. It’s a powerful statement of our intent to make sure we’re about the people who work with us – a rich and unique mix of backgrounds and experiences that’s vital to shaping a strong and fresh-thinking organisation like ours.

At EDF we will not tolerate any behaviour that does not uphold our Everyone’s Welcome vision.

EDF's stance on diversity & inclusion

How we're helping Britain achieve Net Zero

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain's biggest generator of zero carbon electricity(1). But with size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.

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