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If you join us, you’ll gain valuable experience and develop expert knowledge, helping you build the career you want whilst making a real difference for consumers of financial services across the UK. Shape your future, and shape the future of financial services - join the FCA.

Whether your interests lie in Data and Technology, Financial Regulation, Operations, employment Risk and Compliance or Economics we will support you to grow your expertise in your chosen field.

Our programmes

Find out about our graduate, apprenticeship and summer internship opportunities. If you become a graduate or apprentice, you'll also gain access to our fantastic range of staff benefits.

Graduate scheme

Financial markets must be honest, fair and effective so consumers get a fair deal. Our rotational graduate programmes help you build an in-depth knowledge of how we work to ensure markets work well for individuals, for businesses and for the economy as a whole.

With a breadth of programmes that focus on Authorisations to Policy, Supervision to Enforcement, Economics to Data and Technology, each of our streams can help you find and develop your area of expertise.

Applications for our 2025 graduate programmes are now open. Apply online here.

Apprenticeships

Our apprenticeships offer you an 18 to 36 month opportunity to take part in key aspects of our day-to-day work, develop new skills and gain an industry leading qualification while you earn. We look for passion and integrity as well as ambition and aptitude in our apprentices.

You don't need to have previous work experience, but you will need to have 5 GCSEs (A to C) and 2 A-Levels. With a variety of programmes to choose from, there’s no telling where your talent can take you.

Applications for our 2025 Apprenticeships will be opening in Spring 2025.

Summer internships

Our 10-week Summer Internship Programme gives you valuable insight into the FCA and financial services, [employment](http://loft.awardspace.info/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=26d897a65004aca208ac962b1e735af3&action=profile