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The Financial Conduct Authority, the UK's financial services regulator, runs apprenticeships of 18 to 36 months in its London, Leeds and Edinburgh offices, with apprentices working in teams such as Digital, HR and Authorisations while gaining a qualification. Applications open in February and are reviewed as they arrive, with assessment centres in April and May.

Programmes

1 tracked · status for the next intake that is recruiting

Apprenticeship types

1 offered · degree apprenticeships first

  • FCA Apprenticeship Programme

    Level and degree status not published

    Discipline not published · 18 to 36 months

    More about this programme: FCA Apprenticeship Programme
    Qualification
    Industry-leading qualification (not specified in the indexed text)
    Business areas
    Digital, HR, Authorisations
    Locations
    London, Leeds, Edinburgh

    Business areas are those named by apprentices in the FCA's own 'Aim High' video transcript. Separate per-scheme standards and levels not evidenced.

    Source for FCA Apprenticeship Programme

Financial Conduct Authority does not publish the standard or the university or provider for any of these.

Entry requirements

A levels
Not published
UCAS points
Not published
GCSEs
5 GCSEs at grades 9-4 (A*-C) including English and Maths
Equivalents
Scotland: 5 National 5s (A-C) including Maths and English, or equivalent
Other
No age restriction; graduates may apply; permission to work in the UK for the whole programme (no sponsorship where the role is ineligible); data literacy is assessed

As Financial Conduct Authority publishes them; requirements differ between programmes, so check the advert before you apply.

Application process

  1. Application form
  2. Online strengths-based assessment
  3. Job insight assessment
  4. Assessment centreApril to May
  1. 1

    Application form

    When: opens in February; reviewed as received and may pause early

    Checks minimum requirements; education and work history

  2. 2

    Online strengths-based assessment

  3. 3

    Job insight assessment

    Immersive online assessment with video-based questions

  4. 4

    Assessment centre

    When: April to May

    Half a day: group exercise, analysis exercise and strengths-based interview

Typical timeline

Opens
February
Closes
Not published
Assessment
April to May
Offers
Not published
Starts
Not published

Windows for the 2027 intake, September 2026 to August 2027

  • RollingApprenticeships

Locations and universities

Locations
London, Leeds, Edinburgh
Universities and training providers
Not published

Salary and benefits

Starting salary
£25,700 in London; £23,500 in Leeds and Edinburgh
Progression
Not published
Notes
search_index; re-check
Benefits
Not published

What stands out

A regulator's apprenticeship with no age limit and open to graduates; the same four-stage process as the FCA graduate scheme, including a data-literacy assessment.

Not published by Financial Conduct Authority when we last checked: cohort sizes or intake years. We leave gaps empty rather than guess.

Sources

Where every fact above comes from
  1. 1
    fca.org.uk/careers/early-careers/apprenticeships

    Accessed · 18-36 months, GCSE requirements, salary £25,700 London / £23,500 Leeds and Edinburgh, no age restrictions

  2. 2
    fca.org.uk/publication/transcripts/aimhigh-fca-apprenticeships-transcript.pdf

    Accessed · Apprentices in Digital, HR and Authorisations; no age restriction, degree holders may apply

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