12-Month University Placement (2026-27) Technology Expert Labs (TEL)

IBM

IBM

IT

London, UK

GBP 25k-25k / year

Posted on May 1, 2026
Introduction

At IBM Global Sales, we bring together innovation, collaboration, and expertise to help clients solve their most complex business challenges. Working across industries and geographies, you’ll partner with colleagues, clients, and partners to co-create solutions that drive digital transformation and lasting impact.Success in Global Sales is built on curiosity, empathy, and collaboration. You’ll connect technical understanding with strong people skills, building trusted relationships and shaping solutions that improve business and society. With world-class onboarding, continuous learning, and a supportive culture, IBM offers the tools and opportunities to grow your career. Join us and be part of a global team that’s passionate about driving innovation and making a difference.

Your role and responsibilities

IMPORTANT: Please apply using the application form via https://ibm.box.com/s/3yd10jrvq4vb1dymeuasehpc6uzcfkya instead of your CV

We’re seeking interns to Join IBM’s Technology Expert Labs team and experience what it’s like to deliver industry leading technical solutions for real clients. You’ll work from one of our UK offices alongside consultants across the UK & Europe, blending problem solving with hands on technical delivery to help clients achieve meaningful business outcomes.

What you’ll do

You’ll work closely with our TEL team to learn how IBM experts design, build, integrate, and support solutions that address real world challenges. Over the course of your internship, you may find yourself:

  • Supporting the design, development, integration, and implementation of technical solutions that help clients reach measurable business value.
  • Contributing to agile project plans—installing and provisioning assets, testing and validating solutions, supporting migrations into production, and assisting with day two operations.
  • Navigating data, systems, and stakeholders to investigate issues, form hypotheses, and present clear, practical solutions.
  • Collaborating with IBM teams, partners, and client stakeholders, communicating effectively to keep work moving and build trusted relationships.

Why this role matters

You’ll be part of real delivery engagements that drive client success. This internship gives you the opportunity to apply technical skills in a consultative setting—learning how expert teams diagnose challenges, implement solutions at scale, and demonstrate business value. It’s a chance to build confidence, develop industry relevant skills fast, and see the impact of your work in live client environments.

What you’ll bring

You communicate clearly, work well with others, and approach challenges with curiosity and initiative. You’re organised, analytical, and comfortable taking ownership of tasks.

You thrive in problem solving environments, manage your time well, pay attention to detail, and stay proactive.

You bring curiosity, initiative, and the ability to navigate both people and data to find answers and recommend solutions.

Impact, learning, and collaboration

You’ll work alongside supportive consultants, gain exposure to modern architectures and delivery practices, and contribute to projects that matter—while learning how IBM experts turn technology into measurable client value.

Competitive Benefits

  • £25,000 salary
  • 25 days holiday + public holidays
  • IBM Rewards: discounts at major retailers
Required education
Pre-University Qualification
Required technical and professional expertise

This is an undergraduate position and as such, you should meet the following criteria:

  • Studying at a UK University
  • Completing an undergraduate degree and on track for a 2:1 (minimum)
  • Due to graduate in 2028 - you must return to university to complete your final year after placement.
  • Live within a commutable distance of your base location (London) as you will be required on site.
  • Eligible to work in the UK full time for the duration of your internship (no visa sponsorship available)
Preferred technical and professional experience

No preferred qualifications specified

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company’s Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM’s global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients’ growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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