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Everything your business needs to find, build and keep great tech talent.
Access to skilled people is the biggest constraint on growth in Greater Manchester's tech sector. Manchester Digital exists to fix that - not with a single programme or a jobs board, but with an end-to-end workforce offer built around what your business actually needs.
Tell us what you need. We'll build the right approach around it.
What we can do for you
Build a talent pipeline
Apprenticeships, grad programmes and school outreach that create a sustainable flow of talent into your business.
Design a talent academy
A bespoke internal academy built around your business needs, your culture and the skills you actually need people to have.
Develop your existing team
Leadership training, AI upskilling, professional development and courses that build capability across every level.
Support workforce planning
Strategic conversations about how your team needs to evolve and a practical plan to get there.
Build a more diverse team
Programmes, outreach and partnerships that help you hire more inclusively and retain the people you bring in.
Connect with future talent
School and college outreach through MD Futures and Digital Her, getting your brand in front of the next generation before your competitors do.
Apprenticeships
Level 4 Software Developer
You're already paying the apprenticeship levy. We make sure you actually get value from it. Our Level 4 Software Developer apprenticeship gives employers a structured, supported route to build junior tech talent - diverse, job-ready and developed around your business needs. No recruitment fees. No CV lottery. Just a better way to build your team.
AI runs through the programme - not as a bolt-on, but as a core part of how we're preparing developers for the roles that actually exist right now. We're also developing AI modules that can run as standalone training for your existing team.
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Highlights: AI integrated throughout | Standalone AI modules available | Levy-funded | Diverse talent pipeline
Grad Recharge
Fully funded. Third cohort open.
There are talented STEM graduates and bootcamp graduates who are ready to work in tech but haven't found the right route in. Grad Recharge closes that gap - a fully funded programme that prepares graduates for real roles and connects them directly with employers.
For employers, it's a fast-track route to motivated, prepared junior talent. You can offer mentoring, insight days or placements and get early access to candidates before they hit the open market.
Digital Her
For women at every stage of their tech career.
Digital Her supports women into tech and through it - from inspiring girls at school to consider careers in digital, to mentoring and development for women already working in the sector. For businesses, it's both a pipeline play and a retention one.
If you want to build a more representative team, Digital Her gives you a direct route into that work - through sponsorship, mentoring, speaking or hiring from our community.
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Highlights: School & college outreach | Mentoring programme | 50 women mentored annually | Employer sponsorship available
Bespoke workforce solutions
Need something built around your business specifically?
We work with businesses of all sizes to design and deliver bespoke workforce solutions. This isn't off-the-shelf. It's built around what you actually need - your team, your culture, your growth plans.
Talent academies
Built to your spec, delivered by us. A sustainable route to the skills you need.
Workforce planning
Strategic support to understand your talent gaps and build a plan to close them.
Leadership and development
Courses and programmes that build capability at every level of your organisation.
School & college outreach
Get your brand in front of future talent through MD Futures and our education network.
Asssessment & screening
Reduce hiring risk with structured assessment processes built around your roles.
Social value delivery
Workforce and skills programmes that support public sector bids and social value commitments.
Whatever you need from us - start with a conversation.
The businesses that get the most from Manchester Digital's people and capability offer are the ones that tell us their specific challenges. We'll be straight with you about what we can do, what we'd recommend and what the right approach looks like for your business.