Organisational Profile

The majority of Apprentices in the UK are recruited into the Applications Delivery organisation (AD) or the Information Technology Outsourcing organisation (ITO).

In the UK, Applications Delivery is further structured into regional units, whereas ITO is a single organisation.

Aprentices embark on their development programme within one of these organisations, typically the one that is most geographically convenient.

While each organisation differs in terms of number of offices, team structure, and specialist industries, they each share the same core values:

• to lead, not follow


• to consistently and efficiently deliver on promises for new and different clients


• to excel in the delivery of existing business


• to develop our people and the environment in which we work


• to be proactive to changing environments


• to provide a highly motivating, creative and rewarding environment

Each organisation also looks for similar qualifications and personal qualities in a candidate.

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Information Technology Outsourcing

UK

Profile

ITO supports and maintains the IT infrastructure for EDS and our external clients. This covers a vast range of services, which include

Hosting services
Managed Storage services
Business Continuity Managed services
Converged Network services
Information Protection services
Extended connected office services

Locations

UK wide

Main clients

ITO supports all the major clients described above, as part of the total solution package provided by EDS.

Applications Delivery

North

Profile

The North ADU has a multiple client base, with some 900+ people working together to deliver and support large scale, multi-million dollar contracts.

Locations

Blackpool
Lytham St Anne’s
Sheffield
Newcastle
Washington
Peterlee

Main clients

Department for Work and Pensions
NHS
Post Office Counters
Lloyds TSB
Rolls-Royce
Capabilities
Application Development
Legacy Applications
eGovernment
Application Live Support
Project and Programme Management

South

Profile

The South ADU develops IT systems for major UK clients, such as the Ministry of Defence, Rolls Royce and the Department of Work and Pensions. We offer comprehensive technical training across the entire software lifecycle - from design to delivery.

Locations:

Gloucester
Gosport
Hook
Swansea
Winchester

Capabilities:

Software Development
Modular and integration testing
Requirements analysis and solution design
Legacy and future systems
Databases

East

Profile

The East ADU client base is mainly focused on the financial sector. Major clients include The Royal Bank of Scotland, LloydsTSB, ABN AMRO and Liverpool Victoria

Locations

Milton Keynes
Bournemouth
Uxbridge
Central London

Capabilities

Project analysis
Project Life cycle management
Software Development

Central & Ireland

Profile

The Central & Ireland ADU has clients in the UK Government and Commercial sectors, such as the Department for Constitutional Affairs, The Post Office, Rolls Royce, Xerox, Thorntons and the Thresher Group

Our Scottish office supports a number of clients in the energy sector

Locations include

Aberdeen
Bristol
Camberley
Cheadle
Derby
Dublin
St Helens
Tamworth
Telford

Capabilities include

Business Intelligence and Data Engineering
Enterprise Application Services (including SAP, Oracle and Siebel)
Java
.NET
Project and Program Management