Broadcast Graphics Industrial Placement 2027

Met Office; Devon and Torbay; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £27,170

Annual leave 27.5 days

Discounts on shopping

Job summary

Met Office in the United Kingdom is offering a 12-month Year in Industry placement starting July 2027. This fully employed placement sits within the Broadcast Graphics DevOps team, developing software used to produce weather graphics for internal and external media customers.

The role supports a hybrid working model with a minimum of one office day per week, 37 hours per week, and a path to our Graduate Development scheme after graduation, subject to programme availability and performance.

Qualifications

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree with a placement year (sandwich year).
• Knowledge of at least one programming language, ideally Python.
• Interest in IT and keeps up to date with current and future IT developments.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to plan and organise work using own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Develop applications that support broadcast graphics software.
• Support internal media customers by investigating and troubleshooting issues.
• Work in an agile DevOps team to maintain the broadcast graphics estate.
• Test the integrity of the broadcast graphics software and supporting applications.
• Explore new capabilities and contribute ideas for future improvements.

Skills

Python

Analytical thinking

Communication

Programming knowledge

Education

Undergraduate degree with placement year

Job description

The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for Industrial Placements 2027.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year in Industry placement, commencing at the start of July 2027, developing your skills and knowledge and ensuring you gain the most value possible from your experience with us.

You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placements all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities are on offer at the Met Office after you graduate.

We're looking for a Broadcast Graphics Industrial Placement to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Broadcast Graphics Industrial Placement, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work. As an Industrial Placement, we would expect you to attend the office once a week as a minimum.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

World changing work

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

• We're a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We're experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
• We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
• We're better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

Our Industrial Placement scheme offers ambitious and capable undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside diverse and highly skilled experts in their field. You'll be working on projects that really matter and will make a difference.

This role sits within our Broadcast Graphics DevOps team. We develop, configure and support the broadcast graphics software used by internal Met Office media services to produce weather graphics for the Met Office, as well as for a range of external media customers. You may already have seen this software in action on the Met Office website and social media channels, where it helps broadcast weather forecasts. As part of this team, you will contribute to software that supports high‑profile, real‑world services.

Your key duties

Our software is an exciting, high-profile product, and the results of your work will be used widely to help make a positive difference for real people.

Responsibilities

As our IT Broadcast Graphics Industrial Placement, your key responsibilities will include:

• Developing applications that support our broadcast graphics software.
• Supporting internal media customers by helping to investigate and troubleshoot issues with the broadcast graphics software.
• Working in an agile DevOps team to support and maintain the Met Office broadcast graphics estate.
• Testing the integrity of the broadcast graphics software and its supporting applications.
• Exploring new capabilities and contributing ideas for future improvements.

Why join us

Our work is life‑changing, often life‑saving and always life‑enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their 'Best Workplaces in Tech' 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 lists, as well as their '54 Best Workplaces for Women' 2023 list.

Your package includes:

• Your salary will be £27,170
• Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days
• Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands

Whilst this is a temporary position until July 2028, there may be an opportunity to apply for our Graduate Development scheme upon completion of your university studies. However, this is not guaranteed and would be subject to programme availability and a successful application.

Essential Criteria, skills and experience:

• Studying for an undergraduate degree with a significant numeracy, science and/or IT element which MUST incorporate a placement year (i.e. sandwich course). Lead Criteria
• Possess knowledge of at least one programming language, ideally Python.
• Keen interest in IT and keeps up to date with current and future IT developments (we keep evolving).
• Effective analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Can plan and organise work using your own initiative (we live and breathe it).
• Demonstrates evidence of good verbal and written communication skills (we're better together).

The panel may perform a preliminary sift of the lead criteria as indicated above.

Closing date: 23:59 on 8th November 2026. Please note we often receive a high volume of applications, but we will contact everyone who applies once the closing date has passed.

Interviews will be completed by 16th December 2026.

Using AI in your application

We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit our approach to recruitment.

How we can help

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at .

If you're considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We understand that great minds don't always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance without caveats and/or restrictions for this role, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application.

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact us at: If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at:

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