Data & Analytics Industrial Placement - Mortgages

Description This; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is offering a 12-month Data & Analytics Industrial Placement in Swindon. You will develop skills in mortgage pricing, data analysis, and product development while gaining exposure to customer research and process improvement. This role includes hybrid working options, providing at least two days per week in the office, and offers competitive benefits such as 25-30 days holiday and performance-related bonuses. Ideal for ambitious candidates pursuing an undergraduate degree.

Benefits

25-30 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Competitive pension scheme

Annual performance-related bonus

Access to training and development workshops

Life assurance

Wellhub access for health and wellness

Paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Studying toward an undergraduate degree in any discipline.
• High standard of numerical, written, IT, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with machine learning and AI is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop product knowledge and track performance metrics.
• Participate in product design and customer research projects.
• Learn about mortgage pricing and product development.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Problem-solving

Growth mindset

Education

Undergraduate degree in any discipline

Tools

AI and machine learning knowledge

Job description

Swindon, United Kingdom

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Good things this way

As part of our Data & Analytics Industrial Placement, you’ll develop valuable skills and knowledge in data and analytics, all based within our high-performing Mortgage teams.

Our Mortgage teams’ ambition is to provide the best mortgage service in the UK and to help more people into homes of their own.

You’ll also gain exposure to product pricing, performance, customer research and process improvement.

Our Industrial Placements all provide a valuable opportunity to prepare for our Skills Development Programmes, an ideal next step for when you finish university.

Thrive within our high-performance culture as you experience hands‑on learning, tailored training, and a strong support network.

Where you’ll be working

Our Mortgages function brings together 3,000 colleagues, all working towards our mission to provide the best mortgage service in the UK. You’ll spend 12 months within one of our Mortgage Products or Business Services teams. You’ll build skills in trend analysis, reporting, insight generation, and explore the use of AI and machine learning to support decision‑making.

What you’ll be doing

Our Data & Analytics Industrial Placement is a 12‑month programme where you’ll gain valuable skills, knowledge, and experience to support your future career in banking. You’ll focus on developing product knowledge, monitoring performance, and working on projects involving product design, customer research, and process improvement.

You’ll work within the Mortgage Product and Business Services teams, where you’ll build skills in:

• Mortgage pricing, learning how we price our products to meet member needs whilst delivering the right commercial return
• Product development, helping us launch new products to meet member needs
• Data and insight; building skills in data analytics to help us understand our customers better
• Customer management, ensuring our products meet customer needs, deliver fair outcomes and operate in line with regulations

We’ll help you develop your analytical skills and commercial judgement, as well as giving you the opportunity to take insight and proposal papers to senior leaders and committees.

You’ll gain operational and administrative skills, and your own individual learning pathway to help you get the most from your time with us. You’ll also attend development workshops and complete a project with other placement colleagues, to support our Social Impact strategy.

Location

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you’ll spend at least two days per week, based at either our Bournemouth, Swindon, London or Northampton office.

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

Uncompromisingly Customer, whatever our role

The extras you’ll get

High performing and purpose‑driven colleagues deserve a rewarding career and competitive benefits to match. We offer you:

• 25 days holiday per year, which increases over time to 30. Plus, you can ‘buy’ up to 10 extra days each year, giving you even more choice.
• From January 2026, all colleagues will benefit from private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement.
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death.
• Wellhub access for a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members – those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard‑setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are purpose‑driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button, where you’ll be asked to answer a few quick questions for us.

We’ll send you our online assessments to complete and there will also be a short video interview to find out more about you. If you are successful, you could be selected to attend one of our assessment centres which run from January 2026.

About you

We’re looking for ambitious, purpose driven candidates who want to build a rewarding career in banking. You’ll have a determination to push for better, and a focus on delivering for our 16 million members.

You’ll thrive in our high‑performing culture, if:

You’re bold in living our customer first behaviours, you are innovative and have a growth mindset.

Development is something you expect and embrace.

You push for high performance – from yourself and those around you.

You have a high standard of numerical, written, IT and verbal communication skills.

You can use your analytical skills to problem solve to identify trends, challenges and propose solutions.

Can plan and deliver work with attention to detail.

You have experience of machine learning and AI to support the development of insight (desirable).

You must be studying toward an undergraduate degree in any discipline.

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel – We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind
• Say it straight – We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand
• Push for better – We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development
• Get it done – We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes.

Job Info

• Job Identification 1079
• Apply Before 01/04/2026, 12:00 PM
• Locations Nationwide House, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN38 1NW, GB; Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 6EP, GB