Graduate Data Consultant York | Analytics, BI & Data Engineering

Cooper & Hall Limited; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Six accreditations

Dedicated coaching and mentoring

Career progression and salary growth

Exposure to multiple data career paths

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Grayce in York is seeking a Graduate Data Consultant to start a data-driven career, solving business problems and improving decisions for clients. You’ll work full-time on-site, building dashboards and analyses from day one while gaining hands-on client experience.

The Accelerated Development Programme provides mentoring and at least six industry-recognised accreditations, with clear career progression and salary growth as you develop your data expertise.

Qualifications

• Curiosity and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration.
• Ability to explain information clearly.
• Adaptability in a client-facing environment.
• Interest in technology and continuous learning.
• Experience with Excel, SQL, Python or R, BI tools, cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Analyse datasets and identify trends.
• Build dashboards and data visualisations.
• Communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Support data pipelines and transformations.
• Check and improve data quality.
• Help teams apply data governance standards.

Skills

Curiosity

Attention to detail

Communication

Problem-solving mindset

Adaptability

Team collaboration

Tools

Excel

SQL

Python

R

Power BI

Tableau

Data modelling concepts

AWS

Azure

Job description

Turn your interest in data into real client experience

Join Grayce as a Graduate Data Consultant and start building a career using data to solve business problems, improve decisions and support major change.

You’ll work full-time with a Grayce client in York and contribute to real data-led work from the start. Depending on the project and your developing strengths, you could analyse datasets, build dashboards, communicate insights, improve data quality or support data pipelines and transformations.

Alongside your client experience, Grayce’s Accelerated Development Programme provides structured learning, dedicated mentoring and a minimum of six industry-recognised accreditations.

What you could be doing

Your responsibilities may include:

• Analysing and interpreting complex datasets
• Identifying trends, patterns and opportunities for improvement
• Building dashboards, reports and data visualisations
• Communicating findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Supporting data pipelines and data transformations
• Checking and improving data quality
• Helping teams apply data governance standards
• Contributing to data-led business and technology change

You’ll normally work with one client at a time, giving you the opportunity to understand its data, people and business challenges in depth. You won’t just produce analysis—you’ll learn how to make your findings clear, relevant and useful.

Where your career could take you

The Data pathway is designed to help you explore different areas of the data profession. Depending on your interests, strengths and client experience, you could develop towards roles such as:

• Data Analyst, BI Analyst, Insight Analyst or Reporting Analyst
• Data Scientist
• Data Engineer
• Data Governance Analyst
• Data Quality Analyst
• Hybrid Data and Business Analyst

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Skills that could help you succeed

We’re looking for candidates who bring curiosity, attention to detail and a genuine interest in using data to understand problems.

You’ll be a strong match if you can demonstrate:

• A logical, problem-solving mindset
• Strong communication and collaboration
• The ability to explain information clearly
• Attention to detail
• Adaptability in a client-facing environment
• An interest in technology and continuous learning

Experience with one or more of the following would be useful:

• Excel
• SQL
• Python or R
• Power BI, Tableau or another visualisation tool
• Data modelling and transformation concepts
• AWS, Azure or another cloud platform

You’re not expected to arrive with experience in every tool listed. We’re interested in your potential to learn as well as the knowledge you already have.

Why Grayce?

For more than a decade, Grayce has helped ambitious UK organisations use early-career talent to deliver complex change. You’ll combine practical client experience with structured development and support throughout your journey.

You’ll receive:

• Hands-on experience working with real organisational data
• At least six industry-recognised accreditations
• Dedicated coaching and mentoring
• Clear career progression and significant annual salary growth
• Exposure to a range of potential data career paths
• Access to Grayce’s Employee Assistance Programme, providing confidential support across financial, legal, health and wellbeing areas

Location

This is a full-time, on-site opportunity based in York. Please apply only if you’re willing and able to work on-site in this location.