Graduate - Data Science & Analytics

Sainsbury’s Group
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Junior
Compensation
£ 34K

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Data analysis
Statistical Hypothesis Testing
Python
Microsoft Office
Software Engineering
SQL Databases

Job description

You'll complete 3 rotations within our Data & Analytics division, gaining broad exposure and deep insight into how we use data to drive business success. You'll build core skills, develop your leadership mindset, and gain the confidence to take on real responsibility, all while contributing to projects that make a genuine impact. You'll support areas including data analysis, software engineering, and statistical modelling, ensuring our teams have the insights they need to deliver for our customers.

Requirements

  • You are a current final year student at university or have graduated since 2024
  • Minimum 2:2 degree obtained or predicted in a STEM subject (including social or environmental sciences)
  • You are proficient in Microsoft Office
  • Foundational coding ability using Python, SQL or another coding language
  • Statistical foundations in concepts such as regression, hypothesis testing, and experimental design
  • You think critically, logically and analytically to solve problems, and you're comfortable using all available information to draw out reliable and practical insights
  • You work brilliantly with others, sharing ideas and using everyone's strengths to get the best results
  • You are eager to learn - whether that's about our organisation, our customers, or how things work behind the scenes
  • You are proactive and confidently make decisions. You step in to keep things moving, even when things feel uncertain

Benefits & conditions

Our application window is scheduled to close on 23 rd January 2026 however this could close sooner depending on volumes of applications.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there's always the chance to try something new - whether that's as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we'll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.

About the company

Our FutureMaker Graduate Programme is where our leaders of tomorrow are grown. You'll spend two years at the heart of Sainsbury's, gaining the skills, capability and confidence to deliver our Next Level strategy and achieve your biggest ambitions. So, make your future with us - and be a big part of ours. Our graduate programme is open to all final year university students, those who have graduated since 2024, or are due to graduate by summer 2026. What the programme offers From day one, you'll be immersed in the heart of our Data & Analytics division. You'll take on meaningful work, collaborate with experienced teams, and gain exposure to the tools, systems, and processes that drive our success. Whether you're analysing performance, supporting transformation, or enhancing customer experiences, you'll be challenged to think differently and grow your capability.

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