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Cyber Security ApprenticeshipEarly Careers
Are you curious about how organisations stay protected from cyber threats? Do you enjoy problem solving, analysing data and understanding how technolgy works behind the scenes?
This is a hands on opportunity to explore the world of cybersecurity, risk management and vulnerability management, while earning a qualification and building a career in tech.
“Everything about Asda”
We are a values-led organisation. As such, we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone’s input.
Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in empowering individuals means opportunities at Asda are abundant.
We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our systems support millions of customer interactions, and keeping them secure is at the heart of what we do.
More than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensure that our customers remain our top priority.
“Everything you'll love”
To ensure we balance collaboration and flexibility, Asda operates a hybrid way of working, with a minimum of 3 days per week in one of our Home Offices.
You will also get an excellent benefits package including:
- Discretionary company bonus
- Company pension up to 7% matched
- 15% colleague discount in store and online
- Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans
- 24/7 employee assistance helpline and discounts across a wide range of services and activities
- Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – celebrating diversity and inclusion
- Excellent parental leave policies
We want all colleagues to bring their true selves to work every day. Simply put, we want you to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be yourself.
“Find your role”
As well as a competitive salary, our apprenticeship allows you to earn while you learn, gaining valuable experience without student debt.
What You’ll Learn
- How vulnerability management helps protect systems and data
- Cybersecurity fundamentals and common threats
- How vulnerabilities are identified, assessed and prioritised (including CVSS)
- Patch management and remediation processes
- Enterprise technology environments including cloud, networks, endpoints and applications
- Cyber frameworks such as NIST and how organisations manage cyber risk
What You’ll Do
- Support vulnerability scanning and monitoring activities
- Review and help categorise vulnerability findings across systems and applications
- Track remediation actions and follow up with system owners and suppliers
- Help prioritise vulnerabilities based on risk and business impact
- Assist with reporting, dashboards and summaries for stakeholders
- Monitor cyber advisories and emerging threats
- Support continuous improvement of processes and reporting
- Work closely with cyber security teams and wider technology stakeholders
You’ll also study for L4 Cyber Security Analyst apprenticeship provided by QA.
Delivered through a mix of on-the-job learning and structured study, the programme will support you in building both technical and professional skills. We’ll cover your costs and ensure you have dedicated time for learning.
Requirements
- 104 UCAS points / Level 3 qualification
- No formal experience needed – just a willingness to learn
- Basic computer literacy and confidence using technology
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Genuine interest in cyber security and technology
About the Apprenticeship
This apprenticeship will support you in developing practical cyber security skills, with a focus on vulnerability management and risk reduction.
You’ll gain hands-on experience while working alongside experienced professionals, building confidence in analysing risk, working with data and supporting real-world cyber operations.
“Find your everything at Asda”
Take time to complete your online application – it’s the best way to make a great first impression.
If you’re successful, you’ll progress through the following stages:
- A short numerical assessment
- Three quick video interview questions
- Interview.
Successful candidates will be invited to join Asda in July 2026.
Applications may close early, so we recommend applying as soon as possible.
All candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Asda does not provide sponsorship for apprenticeship programmes. You must have been resident in the UK (or eligible territories) for at least three years prior to the start of the programme (https://www.gov.uk).
We are passionate about building a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve.
“Find your everything”
Ready to start your career in cyber security? Apply today.
Find your everything
Apply here
Why Asda?
We’re a really values-led organisation. Our mission means we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively with each other, valuing everyone’s input. We get on with things, we make them happen. As so many people across the UK rely on us, we have to.
Our Creating Change for Better programme tackles the major challenges facing our business and society today and guides our efforts on where we can make the biggest difference by reducing our environmental footprint, creating healthier products and supporting our communities.
Big businesses like ours offer big opportunities. With more than 1,000 stores across the UK, from superstores and Asda Living to petrol stations, as well as depots and Express stores. £60m+ in revenue taken every day. We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles 2 million transactions a month. And 75% of the UK shop in Asda every year.
Rewards and Recognition
Free remote GP service
Available to you, your partner and your children, 24/7, year round.
Pension
Save for retirement with contributions paid into your pension account by you and Asda.
Free physiotherapy consultations
Helping you and your partner take care of yourselves with 8 free sessions per year.
Colleague discounts
15% off at our stores - get discounts on groceries and George all year round.
Car cash allowance
Eligible colleagues will receive a cash allowance as part of their benefits package. In addition, all salaried colleagues can choose to register for the Salary Sacrifice Electric Car scheme*.
(*Conditions apply)
Mortgage advice
Whether you’re a first-time buyer, renewing your mortgage, looking at buy to lets, or simply after some advice in getting a mortgage, get free* unbiased advice through the Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), one the UKs largest mortgage brokers.
Confidential support helpline
Find free emotional, practical, and financial support that’s fully confidential, through a helpline that’s available 24/7, year round.
Cycle to work
Buy a bike through this scheme and save on tax and national insurance.
Financial support
Find financial wellbeing tools and support, including the ability to stream your pay.
Free eye tests
Head to our in store opticians for a free checkup and take care of your vision.
Bonus
Sharing our success with a discretionary bonus scheme for salaried colleagues that really rewards your contributions.
Cancer support
Guidance and support for you and your family, from before diagnosis, to treatment and beyond.
Paid time off
From holiday to sick leave and other types of leave, such as parental leave.
Mental health support
Access free mental health support for you and your family.
Support and advice with care
If you’re supporting older family or friends with care and support, find free, confidential information, expert support, and guidance about later life care for your loved ones through the Legal & General Care Concierge service.
Hybrid working
To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots
Save money on every day spends
Access to hundreds of high-street discounted Vouchers, discounts on days out, gym memberships, airport parking, and more
Setting your loved ones up for the future
As part of the team, you’ll get life assurance.
Guaranteed contracted hours
All colleagues are guaranteed weekly contracted hours / guaranteed weekly shifts via their contract of employment which is agreed with the hiring manager.
Holiday buying
Once a year our salaried colleagues are able to buy up to 5 additional days holiday via salary sacrifice (subject to eligibility).
Everything that makes us different, makes us Asda
Our colleague-led inclusion networks, including our DisAbility, Race & Ethnicity, Women at Asda, LGBTQIA+, and our Wellbeing Network, are all about giving our colleagues a space to share their stories, experiences, and perspective. Supported by our dedicated Executive Ambassadors and led by our ten passionate co-chairs, our Networks help us make changes that make life better for every colleague.
Transforming communities and changing lives
Our stores, distribution centres, and head offices work in local communities across the UK – and we want to be a real part of making a difference for them. From our amazing 400 Community Champions to our charity, The Asda Foundation, we’ve got loads of ways to help local groups and charities. Our outreach programmes, grants, and Community Champions are all about listening to our communities’ needs – to shape projects and initiatives that will make a real impact for local people.
Our commitment to the Armed Forces
Here at Asda, we’re dedicated to helping the Armed Forces rediscover their everything after service. We guarantee interviews for people who have left service and meet the minimum criteria for a role, provide leave for reservists’ training, support for cadet training, and employment opportunities for their partners. And that’s why we have over a thousand new colleagues from the Armed Forces Service Leaver Community join us every year.
Learning and Development
What makes Asda the best place to start your career? The fact that you can do just about anything here. And that can take you anywhere you want to go. But it’s not just the scale of what you can achieve, and the incredibly diverse and fluid career routes, it’s what you’ll get in return, the work life you’ll build here, and what you’ll be part of.
It’s really important to embrace change - customers want different things every day so it’s important we stay on top of it and keep up with trends.
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Moving around the business allows you to meet new people. This means getting a different angle on the business as you shape your journey at Asda.
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