Digital Futures Group |

Our mission is to unlock potential at scale - for individuals, organisations, and society.

We have reimagined how capability is built in the age of AI, disrupting outdated workforce and education models and placing talent and ambition at our core. We work where the need is greatest and the stakes are highest, ensuring AI is deployed with purpose - driving innovation and inclusive growth.

For our people, we are building a company that matters: one where pride is a strategic asset and our collective impact is measured in enduring outcomes - opportunity created, futures transformed, advantage secured.

Are you looking to kickstart a career in data and AI? The Frontier AI Programme at Digital Futures is designed to equip people from all backgrounds with the skills, confidence, and mindset to launch a successful career in technology.

The Frontier AI Programme combines structured learning, industry certifications, and applied project experience into a single journey. It has been designed to equip participants with the most relevant technical and professional skills to enter the fields of data and AI, ready to build solutions and make impact for the world’s leading companies.

The Frontier AI programme has a four-step journey to becoming an AI and data consultant.

• Assessment: Digital Futures looks for potential, not perfection. The process begins with a three-part online assessment that includes written, mathematical, and Python challenges. This is followed by a screening interview and a final technical interview before you are offered a place at our Academy.
   
• Training: You'll go through 12-weeks of free, structured training with our expert instructors. Training includes: AI & Data Essentials, Insight Analytics, Programmatic Data Wrangling, Predictive Modelling and AI & LLMs. Professional and consulting skills are integrated throughout the curriculum.
   
• Certification: The training is supported by industry-aligned certifications from our tech partners like Google Cloud, Python Institute, AWS and Databricks. These certifications validate your skills for a consultant role and the cost is fully covered by Digital Futures.
   
• Deploy: Upon successful completion of your certification and a client interview, you'll be offered a full-time contract as a Digital Futures consultant, where you will be deployed into a high-performing team at one of the world’s leading companies. You could go into a variety of roles, including: Data Analyst, Data Scientist, Data Engineer or Data & AI Analyst.

Our Admissions process has been designed to remove bias from applications. The only entry requirement is having full right to work in the UK. 

• Application form: Complete the application form on the Digital Futures website.
• Skills Assessment: Your suitability for the programme will be assessed through a series of written, maths and Python coding challenges.
• Screening Interview: Our interview process is personal and designed to be a two-way conversation, designed for us to get to know you and for you to get to know us.
• Final Interview: In the final interview you will meet one of our instructors and you’ll be expected to demonstrate a clear understanding of the concepts covered in the technical assessment.

We’ve kickstarted the tech careers of countless individuals that have come through our programmes, all from a diverse range of ages, backgrounds and experience levels. Read some of their stories below:

As part of our commitment to building a more inclusive tech workforce, removing barriers and creating opportunity, equity, diversity and inclusion sit at the very heart of what we do. We believe that talent exists everywhere, but opportunity does not, and we are proud to be uncovering hidden talent from all areas of society.

• 75% of our consultants come from minority backgrounds
• 37% of our consultants come from social mobility backgrounds
• 42% of our consultants are female or non-binary

At Digital Futures, our team is built on a wealth of experience from a variety of industries and sectors. This blend of knowledge, passion and talent enables us to solve the challenges faced by our clients and support our consultants throughout their journey with us.