Edinburgh AI & Data Graduate Programme 2027 - 2028

💼 The Role at a Glance:

Launch your career with our award-winning graduate programme at one of the world’s leading consulting and technology firms. As an AI & Data Analyst, you’ll use data and cutting-edge AI to help clients unlock value, solve complex problems and create sustainable change. You'll be part of collaborative, cross-functional teams, gaining on-the-job experience while shaping your career path in AI and Data.

Life as an AI & Data Analyst:

• Work across a variety of industries on meaningful, high-impact client projects.
• Facilitate discovery workshops to shape AI and data solutions responsibly.
• Use advanced analytics and AI to create insights from complex datasets.
• Design and build data products, AI solutions and agentic workflows that improve processes, decision-making and optimise business operations.
• Present your insights through compelling visualisations and storytelling.
• Support the definition of AI & Data strategies for industry-leading businesses.
• Be part of a thriving early careers community, with continuous learning and development opportunities designed to help you grow, build confidence and succeed throughout your career journey.

🧭 Why join us & what we offer:

We’re proud to be one of the World’s Best Workplaces™, with a culture built on care, inclusion and shared success. You’ll work with diverse teams, grow quickly, and be supported every step of the way. Whether it’s embedding data culture, advancing responsible AI, or designing agentic workflows - we’re committed to doing business the right way, for people and the planet.

When you join, you’ll have a starting salary of £36,400 per year, plus a £7,200 signing bonus (subject to terms).

Our rewards and benefits include:

• 30 days of vacation per year, plus bank holidays.
• Three days leave per year for volunteering or charitable work of your choice.
• Pension plan with matched contributions from Accenture.
• Opportunity to buy Accenture shares at a 15% discount through the Employee Share Purchase Plan.
• Elective private medical insurance (extend cover to family, including online GP appointments and self-referral physiotherapy treatments).
• Free eye tests and annual flu jabs.
• Life assurance.
• Access to app-based fitness classes and discounts on gyms.
• Apps and tools to reduce stress, improve sleep, manage personal finances, and get caregiving support.
• Enhanced maternity paid leave entitlement for eligible people, and shared parental leave and adoption leave.
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme for guidance on challenges like anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, or legal and financial concerns.
• Giving your career the best possible start by joining an award-winning graduate programme at one of the world’s largest consulting and technology firms.