Join a team at the heart of the global economy

The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) team at the Department of Business and Trade (DBT) develops and operates tools and services such as great.gov.uk that enable the UK government to provide world leading support to businesses in the UK and overseas.

We are a team of about 200 specialists covering everything from user research, data, development, design, content to product and delivery.

You’ll get to constantly push boundaries in an environment free of heavy legacy, driven by curiosity, social purpose, diversity of thought, entrepreneurship and the aspiration to offer an incredible experience to all our users. Find out more about us on our blog, Digital Trade.

We are committed to increasing our employee diversity and are particularly proud that our majority-female senior management team makes us an industry leader in the public sector and led to us being shortlisted for an award from Women in Tech.

Life at DBT

Here at DBT we believe in doing great work through diverse, multi-disciplinary teams working together to deliver for the British economy. There’s a huge variety of amazing work we get involved with and we’re really proud of our team culture of kindness and inclusiveness.

Jason, DDaT Director

It is an exciting and collaborative place to work and I get to support teams who are working on innovative digital solutions to key government priorities.

Kathy, Project Support Officer

I’m proud to work in the Civil Service where anyone can thrive, diversity can flourish, and there are clear career paths. I feel that DDaT has created a safe environment where I can collaborate in multi-disciplinary agile teams to do my best work.

Andrea, Head of Content

DBT is the perfect place to nourish your development skills and solve novel and complex problems, using cutting-edge technologies.

Lauren, Developer

We come as we are and value our differences - we need diversity to create the best products and services.

Siân, Chief Data Officer

Find out what diverse and inclusive teams means to us.

Here at DBT we believe in doing great work through diverse, multi-disciplinary teams working together to deliver for the British economy. There’s a huge variety of amazing work we get involved with and we’re really proud of our team culture of kindness and inclusiveness.

Jason, DDaT Director

The team is highly collaborative yet values autonomy, ownership, and trust - we can get on with the work, try and learn new things fast.

Jenny, User Researcher

I’m proud to work in the Civil Service where anyone can thrive, diversity can flourish, and there are clear career paths. I feel that DDaT has created a safe environment where I can collaborate in multi-disciplinary agile teams with colleagues from data, design, and tech (to name a few) to do my best work.

Andrea, Head of Content Design

We get the chance to solve new and complex problems using high quality data and the latest technology through continuous integration.

Dave, Developer

We come as we are and value our differences - we need diversity to create the best products and services.

Siân, Chief Data Officer

Find out what diverse and inclusive teams means to us.

Jobs

User research

Junior User Researcher

London, Darlington, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, Salford, United Kingdom

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What we offer

You’ll get to progress in a fast‑paced, supportive team in which you’ll have the opportunity to not only develop your professional skills, but also build your knowledge of trade.

We’ll support you with a huge range of training options and working with different experts in innovative areas. We also offer great benefits.