Are you a university student looking for a placement year in the tech industry?

Want to work somewhere where your ideas matter and you can make a real impact?

Start date: Monday 6 th July 2026

Length : 12 months

Salary: 20,000

Locations: Manchester, Marlow, London or Birmingham

Join our Sales Internship Programme

Our Internship Programme is designed for students like you - curious, driven, and ready to explore the world of technology. Over 12 months you'll gain hands-on experience, lead on real projects, make a genuine impact on our organisation and build skills that will set you apart after graduation.

Check out some of our intern blogs via this link to learn more about a placement year at Softcat: Softcat Student Success Stories | Higherin

About the Sales Department

As the largest department, Sales is crucial to our business goals, strategy, and award-winning customer service. This department prides itself on it's vibrant culture, strong teamwork and opportunities for personal growth and development. If you want to be a part of a team that's big on rewards, hard work and incentives then a sales career might just be for you. Our sales department consists of our Corporate Sector and Public Sector Sales teams, and our past interns have worked across both areas.

As a Sales Intern you'll be:

• Working as part of a Sales Intern team, you'll be supporting our SMB customers in Corporate and Public Sector with their technology requirements

• Working with our key sales functions, developing knowledge, and understanding of a sales career, including experience in new business development and account management

• Learning about Softcat and our key technology products, and how they can benefit businesses

• Building key sales skills such as communication, customer management and relationship building

• Working towards team targets and KPIs with the opportunity to earn extra commission and incentives

• Collaborating with other Softcat interns on group projects

What we're looking for:

• A current undergraduate University student studying in the UK/Ireland in your penultimate year, from any degree discipline

• Passionate about technology & sales