IT Career Guide

Changing Career to IT While Working Full Time

How to move into IT while keeping your current full-time job in the UK. A realistic guide to training around your existing schedule without losing income.

The biggest practical barrier to changing career is rarely ability, it is income. Most people cannot afford to quit a job and retrain full time. The realistic answer is weekend-only, evening-free training that fits around a genuine full-time job, so you keep your income while you build the skills and certification to move.

What you need to know

Weekend-only training (no weekday evenings) is specifically designed to fit around a full-time job

Most students keep working their current job throughout the full 3 months of training

Entry-level IT support salaries typically start around £24,000 to £30,000 once you move

A real certification and hands-on portfolio built during training strengthens applications while you are still employed

You can apply for IT roles before finishing, many employers value a certification-in-progress plus real lab experience

Weekend only

Sat & Sun schedule

Small cohorts

Max 8 students

20 AI tools

Included free

Ready to start?

The September 2026 cohort is now enrolling. Small cohorts fill fast.

See the IT Career Programme