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Technology: what is open, and which schemes sponsor visas

Big tech sponsors at scale. Mid-tier and startups often cannot, because grad pay sits below the software going rate, not just the headline threshold.

What is open in technology right now

4 of these 136 programmes publish timing for the 2027 cycle, and 1 close within three weeks. 11 recruit on a rolling basis and close when they are full. 114 publish no date at all.

  • 9 October 2026Motability OperationsSoftware Engineering Placement ProgrammePlacement yearcloses in 7 days
  • 27 November 2026Linea Research (Focusrite Group)Software Developer Placement - Linea ResearchPlacement yearcloses
  • 29 November 2026Aurora Energy ResearchGraduate Software Engineering Programme (Oxford, 2027)Graduate schemecloses
  • 1 July 2027HPPlacement Year Internship Programme (UK&I)Placement yearcloses

Every UK deadline we hold, in date order

6
Sponsors international grads
10
Sponsors some tracks only
15
Does not sponsor
105
No published policy

SponsorsSponsors international grads

Some tracksSponsors some tracks only

NoDoes not sponsor

Not publishedNo published policy

Other sectors

Sponsor licences change every working day. Our monthly register change report tracks which organisations join and leave the Home Office register, by sector, place and route.

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Sponsorship data: Home Office register + job ad wording. Not immigration advice, verify on gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.