UK Summer Internship 2027 - Capabilities

About Baringa 

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.

The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.

Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.

Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.

Baringa is looking for talented 2027 Summer Interns to join our Capabilities teams! 

Our Internship

Our eight week Summer Internship Programme is designed to give you hands-on experience, meaningful responsibility, and a true insight into life at Baringa. Over the course of the programme, you’ll work alongside experienced consultants and specialists on real projects, develop valuable skills through tailored learning opportunities, and build connections across the business. Whether you’re exploring your career options or looking to kick-start your professional journey, our internship offers a supportive environment where you can learn, grow, and make an impact.

What's in it for you?

Well, it’s up to you. Baringa is what you make it.

Our Summer Internship Programme is designed to help you build your skills, expand your network, and gain first-hand experience of consulting. As well as making a meaningful contribution from day one, you'll have the chance to explore future career opportunities at Baringa, including the opportunity to be considered for a permanent Analyst role after graduation.

Our Summer Internship opportunities are available across a range of our Capability business units. Explore the summaries below to learn more about each team and discover where your skills and interests could make an impact. You can also find additional information about each team on our website.

Our Capabilities:

Customer

Imagine a world where customers are delighted, employee engagement soars and costs drop. This is the power of world-class omni-channel experiences. Our expert team anticipates change, crafting innovative solutions that blend seamlessly across all touchpoints. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, we transform service delivery, minimising costs while maximising impact. Ready to enhance your market position and unlock unprecedented value? Let’s redefine excellence together.

Desirable skills & degrees: Business management, Project Management, Analytics, Automation, AI, Passion for customer experience.

Enterprise Value Creation

Every organisation faces moments when it needs to grow faster, operate more efficiently or respond to changing market conditions. Baringa's Enterprise Value Creation team helps clients navigate these challenges by combining strategic thinking, analytical rigour, AI-native mindset, and practical delivery expertise. We advise executive leadership teams to identify opportunities, solve complex business problems and deliver sustainable improvements in growth, profitability, and performance.

Desirable skills & degrees: Problem solving, Data analysis, Digital & AI literacy, Team collaboration, Communication, Adaptability and Commercial & Financial curiosity.

Organisation, People & Change

Organisation, People, and Change (OPC) enables organisations to achieve lasting success by putting people at the centre of transformation. With a holistic approach, our team helps clients align their operating models, people strategies, structures, and cultures with their strategic ambitions. OPC ensures organisations are equipped to deliver impact that lasts through an engaged and high-performing workforce.

As part of OPC, you will have the opportunity to work across a range of sectors, helping clients with a range of solutions:

• Optimising operations and organisational design: Align business capabilities, processes, and technology with the strategic ambition to drive efficiency and effectiveness.
• Unlocking leadership, culture, and workforce potential: Shape future skills, foster an engaged and high-performing workforce, and embed target cultures through people-led experiences.
• Crafting and delivering transformation and change strategies: Define the vision, strategic direction, and OKRs to create positive conditions for change, enabling organisations to deliver lasting impact.

Desirable degrees: Business management/Management & Organisational Behaviour, Psychology/Organisational psychology, Engineering, Data analytics/Business Analytics.

Desirable skills: Strong written and verbal communication, Critical thinking, Project management, Problem identification, Problem solving, Team collaboration and personal communication, Growth mindset and hunger to learn!

Supply Chain & Procurement

The SCP team helps organisations tackle complex challenges across their supply chains, procurement functions and commercial operations. Working with clients across the public and private sectors, we help organisations navigate an increasingly uncertain world, responding to challenges such as cost pressures, supply chain disruption, changing customer expectations and rapid technological change.

As part of SCP, you'll work on a diverse range of projects spanning supply chain strategy, procurement transformation, commercial advisory, logistics, and technology-enabled change, as part of either our Supply Chain or Procurement & Commercial practice. Our teams combine analytical thinking, practical problem-solving and deep industry expertise to help clients create efficient, resilient and sustainable organisations that deliver lasting value.

Desirable degrees: STEM & Non STEM

Desirable skills: Problem solving, Data analysis, Digital and AI literacy, Team collaboration, Personal communication, Adaptability, Commercial and financial curiosity. 

Data & AI

Expertly applied, data and AI empower you to operate smarter, innovate faster and compete harder. Blending exceptional technical skills with deep industry knowledge, our consultants make the possibilities real. We are experts in crafting practical data and AI solutions and integrating these into existing production workflows. Where data and AI requires new scalable technology, we work with you to establish the case for investment. And when new data insights are revealed, we ensure you have the right talent to unlock full value. Whether you are looking to establish a robust data infrastructure, foster a data-driven culture or ensure data and information security and compliance are maintained, we can help.

Desirable degrees: STEM, Computer Science, Data Science, Other technical data/AI degrees.

Desirable skills: Problem solving, Data analysis, Data literacy, Technical Data skills: BI, Python, Engineering, ML 

Digital & Technology

Technology decisions now determine whether organisations grow or stall, and our clients are under pressure to move faster than ever. Baringa's Digital & Technology team helps them do exactly that across five areas where we go to market:

• Digital Value Creation, turning technology, AI and platforms into real financial outcomes;

Critical Technology Programme Recovery, stabilising major programmes when the stakes are highest;

Platform Enabled Transformation, guiding the big bets organisations place on ERP, CRM, cloud and AI;

Scaling AI, moving capability out of pilots and into enterprise-wide advantage;

Digital Resilience/ Cybersecurity, protecting the value that transformation creates.

Our work spans advisory, delivery leadership, and digital risk and cyber, and we combine these capabilities with an industry-specific lens. From day one you'll contribute directly to client deliverables, using approved digital and AI tools to improve the quality and efficiency of your work while applying the human review and judgement that responsible AI demands. You'll build relationships with clients and colleagues, keep your team informed so there are no surprises, and develop a clear understanding of how your work helps clients achieve their objectives.

Desirable degrees: Business/Management, Computer science, Software Engineering, Data Science & AI, Information systems, Engineering. Also welcome candidates from design, social science, law and humanities backgrounds who can demonstrate genuine technology interest and strong analytical capability.

Desirable skills: Genuine curiosity about AI, Structured problem solving, Attention to detail, Data analysis and data-driven diagnostics, Clear written and verbal communication, Commercial and financial curiosity, Awareness of technology risk, security and resilience, Collaboration and an inclusive mindset, Composure and adaptability.

Solutions & AI Labs

Our Solutions & AI Labs (SAIL) practice focuses on helping clients control their data, turn them into actionable insights
and better leverage them through the use of Machine Learning solutions directly embedded into business processes. We
support clients across a number of industries and offer deep expertise in AI, ML, Cloud and Managed Solutions. We are seeking passionate and dynamic ML engineers who are excited by building production Machine Learning
solutions. 

Desirable degrees: A degree in a STEM related field is required, but degrees in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics and Engineering are preferred.

Desirable skills: Passionate about AI, machine learning, and solving real-world problems, analytical and problem solving skills, collaborative, clear communication skills, curious, adaptable and eager to learn new technologies.

Requirements

• Applicants should be in their penultimate year of their bachelor’s or master’s Degree studies.
• Applicants must have the permanent right to work in the UK now and in the future. All applicants will be asked for proof if invited to an assessment centre. Please note we’re unable to sponsor individuals for this opportunity.

 Any questions surrounding this please contact us at earlycareers@baringa.com

Key dates

Application window closes: Monday 28th September 2026 at 12:00pm GMT
Assessment centres: w/c 30th November / 7th December
Internship start: Monday 5th July 2027
Internship end: Friday 27th August 2027

This is a paid full-time internship.

For further information, please read our Summer Internship 2027 pack

What a career at Baringa will give you

Putting People First. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people. 

An award-winning workplace

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here

to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this. 

Using business as a force for good. 

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve. 

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.

Join us

All applications received will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We never rely solely on automated screening or AI tools to make hiring decisions. Your application will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.

Baringa Privacy Notices

For UK & EU

Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our UK Recruitment Privacy Notice / EU Recruitment Privacy Notice, to evaluate your application and meet our legal and reporting obligations. In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request access to, rectification, or erasure (subject to legal limitations) of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at privacy@baringa.com

For the USA

Your personal data may be retained by Baringa for up to two years, as outlined in our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to support the recruitment process and internal reporting requirements. Where applicable, and in accordance with relevant federal and state laws, you may have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. For further details, please contact privacy@baringa.com

For Australia & Singapore

Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or request limited deletion of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at privacy@baringa.com