Searching for a cloud engineer apprenticeship? Places are limited and fill fast. Here is a faster route to real cloud experience. Comfortable with tech but never worked in it? You start with cloud and networking basics and build up to Azure administrator. Earn 6 certifications, including Microsoft Azure AZ-104 and CompTIA Cloud+, and get placed on a live, fully remote cloud project for a real business within 48 hours. Three months later, you have the hands-on cloud experience every advert asks for.
A cloud engineer apprenticeship is a great route if you can get one: you work, train and earn at the same time. The problem is supply. There are far fewer places than applicants, and searches for a cloud computing apprenticeship or a cloud computing apprenticeship uk wide often turn up the same handful of schemes.
Experiencely is not an apprenticeship, and we will never pretend it is. It is a guaranteed remote work-experience placement with a real UK business, starting within 48 hours. You keep your current job, put in as little as 1 hour a day, and build at least 3 months of real cloud experience.
It also works as an alternative to a cloud engineer internship, which is usually short and often unpaid. Alongside the placement you train towards CompTIA and Microsoft Azure certifications, get mentor reviews and references, and we put you forward to employers. A cloud engineer apprenticeship stays an option later, with a much stronger application.
Most people do one cloud course and still can't get hired. You get the CompTIA and Microsoft Azure certifications employers look for, all included in one programme, with a mentor in your corner.
The business side of cloud. Proves you understand cloud services, costs and the shared responsibility model.
Instructor-led training for just one certification like CCNA or AZ-104 can cost £1,000 to £2,500 in the UK. And you still finish with no experience.
Course prices based on published UK instructor-led CCNA and AZ-104 courses, 2026.
This is what a hiring manager screens for on a junior cloud role. Your qualification gets you to the starting line. Without commercial experience, you're one of 205 applicants per digital and IT graduate role, and you look the same as everyone else.
Applications per role: Institute of Student Employers, 2024
Two tracks run side by side, so you're never just studying. You're placed within 48 hours and building real experience from week one.
On a phone? Swipe the chart sideways to see all 12 weeks. Example timeline. [Confirm the certification timeline: some certifications may continue after the 12 weeks.] Already hold some of these? Skip them and go straight into your placement.
Real cloud, real client, real feedback. All online, in your own time. This is the commercial experience that gets you past the CV screen. Example workspace for illustration.
You could be placed with any of these kinds of businesses, each with real cloud infrastructure to look after.
Review cloud spend, find waste and set up cost alerts.
Set up monitoring and alerts across production systems.
Rebuild a manual setup in Terraform and document it.
No. Here's exactly what you're paying for.
Briefs are chosen so you practise exactly what cloud teams hire for, not to fill a to-do list.
Every change you make is reviewed by an experienced cloud engineer, with weekly feedback.
It goes on your CV as a real role, with a client, results you can quote and references who have seen your work.
Three months later, the experience section employers read first is no longer empty. It has a job title, a client, real numbers and references.
Example CV for illustration.
Degree, course or self-taught IT skills
"This is a great experience to work on recent, real-world cases in your choice of program. I found the assigned mentors to be patient, considerate, and ready to provide a fresh perspective…"
"What I like the most about the Experiencely program is its real-world applicability. The tasks are relevant to current industry practices, which makes the experience truly valuable."
"My mentor has assigned meaningful tasks that are helping me develop real-world skills in my field… Highly recommend it to anyone looking for hands-on experience and mentorship."
Reviews copied word for word from our Trustpilot and Google profiles.
Everything on the receipt above: training for 6 certifications, a live remote placement within 48 hours, mentor reviews, references, CV rebuild, interview prep and being put forward to employers.
Our recruitment team puts you forward to employers hiring for cloud roles, preps you for interviews and helps with your own applications.
Tell us where you are, ask anything, and find out if you're eligible for funding. No pressure, no hard sell.
No. It is a remote work-experience placement with training and job support. It does not replace an apprenticeship qualification, but it gets you real experience quickly.
A cloud engineer internship can be valuable, but they are short and limited. A placement of at least 3 months gives you more work to talk about in interviews.
Yes. You need as little as 1 hour a day, so it fits around full-time work.
It can. Real experience and certifications make any application stronger, including apprenticeships and graduate schemes.
Yes. Your project, your client and your mentor calls all happen online. You can take part from anywhere in the UK.
Yes. It takes as little as 1 hour a day, on evenings, weekends or both.
Yes. Funding is available for university graduates. Book a free call and we will check your eligibility.
Complete your 3 months, actively apply with our support, and if you have not landed a role within 60 days of completion, you get your money back. No questions asked.
Get remote cloud experience with a real UK business while you keep your job. Hired within 60 days of completion, or your money back.
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