Degree apprenticeships contracts
UK public sector · 86 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026
Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count
- Contracts awarded
- 86
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £48k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £15.0m
- 81 of 85 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 37
- Suppliers
- 41
10 degree apprenticeships contracts ending in the next 12 months
See which ones
BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned
What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most degree apprenticeships contracts took 38% of them (33 of 86).
- The median contract, £48k, is close to the median across education & training contracts (£54k).
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs awarded 12% of the degree apprenticeships contracts (10 of 86).
Who buys degree apprenticeships
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs10 contracts£1.0m
- 2Hampshire County Council8 contracts£914k
- 3Derbyshire County Council5 contracts£394k
- 4East Riding of Yorkshire Council5 contracts£356k
- 5Department for Work and Pensions4 contracts£1.6m
- 6North Northamptonshire Council4 contracts£272k
- 7Ministry of Defence3 contracts£2.5m
- 8Department for Culture, Media and Sport3 contracts£137k
- 9Department for Business and Trade3 contracts£86k
- 10County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts£51k
Top degree apprenticeships contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1QA13 contracts£2.5m
- 2University of Kent6 contracts£341k
- 3BPP5 contracts£1.9m
- 4The Open University5 contracts£508k
- 5University College of Estate Management4 contracts£4.5m
- 6UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER3 contracts£696k
- 7Nottingham Trent University3 contracts£324k
- 8University of Exeter3 contracts£260k
- 9University Of Derby - Research & Knowledge Exchange3 contracts£151k
- 10CSA (Services) Ltd3 contracts£150k
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
University of East Anglia to Norfolk County Council · Awarded 1 October 2026
UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) to QA · Awarded 29 September 2026
Derbyshire County Council to University Of Derby - Research & Knowledge Exchange · Awarded 25 September 2026
Highways England to University of Lincoln · Awarded 24 September 2026
East Riding of Yorkshire Council to THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA · Awarded 16 September 2026
Central Bedfordshire Council to UBE (Formerly t/a University College of Estate Management) · Awarded 10 September 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to University College of Estate Management · Awarded 10 September 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to Cranfield University · Awarded 10 September 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to University of Exeter · Awarded 10 September 2026
North Somerset Council to The Open University · Awarded 3 September 2026
Largest
Valuation Office Agency to University College of Estate Management · Awarded 24 February 2026
Project Manager Level 6 Apprenticeship Transparency Contract (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£1.5m
Ministry of Defence to QA · Awarded 4 January 2026
Department for Work and Pensions to BPP · Awarded 5 January 2026
Ministry of Defence to Weston College of Further and Higher Education · Awarded 11 August 2026
Hampshire County Council to UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER · Awarded 17 November 2025
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 85 · Scotland 1
What is included
Level 6 and 7 integrated degree apprenticeships, usually from a university, leading to professional registration or advanced practice: social worker, advanced clinical practitioner, specialist community nurse, surveyor, solicitor, environmental health and engineering.
- Social Worker Level 6 degree apprenticeship
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner Level 7
- Specialist community nursing PgDip apprenticeship
- Chartered Surveyor and Building Control Surveying
- Solicitor Level 7
- Environmental Health Practitioner Level 6
- Engineering and digital degree apprenticeships
- Degree-level route lots
What is not included
- Chartered Manager and Senior Leader degree apprenticeships (edu.appr.leadership-management-apprenticeships)
- Police constable degree apprenticeship (edu.he.police-initial-entry-programmes)
- End-point assessment for a degree apprenticeship (edu.appr.end-point-assessment)
- Commissioned health professional education outside the apprenticeship route (edu.he.post-registration-and-advanced-practice-education)
- Degree places for staff outside the apprenticeship route (edu.he.university-degrees-and-cpd-for-staff)