Management apprenticeships contracts
UK public sector · 85 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
- 85
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £63k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £27.3m
- 84 of 85 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 31
- Suppliers
- 36
29 management apprenticeships contracts ending in the next 12 months
See which ones
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What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most management apprenticeships contracts took 42% of them (36 of 85).
- The median contract, £63k, is 17% above the median across education & training contracts (£54k).
- Hampshire County Council awarded 20% of the management apprenticeships contracts (17 of 85).
Who buys management apprenticeships
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Hampshire County Council17 contracts£894k
- 2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs13 contracts£1.4m
- 3Department for Work and Pensions7 contracts£3.6m
- 4DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial4 contracts£2.6m
- 5Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust4 contracts£182k
- 6Derbyshire County Council3 contracts£170k
- 7NHS Business Services Authority3 contracts£59k
- 8Police Digital Service3 contracts£34k
- 9Ministry of Defence2 contracts£13.5m
- 10H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS2 contracts£1.6m
Top management apprenticeships contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Future Talent Learning14 contracts£968k
- 2University of Reading12 contracts£2.8m
- 3Raise The Bar4 contracts£414k
- 4Babington3 contracts£1.2m
- 5Ioda Ltd3 contracts£760k
- 6University of Exeter3 contracts£147k
- 7Lancaster University3 contracts£126k
- 8Best Practice Network3 contracts£9k
- 9Staffordshire University2 contracts£13.5m
- 10Corndel2 contracts£2.1m
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Derbyshire County Council to Staffordshire University · Awarded 28 September 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to Raise The Bar · Awarded 19 August 2026
North Northamptonshire Council to University of Bedfordshire · Awarded 13 August 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to Raise The Bar · Awarded 11 August 2026
DERBY CITY COUNCIL to UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · Awarded 10 August 2026
Hampshire County Council to Future Talent Learning · Awarded 30 July 2026
Hampshire County Council to Future Talent Learning · Awarded 30 July 2026
Walsall Council e-Tendering to Future Talent Learning · Awarded 7 July 2026
Police Digital Service to Babington · Awarded 30 June 2026
Hampshire County Council to Future Talent Learning · Awarded 30 June 2026
Largest
Ministry of Defence to Staffordshire University · Awarded 19 May 2026
Department for Work and Pensions to Corndel · Awarded 10 December 2025
CSP26235 - Fast Track Leadership - Phase 1 Apprenticeships (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£1.3m
DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial to University of Reading · Awarded 24 June 2026
Department for Work and Pensions to Blackpool and the Fylde College · Awarded 24 November 2025
H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS to BPP · Awarded 1 June 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 82 · Scotland 3
What is included
Levy-funded team leader, operations or departmental manager, chartered manager degree and senior leader (often with an MBA or MSc) apprenticeships delivered to an employer's staff.
- Team Leader Level 3
- Operations/Departmental Manager Level 5 (CMI)
- Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship Level 6
- Senior Leader Level 7 with MBA or MSc
What is not included
- Leadership programmes not on the apprenticeship route (edu.lead.leadership-development-programmes)
- Executive MBAs outside the apprenticeship route (edu.he.university-degrees-and-cpd-for-staff)
- Professional degree apprenticeships such as social worker or solicitor (edu.appr.professional-degree-apprenticeships)
- Leadership and management Skills Bootcamps (edu.adult.skills-bootcamps)