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Accelerated Apprentice Petty Officer (AAPO) Scheme Marine Engineering General Service (MEGS)

Joining the Royal Navy on the Accelerated Apprentice Petty Officer (AAPO) Scheme Marine Engineering General Service (MEGS) streamlines your route to life as a world-class marine engineer. After a condensed training period, it will be your job to make sure our state-of-the-art warships are ready for action.

Initial earnings over £37,700
Potential earnings over £58,000
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Accelerated Apprentice scheme (Air Engineering)

Joining the Royal Navy on the Accelerated Apprentice Scheme (Air Engineering) streamlines your route to working with our most advanced aircraft. After your condensed training, you'll be part of the team that maintains, services and inspects the Fleet Air Arm’s helicopters and fighter jets.

Initial earnings over £37,700
Potential earnings over £58,000
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Accelerated Apprentice Scheme (Communications Information Systems)

Joining on the Accelerated Apprentice Scheme (Communications Information Systems) means you won’t wait long to be in the thick of the action. And when fully qualified, you'll be managing your team of network engineers from the heart of every mission.

Initial earnings £37,700
Potential earnings rising to £54,500
Qualifications needed GCSEs

Accelerated Apprentice Scheme (Submariner)

Joining the Royal Navy on the Accelerated Apprentice Scheme (Submariner) means furthering your career with one of our most elite teams, where you’ll be paid to study, gain practical skills and use highly sophisticated equipment.

Initial earnings over £37,700
Potential earnings over £85,000
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Accelerated Apprentice Scheme (Weapon Engineering)

Joining the Royal Navy on the Accelerated Apprentice Scheme (Weapon Engineering) means supercharging your training and development within one of our most elite teams. With real responsibility from day one, you'll work with the most advanced kit on the planet, and guarantee your warship’s performance.

Initial earnings over £37,700
Potential earnings over £58,000
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Air Engineer Officer

Without you, our planes and helicopters are going nowhere. Using your expertise, you’ll lead the team who ensure they’re ready to take off at a moment’s notice. Highly-trained avionics engineers look to you for advice, guidance in challenging environments, all over the world.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £110,500
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Air Engineering Technician

From Bahrain to the Bahamas you’ll be vital to keeping our airborne missions on track. That means working with some of the most advanced aircraft on the planet, like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £58,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Air Traffic Control Officer

When you're an Air-Traffic Controller, it’s not just the air space directly above you that’s your responsibility. You’ll manage air traffic for a 30-mile radius around you. This could be anywhere – with civilian and private traffic, extreme weather and potential conflict to consider.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £110,500
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Aircraft Controller

You’ll train to be an air space expert, where a high level of responsibility comes as standard. Wherever you are in the world, you'll make the crucial decisions that help keep our state-of-the-art aircraft flying, our people safe and our operations on track.

Initial earnings £37,711 as a qualified LAC
Potential earnings over £58,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Aircrew Officer Observer

You’ll be an essential part of the flight crew, using your second-to-none observation skills and technical knowledge on operations all over the world. Whichever helicopter you’re working with, you’ll navigate, operate comms systems and even control weaponry.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £120,000
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Aircrew Officer Pilot

It’s about aptitude at altitude. Can you think on your feet while you’re in mid-air? You’ll need to. Whether you’re flying in the pitch black, or carrying out a daytime search and rescue operation. It’s a flying career like no other.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £120,000
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Aircrewman

As an Aircrewman, you’ll right in the thick of the action, and essential to our helicopter operations. You’ll be streamed into an Anti-Submarine or a Commando role during training, then go on to plan and execute some of our most crucial missions.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £58,000
Qualifications needed GCSEs

Apprentice Communications Information Systems

As an Apprentice Communications Information Systems Specialist, you’ll play a big part in Our Replenishment at Sea operations. That means ensuring transmission of vital messages to Royal Navy ships, so we can deliver the equipment and supplies they need, anywhere in the world.

Initial earnings £16,500+ Starting Salary During Training
Qualifications needed GCSEs

Apprentice Engineering Technician (RFA)

Without its engineers, the RFA couldn’t provide the essential operational support it does. As an Apprentice Engineering Technician, you’ll be doing the work that keeps our ships moving. Start a career that will see you working at the leading-edge of industry.

Initial earnings £16,500+ Starting Salary During Training
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Apprentice Seamanship (RFA)

This is no ordinary apprenticeship, for people who want to become extraordinary sailors. It’s a civilian role, but the skills you develop and the work you do are crucial to the efficiency of our operations.

Initial earnings £16,500+ Starting Salary During Training
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Biomedical Scientist

From conflict zones to natural disasters, you’ll be saving and safeguarding the lives of our people. Wherever you are, and whatever you’re up against, you'll be ensuring the wellbeing of our most important asset.

Initial earnings over £30,000
Potential earnings over £48,000
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Biomedical Scientist (Student)

Once your fully-funded Biomedical Science degree is under your belt, you’ll be crucial to the success of every operation, supporting our medical teams to ensure the wellbeing of our people.

Initial earnings over £16,000
Potential earnings over £52,830
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Biomedical Scientist Reserve

As a qualified medical professional, you’ll already have many of the skills we need. Becoming a Biomedical Scientist (Reserve) is your opportunity to use them as part of a global effort, protecting the people who keep our nation safe.

Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Cadet Deck Officer (RFA)

Travelling the world, studying for internationally recognised qualifications, and contributing to the efficiency of our ships. All in a days’ work for a cadet deck officer. You’ll go to places you never thought you’d visit, experience real responsibility and make a difference.

Initial earnings Over £16,000 starting salary during training
Qualifications needed GCSEs

Cadet Marine Engineer Officer (RFA)

You’ll learn all about how our ships work, and how you can provide power for the mechanical systems that keep them moving. Without you we would be unable to support the Royal Navy all over the world.

Initial earnings £17,500+ starting salary during training
Qualifications needed GCSEs

Cadet Systems Engineer (ETO) (RFA)

Our ships deliver vital logistical and operational support, all over the world. And the systems that power those ships? This role puts you in charge of maintaining them. From electrical switchgear one day, to communication and distribution systems the next.

Initial earnings £17,500+ starting salary during training
Qualifications needed GCSEs

Catering Services (Chef)

Make sure our most important asset – our people – have the fuel they need to get the job done. From high-volume catering on operations with the Royal Marines, to fine dining for politically influential VIPs, you’ll learn how to run a professional kitchen.

Initial earnings over £23,000
Potential earnings over £58,599
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Catering Services (Chef) (Submariner)

This is a catering career that’s miles from what you could do at home. You’ll be part of the Silent Service, the highly specialised team at the forefront of our nation’s defence, and develop your catering skills in a unique environment.

Initial earnings Over £18,000
Potential earnings over £68,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Chaplain

Your role as a Chaplain will be unlike anything you could do in your civilian career. You’ll work in a multi-faith environment, providing friendship, guidance and support to the people who serve our nation.

Initial earnings over £59,000
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Chaplain Reserve

Your role as a Reserve Chaplain will be unlike anything you’ve done in your civilian career. Working in a multi-faith environment can include challenging situations, and the need to support reservists, as well as their families, when they’re deployed.

Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Communications and Information Systems Specialist (CIS)

This role puts you in the thick of the action, transmitting and receiving crucial messages. You’re constantly relied upon by your Commanding Officer, who uses the information you provide to make key strategic decisions.

Initial earnings over £23,000
Potential earnings over £58,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Cryptologic Technician

Being a Cryptologic Technician means you’re vital to the ship’s intelligence gathering operation. The go-to for information that shapes the operational decision making process. Your insight will transform raw data into an indispensable analysis of the situation.

Initial earnings over £23,000
Potential earnings over £56,383
Qualifications needed GCSEs

Cyber Unit Reserve

The role goes beyond an in-depth technical knowledge. Being part of the Joint Cyber Reserve means you can make a real difference, working at the leading-edge of technology – safeguarding our national security.It's a challenge that you won't get anywhere else.

Qualifications needed No qualifications

Dental Hygienist

Experience dental practice on land or at sea, Your patients could be on a shore establishment, anywhere in the UK or overseas, on an aircraft carrier or even an assault ship. You’ll deliver the world-class care they need, where they need it.

Initial earnings over £18,600
Potential earnings over £52,800
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Dental Nurse

Help deliver world-class dental healthcare anywhere from a shore establishment in the UK to a portable dental unit in the Middle East. You’ll be central to ensuring our personnel are fighting fit at all times, both on active service abroad and when they’re at home.

Initial earnings over £19,600
Potential earnings over £52,837
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Dental Officer

Being a Dental Officer in the Royal Navy means delivering world-class care in challenging environments to the people who protect our nation’s interests, every day. It's a massive task that's unlike anything you would do anywhere else.

Initial earnings over £80,200
Potential earnings over £150,000
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Dental Officer Cadet

The dental branch of the Royal Navy is full of dedicated healthcare professionals who support people in the UK and all over the world. The Dental Officer Cadetship is designed to develop the next generation of military dental practitioners.

Initial earnings over £17,000
Potential earnings over £150,000
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Direct Entry Petty Officer Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering)

Fancy being fast-tracked to a crucial role in our world-class marine engineering team? After accelerated training, it will be your job to make sure our state-of-the-art warships are always ready for action.

Initial earnings over £38,500
Potential earnings over £51,000
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Engineering Technician (Direct Entry) Reserve

Take a step out of your comfort zone. Push yourself further. You don’t even need any previous Naval experience, just the commitment to complete your Basic Training alongside your day job.

Qualifications needed No qualifications

Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering)

You’ll be pivotal to day-to-day operations. Making sure our state-of-the-art warships are powered, maintained and ready for action. Wherever you are, whatever the problem, you’ll be the one to fix it.

Initial earnings over £18,600
Potential earnings over £58,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering) (Submariner)

This role makes you the boat‘s driving force. You keep our submarines moving, deep below the surface. You’ll often be on highly sensitive operations, where avoiding detection is paramount. It’s a unique engineering effort – and a unique engineering career.

Initial earnings over £18,000
Potential earnings over £85,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Engineering Technician (Weapon Engineering)

You’ll take charge of some of the most advanced kit on the planet, ensuring it’s spot on and ready to perform in any situation. That could mean maintaining highly sensitive radar one day and working on state-of-the-art missile systems the next.

Initial earnings over £18,600
Potential earnings over £58,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Engineering Technician (Weapon Engineering) (Submariner)

Responsible for our nation’s nuclear deterrent, you’ll be maintaining and preparing some of the most advanced defence technology ever developed. From ballistic missile systems to state-of-the-art sensors and radars. As a Weapon Engineer in the Silent Service, you provide the firepower, and the stealth.

Initial earnings over £18,000
Potential earnings over £76,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Environmental Health Officer

Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel are exposed to some of the most extreme conditions imaginable. You’ll tackle remote, demanding and potentially hostile environments, adapting your skills and applying your knowledge to overcome whatever challenges you face.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £96,556
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Ex-regular Forces Reserve

If you’re a former Royal Navy rating or officer, you have a unique wealth of skills and experience. The discipline, the teamwork, the leadership. And we still have a real need for that expertise, so why not enjoy the best of both worlds in the Royal Naval Reserve?

Qualifications needed No qualifications

General Entry Officer Reserve

Go beyond the everyday. Push yourself further. Become a leader. Being a General Entry Officer is your opportunity to use your skills and interests in a wide range of specialisms, from mine warfare and submarines, to media and intelligence.

Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

General Entry Rating Reserve

Take a step out of your comfort zone. Push yourself further. You don’t even need any previous Naval experience, just the commitment to complete your Basic Training alongside your day job.

Qualifications needed No qualifications

Hydrography and Meteorology Specialist

You'll be working in diverse environments all over the world, building a detailed picture of the conditions for our state-of-the-art aircraft and warships so that our global missions are operationally effective.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £58,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Logistics Officer

Logistics is the backbone of the Royal Navy, and Logistics Officers are its leaders. Sustaining over 35,000 men and women across the world, every day, is no mean feat. Without you, global Naval operations would literally grind to a halt.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £110,500
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Logistics Supply Officer (Trainee) (RFA)

It’s your job to make sure your crewmates get fed, paid and equipped. From sourcing vital supplies to delivering essential reports back to HQ, you’ll push yourself every day, all over the world.

Initial earnings Over £27,000 During training
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Marine Engineer Officer

As a Marine Engineer Officer you manage the Engineering Technicians who keep the ship moving. Without you, vital operations wouldn’t happen. You’ll report to the Commanding Officer when there’s a problem, and be relied upon to make key decisions when it matters most.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £110,500
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Marine Engineer Officer (Submariner)

It’s your job to lead your elite, highly trained team in some of the most challenging conditions imaginable. You’ll even oversee the maintenance and operation of a nuclear reactor. Without you, the boat is stranded, and some top secret missions don’t happen.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings to £110,500
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Medical Assistant

Being a Medical Assistant puts you in the heart of the action. You could be training with Special Forces in West Africa, or working in primary care on board ship in the Persian Gulf. Wherever the mission takes you, you’ll gain on-the-job medical skills.

Initial earnings over £18,600
Potential earnings over £52,830
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Medical Assistant (Submariner)

Want to combine adventure with your medical career? Being a Medical Assistant puts you in the heart of the action. You’ll be part of the Silent Service, the highly specialised team at the forefront of our nation’s defence, embarking on a unique medical career.

Initial earnings over £18,000
Potential earnings over £68,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Medical Officer

Your second-to-none medical knowledge is a given. As a Medical Officer, you’ll need much more than that, adapting your skills in wide-ranging environments, from conflict zones to tri-service hospitals. It's a career like no other.

Initial earnings over £59,000
Potential earnings over £150,000
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Medical Officer Cadet

Start your journey at university by applying to finish your studies in the Royal Navy, earning a salary and having the final three years’ fees paid for by us. Then travel the world and specialise in an area of medicine that interests you.

Initial earnings over £17,130
Potential earnings over £150,000
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Medical Officer Reserve

Use your medical skills to support vital Royal Navy operations, performing in challenging environments, all over the world. From primary care in conflict zones, to leadership in a tri-service hospital, you’ll be on the frontline of the medical profession.

Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Mental Health Nurse (Qualified)

Your job will be as varied as it is crucial to ensuring our people are mentally fit for service.You could be taking part in exercises on an Assault Ship in the Indian Ocean. Or providing treatment for serving personnel in conflict zones.

Initial earnings over £18,600
Potential earnings over £57,000
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Mental Health Nurse (Student)

Healthy mind, healthy body: our people need both. As a Student Mental Health Nurse, you’ll learn how to make sure they’re mentally fit for service. Once you’ve qualified, you’ll join a multi-disciplinary medical team and work all over the world.

Initial earnings over £15,600
Potential earnings over £57,000
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Mental Health Nurse Reserve

Naval operations are unique. They bring new challenges, pressures and responsibilities every day. Join our team and you’ll use your expertise to ensure our personnel are mentally fit to tackle them head on.

Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Meteorology Officer

From the Caribbean to the Antarctic, you’ll lead the way in collecting, processing and analysing meteorological and oceanographic information. Using your leaderships skills, you’ll play an important role in preparing missions, coordinating the teams that analyse environmental factors around the world.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £110,500
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Mine Clearance Diver

From the moment you join, you’ll train to become a world-class diver, travelling the world as part bomb disposal expert, part sub-aqua specialist. IIt’s physically demanding, but hugely rewarding.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £56,383
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Mine Warfare Specialist

We need to make the seas safe. For our warships, for civilian ships, for everyone. And that’s where you come in. You’ll lead the way for our fleet, clearing any mines in its path – and making our global missions possible.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £56,383
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Naval Airman Aircraft Handler

Your job is to make sure that our world-class jets and helicopters are in the right place at the right time. That means playing a key role in providing our airborne capability from our state-of-the-art warships or even a Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £58,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Naval Nurse (Qualified)

Wherever you are in the world, you’ll play a key part in keeping our people fit and healthy. Expect unparalleled diversity, leadership opportunities, fast-tracked development – and a medical career like no other.

Initial earnings over £18,600
Potential earnings over £57,000
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Naval Nurse (Student)

The Royal Navy is only as good as its people, so keeping them healthy is essential. Wherever you are in the world, once you’ve qualified as a Naval Nurse you’ll play a key part in keeping our personnel fit and healthy.

Initial earnings over £15,600
Potential earnings over £57,000
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Naval Nurse Reserve

This role goes beyond providing world-class medical care. Whether it’s giving vital first aid at the scene of a natural disaster, or looking after fellow Naval personnel in a hospital, you’ll help to safeguard our biggest asset: our people.

Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Nursing Officer

Challenging conditions and first-class care don’t always go hand-in-hand. But they will for you as a Nursing Officer. From providing humanitarian aid, to supporting personnel in a maritime environment – you’ll safeguard our people and civilians alike.

Initial earnings over £32,000
Potential earnings over £103,000
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Nursing Officer Mental Health

Lead a team in providing vital occupational mental health support to personnel all over the world and develop as a practitioner in unique environments that are a world away from civilian medicine.

Initial earnings over £32,000
Potential earnings over £103,000
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Nursing Officer Reserve

Challenging conditions and first-class care don’t always go hand-in-hand; but they will for you as a Reserve Nursing Officer. You’ll play a key role in safeguarding our people and civilians alike, from humanitarian aid, to supporting personnel in a maritime environment.

Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Operating Department Practitioner (Qualified)

Saving the lives of the people who risk theirs: that’s life as an ODP. From day one, you’ll be an integral part of the surgical team, tackling all aspects of the operating theatre and developing skills that stay with you for life.

Initial earnings over £34,000
Potential earnings over £52,000
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Operating Department Practitioner (Student)

Saving the lives of the people who risk theirs. Once you’ve finished your fully-funded ODP Diploma, that’s your focus, wherever you are in the world and whatever the mission demands. You’ll quickly become an essential part of our surgical team.

Initial earnings over £18,600
Potential earnings over £52,830
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Operating Department Practitioner Reserve

Become a leader in your field, in an environment where leadership really matters. Joining the Royal Naval Reserve as an Operating Department Practitioner is your opportunity to hone your skills on medicine’s frontline.

Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Physical Training Specialisation Direct Entry

As a Royal Navy Physical Trainer, you will be the person responsible for organising and delivering sporting, fitness and adventurous training opportunities, and for ensuring our people remain injury free and healthy.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £56,383
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Qualified Chef (RFA)

This role is for committed, enthusiastic people who are interested in furthering their professional cookery career where it matters most. You’ll tackle a mixture of high volume catering and fine dining, working with your team in pressure situations all over the world.

Initial earnings £28,600 to £39,000 experience dependant
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Qualified Communications and Information Systems (RFA)

As a Qualified Communications and Information Systems specialist you will be part of a team that ensures that the ship is able to communicate internally and externally, in all situations under pressure.

Initial earnings £29,500+ starting salary
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Qualified Deck Officer (RFA)

Refueling a Type 45 Destroyer in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? All in a day’s work for a Qualified Deck Officer. It’s a position of huge responsibility, and a rewarding one too. You’ll be integral to your ship’s operations any time, every day.

Initial earnings Over £37,700 starting salary
Qualifications needed MCA Certified

Qualified Engineering Technician (RFA)

Without its engineers, the RFA couldn’t provide the essential operational support it does. As a Qualified Engineering Technician, you’ll be doing the work that keeps our ships moving.

Initial earnings Over £29,500
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Qualified Logistics Supply Officer (RFA)

It’s your job to make sure your crewmates get fed, paid and equipped. In short, you’ll be the beating heart of the ship. Personnel of all levels will look to you to keep morale high, and missions on track.

Initial earnings Over £37,500
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Qualified Marine Engineer Officer (RFA)

You’ll provide the power we need to deliver vital worldwide logistical and operational support. Without you, the crucial work of the RFA would grind to a halt. It’s an engineering career of the utmost importance.

Initial earnings starting salary over £37,500
Qualifications needed MCA Certified

Qualified Seamanship Specialist (RFA)

You’ll be central to our Replenishment at Sea operations. Already qualified, you will be tackling new challenges every day, from crewing landing craft, to working with helicopters.

Initial earnings over £29,500
Qualifications needed MCA Certified

Qualified Steward (RFA)

This is your chance to use your passion for hospitality to maintain the morale of our people. You’ll also have the opportunity to get involved with other duties such as firefighting, damage control and assisting with first aid.

Initial earnings £29,500 starting salary
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Qualified Supply Chain Operative (MJDI Qualified)

You’ll directly contribute to the operational effectiveness of the Royal Navy by making sure our people have what they need, when and where they need it. From food to ammunition. Our people, all over the world will rely on you for essential supplies, every day.

Initial earnings Starting salary of £34,500+
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Qualified Systems Engineer Officer (RFA)

You’ll take overall responsibility for the vital electronics and communication systems that make every operation possible. From the Bridge, to the Engine Room, you’ll be part of a team maintaining a broad range of kit, gaining the experience you need to become a Chartered Engineer.

Initial earnings £37,700+ starting salary
Qualifications needed MCA Certified

Qualified Systems Engineering Technician (RFA)

Our ships deliver vital logistical and operational support, all over the world. This role puts you in charge of maintaining the electrical, electronic and other systems that are vital to their operational capability.

Initial earnings £29,500+ starting salary
Qualifications needed GCSEs

Radiographer (Qualified)

By keeping our people healthy, you keep our global missions on track, whether you’re on board our casualty ship or in an NHS hospital. Offshore, onshore, close to home, or on the other side of the world, you'll provide the diagnoses that make a difference.

Initial earnings over £34,000
Potential earnings over £48,000
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Radiographer (Student)

Offshore, onshore, close to home, or on the other side of the world, our people need the best medical treatment. Once you’ve completed your fully-funded Diagnostic Radiography degree, that’ll be your job.

Initial earnings over £18,600
Potential earnings over £52,830
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Radiographer Reserve

We believe our people deserve the best possible medical care. That’s why we need professional radiographers to join our team, providing treatment when there are casualties and advancing our surgical capabilities.

Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Royal Marines Bugler

As a Bugler in the Royal Marines Band Service, you will be a key part of the Corps of Drums, learn to play the Bugle, and be front and centre at some of our most important ceremonial occasions.

Initial earnings from £15,900
Potential earnings up to £52,836
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Royal Marines Commando

Could you become part of the world’s most elite amphibious force and wear the coveted green beret? It’s not for everyone. You'll need to dig deep. In hostile environments, and on treacherous terrain. All as part of an exceptional team. It's a state of mind.

Initial earnings over £18,600
Potential earnings over £51,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Royal Marines Musician

You’ll be a part of the world’s most versatile military music organisation, but not every event is a parade. We have talented musicians who can perform in every musical combination from a small jazz group to a full orchestra.

Initial earnings from £15,900
Potential earnings up to £87,700
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Royal Marines Officer

Can you lead the leaders? The Royal Marines are the world’s most elite amphibious force. As their officer, you’ll be in charge of the best. Your determination knows no bounds, just like your ability to get the most out of your team. And to get the job done, you’ll need that something special that sets you apart: your state of mind.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £42,000
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Royal Marines Reserve

Joining the Royal Marines Reserve means being a part-time soldier but a fully trained Commando. You’ll be part of the world’s most elite amphibious force, ready to deploy anytime, anywhere – and who stop at nothing.

Qualifications needed No qualifications

Royal Marines Reserve (Ex-regular Forces)

Serving in the armed forces takes a certain level of commitment and dedication. But it takes something extra to earn the green beret. If you’ve served as a full-time Royal Marine within the last two years you may be eligible for seamless transfer at your final rank.

Initial earnings per day £50.13
Potential earnings per day £60.13
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Royal Navy Police

From counter narcotics operations in the Caribbean to complex cyber-crime investigations, you'll play a crucial part in enforcing the strict code of conduct that comes with life in the Royal Navy.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £56,383
Qualifications needed GCSEs

Seaman Specialist

From the minute you join you’ll be on your way to becoming a professional sailor. Seaman Specialists experience a true life at sea: from navigation to guarding your ship in port, your skills protect our nation’s interests – wherever you are in the world.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £55,383
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Supply Chain Logistician

Everything from bullets and bed linen, to fuel and food. Without you, global operations would grind to a halt. You’re right at the heart of this huge operation, part of the essential team that makes sure everyone has what they need, when they need it.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £58,599
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Supply Chain Logistician (Submariner)

Logistics is the backbone of the Royal Navy. You’ll work closely with your Logistics Officer to make sure your crewmates have what they need, when they need it – all over the world. Without you, the submarine wouldn’t – and couldn’t – be operational.

Initial earnings over £18,000
Potential earnings over £68,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Survival Equipment Technician (SET)

As a Survival Equipment Technician (SET), lives will depend on the equipment you’re working with just as much as they’ll depend on your skills and attention to detail. Commitment, enthusiasm and focus are essential for a job of this importance.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £58,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Trainee Supply Chain Operative

You’ll directly contribute to the operational effectiveness of the Royal Navy by making sure our people have what they need, when and where they need it. From food to ammunition. Our people, all over the world will rely on you for essential supplies, every day.

Initial earnings at least £29,500
Qualifications needed

Warfare Intelligence Officer

You'll work with all disciplines within the Royal Navy and other services to deliver vital intelligence to Commanders on operations. As an Intelligence Officer you will find yourself leading a team of highly motivated, bright and flexible men and women.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £110,500
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Warfare Intelligence Specialist

Intelligence is critical in supporting warfighting and getting the right information to the right people at the right time. Everything could depend on your speed, skill, accuracy and powers of concentration to keep us one step ahead of the enemy.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £56,383
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Warfare Officer

You’ll be in the heart of the action, making key strategic decisions on board some of the most advanced warships on the planet. You and the team you lead provide the capabilities that are vital to protecting our nation’s interests.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £110,500
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Warfare Officer (Submariner)

You'll be the boat’s eyes and ears, deep below the surface. That means taking charge of sophisticated sonar, tactical kit and communications systems. You’ll be in a position of real responsibility from day one.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £110,500
Qualifications needed A-Levels / college qualifications

Warfare Specialist

You’re the one who identifies our targets, and our threats. You’re there at the start of every mission, and play a vital role throughout. From working in the ops room of a warship to preparing essential weaponry.

Initial earnings over £18,687
Potential earnings over £56,383
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Warfare Specialist (Submariner)

You’ll use some of the most advanced radar systems on the planet to identify potential threats. From your first day on board, your role will be vital to the safety of your crewmates, and the success of some of our most highly classified missions.

Initial earnings over £18,000
Potential earnings over £68,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Weapon Engineer Officer

You’re the one your team of world-class engineers looks to for advice, guidance and support. That means leading a range of projects simultaneously, solving complex problems with some of the most sophisticated equipment on the planet.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £110,500
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Weapon Engineer Officer (Submariner)

You’ll lead your elite team of engineers on some of our most highly classified missions. You could be maintaining the ballistic missiles that are our nation’s nuclear deterrent, or working on cutting-edge radar and detection systems.

Initial earnings over £31,000
Potential earnings over £110,500
Qualifications needed Undergraduate Degree

Writer (Submariner)

Fancy being about as far from a traditional ‘desk job’ as possible? As a submarine’s HR Administrator, you’ll make an invaluable contribution to the livelihood of your crew. Before anything else though, you’re a Submariner - part of the elite Silent Service.

Initial earnings over £18,000
Potential earnings over £68,000
Qualifications needed No qualifications

Writer Logistician

As an HR Administrator (Writer), you’re in charge of Human Resources (HR), handling legal matters, financial admin, and looking after the welfare of your crewmates. Travel the world in this unique job – in a unique environment.