ONS Digital, Data and Technology

Data apprenticeships at the Office for National Statistics

jacobstarling, 16 May 2023 - Data, DDaT academy, ONS digital people, People and skills, Recruitment

Our 2023 intake of Data Apprentices has just gone live and it's a hugely exciting opportunity to kickstart a career in the data profession. We ask Jacob what it's like to be a data apprentice at the ONS.

Taking a digital approach to the COVID infection survey

Martin O'Brian, 26 April 2023 - COVID-19, Digital surveys, Ways of working

Set up in April 2020, the COVID-19 Infection Survey, led by the Office for National Statistics in partnership with the University of Oxford and the UK Health Security Agency, tracked the rates of COVID-19 infections, reinfections, and levels of immunity in the general population. This blog shares our digital approach, some of the insights, and what we've been doing to respond to future surveillance or survey data collection requests that may be required at short notice.

Collecting the data that makes headlines: the Collection and Ingestion service at the ONS

jacobstarling, 14 April 2023 - ONS digital people, Recruitment, Service Owner

We're currently recruiting a Service Owner to join the Collection & Ingestion service at the Office for National Statistics. It's an important role with great scope to make an impact. I thought I'd take the opportunity to interview Martin O'Brian to find out more about what they do and how the Service Owner fits in.

What it's like to be a DevSecOps engineer in the ONS Cloud team

Martin O'Brian, 24 March 2023 - Cloud, DevSecOps, ONS digital people, People and skills, Technology

Arthur Wilcox catches up with Harrison Thompson to find out about his new role at the ONS and what it's like to be a DevSecOps engineer in our Cloud Division

Six months in the life of Head of Product at the Office for National Statistics

Sarah Brazier, 9 March 2023 - ONS digital people, People and skills, Product Management, Recruitment

Sarah Brazier reflects on the last six months in the role of Head of Product at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and shares what she’s focussed on what she’s planning to do next.

Opening a new world of opportunities – a conversation with our automation engineer apprentices

soniaunsted, 27 February 2023 - Automation, DDaT academy, ONS digital people, People and skills

National Apprenticeship Week is an annual celebration of apprentices around the country. To mark the occasion, Chris, Jonathon and Tom reflect on 5 months into an automation engineer apprenticeship a the ONS.

How the new DDaT Academy is helping to build our talent pipeline of business analysts

soniaunsted, 18 January 2023 - Business analysis, DDaT academy, ONS digital people, People and skills

Since the ONS DDaT academy was launched 6 months ago, we've used a variety of approaches to attract new talent to the organisation. We had a great response when building our business analysis talent pipeline.

How we're providing better data to power decision making - the technology behind making critical data assets available on IDS

Tom Scott, 18 January 2023 - Data, IDS, Technology

Tom Scott, Deputy Director Data Platform Delivery, shares how we're using technology to build the Integrated Data Service which is helping to deliver mission three of the 2022 to 2025 government roadmap for digital and data.