Frequently Asked Questions

Northcoders is a multi-award-winning bootcamp provider that helps brilliant people build exceptional technology. Our coding school offers courses for absolute beginners and junior software developers to help them kick-start and advance their coding careers from across the UK. Our team of specialist software developers also help businesses solve education problems with technical solutions. A passion for tech drives our mission to grow and diversify the tech ecosystem.

People like you. We have taught people who are mid-career and looking for a change, school leavers, recent graduates and those looking to embark on a new career after having children.

Learning with such a diverse group of people is great for everyone. We all bring something unique to the mix.

Each bootcamp is different. You can get a taste of what each bootcamp offers on the individual course pages. Our Day in the Life series of student videos is the best way to get a taste of what a typical day at Northcoders looks like.

The Full-Time Software Development Bootcamp in JavaScript runs from 8:30 to 17:00, Monday to Friday.

The Part-Time Software Development Bootcamp in JavaScript has flexible hours allowing you to learn without quitting your job.

The Data Engineering, AI & Machine Learning Bootcamp has core hours of 9:30 to 15:00 allowing you to fit it in around existing commitments like childcare.

This varies by bootcamp discipline and whether you select full-time or part-time options. You can find the details of each bootcamp on our courses page.

Yes, you will have a dedicated mentor for each part of the course.

Our Software Development Bootcamp in JavaScript (both Full-Time and Part-Time) are designed for beginners looking for in-depth support to quickly start a career in software development.

Our Data Engineering, AI & Machine Learning Bootcamp is designed for those with some knowledge already who can quickly advance through the pre-course material, as the bootcamp is more advanced than our Software Development Bootcamp.

No. We’re far more interested in what you want to achieve. This course is designed for people from any and all walks of life who are interested in starting a new career in tech, regardless of what you have done before.

Yes. You’ll need to bring your own laptop for all of our courses. We recommend using either OSX running on an Apple Mac or the Linux Ubuntu operating system running on a PC laptop. If you have a PC laptop, we’ll help you set that up. Find out more here.

No. We offer an alternative to certifications: we offer to teach you the skills employers want. Complying with a framework would mean not being able to change our curriculum to teach the skills our hiring partners tell us they want – and one of the best things about Northcoders is that we can update our courses straight away.

We don’t deny that courses such as Computer Science degrees teach important skills. If you want to gain highly detailed theoretical knowledge, our course isn’t for you. If you want to become an effective software developer with a great understanding of workplace best practice, you’re in the right place.

You need to be at least 18 years old on your chosen start date to enrol on our coding bootcamp.

We have limited places available on each Bootcamp to ensure class sizes are small enough that every learner receives the best possible experience. For that reason we recommend applying as early as possible.

All of our courses are delivered fully-remote allowing you to attend from anywhere, so long as you can attend during the core hours.

You can reserve your place after you’ve passed either your Entry Challenge or your Technical Interview (depending on which bootcamp you’re applying for).

We’ll confirm your place once you have chosen one of our payment methods and paid your deposit or fee.

Northcoders provide all of the support you need to land your first tech job with the coding skills we teach.

We’ll deliver a range of sessions to help you get ahead, including industry insights and industry preparation sessions, an in-depth CV workshop, tech interview advice and practice, personal brand development and tech test insights. We’ll also advise how to develop your portfolio.

You’ll also have 1-to-1 time with a careers mentor, and private access to any vacancies we have available through our extensive network.

Everything’s focused around helping you find a job you’ll love.

The average salary for a Junior Software Engineer in the UK is £31,000 as of November 2024. The average salary for a Software Engineer rises to £48,000.

Our courses are designed to give you transferable skills. Our current courses focus on two different languages: JavaScript or Python, but they all follow the same way of teaching. We teach our students how to pick up new concepts and strongly encourage usage of new languages and technologies in the project phase at the end of the bootcamp. More than half of our graduates go on to code in other languages like C#, C++ and Ruby in their first software development role.

On the course page you’ll need to select a date and fill out a short application form.

We’ll email you a registration link to our platform. Your application isn’t complete until you have followed the registration link in the email.

You’ll receive a registration link via email automatically after you apply. You must complete the registration to confirm your application.

Once you have registered you’ll have access to our Learn 2 Code platform, which contains pre-materials for your chosen bootcamp.

Depending on which bootcamp you have selected, there are different steps to follow. These will be communicated to you following your successful platform registration.

Our bootcamps vary in price. The individual bootcamp will clearly display the cost on the course page.

We occasionally receive DFE funding from local authorities that allows us to offer a small number of free places to those that have successfully registered following their application. If free places are available you will receive an email outlining the criteria to receive a fully funded place.

To qualify for our payment options, you can be a UK/EU citizen or a UK/EU resident with the right to work in the UK/EU for at least one year post graduation.

This is required because we work with an FCA-regulated third party who helps us deliver this payment option.

Access to this scheme is also subject to affordability checks.

The interest free payment option is provided by StepEx, a third-party FCA regulated lender. Find out more here.

Learn more about our payment options.

If you pay in advance of your bootcamp start date (at least 2 weeks before) you’ll receive a discount on the full price of your bootcamp.

You can pay via Credit/Debit Card or Bank Transfer.

Learn more about our payment options.

You do not need to apply until you are offered a place on the bootcamp.