Summer Internship 2026

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector. 

You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges. 

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made. 

Our Internship 

Our internship programmes will give you a first-hand view of life in an award-wining management consultancy firm. You will gain an understanding of the consulting business model as well as valuable experience on aspects of the consulting project lifecycle, business analysis and client engagement techniques.  

What's in it for you? 

Well, it’s up to you. Baringa is what you make it. 

Having a programme like this on your CV is great for your career prospects as well as giving you the opportunity to find out if consulting is a career path you want to pursue. There’s also a chance of an offer of permanent employment if you are successful. 

Our 8 week Summer Internship is open across all our Business Units at Baringa, more information on each Business Unit can be found below, including what they're looking for,  as well as on our website under ‘Industries’ and ‘Capabilities’.

Please note, you'll be asked your first and second business unit preference in your application, we'll try to ensure you're allocated in one of your preferences for your internship.

Requirements  

Applicants should be in their penultimate year of their bachelor’s or master’s Degree studies. 

Applicants must have the permanent right to work in the UK now and in the future. All applicants will be asked for proof if invited to an assessment centre. Please note we’re unable to sponsor individuals for this opportunity. 

Key Dates 

• Application window closes: Sunday 12th October 2025 at 12:00am GMT 
• Assessment centres: October / November 2025 
• Internship start: 6th July 2026
• Internship end: 28th August 2026 

Application window may be extended post October. This is a paid full-time internship.

Diversity & inclusion 

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people. 

An award-winning workplace

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this. 

Using business as a force for good 

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time.

In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.

Join us 

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed.

Our Business Units

Energy & Resources – Commodities & Energy Trading

Our commodities and energy trading focused team operates across all major commodity and energy companies in Europe, the US and Singapore. From metals traders and miners, through oil majors, freight and shipping specialists to power and gas traders. Our people bring deep industry expertise to help our clients win in these dynamic and interconnected global markets. "From day one I have worked directly with clients on their complex trading transformation journeys. This has involved face-to-face engagement with our internationally-based clients, visiting client site within weeks of starting at Baringa."

Desirable skills & degrees: Engineering, Computer Science, Problem solving, Team collaboration & excellent personal communication.  

Energy & Resources – Transition Assets & Infrastructure

Transition Assets & Infrastructure (TAI). We bring deep sector and proposition expertise to help clients deliver, optimise and decarbonise assets across the Energy Transition.

Desirable skills & degrees: Engineering, Data Science, STEM, Research & Analytics, Digital & IT, Decarbonisation, communication

Energy & Resources – Market Advisory & Analytics

We are energy experts making an impact by leading our clients through the energy transition. We work across the energy and resources value chain, end-to-end. We provide advisory services to a broad range of private and public clients wherever they operate, drawing on our global offices.

Desirable skills & degrees: Economics, Business, Finance, Public Policy, Statistics, Interpersonal Skills, Data interpretation, Analysis.

Energy & Resources – Power, Low Carbon Solutions

We help clients tackle their biggest challenges, from defining ambitious decarbonisation strategies to commercial design and execution, across a range of low carbon energy asset solutions and renewable procurement strategies. We bring deep experience, market fundamental analysis across the energy services landscape and strong commercial acumen, helping our clients solve large, complex problems.

Desirable skills & degrees: Engineering, Physics, Maths, Data science, Data interpretation & understanding, energy market knowledge.

Energy & Resources – Retail, Networks & Water

Our clients across the sector rely on our deep utilities industry experience, knowledge and insight coupled with a hands-on, pragmatic delivery approach to solve their challenges. We support our clients tackle their biggest challenges across the end to end value chain from Energy and Water supply and distribution through to end customer supporting clients with market reform, customer operations, net zero strategies in both domestic , SME and B2B and much more.

Desirable skills & degrees: Business, Economics, Data Analytics, Problem solving, Organisational change understanding, Team collaboration, Personal communication, Desire to be Client focused.

Products & Services – Technology, Media & Telecoms

We love TMT. Working at the frontiers of strategy and operations we help technology, media and telecoms (TMT) organisations lead and define the future. We team shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, bringing experienced, senior teams and deep specialism in commercial impact, the future of TMT organisations and operations, and delivering sustainable advantage.

Desirable skills & degrees: A variety of skills & backgrounds, passion for problem solving, curiosity to know more.

Products & Services – Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Rapid advances in data, science and technology are redefining what’s possible in pharmaceuticals and life sciences. Thriving in this landscape will require companies to evolve fast, or risk leaving patients behind. Our consultants are ready to help you navigate the transformation, bringing purpose, passion and expertise to remove complexity, drive innovation and deliver better healthcare outcomes.

Desirable skills & degrees: STEM degrees, Data experience, Curiosity, Problem solving, Passion.

Products & Services – Consumer Products & Retail

Customer expectations are in flux. Commerce straddles the physical and digital worlds. Inflation is fuelling economic uncertainty. Supply chains are stretched. And sustainability is in the spotlight. In these exceptional times, we use our deep industry knowledge and pragmatic transformation experience to help consumer products and retail companies transform to remain relevant today and thrive into tomorrow.  

Desirable skills & degrees: STEM, Business, Economics, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Research, Analytics, Communication, Modelling.

Government

Delivering major policies and manifesto commitments – we embrace the government’s challenges as our own. We partner with our clients on complex projects within the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP), combining our expertise and our networks to support cross-department challenges – the vaccine supply chain, commercial blueprints, net zero strategies. We reinforce projects with our transformation expertise – from business cases and strategy, to design, initiation, delivery and transition.

Desirable skills & degrees: Open to many degree types both STEM & Non-STEM, Data & AI, Policy, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Government interest.

Financial Services

The pace of change in financial services has never been greater, as customer expectations increase, technology advances, and regulation evolves. Our specialists help you see over the horizon and enable you to fully embrace the potential of your business. Together, we shape and build the future of your business with you and your teams. We do this with the passion, curiosity and care that you need to be true to your purpose and promises to customers and society.

Desirable skills & degrees: Business, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Data, Engineering, Adaptability, Problem Solving, Project Management, Team collaboration, AI.

Capabilities – Customer

Imagine a world where customers are delighted, employee engagement soars and costs drop. This is the power of world-class omni-channel experiences. Our expert team anticipates change, crafting innovative solutions that blend seamlessly across all touchpoints. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, we transform service delivery, minimising costs while maximising impact. Ready to enhance your market position and unlock unprecedented value? Let’s redefine excellence together.

Desirable skills & degrees: Business management, Project Management, Analytics, Automation, AI, Passion for customer experience.

Capabilities – Operations & Organisational Transformation

Whether you’re facing market disruptions, ambitious growth targets, or the complexity of legacy systems, our deep industry knowledge and proven expertise ensure solutions that deliver measurable results. We bring clarity to complexity and enhance competitiveness by putting intelligent, actionable insights at the heart of your organisation's performance. Baringa’s OPX & EVC team is your partner for achieving sustainable and scalable operational improvements—because excellence isn't just a destination, it's how you do business.

Desirable skills & degrees: Engineering, Motivated, Curious, Desire to learn.

Capabilities – Organisation, People & Change

We help transform organisations, focusing in on the things that get results, and develop your teams so they live and breathe continuous improvement. OPC focus on aligning people infrastructure and inspiring leaders to create meaningful employee experiences. By tackling the tough challenges, we drive people performance, building future focused, sustainable capability growth and engagement, across the talent lifecycle. We pioneer impactful, positive and enduring change, that enhances working lives, enabling meritocracy and a workforce who are equipped for the future

Desirable skills & degrees: Project management, Change & process experience, Motivated, Curious, Desire to learn.

Capabilities – Supply Chain & Procurement

Our Supply Chain team and Procurement & Commercial team partner with some of the most influential public and private sector organisations globally, tackling their toughest strategic supply chain challenges, working across sectors such as energy, utilities, government and products and services. The Sustainability team is incubated within the SCPSUS BU. We work with businesses, governments, and investors to address today’s most pressing sustainability challenges - demonstrating how they will create social, environmental, and economic value for customers, suppliers and shareholders. 

Desirable skills & degrees: STEM & Non STEM, Problem solving, Team collaboration, Motivated, Analytics.

Capabilities – Data & AI

Expertly applied, data and AI empower you to operate smarter, innovate faster and compete harder. Blending exceptional technical skills with deep industry knowledge, our consultants make the possibilities real. We are experts in crafting practical data and AI solutions and integrating these into existing production workflows. Where data and AI requires new scalable technology, we work with you to establish the case for investment. And when new data insights are revealed, we ensure you have the right talent to unlock full value. Whether you are looking to establish a robust data infrastructure, foster a data-driven culture or ensure data and information security and compliance are maintained, we can help.

Desirable skills & degrees: STEM, AI, Data, Problem solving, Curious.