Junior Software Developer

An opportunity has arisen to work at an Ofsted Outstanding sixth form college. The college’s reputation attracts students from across Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Wyke has grown significantly over the last decade, accommodating over 2500 exclusively level three students on a modern £30M university-style campus. At Wyke, we put the student first and all decisions centre around staff working together to meet their best interests. 97% of our current teachers and support staff recommend working here. Come and join the amazing learning culture that creates “The Wyke Experience.

An unusual and exciting opportunity has come up for the role of Junior MIS Developer to support the Senior MIS Developer and MIS Developer in maintaining and further developing our sophisticated in-house web-based college software applications, as well as potentially designing and developing new ones in the future.  Our web applications serve many functions and are widely used across the college and outside the college by teaching/support staff, students, applicants, and parents, and the way they look and operate in some ways represents the college, for example in the case of Online Application and the ParentPortal systems which are public-facing and used by people who are external to Wyke College.

The successful candidate will be a highly capable, innovative and passionate developer/programmer, with some programming skills, ideally (though not necessarily) with proven experience in web-based programming languages including HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL and SQL server, and a good understanding of relational databases and data structures. 

To be successful in this role, it is essential to have the appropriate attitude and aptitude, with the necessary potential and the passion to quickly learn new skills and to gain the necessary experience required for understanding existing code and complex problems, developing and supporting sophisticated web applications (from the design of intuitive, user-friendly and secure graphical front-end interfaces to the back-end functionality), data structures, data storage/reporting and how the in-house systems meet particular needs and reflect the processes that take place in a sixth form college. Good programming practice, structure and use of explanatory comments in the code is essential and the successful candidate will be trained in these skills.  Without a serious, genuine enthusiasm for programming and learning it will not be possible to succeed in this role.

Day to day tasks would include working (under the direction of the MIS Developer) in:

• Problem-solving issues with the existing web-based applications/systems

• Suggesting and making improvements to the systems and development of new functionality

• Producing system and user documentation for the systems

• Scoping, analysing, planning, designing, coding and testing new web systems

• Assisting the MIS Developer and Senior MIS Developer in various tasks, as required.

It would be advantageous, but not essential, for the candidate to have knowledge on the following technologies:

• HTML

• CSS

• PHP

• JavaScript/jQuery

• Ajax

• MySQL/SQL script languages

The ability to work independently as well as working as part of the MIS Development Team is crucial in this role, as is the ability to learn very quickly (from others and individually), understand complex code and abstract concepts, find solutions to very large and challenging problems/processes (e.g. timetabling, enrolment, room booking), and listen to staff, students and parents to understand what they need a system to do and how it should look. The right candidate will be given extensive training in all the technologies above and with the right enthusiasm, dedication, and attitude will quickly grow in skill, understanding and experience to become an outstanding web developer.

We offer a forward-thinking, welcoming college with supportive management and a modern environment. Benefits include a strong programme of staff development and membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. We are lucky to work with great students who are here to learn and 97% of staff said they would recommend the College as a good place to work in the Spring 2026 Staff Pulse Survey. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and we welcome applications from a diverse range of applicants. We would love our staff ethnicity and cultural profile to closely match the student population we serve.

The College takes safeguarding extremely seriously and a full range of pre-employment checks as set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education including a satisfactory enhanced DBS with barred list check and an online search will be required for this post. All posts at the College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and it is an offence for those barred from working with children to even apply for a role at the College.

For further details and an application form please see below or visit Junior Software Developer | Careers @ Wyke 6th Form College. If you have any queries about applying for the role or require paper copies of the information, please contact personnel@wyke.ac.uk, or call 01482 346347.

Please feel free to include links to any portfolio examples that you have within your application.

The closing date for received applications is: 9a.m. Monday 6th July 2026.

The interviews will take place on Friday 10th July 2026.