Summer Internship Opportunity at Edge Health (8 -12 Weeks)

Summer Internship Opportunity at Edge Health (8 -12 Weeks)

Application Deadline: 19 April 2026

Department: Technical

Employment Type: Internship

Location: London

Compensation: £34,000 / year

Description

Are you approaching the end of your university journey and excitedly looking forward to putting your knowledge into practice? Edge Health, an analytics firm based in the heart of London, is inviting applications from ambitious students at the end of their penultimate or final year of university for a summer internship. Are you ready to leverage your technical skills, like statistics, coding, data science and modelling, in a fast-paced, real world environment? If you are gearing to make a transformational impact within the NHS, let's talk - we have an opportunity that might just be perfect for you.

At Edge Health, we have a firm belief in the transformative power of data and analytics. Enabling data-driven decision making, policy development, quality improvement, and efficiency expansion within the NHS is at the heart of what we do. We take immense pride in our consultancy services and data products that help realise this potential and bring measurable benefit to our clients.

About the Internship

As a Summer Intern, you will delve into delivering one-off projects to meet clients' needs, and contribute to the development of repeatable propositions to take to the market under the guidance of our professional team. The organisations we work with have a wide range of needs, and differing levels of technical sophistication. We are committed to delivering work which brings the maximum benefit to our clients, patients, and the NHS, and doing this requires flexibility in the analytical approach we bring to each problem.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Delivery: Supporting day-to-day delivery of consulting projects, guided by a Senior Analyst, Consultant or Senior Consultant, and led by a Director.
• Application of Technical & Industry Expertise: Applying your academic knowledge and skills to deliver high-quality and value-adding outputs for our clients.
• Innovation: Learning from professional experiences and previous projects to build new propositions for use in the health sector.
• Business Development: Contributing to Edge Health's growth through team training and development and preparation of marketing material.

Desired Skills & Experience

We greatly value diversity and would welcome applicants from a range of academic and professional backgrounds. While meeting all the stated job requirements can be beneficial, at Edge, we understand that diverse experiences and perspectives can bring great value to our work. So, if you are passionate about the work we do and share our values, we encourage you to apply, even if you do not meet every single criterion.

• Technical skills in the field of data analytics, economic modelling, or statistics, developed either through academia or professional experience;
• Be highly motivated, self-driven and versatile, and excited to work within a small and growing start-up;
• Have the ability to engage effectively and enjoyably with a range of people, and to communicate impactfully the findings and implications of your work;
• Have a knowledge of coding in SQL and preferably R or similar statistical languages, or a willingness and ability to learn how to do so;
• Have experience of delivering projects and outputs to tight timescales and to a high quality;
• Take proactive responsibility for personal development, and the development of individuals and teams around you.

Details

Location: We are based in an office in central London. Although the expectation is to attend the office, we can make flexible working arrangements.

Duration: 8 to 12 week internship starting between June and September 2026, with precise length and start date to be agreed.

Compensation: £34,000 per annum (pro rata)

Deadline to apply: We plan to keep the role open to applications until midnight on Sunday 19th April, but we may close it early if we receive a high number of applicants.