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Virgin Media O2
Reimagining connectivity to supercharge the UK
At Virgin Media O₂, we connect people to the moments that matter most. Virgin Media leads the UK for broadband reliability, speed and overall performance, while O₂ keeps people connected on the move with award-winning coverage.
We’re also proud to be named one of the Financial Times Top 500 Best Employers for 2026, based on one of the UK’s largest employee satisfaction surveys.
Join us, and you’ll be part of a team that stays curious, positive and focused on making life easier for our customers and each other. We’re investing in the future of connectivity, from expanding next-generation 5G to exploring satellite-supported solutions that help reach rural communities and hard-to-connect places.
You’ll work with people who back good ideas and give you plenty of room to grow. So if you’re looking for a place where you can feel supported, trusted and genuinely valued, you’ll feel right at home here.
What Virgin Media O2 offers their employees
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Alternative working patterns
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Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Flexibility
Hybrid working (with some weekly office time)
A little flexibility in start and finish times
Early Careers
Our award-winning early careers schemes at Virgin Media O2 (you may see them as Future Careers on our careers site) are designed to help graduates, apprentices and students build real-world skills from day one. These structured schemes are supported with mentoring, training and projects that are making a real impact for our customers. They also provide clear routes into long-term careers across technology, digital and business roles.
Graduate schemes: Our graduate schemes give you hands-on experience, industry knowledge and the support you need to thrive from day one.
Internships: Our internships are year-long industry placement schemes, designed for university students completing a compulsory year in industry. They offer end-to-end business insight and tailored development to help you grow.
Apprenticeships: Our apprenticeships are open to everyone and combine paid employment with education, giving you practical experience alongside dedicated time to study for a recognised for qualification.
Flexible working at Virgin Media O2
We’re a flexible-first organisation, because we know people do their best work when they have choice and clarity. To support meaningful collaboration, we ask everyone to spend at least eight days each month connecting in person.
That doesn’t just mean time in the office, it could be team meetings, offsites, volunteering days, cross-functional projects, or away days - anywhere meaningful collaboration happens. What matters is making those moments purposeful, so when we come together, it really counts.
Our best advice is to talk to your interviewers during the recruitment process to understand what this could look like for you.
Inclusion & Belonging at Virgin Media O2
At Virgin Media O2 we're going All In, to remove bias and barriers for our people and our candidates. We're working hard to achieve bold ambitions, to help us better represent the diverse communities we serve across the UK. As an equal opportunities employer, we support and encourage you, to be your authentic self throughout your application journey.
To better commit to our DE&I ambitions, we have six incredible employee networks with executive leadership support. These networks have spearheaded several of our accreditations such as being a Menopause Friendly, Carer Confident, and Disability Confident employer. Check out our networks below:
Women's Network - focused on making a measurable difference in gender equality.
Neurodiversity Network - a place for allies and people with and carers of those with Neurodivergent conditions.
Enrich - empowers and advocates for our employees from global majority backgrounds.
Proudly - creates a safe space and community for LGBTQIA+ employees to thrive and be themselves.
We Care - supports carers and helps them make time for themselves.
Ultraviolet - champions equality and equity for the disabled community.
What Employees like about Virgin Media O2
Benefits
Fab company to work for, benefits are superb and certain roles give lots of autonomy and flexibility. I love it so much, I am still here after 16 years.
Culture
I love the emphasis on ownership for every employee. Its not typical corporate and it is expected of me to take decisions and own them.
People & Community
The people always come first and it's a very non-hierarchical environment. All about team-play and I have a great team; we work well together, support one another and get the job done. We have flexibility to work effectively and make sure that we have an open-door policy where we can share and learn from one another. I feel very supported and lucky to be a part of a team that values it's employees.
Working Environment
We have a very flexible working environment, including working from home as required and flexibility on hours worked. The flexibility means I can work around family commitments and I'm trusted to flex my hours up and down to get the job done. This is really valuable for me.
Accreditations
Menopause Friendly Employer
2022
Carer Confident
2025
Disability Confident
2025Awards & Achievements
3rd - Best Employee Wellbeing
Flexa awards 20263rd - Best Work-Life Balance
Flexa awards 2026
2nd - Most Family Friendly Company
Flexa awards 2025Top 5 - Best Career Progression
Flexa awards 2025Most Flexible Company
Flexa awards 2025
3rd – Large companies
Flexa100 2024
Consumer Goods
Industry awards 2023
2nd – Large companies
Flexa100 2023
Financial Times Best Employers in the UK
2026
The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality
2026
The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality
2025
Working at Virgin Media O2
Hybrid
A little flex time
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Employee benefits
Annual Leave
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Birthday off
- Buy or sell annual leave
Health & Wellbeing
- Compassionate leave
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Dental coverage
- Enhanced sick pay
- Eye Care Support
- Family health insurance
- Health assessment
- Health insurancePopular
- Men’s health support
- Menopause support
- Mental health first aiders
- Mental health platform access
- Mental health support
- Women’s health support
Learning & Development
- Hackathons
- Lunch and learns
- Mentoring
- Professional subscriptions
Office Based
- Bike parking
- Chill out zone
- Collaboration spaces
- Cycle to work scheme
- Faith rooms
- Meditation space
- On-site barista
- On-site catering
- On-site shower
- On-site wellness room
- Private booths
Parents & Caregivers
- Adoption leave – 26 weeks at full pay
- Carer’s leave – 5 days paid leave (can be taken as 10 half days)
- Emergency leave
- Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks at full pay
- Enhanced paternity leave – 14 weeks at full pay
- Neonatal leave
- Pregnancy loss leave
- Shared parental leave
Salary Based
- Annual bonus
- Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
- Enhanced pension match/contribution
- Life assurance
- Life insurance
- Referral bonus
Work Environment
- In house training
Work Week
- Open to job sharingPopular
- Open to part time work for some rolesPopular
- Open to part-time employeesPopular
Other
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discounts
- Financial coaching
- Neurodiversity assessment
- Returnship
- Teambuilding days
- Volunteer days – 5 days paid on top of 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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