Expressions of interest: Tech Talent Cymru
23 June 2026
Owain James
Tech Talent Cymru is coming. Register now to be among the first businesses we contact when the programme launches.
Tech Talent Cymru will connect Welsh SMEs with trained graduates who can help them explore AI opportunities, strengthen their cyber security and turn technical challenges into practical action.
Darogan is developing Tech Talent Cymru in partnership with Equal Education Partners and Hatch Consultancy, a new graduate placement programme designed to make specialist technology support more accessible to Welsh businesses. The programme is currently in development and subject to funding confirmation, but we are building our employer cohort now so we are ready to move quickly when it launches.
Graduates will work with participating businesses in a consultancy-style role, spending time understanding how your organisation works, identifying opportunities or risks, and helping you decide what practical steps to take next.
The programme will offer two specialist streams: Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security.
1. Artificial Intelligence Graduate
AI gets talked about in broad terms a lot. The real value is in understanding how it could actually support the everyday work of your team.
An AI-focused graduate can spend time inside your business, learn how your processes work and identify practical ways AI tools could save time, improve workflows or free up capacity.
They could help with:
- Reviewing admin-heavy or repetitive tasks
- Mapping workflows and identifying where time could be saved
- Testing AI tools for drafting, research, reporting or internal communications
- Creating prompts, templates or guidance your team can actually use
- Helping staff use AI tools safely, confidently and effectively
The goal is not to introduce technology for the sake of it. It is to help your business cut through the noise and start using AI in a way that makes sense for you.
2. Cyber Security Graduate
Cyber risks are often hiding in plain sight. These everyday gaps are easy to miss when you are busy running a business, but they can leave your organisation, staff and customers exposed.
A Cyber-focused graduate can take a fresh look at where your business may be vulnerable and identify realistic steps to improve your resilience.
They could help with:
- Reviewing everyday cyber risks and common weak points
- Looking at password practices, access controls and shared logins
- Helping staff recognise phishing attempts and suspicious messages
- Mapping important processes that are not currently documented
- Putting together a practical cyber action plan for your business
- Building staff confidence around the basics of cyber security
Rather than drowning your team in technical language, graduates will focus on practical improvements that can become part of how your business works day to day.
Why register your interest?
By taking part in Tech Talent Cymru, your business could:
- Access trained graduate talent with specialist AI or Cyber skills
- Gain extra capacity to explore opportunities or tackle risks
- Get support with sourcing and onboarding your graduate
- Help a Welsh graduate build experience in a genuinely future-facing role
Subject to funding confirmation, the programme also aims to include a grant contribution towards the cost of hosting a graduate.
Registering your interest is free and commits you to nothing. It means we will get in touch directly when the programme is ready to launch, with full details of what is involved and how to take part.
Register your interest in hosting a Tech Talent Cymru graduate.
