# Tech Industry Gold (TechSkills) > Independent, employer led accreditation body for tech education — university > degrees, apprenticeships, professional training and in-house employer > programmes — assessed against industry-defined capability standards across > eight tech career families. Not-for-profit; the skills arm of techUK. ## About & Accreditation - [About](https://techskills.org/about): Our story - [Team](https://techskills.org/about/team): Team - [Advisory Board](https://techskills.org/about/advisory-board): Advisory board - [Expert Directory](https://techskills.org/about/experts): Industry and academic experts, searchable by specialism - [Providers](https://techskills.org/providers): Provider overview and accreditation framework - [Degree Accreditation](https://techskills.org/providers/degrees): Degree accreditation - [Professional Accreditation](https://techskills.org/providers/professional): Professional qualifications and CPD - [Work Ready Accreditation](https://techskills.org/providers/work-ready): Bootcamps/intensive training - [Modular Accreditation](https://techskills.org/providers/modular): Apprenticeship units, short courses - [Centre of Excellence](https://techskills.org/providers/centre-of-excellence): Centre of Excellence - [Accreditation Fees](https://techskills.org/providers/accreditation-fees): Accreditation fees ## Career Families Eight interconnected domains, each with a capability matrix mapping roles, skills and market outlook. Skills and occupations are sourced from the UK Standard Skills Classification (SSC Explorer) API (Skills England, OGL v3.0) where a live, verified match exists, layered with our own editorial salary and narrative content — see [Methodology](https://techskills.org/methodology) for exactly which domains are live-sourced vs editorial-only: - [Software Development](https://techskills.org/learners/careers/software-development) - [Data & AI](https://techskills.org/learners/careers/data-ai) - [Cyber Security](https://techskills.org/learners/careers/cyber-security) - [Infrastructure](https://techskills.org/learners/careers/infrastructure) - [Networks](https://techskills.org/learners/careers/networks) - [Design & UX](https://techskills.org/learners/careers/design-ux) - [Business Analysis](https://techskills.org/learners/careers/business-analysis) - [Emerging Tech](https://techskills.org/learners/careers/emerging-tech) Each family also has a standalone Capability Matrix page (https://techskills.org/matrices/:key, e.g. [Cyber Security Matrix](https://techskills.org/matrices/cyber)) presenting the same skills/occupations data as a detailed reference table rather than the narrative career-page format above. The [Learners hub](https://techskills.org/learners) includes a quiz that generates a personalised Career Plan (skills, certifications, projects, market outlook) for whichever family best matches the learner's answers. Where a genuine, employer led apprenticeship standard exists for a domain, each family page also offers an Apprenticeship Route alongside the default Academic Route, real IfATE/Skills England standards, not certifications. This spans hands on Hard Hat trades (fibre and telecoms field engineering, data centre operations, smart buildings, industrial automation, utilities technology, construction technology and geospatial surveying) and desk based apprenticeships (software development, cyber security, UX, business analysis). Standards are matched live against the accredited programme directory and marked clearly where no Tech Industry Gold accredited provider currently delivers them yet. ## Accredited Providers & Programmes - [Explore](https://techskills.org/explore): Combined provider and programme directory - [Programmes](https://techskills.org/programmes): Programme directory - Individual provider and programme pages are Contentful-driven and update regularly — see [/sitemap.xml](https://techskills.org/sitemap.xml) for the current list rather than relying on a static list here. ## For Employers - [Employers](https://techskills.org/employers): Employer network overview - [Shape Future Skills](https://techskills.org/employers/influence): Influence accreditation standards and future skills definitions - [Train Your Workforce](https://techskills.org/employers/train-workforce): Accredit your training - [Employer Network](https://techskills.org/employers/network): Employer network - [Join the Network](https://techskills.org/employers/join-our-network): Apply to become an employer partner - [For Employers](https://techskills.org/for-employers): Choose your route: find accredited training providers, join the Employer Network, or get your own training accredited ## Routes Into Tech - [Learners](https://techskills.org/learners): Learner hub - [Routes Into Tech](https://techskills.org/learners/routes): Apprenticeships, degrees, bootcamps and flexible learning compared ## Career Returners Hub - [Career Returners Hub](https://techskills.org/learners/career-returners): Hub for people returning to work after a career break: pathways, refresh-skills, confidence-hub, career-change, funding-support, opportunities, dedicated-returner-programmes, free-resources, digital-skills-check, success-stories, for-employers (the business case and framework for employers running a returner programme) ## Digital Credentials - [Credentials for Learners](https://techskills.org/credentials/learners): Blockchain-verified skills credentials for learners - [Credentials for Employers](https://techskills.org/credentials/employers): How employers use credentials - [Credentials for Providers](https://techskills.org/credentials/providers): How providers issue credentials ## Insights - [Insights](https://techskills.org/insights): Articles hub — browse, search and filter news, policy updates and industry insights. Individual articles are Contentful-driven and live at https://techskills.org/insights/articles/:slug — see /sitemap.xml for the current list. - [Skills Intelligence](https://techskills.org/insights/skills-intelligence): Data-led labour market and skills-gap analysis. - [Insights Topics](https://techskills.org/insights/topics/ai): 28 topic pages aggregating articles by technology area (AI, Cyber Security, Data, Cloud, and 24 others) — see /sitemap.xml for the full list of /insights/topics/:slug pages ## Tools & Calculators - [ROI Calculator](https://techskills.org/programmes/roi-calculator): Estimate the return on investment of a Tech Industry Gold accredited programme - [Programme Compare](https://techskills.org/programmes/compare): Side-by-side comparison of accredited programmes - [Methodology](https://techskills.org/methodology): How our data sources, cost estimates and calculations work ## Full URL list See [/sitemap.xml](https://techskills.org/sitemap.xml) for the complete, currently-live set of pages, including all Contentful-backed provider, programme and article pages.