If you have an interest in coding and building websites but have not got the time or the funds to head back to uni then there are a number of ways in which you can train for free in your own time. Programmers are always in demand and as more and more of the consumer market turn to the internet to make purchases or find companies that offer the services that they need, businesses in all industries are upping their game when it comes to online advertising.

You do not need any formal qualifications to become a programmer but if you are applying for a job in a web agency they may want to see some. If you are self-taught then you will probably need to prove your knowledge before they will even consider you for the job.

Sites such as Code Academy has a number of free course that you can do. These courses will first show you how to achieve a certain task and then it will test your coding skills and tell you if you are correct. There are a wide selection of courses to do ranging from simple CSS and HTML to PHP and even how to analyse data when managing a website.