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State of contracting up North (A1 corridor / Sheffield up to Newcastle)?
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostLeeds has a lot going on away from the code based stuff. DoH, DWP, NHS IT all based there. Some big private sector clients there as well, Asda,BT and a couple of others I can't remember ATM.Leave a comment:
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I don't think that there's many contracts in North Yorks as compared to West Yorks. I'd choose York over Thirsk as it's only 2 hours to London. York is off the A1 and it's a bit crap for driving around because it's so old.
Donny's closer to London, on the East Coast line and on the A1 but I'd still choose York.Leave a comment:
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Leeds has a lot going on away from the code based stuff. DoH, DWP, NHS IT all based there. Some big private sector clients there as well, Asda,BT and a couple of others I can't remember ATM.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostYou are not willing to stay away for gigs?Leave a comment:
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There's also the option of still taking London gigs if you don't mind staying away during the week.
A1 is a good run down to London.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostBoth Sheffield and Newcastle are active areas at the moment due to DWP, I am based in Leeds and find it difficult to find very local gigs but that is just because of my niche, I am sure for the ore common roles like code monkey there will be more opportunities.
There is quite a strong base of Northern denizens so you would be in good company, but then again coming from Humberside I assume you prefer the company of your own cousins to outsiders
Thanks for the reply though, good to know that the local(ish) market is pretty buoyant.Leave a comment:
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Both Sheffield and Newcastle are active areas at the moment due to DWP, I am based in Leeds and find it difficult to find very local gigs but that is just because of my niche, I am sure for the ore common roles like code monkey there will be more opportunities.
There is quite a strong base of Northern denizens so you would be in good company, but then again coming from Humberside I assume you prefer the company of your own cousins to outsidersLeave a comment:
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State of contracting up North (A1 corridor / Sheffield up to Newcastle)?
Hi,
My wife has the opportunity to move with her job to North Yorkshire, and we are considering moving (probably to Thirsk or York). I just wondered what the state of the contract market was like in that area. I have 10 years+ contracting experience as a front end dev (HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc), and have done the staying away from home thing before, but would rather avoid it, so don't mind commuting by road / rail up to 90 minutes. I am looking at Sheffield in the south with Halifax being the western border really, can go up to Newcastle as it's an hour by train from York.
I have checked out Jobserve / CWJobs and there seem to be a few contracts in Leeds and lot's of perm roles. I don't really want to speak to agents just yet as they will only tell me what is best for them. Just wanted to know really if there were many people in that neck of the woods contracting really? If there are did you get your roles by looking on the usual places, or do the local agents contact you once you are on their books and you are in the right location, rather than advertising on the Job Boards?
Any help appreciated, as I am from Humberside originally, and would love to move back up north.
Cheers.
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