I am a Londoner - working, predictably, in financial-services IT (I hate the grandiose "data science") - whose wife got a good academic job in Newcastle. There are thoughts of relocation, but searches on Jobsite and EFinancialCareers (I use "sql" as the search keyword) come up nearly empty. Newcastle-based contractors: are there any big financial employers in Newcastle? Do people commute to Edinburgh? Do people commute to London?!
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Originally posted by demyan1 View PostI am a Londoner - working, predictably, in financial-services IT (I hate the grandiose "data science") - whose wife got a good academic job in Newcastle. There are thoughts of relocation, but searches on Jobsite and EFinancialCareers (I use "sql" as the search keyword) come up nearly empty. Newcastle-based contractors: are there any big financial employers in Newcastle? Do people commute to Edinburgh? Do people commute to London?!
DWP and HMRC at Longbenton (all will be inside IR35 nowadays) and EDS / HP / HPE / whatever its now called at Silverlink are the main contractor places in the North East. There isn't any financials services really here except for Virgin Bank and Atom..merely at clientco for the entertainment -
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Virgin money is good. I had a gig there a few years back. I don't see too many contracts going there though. The railway pensions administration people are in Darlington I think, occasional gigs advertised there.Comment
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Originally posted by barrydidit View PostVirgin money is good. I had a gig there a few years back. I don't see too many contracts going there though. The railway pensions administration people are in Darlington I think, occasional gigs advertised there.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostRPMI (round the corner from me) are now a TCS stronghold....
The pimp who called me about it was a right pita anyway.Comment
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SAGE is in Gosforth
I've also had contracts at Northern Rock (Virgin Money) and BTLast edited by Sausage Surprise; 2 October 2017, 13:18.Blood in your pooComment
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Originally posted by Sausage Surprise View PostSAGE is in Gosforth
Decent office though with a nice lunchtime walk route (round the block) if you have something they need.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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There's a number of financial opportunities in and around Newcastle.
You've Virgin Money at Gosforth on the old \ modernised Northern Rock site, Newcastle Building Society and Brewin & Dolphin in the city centre, Sage near Hazelrigg, Atom Bank further out at Durham although contractor opportunities are bordering on few and far between.
Last I heard though Cognizant had become the sole preferred supplier at VM and Brewin & Dolphin positively discourage 'speculative' approaches.Comment
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I think Newcastle is generally a poor location for contractors. For every one gig I hear of there, I hear of 10+ in Edinburgh and Glasgow.Comment
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