IT in Cumbria

[Sailaway]

Looking on various it job boards, I never seem to find any perm/contract roles in the Cumbria region (software testing).

Is anybody aware of any companies in this area recruiting for this type of work. If so, which agencies are their preferred suppliers?

[TykeMerc]

Looking on various it job boards, I never seem to find any perm/contract roles in the Cumbria region (software testing).

Is anybody aware of any companies in this area recruiting for this type of work. If so, which agencies are their preferred suppliers?

Considering how little industry there is in Cumbria compared with much of the country it's hardly a surprise that there's next to no work.

[portseven]

If anything there would be stuff at either Vickers (Barrow) or BNFL (Selafield)

Not much else

[TykeMerc]

If anything there would be stuff at either BAES (Barrow) or BNFL (Selafield)

Not much else

Indeed, precious little apart from those two.

[portseven]

Indeed, precious little apart from those two.

Well when I was a lad it was Vickers

portseven - expat Barovian

[BolshieBastard]

Looking on various it job boards, I never seem to find any perm/contract roles in the Cumbria region (software testing).

Is anybody aware of any companies in this area recruiting for this type of work. If so, which agencies are their preferred suppliers?

Cumbria is a wasteland with very little in the way of large scale IT projects. Its like the north east atm, not much going on.

Need to look further afield or, move to another location Im afraid.

[Archangel]

There is the Furness Building Society in Barrow

[Bod]

or the sausage factory in Shap. HTH

[NetwkSupport]

i worked up in barrow for a year on the gas processing plant, there is NO work there apart from BAE, Centrica, Glaxo Smith Kline (?), Expro Tronic and er... Morrisons.

Was considering staying up there and commuting to Manchester daily for work bit far though. Id move house mate.

[mace]

Yeh move to the Isle of Wight, Man, Mull, Mid Wales and other well known IT hotspots.