[Gllug] OT: Just probing the job market in London

[Walid Shaari]

Is London's Middlesex a Decent university ?
 
--- Daniel Fairs <daniel.fairs at spiderplant.net> wrote: > That's not really
true, for developers/sysadmins. The consultancies in
> London will start a graduate off on £28k-£30k. Other firms, a couple of £k
> less. That is, of course, with a 2.1/1st from a decent uni.
> 
> After two years' experience, you can probably expect to be on £35-40k,
> depending on exactly what you do - programmers (especially team leaders)
> earn more than sysadmins.
> 
> As far as the contract market goes, it's pretty sluggish. You're unlikely to
> find much in the way of web design or associated things; the old stalwarts
> of C/C++, Perl and so on are the best contracting skills at the moment. My
> friend just got a contract doing Windows C++ embedded programming.
> 
> The job market is relatively slow - but it's still a lot better than those
> coming out of uni with non-IT or especially non-science degrees...
> 
> I'm speaking, btw, as a graduate with a years' experience - I've just
> managed to find a job. It's harder than it used to be... But good people
> will certainly find something.
> 
> Dan
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk]On Behalf
> > Of Tushar Joshi
> > Sent: 15 August 2001 12:42
> > To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> > Subject: Re: [Gllug] OT: Just probing the job market in London
> >
> >
> >
> > I think when I last spoke to friends, starting salary in the City was
> > 35-40K for a graduate (2-1 1st from a good university).
> >
> > Tushar
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:44:27AM +0100, tet at accucard.com wrote:
> > >
> > > >I think the average income for London IT workers is about £25-30 K
> > >
> > > In my experience, I'd say that's probably a bit on the low side
> > > for all but new graduates, or non-skilled "operator" level staff.
> > > Anyone with more than a year or two of experience should be able
> > > to get 30-40K without too many problems.
> > >
> > > Tet
> > >
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