Lynsey Skinner

Back in July, there were 1.6 million tech vacancies in the UK – over 100,000 of those created during the past 18 months alone. One of the fastest areas of growth within the industry has been Data and Analytics.

According to the ONS, over 100,000 new jobs have been created in the technology sector since the start of the pandemic. This now means that there are 1.6 million tech jobs across the UK alone – a booming sector and one rife with opportunity for job seekers and current employees alike.

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So how do you get a remote developer job? There are a few steps you should think about if you want to be successful, here is our expert advice.

It’s a hot potato. A question that plunges both recruitment and development forums into flurries of impassioned debate. Should you set coding challenges when interviewing for IT or web development positions? Here’s some guidance.

For many, the South West does not spring to mind as a hub of innovation and technology! Perhaps London, Manchester or Birmingham would come in higher on the list.

Rural internet access? You might already be conjuring up imagery of the same old stereotype: pages loading at a painful crawl, image-free text failing to fill the page and connections so jittery you might as well be relying on 90’s dial-up. As for HD streaming? Forget it.

The workspace is alive with the sound of typing. The collective clatter of keys dancing to the beat of discovery. A hive mind buzzing with the thrum of creativity. That sound you hear is a hackathon: people pulling together in search of a common goal.

One day the world will explode in a supernova of syntax errors, if-then statements and while loops. Until then developers are going to continue to be in demand.

IT interviews are a unique beast. Alongside the generic interview questions that have been included since before the dinosaurs, your technical skills are going to be put to the test too.

Competition for IT and developer roles is increasingly fierce - from junior posts right up to board-level positions. If you want to make the vacancy yours, you have to impress from the start. Here’s our IT CV Advice….