Places to look for a developer job in London
Update 13-09-2017: Added Unicorn Hunt jobs board
Update 5-10-2017: Used direct link to London Stack Overflow jobs
A friend who's moving to London soon asked about good places to find developer jobs. I wrote him a list on Canvas but unfortunately it's now defunct and I lost the backup of my data 😖.
So here's another list—hopefully some of it overlaps. I've put it online so that I won't lose it again. If you have any suggestions, let me know.
Recruiters
I've always heard horror stories about recruiters so I've never used. Several friends have said great things about Thayer Prime. She has a job board.
A friend said:
she’s the only honest, decent, recruiter I've met in London.
Digital agencies
These agencies do good work and look like they'd be nice places to work. Whether they have jobs or not is another matter.
Made by Many
They have a great blog that I think gives you a good insight into their approach (both technical, design, business and process) and varied projects. I like that they've tackled both self-initiated hardware projects like Hackaball and digital client work for big names.
Design agencies
A few design agencies who I like the work of:
- Method
- Uniform
- Code and Theory
- ustwo <- Monument Valley!
Companies
BBC
I'm obviously biased but the BBC's a great organisation to work for. I found it a respectful place, very good for those with families, offers lots of interesting training. It's a large organisation which means your work is seen by loads of people, but it often makes things a bit difficult to get things done. I think this has improved in recent years.
Spotify
Spotify have a London office and are recruiting.
The Guardian
The Gurdian newspaper/website have a good technical team with a lot of ex-BBC people.
Government Digital Service
Doing very interesting work to make government services user-focused and easy to use.
Go here and choose "Organisation" "Government Digital Service".
Job boards
Some job boards that list or advertise jobs.
Unicorn Hunt
A trendier jobs board featuring emoji. All jobs go through to the employers, rather than agencies which I like.
Key Values
Filter available jobs with organisations that share your values e.g. "Ideal for parents", "Flat organisation" etc.
JS weekly/Frontend Focus
Both newsletters have job slots which are sometimes in London.
StackOverflow Jobs
Seems to have a lot of stuff in London with good search and filtering: https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/developer-jobs-in-london
Glass Door
Glass Door has job listings but also allows people to post salaries so you can see what to expect.
Guardian Jobs
Guardian Jobs seems to have a lot. Probably more corportate jobs though.
Cultural Digital
There's a great newsletter called Cultural Digital by Chris Unitt that is about cool cultural projects using technology. He links out to this job board about digital jobs in museusm and galleries.
Creative Applications
Website focussing on technology/art projects.
Its Nice That have a jobs board with developer jobs.