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Hi Sergio,

Well, you're right, being closer to a financial capital is going to bring you more, in terms of pay and so forth. But, I would recommend you give Bristol a fair chance. (I have to say, at this point, that I'm slightly biased toward Bristol ) There's a useful site here called knowhere.co.uk . It's kind of a crowd-sourced guide to the UK. It's a bit vague in places, but worth a look.  Are you set on living in the South though? Have you thought of places like Nottingham (aka Notts) and Leicester ?

- 1st

Hey 1st

Never really thought of Notts or Leicester ... do you know if they are good cities in terms of IT jobs ? I'll look them up, as i'm open to anywhere really. I'm under the impression that the North will be more affordable but the weather may be more harsh ... am I right ?

Bristol is up there in my list so far and I also have friends there which might help me settle in. I was thinking I may even start there and then move closer to London eventually to tackle the big jobs.

The weather is a tinge colder, but don't let that put you off. Coming from Malta, i think you're going to find it a bit nippy wherever you go

Have a look at this site; itjobswatch.co.uk. It analyses various job classifieds and gives you an idea of what is happening in an area, regarding IT skills demands. Here's an example for Bristol . Go ahead and try it for other areas. It may be a bit academic, but I think you should definitely have a look. You could get an idea of what's happening in any given area, regarding IT demand...

Here's another one linking to locations search.

I hope this helps?

Hey thanks that's a useful link ... i'll definitely have a look later on. Thanks for all your help.

I'll let you know what I decided ... it may help someone else.

Thanks again

Great mate,

Let me know how it goes

I live near Reading, and have lots of friends who live in and near the city itself, and am pretty impressed with it.  You can get ANYWHERE from there by train.  There are a good number of high-tech industries in the area (you said software developer...you got a resume posted??).  Reading's definitely worth a look.

Hey mzieg

Thanks for your input. I haven't taken Reading off my list. I'll be visiting both Bristol and Reading later on (most prob September or October) to decide which city is best for me and then I'll post a resume online and start looking for a job in the city I choose.

> "and then I'll post a resume online and start looking for a job"

You realize that by deliberately sequencing it like that, you completely miss the opportunity for a hungry employer to recruit you *before* you move, and offer to completely fund and orchestrate the relocation?  (It worked for me...)

Thanks for this mzieg

Maybe I didn't explain myself well. My intention is to actually move in January. I thought I'd start looking for jobs in October for the exact reason mentioned ... i might get lucky

By "then I'll post a resume online and start looking for a job", I mean that I would like to first decide on where I want to live so I could look for jobs in that area.

I thought it would be too soon to start looking now, since I'm only available in January (or maybe earliest November) ... what do you think ?

Thanks

No question....move to Bristol. I went to University in Reading and worked in Bristol. Bristol, is cool, has a great music scene, bars etc...plus they have lots of creative companies including Aardman Animations that did Wallace and Gromit animated movies. Good luck!