Computing and IT

Useful Careers Resources

Sources of careers information

BCS The Chartered Institute for IT
What do graduates do? (Survey of UK graduate destinations by subject)
Prospects (a leading careers website for undergraduates and graduates)
What can I do with my degree? From Prospects (Options with a Computer Science/IT degree)
Employer Profiles from Prospects (Profiles of many leading graduate employers)
UK IT sector overview from Prospects
Information technology job sector from Prospects(Overview of the IT sector generally)
Get into Teaching (Government central website for information on routes into teaching)
Women in Tech
JobTed

Job Profiles from Prospects (including application analyst, applications developer, business analyst, cyber security analyst, data analyst, data scientist, database administrator, forensic computer analyst, game developer, information systems manager, IT consultant, IT sales professional, IT technical support officer, IT trainer, machine learning engineer, network engineer, penetration tester, SEO specialist, software engineer, software tester, systems analyst, technical author, web designer, web developer)

Professional bodies

BCS
Institution of Analysts and Programmers
Tech UK (Trade Association) Find individual job sectors for specialist bodies, e.g., for Gaming.

Postgraduate study

Prospects: Postgraduate study (Information and database of programmes)
Postgrad.com
Find a Masters
Find a PhD
See: Applying for postgraduate taught courses
Jobs.ac.uk (List of Masters and PhD studentships)
Postgraduate Studentships
Fulbright Commission (Postgraduate study and research opportunities in the USA)

Industry publications with useful articles

Job listings

Key sources - not exhaustive as sector changes rapidly

Dice
Unicorn Hunt
Business Analyst Jobs
JobServe
IT Jobs Watch
Bubble (includes digital careers advice/case studies)
The IT Job

Application Analyst

Applications Developer

Business Analyst

Cyber Security Analyst

Data Analyst

Data Scientist

Games (developer & other roles)

Rare
Gamesradar
Games Industry.biz
Games Jobs Direct
Jagex
MCV
Game Dev Jobs (USA)
Dovetail Games
Rockstar Games
Spiralhouse
EA
Ukie (UK Interactive Entertainment) (Lists UK games developer/video companies & publishers)
Escape Studios Careers Guide (Pearson College) Specialist recruitment agencies for games development
Datascope
TIGA
Aardvark Swift
Amicus

Information Systems Manager

IT Consultant

IT Jobs Watch

IT Technical Support Officer

Machine Learning Engineer

Multimedia

BIMA (British interactive media association)
Design Week
Campaign Jobs (Media)

Network Engineer

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Software Engineer

Software Tester

Systems Analyst

Specialist recruitment firms

Understanding Recruitment
Networkers
Big Cloud (data science, machine learning and AI)

Technical Author

ISTC (Institute of scientific and technical communicators, newsletter and discussion group)
Association of British Science Writers
New Scientist jobs (including writing and other jobs)

Web Designer

Web Developer

Contractor UK (for freelance positions)
Unicorn Hunt
Techno Jobs
CW jobs

Tips for coding and programming tests

Please note that this list is by no means definitive but features some of the more useful websites. For further information on job sectors and detailed occupational profiles please go to Prospects.

Finally

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