jonbvn wrote:Kyle wrote:
It would be good for the economy if they were higher salary IT jobs, maybe analysis, architecture or development related, but if they are customer service jobs only then it's still something to be very pleased about.
What is the availability of such skills in the S. Wales area? Would it require people to be drafted in, who normally work in London/M4 Corridor?
Vague answer sorry, it depends on the specific roles they are recruiting and the technology they use to develop their applications. I've been out of the country for almost a year now so I'm not aware of how healthy the job market is, but before I left home to come back to Dubai last December I was working at a software house in Cardiff city centre that's growing loads and we struggled to find the right resources. The result was the salaries we offered were pretty decent for the more complicated roles and we had some fairly inexperienced developers on really good salaries. I'm not sure how healthy the market is right now but there's certainly been an improvement in the number of technology based organisations based in the area over the last few years, which is a great thing for those of us working in the sector.
It's part of the reason a couple of universities are improving their courses, because of the lack of resources in the area. Cardiff Met, for example, are creating a whole new campus in the city centre (at Central Quay) and Cardiff Uni have a National Software Academy based in Newport in partnership with the Welsh Government.