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MANCHESTER ATTRACTS THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST According to the first ‘UK Tech Town Index’ compiled by CompTIA (the Computing Technology Industry Association), Manchester is currently the best place for IT employment opportunities in the UK. In an examination of more than 200 towns and cities across the country, Manchester came first in a top 10 comprising Bristol – earning second place for providing more year-on-year job opportunity growth in tech than anywhere else in the UK – Leeds, Birmingham, London, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Bath, Basingstoke and Reading. Career progression options and high
quality of living in the North West, based on the cost of living and tech job demand, were among the reasons cited for Manchester’s No 1 ranking. The city has been chosen by Innovate UK to be the Internet of Things City Demonstrator, a showcase of how Internet-connected technology and data can be used to transform urban areas. Elise Wilson, Greater Manchester
Combined Authority’s head of digital, says, “I’m delighted that in Greater Manchester we are leading the way and doing digital differently. It’s great to see that we are perfectly positioned to become one of Europe’s top-five digital city-regions, boasting some of the most cutting-edge technology firms in the world. To help Greater Manchester to keep pace with this rapid growth, we are putting in place a range of initiatives to recruit a highly- skilled workforce from all our communities regardless of their background or starting point.”
DEMOCRATISATION OF THE TECH INDUSTRY And if London’s fifth position in the rankings
raised
eyebrows, Graham
Hunter, vice-president of skills certification at CompTIA, explains, “Of course, this doesn’t mean London is slipping. The sheer diversity and number of employers and jobs alone would have put London at the top of the list, but with a cost of living 103 per cent higher than anywhere else in the UK, it prices many people out of developing a career there. Clearly, a democratisation of the tech industry is underway. Techies across Britain can relax with the knowledge that their field is growing, no matter where in the nation they’re based.” ➲
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