Sectors

IT

The pace of change within the world of technology is continually getting faster and we now live in a global candidate market, where the next employee might not be on your doorstep.

Bright Purple has been delivering its services in IT recruitment to clients across the UK and Europe since 1995 and has the proven credentials to deliver results. Our experienced team of recruiters based in Edinburgh and London, work across a wide variety of market sectors and technology skill sets.

Contract, permanent and team moves are all part of the recruitment offering and we work with our clients to understand their needs before recommending our solutions, that we believe are fit for purpose.

We are constantly looking for a broad range of technology skills for our varied client base and these include:

  • Sharepoint
  • Dynamics AX / CRM
  • .NET - C# - VB .NET
  • SQL Server (Developers and DBA’s)
  • Solutions Architects
  • Java
  • PHP and other Open Source technologies
  • Oracle (database and applications)
  • Oracle eBusiness suite
  • Oracle BI (OBIEE and OBIApps)
  • SAP
  • ERP technologists
  • Flash developers
  • Murex
  • RAD developers
  • Business analysts
  • Project and Programme Managers

Our London team are heavily involved in providing resources to the Global Investment Banking community and welcome conversations with technologists working in this arena and considering a permanent career move or a new contract.

If you wish to know more about our recruitment services, then please call us on 0131 473 7030.


Financial Services

Bright Purple's Financial Services Recruitment team provides a bespoke service to suit its wide and varied client base and are paid on getting results, not retainers! So you can expect us to be proactive in getting you the top candidates for the right roles, and for candidates we will strive to find the right role and the right company for your ambitions.

The team specialise in recruiting junior to senior permanent and contract candidates into front, middle and back office positions across the banking and financials’ market in the UK.

It’s a broad business sector and some of the areas that the team continue to provide focused resources to include

  • Risk
  • Regulatory
  • Audit
  • Accounting
  • Client Services
  • Project Management
  • Operations
  • Change Management
  • Investment Analysts
  • Consultancy

Bright Purple’s Financial Services team is headed up by Mike Leeman, who has more than 11 years experience of recruiting for the UK financial services market in both London and Scotland. Prior to joining Bright Purple in 2009, Mike had a long and successful career with one of the UK’s largest recruitment groups. Mike and his team fully understand the business they are in and are happy to consult and give advice on their market.

Mike and the team are always delighted to meet new or existing clients to discuss opportunities and candidates who are looking for a new contract or career move, so if you would like a confidential discussion then please contact our Edinburgh recruitment office on 0131 473 7030.


Software Testing

Driven by demand from our client base, Bright Purple now has a focused Testing team providing high calibre testing personnel of all levels for your business or organisation.

We provide a fast and flexible service that can be scaled up or down to suit your specific requirements. Through our extensive database of IT testing professionals, we will find you the right people with the right skills sets and prevent you from having to incur much higher specialist testing consultancy costs.

We specialize in a number of areas within Testing:

  • Test Analysis
  • Test Engineering
  • Test Architecture
  • Test Governance/Process
  • Test Management
  • System Testing and Integration
  • Test Automation
  • Performance Testing
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Migration Testers
  • Mobile Application Testing
  • Game Testing
  • Embedded System Testing
  • Defect Management

Bright Purple’s Software Testing team is headed up by Chris Murphy who is always available to meet with new or existing clients to discuss opportunities or with candidates who are looking for a new contract or career move. Please contact Chris or his team on 0131 473 7030.


Scottish Testing Specialists GroupBright Purple are sponsoring the Scottish Testing Group event on 25th October, Edinburgh. The aim of the Scottish Testing Group is to promote and share excellence in systems and software testing in Scotland.