Peterborough Job Vacancies

One of the historic claims to fame for Peterborough is the Perkins diesel engine. The engineering marvel was created in 1932 by Frank Perkins and within 30 years was employing one in ten of the city's population. It now employees more than 5,000 people worldwide and the city has attracted a number of other precision engineering firms including Dresser-Rand. Those looking for a career in this sector can also take advantage of the specialised training offered at Perkins Learning Centre.

Barclays, HSBC and Halifax are just three of the banks to be found in Peterborough offering a career in the financial world. But also at the city you'll find BGL Group, Royal Sun Alliance and Diligenta. The BGL broker insurance group alone employs more than 3,000 people in its offices nationwide (its head office is in Peterborough) serving 3.9m customers. It runs a graduate programme and has jobs in marketing, price and technical roles. The financial cluster in Peterborough employs around 7,000 people.

Bauer Media is just one of the many publishing companies who have decided to set up home in or around Peterborough. The company began in the traditional print market with the likes of Angling Times and Motor Cycle News but has moved with the times to incorporate radio, TV and new media platforms. This means they require a range of staff from editorial to production and IT. Johnston Press, the UK’s third largest regional publisher and owner of the Peterborough Evening Telegraph, also has a large media operation based in the city.

Peterborough was named one of four environment cities in the UK in 1992 and since then has strived to become the UK 'environmental capital'. This has led to a number of environmental industries researching and developing green technologies setting up in Peterborough.

Peterborough's farming community produced more than just sugar beet! And many of the farms now supply supermarkets with quality foods. Watch out also for careers in Peterborough firms such as McCain and Masterfoods.