[adam-_-]

£18,000 is pittance - you should get more than that just for reading Hacker News!

Apply for a junior position at a more interesting company if it's the only job around. It's the same or possibly more money so who cares?!

Check out things like NMA Top 100 [1], Times Tech Track [2] etc. to try and scout around potentially interesting companies in the area.

[1] http://top100.nma.co.uk - you have to register but it's free. [2] http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/tech100suppleme...