Nicholas Hopkins
Associate Director

Phone number
0121 227 8206Email address
nicholas.hopkins@viqu.co.uk
Our resident lawyer turned recruiter Nick studied Law at Hull University before gaining his LPC at BPP Law School. Nick stumbled into IT recruitment in 2009, whilst interviewing for another role – unsurprisingly, the agency liked him so much that they offered him a job… and the rest, as they say, is history!
In 2014 when VIQU was founded, Nick joined the business as one of our original founding team members. He’d worked with a number of our directors in the past, and when they decided to open VIQU in 2014, they all wanted Nick to come along for the ride due to his diligence, resourcefulness and work ethic. In June 2020, after four previous promotions, Nick was promoted to Associate Director!
Although IT recruitment is a completely different field, we think our marathon-running wine lover has been training to be a great contract recruiter for years, working in the past for Tesco’s as a Customer Service Representative. Nick ‘fondly’ recalls being slapped in the face with a gone-off steak, and having a lady throw a glass jar of Dolmio sauce at his head!
Getting a little deeper…
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Work moment you'd rather forget?
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The blasted “A-Team” video
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Excluding your own, if you had to choose a new accent, what would it be?
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I would choose an Irish accent – everyone loves the Irish!!
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Favourite place you've travelled to?
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It has to be the angkor wat temples in Cambodia. It was like being on a film set or in a lost city.
Latest jobs
from Nicholas
Security Consultant - Remote Working
London, United Kingdom
£400 - 420 per day + Inside IR35
Security Consultant – Remote Working – 6 months (Inside IR35)A Security Consultant is required to work for a global manufacturing organisation. Working within a highly experienced team, you will look to design and grow the...
Security Consultant - Remote Working
London, United Kingdom
£500 - 600 per day + Inside IR35
Security Architect – Remote Working – 6 months (Inside IR35)An experienced hands-on Security Architect is required to work for a global manufacturing organisation. Working within a highly experienced team, you will look to design and...
RPA Analyst (AI / Blue Prism)
Cardiff, United Kingdom
NHS Volunteering Role
***NHS VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED***AI RPA Analyst – Remote Work – NHS (Covid 19 Volunteering)AI RPA Analysts THE NHS NEEDS YOUVIQU Recruitment are supporting a Welsh NHS Trust who are urgently looking for AI RPA Analysts /...
RPA Developer (Blue Prism)
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Market related
***NHS VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED***RPA Developer (Blue Prism) – Remote Work – NHS (Covid 19 Volunteering)AI RPA Developers THE NHS NEEDS YOU!VIQU Recruitment are supporting a Welsh NHS Trust who are urgently looking for RPA Developers /...
O365 Project Lead - Intune
Cardiff, United Kingdom
£250 - 380 per day + Inside IR35
O365 Specialist (Intune) – Contract – 2 months initial – Inside IR35 (NHS) – Cardiff / Remote Are you a passionate and confident Windows & InTune SME ready to make a significant contribution to the...

Nicholas's latest articles

Is Christmas the Perfect Time for IT Job Hunters?
From my 10+ years in IT recruitment, I can safely say that the myth around recruitment in December is far from the truth, and I hope this article sheds some light on the myth and why IT professionals should start their job search now!

VIQU’s Award-Winning Tier 2 Workers Programme
As a company we’ve been recruiting for the development industry for a number of years, but in 2016, we observed that the industry was facing severe hiring challenges, compelling us to look further afield.

The Things to Know About Ransomware and Phishing
Nearly half of the global cyber crimes logged during the course of 2015 were against small companies with fewer than 100 members of staff. Criminals are looking to exploit any digital weaknesses to steal information, bring down websites and send spam.