IT’S ALL CLICKED INTO PLACE NOW

I had reached a stage where I was 22st and had no confidence. I knew I had to do something about it and so weight loss and exercise became a massive part of my life.

It took two years but after running several marathons and losing nine stone my confidence soared.

I didn’t want to be stuck in a job for the rest of my life with no progression or stimulation. With the support of my girlfriend, I quit my job and enrolled on a coding bootcamp.

They are big in the USA, but quite new here. They are expensive, costing thousands, but intensive – lasting as long as it takes to master coding.

I finished the course, which was full-time, in 12 weeks.

I had found what I loved at last.

Click Travel asked me to do an online Tech Test and were impressed with what I knew.

Although they are based in Birmingham, they invest heavily in remote working, and took me on.

To work alongside Sam, visit clicktravel.com/careers.

We have found 17,974 IT jobs which need techy skills and computer aptitude.

At fish4jobs.co.uk, there are 3,877 ranging from an IT support technician in Manchester (£20,000£25,000) to a web developer in Cardiff (£22,154-£25,627).

We spotted another 2,551 jobs at gov.uk/jobsearch, including a senior quality assurance test engineer in Croydon (£40,000) and a mobile app developer in Cambridge (£40,000-£65,000).

There are a further 7,559 jobs of all types, from software engineers to web developers, at cwjobs.co.uk. They include a full stack developer lead in Maidenhead (£65,000£70,000) and a technical business analyst in Kent (£375-£425 a day).

We also found 3,375 IT roles at engineeringjobs.co.uk and 2,412 with the NHS (jobs.nhs.uk).

If you’re starting out, an apprenticeship could be a good route into the industry.

There are 612 opportunities at apprenticeships.gov.uk.

HAPPY AT LAST Sam has found his calling