[brosinante]

Previously Londoner for ~8 years here. I can confirm the six month unfilled position period has been going on for at least a few years now.

If anything else, and at least on the high(ish) end of skill and seniority there's an artificial reverse bubble that I can only attribute to the almost pathological and almost allergic insistence of UK employers to have as few well paid employees as possible.

[alibarber]

Hmm - I've moved from London to Helsinki. I've been the hiring manager for several (Software Engineer) positions in Finland and it's been quite interesting.

The supply of CVs for any position we open there for mid/senior positions is a trickle compared to the UK, and it's not really been like they're all perfectly qualified, there's a lot of 'noise' too. We let go of any geographical constraint, as long as you're willing to work close to our time zone and in a nation that we're legally allowed to do business with, then we'd consider it.

In short - if you're an established engineer who's easy to work with and has some initiative, I would not be worried. Salaries/raises might slow down, inflation is here and is going to bite you, but such is life.

[Mandatum]

All the UK folks I know fled to the EU and work on visas. Germany, France, Norway, Denmark. Remote roles. All the multinationals who moved IT out of UK after Brexit..

UK just can’t compete. EU is bigger, and have more money.

This isn’t even the beginning of pain for Brexit.

[alibarber]

Not really sure how Brexit would explain my experiences of having fewer candidates in the EU than post-Brexit London.

The EU as a whole surely does have more money, although developer salaries on average are higher in London than many other places in the EU too.