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Oh, I know your pain all too well. As a fellow UK dev that spent the last year or so looking for a new job before finding one, the market here is absolutely brutal for developers and software engineers. As you said yourself, the majority of roles seem to be fake (or not taken seriously), the few that do interview do a poor job of it and then if you're lucky you'll find one of the few jobs that are actually real at the end of it. My advice would be as follows: 1. If you can leave the UK, do so. I hate to say it, but it feels like the economy here is just getting worse by the day, and the cost of living is ridiculous compared to the wages companies are trying to pay. Not sure where to recommend though, the US is currently in political meltdown and many other parts of the world pay rather low wages in this field as well. 2. Don't be afraid to take a temporary pay cut, or go for a job that's beneath you for a while. The hiring situation in tech is an absolute car crash at the moment, and companies aren't exactly throwing crazy FAANG level money around in most situations. Best to find a way to stay off the market for a few years or so until the situation corrects itself. 3. Avoid relying too much on job listing sites in general. The majority of listings there are either fake, dupes or flooded with applications to the point hardly anyone gets noticed. If you have a network, that's the best way to get hired, but recruiters and direct applications to companies are likely the 2nd and 3rd best options right now. 4. Be willing to accept roles outside of the company too. Yes a lot of companies only hire remote in their region, but some don't, and those could be pay better/offer better conditions than UK based ones. |
I think in the UK most good posts are not well advertised, just sourced through recruiters. The trick is to connect with and follow good recruiters for your particular niche on LinkedIn.