Current IT job market in UK

SallyA · Post by **SallyA** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:25 am

ghulbhai wrote:Yeah there could be jobs.. but I have hit close to 170 consultants and have tried everywhere. My flight to India is next week.

I have tried PM, .NET, C++, MFC, ASP.NET and architect jobs too. If you get a interview call, you are lucky.

Forget it. I am going back home. With living costs so high, its useless to stay here anymore. The british economy wont recover even in 1 year's time.

And unfortunately, only more and more people are living in a fantasy to come here and look for jobs...

God bless them ! What can I say. I need to know go back and beg with my prev company to see if they have a position for me, at all.

I am sorry that you didnt find anything

I hope your job is there for you and wish you Good Luck

garimasharma · Post by **garimasharma** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:12 am

we will see upto may-june before making final decision.only visa cannot help!Does anybody know how long can be one out of UK before applying for ILR after 5 years and is there any requirement after 3 years?Can BHC give some time relaxation wid such a market situation for time frame of out of UK

inputsOnHSMP · Post by **inputsOnHSMP** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:02 pm

First it is very difficult to get called for interviews and even if you do, then there is a long list of interviewees that the companies are going through and it really takes a lot of time..
People without UK experience will find it much harder to get any jobs unless you have very solid experience that you can go for 60Â£+ jobs.
My advise would be to wait till March and then decide. Anyway the charm of Â£ is lost because it has lost its value significantily with respect to rupee and salaries and cost of living in UK does not really make it that attractive...

SallyA · Post by **SallyA** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:18 am

Definately the value of the pound has slumped but the cost of living is rising its madness!

garimasharma · Post by **garimasharma** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:17 am

Does any one has some idea about semiconductor firms?Is here anybody from IC designing?

sashi1979 · Post by **sashi1979** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:42 pm

IT market is gone and buried inside a coffin.. that much i can say.
semiconductor market - isnt the west coast of US the best place? or may be singapore ?

SallyA · Post by **SallyA** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:53 pm

sashi1979 wrote:IT market is gone and buried inside a coffin.. that much i can say.
semiconductor market - isnt the west coast of US the best place? or may be singapore ?

You would prob have better lucj in those places than here at the moment!

kratosvastik · Post by **kratosvastik** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:07 pm

IT market is dead and burried here? wow

- overstatement to say the least

custodian · Post by **custodian** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:35 pm

sashi1979 wrote:IT market is gone and buried inside a coffin.. that much i can say.

Yes. this is an overstatement for sure.

Have a look at monster, reed, jobserve - there are opportunities updated everyday - i see a few added once every 3 to 4 days too.

The best thing to do would be to subscribe to alerts from these websites and then you won't miss a single new listing posted in your area of expertise.

Its a numbers game - the more you apply - the more the probability of you securing a job.

SallyA · Post by **SallyA** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:26 pm

I agree daily job alerts are great and ensure you are kept informed and dont miss a thing!

Its easier to keep tabs on whats happening out there at the moment as well!

Keep trying - fingers crossed aye?

sashi1979 · Post by **sashi1979** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:06 pm

krawtovastik or whatever...

I think you should be happy having got many offers and probably have started working already.. although I dont appreciate your cynicism against other job seekers. just because you got an offer, doesnt make the job market great. as you said, you might have got something unique and niche that appealed to your employer - period.

so be thankful on that front.

Otherwise, if you happen to be a C++ person, you will know how tough it is. the bigger part of the world will concur with my opinion !

QEF8DD · Post by **QEF8DD** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:17 pm

I am in a pretty big dilemma (like others). I got my tier1 much sooner than I expected in Jan and so decided to postpone it till April. Having done that successfully, it is just a wait and watch game - the market not showing any signs of recovering and my skillset (SAP-ABAP) not having much job ads as well..

I was initially thinking that I would try to get into UK by May(within 28 days of visa start) to avoid one additional extension application... but now I have started to wonder whether I would be able to move even in May.. reason being I am in a very good company, with a decent package(I got a promotion in december) and expect another hike in June as well. Why should I leave for UK in the next few months ??? Even if I do get a job there, I would have to worry over how long would I be kept on the company rolls.. come next december/christmas god only knows whats going to happen.. I am unable to do any forward planning around this except for watching the days go by(frustrating aye?).. at the same time I do not want to get complacent and be happy with where I am because I have my mind set on the UK.. really frustrating and confusing times... what do you guys have to say ? At least for skills like Java and C++ etc there are a good number of requirements advertised.. with SAP I've seen the numbers go down drastically.. i don't even see fakes I believe!!

custodian · Post by **custodian** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:33 pm

QEF8DD wrote:I am in a pretty big dilemma (like others).

Buddy... if you are happy where you are and like your job and also foresee better prospects ..... just stay where you are.

Your HSMP is valid for 3 yrs - Try looking at the UK market maybe next year. You'll still have 2 yrs then to make it in the UK.

There are a few jobs advertised daily - but due to the high degree of unemployment the competition has increased 10 folds... !!!

My two cents.... !

suds19 · Post by **suds19** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:59 am

QEF8DD wrote:I got my tier1 much sooner than I expected in Jan and so decided to postpone it till April. Having done that successfully

QEF8DD - Do you actually mean you were able to shift your start date on entry clearance from Jan to April? If so, how did you manage to do it? I'm in the same boat and would like to push dates (EC start date - 15-Jan).

QEF8DD · Post by **QEF8DD** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:31 am

custodian wrote: Buddy... if you are happy where you are and like your job and also foresee better prospects ..... just stay where you are.

I am kind of happy at present but don't exactly like my job!! Ambition man.. ambition... But I am also trying to control my emotions so as to not leave my secure job with and go after something which will leave me in misery if I go around this time. <sigh>.. anyways, I get shots of motivation (posts from Krastovastik) and equally depressing threads as well.. I still go through the forum once in a while to keep a tab on the happenings..

suds19, yes i delayed my visa start date from Jan to mid April.. See 'Check your visa' 3rd point in http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply ... ralmigrant. it says 'You can ask for it to be post-dated up to three months if you do not plan to travel immediately'. Not many know about it but I got to know abt it from this forum only.. basically u just go to the BHC with ur passport, visa copy and an application and they would do the job in a day. In my VFS application I mentioned the intended date of travel as April, so I just mentioned this fact in the application. They may or may not postpone the visa based on this(lady at the counter did ask me whether I asked for the visa to be started from April while applying initially).. they will just cross the original visa and stamp a new one.. simple as that...

custodian · Post by **custodian** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:26 am

QEF8DD wrote: I get shots of motivation (posts from Krastovastik) and equally depressing threads as well..

Krastovastik is just ONE lucky guy...

I've been in London for 3 weeks - and have only managed one face-to-face interview with 2 or maybe 3 other interviews in the pipeline. I am pleased with the progress I have made so far. But all this takes time - identifying your cv from job sites, passing of cvs from agents to clients, the availability of the right technical people at the client end to review your cv and then to interview you and then the HR interview... the list is long and it takes time to get through all of this.

Once again - If you think you have opportunities and are ready to spend considerable weeks to get through a lengthy process - then feel free to come to the UK.

DavidR75 · Post by **DavidR75** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:37 am

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Regards,
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sonivic · Post by **sonivic** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:13 am

Hi All,

I have Tier 1 General VISA (HSMP) and I had been to UK in the month of Feb 2009. I could not find any opportunity during Feb not even got one interview call and I had to come back to India due to some personal reason.

I am not working at the moment and thinking of travelling to UK again in month of June despite of any good sign in job market. And on the other hand there is another thought in my mind of travelling next year Jan with the hope that market would be in better shape but in this case I have to find a job here and leave after 6 to 7 month which I believe would not be good for my profile and I will loose time on my VISA term as well.

I am planing to be in UK for around 3 to 4 months for job search.

Please advice what shall I do in this situation.

Best Regards

ramesh1 · Post by **ramesh1** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:41 am

one of the consultant told me that UK IT market is showing signs of recovery and it will pick up in june? Any inputs will be helpful as i am planning to move to UK in june leaving my permanent job in india.

gotcha · Post by **gotcha** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:58 am

ramesh1 wrote:one of the consultant told me that UK IT market is showing signs of recovery and it will pick up in june? Any inputs will be helpful as i am planning to move to UK in june leaving my permanent job in india.

Rather than quitting current job, arrange few interviews from India, come here for 2-3 weeks.

SallyA · Post by **SallyA** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:45 pm

i AGREE its better to be safe than sorry as right now the job market here isn't exactly great!

DavidR75 · Post by **DavidR75** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:01 am

If you are thinking about IT Contracting, you should read our ebook "Jack's guide to IT Contracting" to help you.

Regards,
David
http://www.jacksguides.com

nitboy123 · Post by **nitboy123** » Thu May 07, 2009 6:08 pm

David,

I registered with a few contract companies the popular ones which you can hit when googling. They are not really helping you to find a job. Instead they are only helping to pay your tax. Man I need a job first. Then comes pay and then tax. Without job it makes no sense for them to focus so much on my tax. Damn people wont even understand it.

I talked to so many contractor companies and nobody has helped me find a job. I dont know how people find contract jobs otherwise... if you can write then it may help some of us...

what is the fuss about tax tax tax ?
the fuss should be about finding a job. pay first, tax next.

gujalls · Post by **gujalls** » Fri May 08, 2009 6:37 am

I agree with you nitboy123
I have never seen much for contract jobs !!

sashi1979 · Post by **sashi1979** » Mon May 11, 2009 9:21 am

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