Yeah so I have many recruiters and recruitment company owners in my network. I get as many emails asking if I am hiring as I did asking if I am looking for work

Yeah so I have many recruiters and recruitment company owners in my network. I get as many emails asking if I am hiring as I did asking if I am looking for work. The UK tech job market is dead. And there is more than one reason. One being brexit and an exodus of talent which was followed by jobs. Second is the increased restrictions of IR35. Third is an influx of visa bound cheap labour. I kept telling people that EU workers with equal rights increase overall pay, while visa bound people will decrease it. I know because I was at the some of the tables where this topic has been discussed and desired. And finally, the economy. The UK is in a heavy recession and it’s not just anecdotes it’s statistics too. Poverty is at all time high with millions of people unable to pay energy bills or afford food. Sometimes these stats leak in the press. There’s a good reason why some people say it’s worse than in east europe. None of this has a reflection on _you_. It’s merely a numbers game and identifying growth areas. Data engineering is growing and data engineers lack software development practices. Perhaps explore that area. Software security is another - there will be much more trashware written, particularly using prose generators. It will also go up in demand.