State of the Market

[SchumiStars]

What happened to all the app jobs?

Love to know who is building the apps for mobile devices. And then who is maintaining them. I mean companies like VuE (cinema) and tescos etc. will still need developers and projects completed.

2026? Perhaps England will win Euros and the markets will pickup. As I have said before, never seen it so bad for so long.

[willendure]

I think that's true to some extent, but strongly suspect high debt appetites given that people have become used to cheap debt.

I think a lot of people are just finding they don't have many options and both partners need to work to service the mortgage on a shoe box house, and both need a car on the never-never to get to the job to pay for it all. I don't look down on them, just feel sorry for them. Also worry about my teenaged children and how bad things are going to be for them as they enter the "real world". Moving out of the UK is not a bad idea for gen Z to consider.

[courtg9000]

Also worry about my teenaged children and how bad things are going to be for them as they enter the "real world". Moving out of the UK is not a bad idea for gen Z to consider.

In the same boat on this one, my daughter gets her A level results in a few hours time. Whatever happens if not going to be easy or get any easier for people at stage of life.

[uk contractor]

What happened to all the app jobs?

Love to know who is building the apps for mobile devices. And then who is maintaining them. I mean companies like VuE (cinema) and tescos etc. will still need developers and projects completed.

2026? Perhaps England will win Euros and the markets will pickup. As I have said before, never seen it so bad for so long.

Speak to the indian outsourcers mate they will have a finger or 2 in all pies by now you will not even get a sniff of the work UNLESS someone paying the bills at the end clients insists on a PROPER contractor not some boot camp crammer sitting in a room remotely full of other boot camp crammers using google search to code LOL!

[avonleigh]

Son got his a-level results this morning, all good and has got into Nottingham Uni to study Computer Science. Incredibly proud of him. Just hope the job market is much better in 3 years time.

[TheDude]

Congrats. Let us know when you complete your first full day.

4 days in now!

[TheDude]

August 2025 - state of the market, 60k, perm, leeds, 5 days onsite.

On historical averages we have clicked over to approximatley June 2008 rather than May 2008, so thats a plus. Only 6 months to go before a bit of an uptick.

Rachel Reeves - hold my pint.

That's a decent salary for Leeds and if you were local would offer a decent life.