Does anyone have any solid insights if the UK market will pick up soon?

Be out of a job for months and its taking a toll :(

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Jobs are picking up. Have you been trying networking? And also how many applications have you been doing?

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Horizontal jobs are sideways jobs. Vertical jobs are domain specific.

Think of the T skills image.

The concept pretty much encompasses some jobs are for survival and some are for career moves

The market seems to be pretty good and reasonably optimistic currently, I can see it continuing to be competitive for roles though and specialist skills more sought after.

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The market will always be bas as long as the communists like Starmer are in charge.

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Does anyone here offer any real insight other than what they “feel” or “see around them” in regards to the market in London and wider UK?

Because latest labour force and job posting statistics reported in December 2025 do not corroborate the meaningless posts above.

Good luck OP. You will get there! Keep applying and honing your interview technique and eventually a door will open.

The ‘feeling’ is based on the fact most consultancies are seeing revenues start to grow, that extra revenue must be coming from increased heads/utilisation due to a busier market. Feeling is as important as jobs reports distorted by recruiters posting fake job ads and lobbyists.

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