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newsheriffintown:
Am sorry for the way i lashout. It was in the heat of the moment.
Make una no vest

UKmigrant:
Tick tock, exactly a year since I moved here!!! Uhmm! what can I say? Bitter sweet-experience, but can't complain sha.

Any regrets so far? Absolutely not!

Are things going according to my plans? Well, kinda!

All I can say is, life gets busy really quickly here, too many things to do personally, professionally, socially, and if you're religious, thats additional time commitments.

In summary, no matter how rosy it may seem to be "abroad", you'll work very hard for everything and the system would also try to take as much from you as possible.

But if you are obsessed with societal functionality, you cannot complain.

So for now, I keep cracking on. No time to look back

Happy anniversary to me!

fatima04:
After 4months of consistent search, numerous applications, several interviews and plenty rejection mail and calls, calling several recruiters day in day out, editing CV and cover letter up and down, prayers and all. Almighty Allah has favoured with a good job relating to my profession (Quantity surveying) at the least time I expected it.

I wi'll post more epistle and processes later to encourage so many spouses of intending and present migrant on Tier 2 or other visas

teejay231:
Contract web and software developers can charge upwards of £400 per day depending on experience and skill level. Investment bankers and stock brokers earn upwards of £10k to £30k per month excluding end of year bonuses of sometimes over £100k.

If you are interested in IT, you will need to research the market on what skills are in demand. A lot of companies in the UK tend to favour particular programming languages such as C#, PHP (WordPress, Drupal, Symfony, Laravel), Android (Java) and Python. Designers are also highly in demand especially UX and front-end designers with skills in modern JavaScript (Vue, React, Node.js). You have to be willing to learn as much as possible as quickly as possible. Information security is another in demand sector.

Ralphlauren:
the financial services sector - banks, private equity firms, etc. this doesn't just apply to UK alone. it applies to EU and also the US.
the stats do not lie.
https://www.libf.ac.uk/study/financial-capability/my-financial-career
there is more to financial services/banking than depositing or withdrawing money. A lottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt goes on at back office.

I have some friends in some of the major retail companies also earning big bucks - Data analytics roles and the likes.

wonlasewonimi:
You only earn those higher daily rates with years of experience under your belt and you get into organisation and add value.
It's really not for everybody cos you are taking a big risk. In contracting world, the end client might decide they don't need you again after a week on the role and you have to start looking for another.
You can't just jump in there... For me it took about 6 years to get my foot in the door. To me it's a way of life and the ability to pick up new skills at various places whilst providing solutions to their problems.

It is actually very cheap for companies to pay those humongous rates cos they don't have to deal with employees NI, flexible benefits, pensions and redundancy etc Everything is paid in bulk and they fire and hire as they like.

With your case, if you start learning programming languages such as python or Ruby (they are easy to learn compared to others) you should be fine.

Killingmesoftly:
Thanks for your encouragement is just that I am beginning to be scared again with all these informations I keep getting of going bk to Nigeria. I will try to leave.

Killingmesoftly:
@Fatima dear I am still waiting for your response or response from the house concering the online program. Ps brothers and sisters d'nt feel I am disturbing u guys with my issue. I am seriously making plans for my self and I am trusting in God that I will excel in this UK. There is nothing impossible with God. I need u all, u guys are the only friends I av now. I appreciate u all.

wonlasewonimi:
Which area of IT do you enjoy? You can can follow these lucrative career path because of money... You need passion and money will follow.


A fresh area for me would be programming and software development...but other areas I would be very comfortable

fatima04:
You like money oo just because u have heard ordinary 600 quid per day now, u wan change profession

wonlasewonimi:
You can't break into it.. You plan and work towards it. Perseverance and determination back by God.

wonlasewonimi:
All the devops engineers I know are on £650 per day

If you are an infosec professional and you are on less than £500 a day you are not balling.

wonlasewonimi:
I know people on 10k per month and still broke and I know people on 2500 who seem to get it together . So, income and expenditure is relative.

Mamatukwas:
Thanks alot. How will they know how many years driving experience I have though without Proof? I only have my most recent drivers license even though I've been driving since 09.

fatima04:
Come quickly to add ur own experience

Gracefav:
The 25k is before tax, though locum jobs & extra shits excluded. The husband will also have to take up any available job just to augment.

Ralphlauren:
such roles are sometimes sensitive and usually required detailed checks/vetting. Majority will require security clearance - something that can only be gotten if you have lived a specified number of years in the UK.

that said, go to the career section of top engineering firms like Schneider and also top conglomerates and see what jobs/roles they've got available.

it is too early to start talking about pay - get in first, apply for the jobs, get called for interviews, PASS, get offered the role/work contract and then you can worry about pay. keep your options open and do remember that you might have to start from the bottom and work your way up.

your Nigerian degrees won't get you far. however, your work experience (depending on the type of companies you've worked for), your level of intelligence and the skill set you possess will open doors for you.

fatima04:
In dt case start preparing ur CV and register for job alert on reed, cvlibrary, total jobs and indeed. Just to get started and familiarise ursef with d salary scale, job description in ur field etc. but Nigeria address and phone number may cause some limitations because you won't even know the region you are targeting ur search towards and getting a call back is likely not to happen.

Once you land, intensify all effort, call the company or agency u have seen dre vacancy to follow up and don't give up.

dupyshoo:
Are you in the UK? If no, it is very difficult to get a job from outside UK. If yes and you have the right to work, then it will be easier. The salary will depend on your experience and the company you ard working for.

EngrSaks:
Greetings everyone,this is a really great zone for info...I have gone through everything....

Thanks for this thread fatima04

Please I need info about chemical engineering jobs in the uk...how easy is it and how much I'm I looking to be paid...I got my ist and 2nd degrees from Naija

Neduzze5:
Nice one.... You can check out my thread as well on snail farming. I once started small like this. Hoping to restart on a bigger scale though. Just need to out a few things in order.

Where's your location??