>>I thought you all might like to know there has been an increase in the number of Fox and VFP positions in the U.K. I do not know if this is due to seasonal variation or some other factor.
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>>I'm on the www.JobServe.Com mail list (this is specific to IT and also the UK). Sometimes days will pass, with no hint of new opportunities - maybe my criteria are too specific. But recently (the last three weeks), there have been daily posts.
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>>One recent post for a London position has a rate of 55 GBP (about 80 USD per hour) - this is for a long-term contract (one year) so the rate would normally be considered pretty good. The general trend is towards higher rates - this could be because a lot of Fox people have sold their soul to the devil and moved over to VB (making Fox people harder to find).
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>>Regards to all.
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>Just curious, but would these be open to an American who just wanted the opportunity to work for a year in the UK???

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Going through the visa application route might be feasible (if challenging). I know that a lot of Investment Banks regularly send their 'permanent' staff over, and that some Brits have spent time in NY. Banks of course have the resources to take care of all the paper work.

I've also had personal experience of an employer bringing contractors in from India to the U.K. and not on proper work permits. Technically they were still employees of the Indian company (Thermax, if I recollect correctly) - in the U.K. to "install" the system. This it turned out was a particularly protracted install, because they had to write the system first !!