🇬🇧 Moving to the UK for Work

Resources to help you get started.

Hey there 👋

This is a free edition of The Global Move newsletter.

Last week, I shared a bunch of helpful links for those thinking about moving to Germany. This week, I’ve put together a similar list – but this one’s all about the United Kingdom.

If you’re considering a move to the UK – especially for work – these resources will help you get started:

✅ Destination research

To relocate wisely, start by doing some research.

• Visa options: https://relocate.me/visas/united-kingdom + this official tool

• Global Talent visa (allows highly skilled professionals in defined fields to live and work in the UK without being tied to a specific role, company, or job offer): https://technation.io/global-talent-visa

• Visa processing times: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-processing-times-applications-outside-the-uk

• Taxes: https://relocate.me/taxes/guide/united-kingdom

• Take-home pay calculator: https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-calculator or https://relocate.me/taxes/calculator/united-kingdom

• Cost of living: https://relocate.me/cost-of-living/united-kingdom + Numbeo

• Healthcare + insurance options: https://relocate.me/healthcare/united-kingdom

• Average salary info: https://relocate.me/salaries/united-kingdom-average-salary

• Developer salaries in the UK: https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/united-kingdom and https://techpays.com/europe/united-kingdom

• Ask questions about life in the UK: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK and https://www.reddit.com/r/london

• Official website of the UK government: https://www.gov.uk

✅ Job search (companies hiring from outside the UK)

If you’re looking to relocate for a tech job, many companies in the UK hire international talent and offer visa sponsorship.

Some of those companies include:

• Monzo – https://monzo.com/careers#jobs

• Depop – https://etsy.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/depop_careers

• Goodnotes – https://www.goodnotes.com/careers

• MoonPay – https://jobs.lever.co/moonpay

• Oxa – https://oxa.tech/careers/#joblist

• Wintermute – https://jobs.lever.co/wintermute-trading

• DolarApp – https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/dolarapp

• Astroscale – https://astroscale.bamboohr.com/careers

• Robin AI – https://www.robinai.com/open-positions

• Scopely – https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/scopely

• lowRISC – https://lowrisc.applytojob.com

• Noon – https://careers.learnatnoon.com/jobs

• Glite Tech – https://jobs.glite.ai

• bloop – https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bloop/jobs

• Anthropic – https://www.anthropic.com/jobs

• Deliveroo – https://careers.deliveroo.co.uk/join-the-team

• Gram Games – https://gram.gs/join-us.html

📌 The official UK government website has a register of licensed sponsors. It’s regularly updated and is a great starting point for identifying companies that might be willing to sponsor your visa.

✅ Job search (local job boards)

Finally, here are some local websites to explore opportunities:

• Read.co.uk (one of the biggest job sites in the UK with job listings across various sectors) – https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs

• Indeed UK – https://uk.indeed.com

• WorkInStartups (UK startup jobs, both tech and non-tech) – https://workinstartups.com

• DevITJobs (IT & software developer jobs in the UK) – https://devitjobs.uk

• hackajob (a platform for finding IT jobs) – https://hackajob.com/jobs

✅ VC and startup news

• https://sifted.eu/countries/united-kingdom

• https://www.eu-startups.com/category/uk-startups

• https://techfundingnews.com/category/uk

• https://techcrunch.com/tag/united-kingdom

That’s it! If you know of any other helpful UK-related resources worth adding to this list, please share them in the comments.

And one last thing: Which country would you like to see covered next? 🤔

Best,

Andrew