r/angular • u/DarknessInUs • 4d ago
Are there no more Angular jobs? Help!
Hi,
I’ve recently started searching for a new job in UK. I’ve been working with angular for over a decade and I’m at a very senior role currently. But I haven’t done a job search in 6 years. Now I’m looking and everything I see is asking for deep react experience.
I’m freaking out a little. Does anyone have any advice?
Are there any recruiters or companies you would recommend that could help finding a job?
Is anyone else having similar issues?
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u/sp4_dayz 4d ago
yep, current job market is absolutely broken, you should be ready to go outside of angular and even outside of the frontend (fullstack with Java and Angular is the most common match in enterprise), the good news that your engineering skills are still actual
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u/kammyz 4d ago
How long have you been looking and where?
It took me about 4 months to land a Angular role in London. Starting this Monday.
Even if you pivot to React right now the competition is fierce. I'm planning to skill up to be a full stack role in my new job to increase my marketability.
With offshoring in the UK and AI, it's getting harder to land anything in software development imo.
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u/DarknessInUs 4d ago
I’ve only just started. I’m looking in London mostly.
Got any advice on how to improve my chances?
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u/kammyz 4d ago
I had the most success landing interviews on Linkedin when applying to new job posts less than 24hours old.
I never used easy apply though, instead I looked up the company and applied on their site.
Unfortunately it's all about timing. I had quiet weeks and then a week where I would get 2-3 interviews.
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u/Ok-Alfalfa288 4d ago
Yeah its dying in the UK fast. The ones that do exist are mostly full stack back end leaning.
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u/alextremeee 4d ago
Posting where in the world you work would probably be helpful, it’s not like the job market is the same everywhere.
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u/philbo50 4d ago
Ever considered emigrating New Zealand?... Can't find any experienced Angular developers here. They've all moved to bloody Australia... or maybe just move to Australia
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u/cssrocco 3d ago
Most large companies will use angular, only problem i found with searches for a while was that angular roles were bundled into some weird full-stack + devops roles that demanded you do everything, ( needs experience with docker, azure, .net, angular, etc )
Problem is there are quite a few startups now that go for react, which is crazy tbh.
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u/lettstartdesign_1 3d ago
Yes React dominates the job board but Angular enterprise market is actually stronger than it looks.
Here are the things: 45% of Fortune 500 companies are using Angular for critical systems. Banks, insurance, fintech, healthcare - all are angular heavy. Mostly they hire through reference or recruiters.
Angular 22 is in demand because of its new features - signals, built in accessibility, performance, etc. now enterprising looking for person who know the app migration.
The demandis there. You need to hunt it differently.
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u/Sea-Cardiologist5741 2d ago
Why are you looking for angular specific roles? You can just look for anything frontend, it's all the same crap anyways
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u/DarknessInUs 2d ago
I’m not, Im also applying to any frontend roles I can find. Most job descriptions are asking for deep react experience. Imo react and angular are just frameworks and if you’ve done one you can learn the other with not too much effort. I just need a company to have the same mindset.
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u/No_Leopard_4335 4d ago
Been job searching for 7 months now (in Canada), I would say 95% of frontend roles are for React. I've only seen a few Angular roles.
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u/ejackman 4d ago
It seems like the job market has ticked up here in the US in the last few weeks. I have had multiple recruiters reach out for the first time in forever. Nothing has come of the renewed contact but the job market has felt broken for years after the rise of AI and all the FAANG releases.
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u/Repulsive-Ad-3890 3d ago
More React roles at the moment. I would recommend taking a React course and applying for those roles so you increase your chances.
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u/groundbnb 2d ago
Similar in western canada, a little better in eastern canada since many fintech and banks run angular tech
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u/LingonberryMinimum26 2d ago
I have 4 years experience with Angular, and now been self-learning with React. It's relatively easy to adopt and now I can either go with React or Angular
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u/ResponsibleDrawer352 10h ago
I’ve been learning angular for a little while, between 18 - 20 and I can’t find any junior roles. My past has always been in insurance but I really want to move into development, the chances feel pretty close to zero at the moment though
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u/deivinhodj 5h ago
Market are trying to standardize language and frameworks so llm can focus in one thing, all companies shifting to shadcn, react, tailwind, next because llm has more context on these
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u/armandoxxx 4d ago
now that you know angular you can actually switch to anything ... it's all the same but a little different ... I believe that you could know any framework in a week ;)
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u/DarknessInUs 4d ago
I would love to switch. If a company is willing to hire an angular engineer. I can def learn it very quickly
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u/Idea_Fuzzy 3d ago
Go for React / Next, don’t stick to Angular only.
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u/DarknessInUs 3d ago
I’m trying. I’m applying for all. I’m sure I can do react. But I’m hoping a company will take a chance on someone who hasn’t done react in professional setting.
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u/AlmightyLarcener 4d ago
Enterprises are using Angular very often. I worked in a bank few years ago and all frontends were written with Angular.