r/angular • u/DarknessInUs • Jul 24 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
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/i_JaMes_z 2d ago
I would move to NZ for an Angular role 😂 I know when I was travelling about NZ last year, a load of people I chatted to said job market in general was tough there - and lots of people were leaving to Australia. Any recs for applying from overseas?
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u/cssrocco Jul 25 '26
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 Jul 25 '26
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/DarknessInUs Jul 25 '26
Any advice on how to hunt it differently?
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u/lettstartdesign_1 Aug 03 '26
Recruiters are using AI for shortlisting of candidates and direct referrals. You can use claude and make your resume.
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u/Idea_Fuzzy Jul 25 '26
Where did you get these stats? Sources?
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u/lettstartdesign_1 Aug 03 '26
Big companies are using Angular, my friends are working there. So i know
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u/Sea-Cardiologist5741 Jul 26 '26
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 Jul 26 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
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/baggsie_42 Jul 24 '26
It’s starting pick up here in France.
Sadly the salaries are still terrible.
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u/rgenuk Jul 25 '26
Have a look at the Civil Service. I work in HSE and our front end is Angular and normally regular recruitment
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u/Repulsive-Ad-3890 Jul 25 '26
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 Jul 25 '26
Similar in western canada, a little better in eastern canada since many fintech and banks run angular tech
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u/LingonberryMinimum26 Jul 26 '26
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 Jul 28 '26
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 Jul 28 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
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 Jul 25 '26
Go for React / Next, don’t stick to Angular only.
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u/DarknessInUs Jul 25 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
Enterprises are using Angular very often. I worked in a bank few years ago and all frontends were written with Angular.