Fewer Hungarians moving to the UK, new destinations in sight

The interest in jobs in the UK is still the same in Hungary, but fewer people move to Britain than before. At least this is what one of the most popular foreign employment agencies in Hungary reports. According to a recent survey, less Hungarians consider moving abroad.

As Euwork Ltd.’s manager Marcell Tanay told Napi.hu, Hungarians applying for jobs in the UK are much more hesitant than before.

He states that this might be in connection to Brexit, as the applicant’s attitude towards Britain’s departure from the EU is a frequent question at job interviews.

The results of the vote seemed to affect immigration to the UK only temporarily last year, but the political uncertainty surrounding the exit surely decreased the country’s popularity. Despite these facts, the UK is still one of the most popular countries among Hungarian employees alongside Germany. This is especially true for workers with skills that are needed abroad as well.

Tanay claims that the return of Hungarian employees from other EU countries is not a typical tendency. This is true especially for experts like mechanical engineers and IT specialists. As these people have a highly-demanded profession and they can work wherever they want, they often choose the UK.

56 percent of the professionals working for large companies plan to leave the UK even before Brexit, as Baker McKenzie’s survey revealed.

The emigration may strike entire sectors, including healthcare (where 84 percent of workers are planning to leave), technology, media and telecommunication (64 percent), as well as financial services (43 percent).

The demand for Hungarian workers, on the other hand, increased among British employers. Catering, logistics, healthcare and architectural enterprises show interest towards employees from Hungary in the long run, at least one year.