>>1119009
do you have good references? what's your resume like?

In big cities, it can be hard to rent if you don't have a job already. Landlords don't like the idea of someone unemployed in their house.

Up north, everything is cheaper. However, there are also less jobs there.

>>1119110
Not op but I recently moved to the UK on a work visa and managed to secure an apartment without a job by paying 6 months of rent in advance.
It was a shit ton of money but I couldn't think of any other way for people to rent to my unemployed ass.

>>1119078
Kinda shit.
I've only been working for 2 and a half years in a big-ish IT company and thats the only job I've ever had.

>>1119130
Exactly. I moved into Nottingham half a year ago (I'm >>1119110) and my landlord wanted either 6 months' worth of rent, or a company that guaranteed for me, in which case the company only had to pay £400.

Where should I live before I found a room to rent?

>>1119307
How do you find Nottingham?

Not the guy you're replying to. I live in Nottingham so like to see how other people think about it.

>>1119078

Try not to fall into the trap of going to London, I live in the south east and to be frank it's very expensive and not a huge amount of oppertunities, London is good to work in but you'll be spending triple on rent and general living costs.

Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle are major northern cities, a lot cheaper to live in and have decent employment, I would say it might be a better option to go there than London/the south east.

Best of luck though, a job in IT means that if you have a good resume and professional references from an easily recognisable company, you may be able to apply for jobs before you come over and set up a Skype interview or something, that would be ideal.