Very much so though the market is super hot now I just took a job locally on Monday (no godam commute on the shit show that is thames link ) and thought I did well to get 5K bump.
since then I just got pitched a 100,000 K euro Job in Portugal (flat 20% tax!!!!) and a £60K one in London maybe I jumped to soon.
No (or little) commute is always a big positive, even if the salary isn't as good as it could be. I'm commuting Southampton->London at the moment and it's pretty awful. OTOH the money is good and I expect to take a few months off next year, so it's worth it for now.
since then I just got pitched a 100,000 K euro Job in Portugal (flat 20% tax!!!!) and a £60K one in London maybe I jumped to soon.