Nearly half of UK's tech workers looking for a new job

Just above half (58 percent) of UK workers believe it’s possible for them to get their dream job, according to a new report by Hired. The interesting thing about this stat is that the global average is significantly higher -- 70 per cent.

The similar statistic is with people that already believe they have their dream job -- globally, 44 percent of them think so, compared to 35 percent in the UK. And it gets worse.

Tech workers in the UK are twice as likely to hate their jobs compared to their peers in the US and Australia, and almost half (41 percent) are already looking for a new job. In the US, 30 percent are looking to switch.

Almost a quarter (24 percent) believe their work doesn’t matter, compared to 15 percent in the US.

More than a third (38 percent) do not believe they can show their full potential at their current position, compared to 30 percent in the US and 27 percent in Australia.

"Employees who believe dream jobs are possible are happier, and, as secondary research has found, happier employees are more productive," the report concludes.

"But perhaps because so many employed adults believe their dream job is possible, thoughts of greener grass are commonplace: more than a third of working adults are actively looking for a new job at any given moment, and more than four in 10 daydream monthly about it in the meantime."

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