Deeps

I really don't want to put a downer on things, but I work in Banking so I think I should say that at the moment, there is a lot less money around to recruit expats. Because of this, operations staff are being sourced from local and Asian markets.

This means that the best chance of getting a Banking job is being a Grad with at least 5-8 years experience. Otherwise there are a whole lot of people willing to work as Banking Ops people for less money than you could justify leaving the UK for.

Having said that, if you are over here on holiday no harm in looking around, but with growth slowing down in the UAE and property market bubbles starting to look fragile, Dubai isn't the utopia that it seems to continue to be marketed as abroad.