Gday there mate. Just completed my conversion in Feb, 8000 pounds not even close. more close to 11000 if you dont even think about type rating. There seems to be alot of jobs out there but heaps of low time pilots. From what ive been told is to work around the airline recruitment process. Airlines recruit in August and normally start training in December in time the next summer season, so dont come here expecting to jump straight into airline in the out of the recruitment period unless you have paid for your type rating, only a lazy 25k GBP.
Good luck