searching for roles outside of "software developer", e.g. "it analyst", "programmer analyst", etc. or even just keyword searching for basic software like excel and seeing what comes back. there's lots of well paying, boring jobs, provided by organizations that are flush with money need specific tasks done and don't understand how easy it is to do them.

or more accurately, an individual or small team within an organization is flush with money, because organizations are not monoliths. they are out there, desperately trying to hire people, only finding duds.

i can't really speak to the market in the EU, though, only the united states, where my personal experience lies.