It's very difficult to find openings here in the UK, there's a lot more competitive for work, and then there's a lot of students coming out of the photography degree courses every Summer.
Darkrooms are closing down so setting up new in a shrinking market is difficult, you'd need to do a lot of research. A friend of mine worked in London for a while then moved to Amsterdam where he found much more work. Remember photographers from all around the world flock to try and make it in London Few succed.
Another friend has just taken redundancy, he worked for Getty Images shooting celebrities in London, essentially though a paparazzi photographer, he was glad to give it up. Don't assume it's better here than Italy, last time I was in Greece I visited a thriving family run studio and yet Greece is supposed to be in crisis.
Ian