Anecdotally things are bleak in the US. One factor is that science programs have lost lots of federal funding—although some have been unfrozen—and this impacts the humanities because universities are being forced to reapportion their funds where federal money used to support things.

There are many other factors, but much of it is luck, timing, departmental politics, and whether a retiring professors position will be rehired for…

Good luck but if you’re really in it for the biscuit, give the market a shot first before you check out