[LRUG] UK salaries? Just curious...

[Kenneth Lee]

Hi Sam,

I can give you a rough breakdown, say £30k yearly wage, after income tax and
compulsory national insurance contributions. That's roughly £1800 per month
NET take home salary.

Say per month £600 rent (and twice that for an initial deposit), £700 on
utility bills, mobile phone, ADSL, groceries, council tax, eating out and
Oyster Card (travel). The big one is alcohol in London it's ridiculous a
couple of rounds in a club twice a week will set you back £50-£100, your
mileage varies. On top of that yearly stuff like TV licence, car tax, car
insurance, home insurance, car service/maintenance and divide that up
monthly that's £100-200 per month.

If you're good you can probably get about £500 of free cash a month. A new
piece of clothing and a couple of geeky books, any personal projects and
those all important gadgets there isn't much left and not to mention some
savings on the side or even a holiday once a year.

£25k is considered a sensible graduate wage in London for
Developers/Consultants, £22k is about minimum.

Hope this gives you an idea :)

Ken

On 06/03/2008, Sam Livingston-Gray <geeksam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, all-
>
> I joined this list before visiting London last June, and have been
> lurking since.  There have been a few job posts in that time, and as
> an American, I have no frame of reference for the salary figures.
>
> Not that I'm about to immigrate to the UK anytime soon*, but I'm
> curious... 25-30k/yr seems reasonable when converted to US dollars,
> until factoring in the cost of housing in London.  Salaries in
> [approximately] equivalently-priced US housing markets (e.g., New
> York, San Francisco) tend to be higher.  I realize it's not really an
> equivalent comparison given the differences in health care and
> infrastructure -- so what does that income level translate to in terms
> of standard of living?
>
> (For comparison purposes, $50-60k/yr in Portland, Oregon is quite
> sufficient for a house payment, car payment, plenty of dining out, a
> new gadget every once in a while, et cetera.)
>
> By the way, should any of you be planning to attend RailsConf here in
> May, drop me a line; I love acting the tour guide.  (=
>
> -Sam
>
>
>
> * (Ask me again after our next presidential election -- I'm not sure I
> want to tolerate another neocon administration!)
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