Ask HN: How much do you make in London? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by throwawayPayLdn » Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 12:20 PM UTC

Just switched roles so can give two:

Small Investment Bank - 61k + ~30% Bonus (3-5years experience) Java / Angular - Back Office Developer - Permanent

Small Hedge Fund - 65k + 50%+ Bonus (expected/promised) - .Net / WPF (5years experience although not in .Net) - Permanent

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by dan_b » Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 12:21 PM UTC

throawaylondon3 wrote: post #24

ThrowAwayLondon wrote: post #6

(throwaway account for obvious reasons) Web Developer in London for a dating company - £75000 pa (with bonuses it's around £110000 pa)

Are you a team lead or architect or similar? This seems high for just a web developer

More importantly, are they hiring?

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by nicolasMLV » Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 12:21 PM UTC

In 2013 I declined an offer (first job, graduate): software dev in bigco (IT Provider travel industry), £38K

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by resurge » Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 12:22 PM UTC

santiagobasulto wrote: post #30

This is kind of offtopic, but "There's recently been a lot of discussion about how much people are making in different areas of the US". Where can I find that post? Thanks

Most likely this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12588202

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by londondev998 » Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 12:24 PM UTC

Senior developer with a front-end focus at a startup with some corporate backing, 7 years of experience, ~80k plus benefits.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by throw9383 » Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 12:24 PM UTC

For comparison, in Devon. Full stack senior developer, 20 years experience, full time - £42K.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by ionwake » Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 12:26 PM UTC

Throwaway33333 wrote: post #14

£650 / day, almost all remote doing Hadoop and Redshift Consulting and POVs. Coding for 15 years, in Big Data for the past 5.

How is the contracting market health these days?

Are you finding it easier or harder to find contracts? What is your average downtime between contracts?

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by jakub_g » Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 12:26 PM UTC

pmuk wrote: post #23

jakub_g wrote: post #20

Semi-related question: How do you calculate taxes in UK? Is the base of the tax the salary offered by companies in job offers? I mean, with say £60k job offer, do I pay tax from £60k? (with the last £17k being taxed at 40%)?

Yes salaries are advertised gross, and you deduct tax from the gross figure. Try this site: https://listentotaxman.com/

I mean, for example in France, the salaries might be advertised as "€35k", but from this you deduct social charges etc., and you pay tax from the "taxable income" which would be for example "€27k". Does this work the same in UK, or do I pay tax exactly from what the job offer says?

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by wissam124 » Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 12:27 PM UTC

Quant risk analyst for a commodities trading house

Base £67k Bonus anywhere between 15 to 50%

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by Throwaway33333 » Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 12:27 PM UTC

ionwake wrote: post #37

Throwaway33333 wrote: post #14

£650 / day, almost all remote doing Hadoop and Redshift Consulting and POVs. Coding for 15 years, in Big Data for the past 5.

How is the contracting market health these days? Are you finding it easier or harder to find contracts? What is your average downtime between contracts?

I had 15 unpaid weeks this year wrapped around the referendum. Last year I had 7 unpaid weeks.