Barcelona is a bit better in term of salaries than Madrid, where I live. For developers and sysadmins salaries are down 25% or more for the last two years. Th

Barcelona is a bit better in term of salaries than Madrid, where I live. For developers and sysadmins salaries are down 25% or more for the last two years. The reason is there is very little product development here and the main IT employers, Banks and telcos, have renegotiated the amounts they pay for subcontracting. That the reason you can not get more tan 36k working for Telefónica or Santander subcontracting (who will pay your compary about 90k for you).