I have a similar story to you perhaps: 2009: £16k - Junior dev at games company (Scotland) 2010: £23k - Junior dev at web company (London) 2011: £26k - Dev a

I have a similar story to you perhaps: 2009: £16k - Junior dev at games company (Scotland) 2010: £23k - Junior dev at web company (London) 2011: £26k - Dev at startup (London) 2014: £32k - Senior dev at same startup 2015: £350/day - Web freelancer (London) 2017: £220/day - Unity freelancer (London) 2018: £300/day - Unity freelancer (remote) It definitely feels like you can do a lot better as a freelancer in the UK but it's more of a headache in terms of taxes pensions etc, and obviously less secure. And also yeah, games is badly paid compared to other areas.