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For many years the UK has had very low tech salaries compared to similar locations, and compared to other similarly skilled jobs Hang on, I think that's a bit

For many years the UK has had very low tech salaries compared to similar locations, and compared to other similarly skilled jobs Hang on, I think that's a bit off – you're comparing the UK average with the Zurich average. If you compare the London finance sector wage with software, the latter is higher: https://www.cwjobs.co.uk/salary-checker/average-software-engineer-salary-london https://www.cwjobs.co.uk/salary-checker/average-software-eng... I get that the solution isn't to underpay as a business, but it does seem reasonable to look at ways to get more people into the industry, if the situation is at a point where it's not economically feasible to run businesses because of the cost of staff. We do the same with workers in other sectors, after all.

jfindley 8y ago
Okay, my other link turned out not to be London-specific, sorry about that, so by that metric it now looks like they're on a par, which is good news, as they didn't use to be, by my recollection. Certainly the comparative salary for the same tech-related position in London vs places like Zurich, NY, SF, etc seems lower, but I don't have data to support that which I can publicly share, so I guess I can't prove that point. I'd suggest that if you feel there aren't enough people even at very junior levels, then maybe there's a problem and we should look at why not enough people are in the industry. If there are plenty of junior or poorly skilled people but not enough highly skilled people, then it's more likely that you aren't paying enough (or aren't advertising in the right ways to find them). My perception is that it's the latter, but I don't really have anything beyond my own experience to support that.