> salaries I'm seeing are really good for the area too. That I don't get. It should rather be good for the skills you have on offer, not where you are based. F

> salaries I'm seeing are really good for the area too. That I don't get. It should rather be good for the skills you have on offer, not where you are based. From my experience the offers are pretty sh*te and only gone up slightly. You also need to take into account being caught in the higher tax bracket. So if the offer is £120k you'll only get £73k, which these days isn't that much considering costs of living are not the same as 10 years ago. That being said, I have received a couple of offers for over £150k recently so at least the trend is upwards. Still not enough for me to consider.