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I'd argue this is more pronounced in non-professional fields - looking at levels.fyi, London pays developers more than any Canadian or Australian city, despite
by dukeyukey 4y ago
I'd argue this is more pronounced in non-professional fields - looking at levels.fyi, London pays developers more than any Canadian or Australian city, despite the latter two having a higher CoL. London is only beat by the US and Switzerland.
- pelasaco 4y agoexactly. Quite possible to double my salary moving from a job in Berlin to UK, all of that with home office possibility.
- stuaxo 4y agoCosts of lots of stuff is quite a bit higher, from food to rent.
- rcarr 4y agoI wouldn't be surprised if the mean was dragged upwards by FAANG headquarters and a few financial service firms with a median that is lagging behind.
- vidarh 4y agoMy experience in talking to FAANG recruiters in the UK is that they're not paying all that well here relative to other (non-financial services firms) for developers. I turned down even starting the interview process with Facebook because the money on offer wasn't worth my time.