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> and IT is a well-paid industry IT in the UK is poorly paid. Sure people get more than average salaries, but they no longer afford you a comfortable living.
by varispeed 3y ago
> and IT is a well-paid industry
IT in the UK is poorly paid. Sure people get more than average salaries, but they no longer afford you a comfortable living.
It's not poverty yet, but it is heading that way.
Governments make sure that skilled work doesn't pay.
Many people in the IT that I know, don't work for UK companies anymore, because they hit the ceiling (it's difficult to get paid more than £150k for a developer) and only way to get above it is to work with US companies.
- happymellon 3y ago> It's difficult to get paid more than £150k for a developer It's difficult to get paid more than £80-90k as a developer. I see some that go over £100k but they are uncommon. I had to go the contractor route to make more than £100k. If I went FTE at my current company they wouldn't pay me more than 90k, unless I moved to the US office and they would pay me $200k. The UK has become cheaper offshoring.