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> We don't really have large tech companies like in the US. No, but you do have the governemnt, HFT and banking industry which pays contractors well, plus loc
by FirmwareBurner 3y ago
> We don't really have large tech companies like in the US.
No, but you do have the governemnt, HFT and banking industry which pays contractors well, plus local branches of many top US companies which is still a leg up on the labor market comapred to most EU memebers, meanign salaries at the top end are much higher than most of the EU.
Look for jobs in countries without top banking and no branhces of top US companies and see what salaries are like. UK will seem like a paradise.
- peblos 3y agoI don’t think this comment is disputing any of that. It did mention the financial and public sector industries, which you call out, and only being able to speak for the UK however. While it didn’t include HFT, that doesn’t employee the same number of heads as the others
- badpun 3y agoIn my experience, average contracting rates are not that different between UK and mainland Northern Europe. It's around 500-600 GBP in UK, and 500-700 EUR in Northern Europe (or local equivalent in SEK, DKK etc.). Southern Europe is much worse, and Eastern Europe also pays less, but in EE the money goes much further, so you might actually be better off than a contractor in London City.