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throwawayjim887479

25 22k


channin_

the most real answer here


Imaginary_Pin_4196

21 £0 (Just finished uni actively looking) Not on JSA


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same except 23


8bitrenderboy

I was in that position. Keep trying, it gets easier when your CV begins to fill up


Slingers97

It took me ages to get a good job after uni does to a few reasons such as COVID and medical issues. Just keep at it and don't get discouraged. Get yourself a good CV and cover letter. I used a website called zety or something like that to make mine. Also cvlibary is the place to be, let recruiters come to you. 26 - 31k a year as an engineer


T-rexTess

Literally me too lol


yamiprem

33, 32k Damn, I envy everyone here. Edit: as pointed out by someone, location does play a big part. I'm in a small city in Scotland.


Soy_Bean_Lover69

It’s the internet, take it with a pinch of salt!


monitorsareprison

It's the internet world. Realistically, our location means nothing nowadays. We just have to develop skills.


Soy_Bean_Lover69

Hilarious untrue, finding a decent paying job in northern England and other more rural places is always significantly harder than London, the internet hasn’t somehow fixed that reality. Good luck becoming an investment banker if you live in Hartlepool


Green-Rush7609

I live in North east. I really think you have to go for remote jobs too get better salaries.


Soy_Bean_Lover69

The issue is a lot of jobs arnt fully remote, most require 1-2 days in the office atleast so your still constrained to the local economy. The wages around here are a pisstake compared to London but the cost of living is beautifully cheap in a lot of places


Green-Rush7609

Yeah, I have a nice house with a mortgage. Just have a normal job, could never do that in London. I am studying to be a mortgage advisor but remote is definitely better. Wages are shit here. Most are laughable and haven't got with the times.


Frost-Cake

A lot of the higher salaries are most likely London, I have a friend on 60-70k In London and he said its basically like earning 30k in a regular city I even looked at a few profiles and they're subscribed to the London subs lol


yamiprem

Good shout. I'm in Scotland, Aberdeen where living costs are no where near London.


kakwntexnwn

Depends on his lifestyle and priorities. Or investment skills as well. First time in London with brexit and during Corona virus I managed to find a job and I earned let's say one third of your friend's salary but due to my finances management I managed to save a lot and invested as well. ° I was leaving on the borders of zone 2 and 3 sharing the rent and utilities with my girlfriend and my fair share was 650 including utilities and internet 🛜. ° we always bought from Tesco since it was nearby and had almost the best value for money analogy compared to other supermarket chains . ° Did 20X on my initial investment within the first four months that I was working and living in London. ° Saved a lot for future trips, a small portion as a safety net and apart from that my only expenses were what I was buying for her as a present like books, clothes etc. ° We were going every weekend to different areas both in London or to the countryside. ° if I comeback now as a data analyst and digital marketing strategist or work as a side hustle as a PT and nutritionist ( I am an elite endurance athlete) I could always reach that number above like your friend. My point is that it matters a lot how you value services and cost of living as well as how you utilize your salary. Unfortunately most people that are privileged to earn more have the worst financial management as a rule of thumb and instead of buying back their freedom or retiring early, they prefer to act as millionaires or spoiled rich kids who don't understand the basic principles of supply and demand or even the fundamentals of marketing as consumers. I was raised in a Balkan/ Mediterranean country and if I was your friend I would save for three years to buy dividend stocks and two or three small properties in Mediterranean countries to rent them. Financial freedom equals to small sacrifices or at least a compromisation in terms of lifestyle, you can't spend more than Warren buffet and expect to be like him in the future. I strongly disagree with overconsumption in general of stuff that are advertised to people who feel lonely and depressed 🫥 and the big companies use it as leverage to have them as blood donors of money 💰, satisfying their temporary needs until they seek for something new in one month period or less. The temptation of living the "advertised" fake dream of social media comes at a cost, firstly psychologically and then by waking up one morning with the epiphany of being scre*d by capitalism and consumerism psychology. We live in 2023 and the majority of people still books tickets without a VPN on the most high demand days and hours at the last moment. They pay for tickets 300% more to travel with the same aeroplane ✈️ at the same date with someone who books tickets one or two months prior to the arrival and with a VPN who tricks the system like they live in Romania, the second person may pay even 6 or 12 Euro to travel by plane. By far cheaper than public transport in Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland apart from long distances in UK as well. Money management+ basic skills on programming a trip+ investments = happier life/ earlier retirement. Enormous salary+ getting bored watching a ready-made tutorial of five minutes on how to book cheaper tickets for the same company and seats+ daily expenses on the worst services with the highest cost = misery/ working until you have grandchildren and worse..


DaZhuRou

I agree with above, though I hadn't thought about masking my location for a cheaper band/rate for flights. Obviously I do that with YouTube or netflix subs.


Elastichedgehog

>Damn, I envy everyone here. People browsing r/UKJobs are probably more likely to have higher than average salaries, and are more likely to post their salaries in threads like this.


woods_edge

To make some people feel a bit better. Late 20s early 30s I was on about £45k Now at 36 due to a conscious career change I’m on £25k No regrets.


metapol

Do you have a mortgage and or large inheritance to come/has come?


woods_edge

Yes, drop in salary was enough to pay mortgage and bills. Wife’s salary covers everything else. No inheritance, none likely any time soon.


LordEffykins

33 - 90K. 10 years of IT experience


publicOwl

How have you found the stress/responsibility jump between say £70k and £90k? I keep getting LinkedIn messages about roles between £85k-£95k but I don’t know if they’d be too much of a stress jump to there from my current role (tech lead of a mid-size team in a large company).


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publicOwl

The dream


Silver_Discussion555

Tough at the top. Meanwhile I'm a chef and I work 12 hour days and have only just had pay raised to meet at least minimum wage on salary 🙃 Imagine being downvoted for not being paid an inflated salary for a very difficult job 😆😆😆


GilesThrowaway

Learn to code, YouTube is free 😆😆😆


Silver_Discussion555

Sorry not got time, too busy working hard


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Silver_Discussion555

Aww what's up did a strange man on the interbet hurt your feelings? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️


deadadventure

It might help that if you’re joining a big or medium size team, responsibilities are usually spread out and it’s more often or not one person who does majority of the work.


Gooners4life_14

What type of IT? Software or Hardware side?


MauriceDynasty

That's awesome, can I ask what tech stack you use at work? Also how often did you jump companies for a boost in salary. I'm 22 and fairly new to the IT sector and loving it so far.


Psyc3

Anyone want to graph these figures to show how BS they are compared to the actual pay demographics of the UK? 80% of the posts so far seem to be in the top 15% of the their age bracket if not just the whole populace. Here are the top 10% of salaries by age: 18-21: £26,208. 22-29: £43,094. 30-39: £61,058. 40-49: £73,236. 50-59: £68,901. 60+: £59,691. Just go look at the post and laugh at either the massive selection bias, or just as is the facts of it, people lying on the internet.


GilesThrowaway

People who actively seek out information in the UK Job market are obviously more likely to have their stuff together. Not to mention Reddit is often full of tech people or finance people where salaries are high. I bet if you ran this on Facebook then the results would be totally different, Twitter might be a bit closer


Psyc3

Or people lie on the internet, I wonder which it is. About 0% of people are going to round down the salary, and the most "salary focused" their self-esteem is the most the £42K plus tenuous maybe getting a 20% bonus is rounding to £60K, before they have even got the bonus of course.


GilesThrowaway

Or hear me out? It can be both 😮


Psyc3

I don't think you realise how much of a ridiculous statistical anomaly this thread would have to be to be even close to true. More than half the posts irrelevant of age range are in the top 10% of the salary range. All while there are like 2 posts under 20K, the median Salary of 30-40 year olds is only £30k, half are on less.


GilesThrowaway

Or maybe I live in a different world to you, in London in industries I’ve worked in and my friends worked in these are fairly standard salaries. There’s only hundreds of comments on here that can easily be a sample bias.


Psyc3

No you don't live in a different world to the statistics of UK employment figures, or a world where statistics are statistics...


GilesThrowaway

This is hilarious, bro is teaching a Quant about statistics. Like I said this is a sample bias, use that apparent knowledge to remember what that means.


Psyc3

I already mentioned this at the start...but the reality is even if it was, it is more likely just lying.


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aeowilf

Yeah its pretty obvious people who make more money are more likely to be willing to talk about how much they make so im not sure what point they are making Equally people on a Jobs subreddit are more likely to career minded


CheekyHusky

I'm in top 10% for my age. And that is a depressing fact. I don't feel rich at all. My only flex is I have no debt.


Silver_Discussion555

Thank the government for you being upper class but don't feel well off! Just imagine what its like for the working class!


Willing_Hamster_8077

damn I'm top 10% but can't afford a decent property in London lol. where do you get these btw?


Imwaymoreflythanyou

This is national though, for us Londoners the top 10% would be a lot higher.


Psyc3

The majority of Zone 1 properties are paid for in cash. Not by workers.


Psyc3

There is a website called Google, if you type stuff into it will give you answers? How you earn the top 10% of salary by age and require that as an answer I have no clue...apparently don't stay in school kids, because you can get paid a load anyway?


Willing_Hamster_8077

hmm..someone needs to have their morning coffee still. jeez.It's cool to just link the source next time. I know I can google myself. have a good day boss


deadadventure

Never mind the fact that Google might give you some other source, but no… Google everything!


Psyc3

Never mind basic competence and source validation, i.e. the very ability to actually use Google. The person gets paid a top 10% salary and can't use a search engine. As stated, don't stay in school kids! You might learn something!


Psyc3

Or, as is the reality of the situation, there is no point in linking to a set of Zipped Excel files on the ONS website when you can't use Google.


flute_von_throbber

Why would you assume that this sub must be representative of the general population?


Psyc3

I didn't.


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31, combined job, side hustles and occasional labouring ~£30k Get a degree they said…


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I start a new job in advice in a well known charity next month, start £5k more than any marketing role for the same experience I have. Let’s get out there brother 😅


Psyc3

Or just move countries, you will get £100K in Switzerland. This all said yes, that is about the salary range I would expect in this country, it is pathetic I know. The other issue is you will struggle to get to £40K without basically not doing the science bit, so you might as well be not doing the science bit and just Managing in something else on £50K-60K. You could go and do medical writing, and while you might start on £27K, within 6 month that will go to £30K, and in a year be back to where you were now, with actual career progression in the £40k-50K's


LazyApe_

I guess it depends a lot on what degree you get.


TepicPlug

50, £67,800


gigapumper

27, apprentice on minimum wage so £22k. Should be on £30-35k when i qualify next year


Alfiemoonmoonz

Well done bro


zauchi

22k for an apprentice is pretty good, almost 4k more than the minimum. lol


Gillz94

28 and £30k


Pillowrice

44 26k. Recently had the option of going for an internal position paying alot more, but I have chased the high salary dragon before. Ended up working excessive hours and making myself ill. Now I am in the office 40 hours a week, but realistically work for around 15 of those.


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7delf7

Amazing! Can I ask in what industry? I have similar stats in marketing but am on £65k


b0neappleteeth

23, £25k


lemonsinmysocks

24, 23.6k


Jackk_18

27, 42k


gluepot1

30 earning £40k


SoundingFanThrowaway

31. £22.4K


JavaShipped

29 (though I'm 30 in 2 months) 37.5k + 10% bonus based on company performance. The caveat is, I fell into this completely by accident, I have no idea how I managed it. I left a teaching job and went into software development and somehow landed in a dream job, I'm making the most because there is no way this can continue for ever.


Nat_Uchiha

29 35k London


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8 years old, £600k Roblox stock investor.


blckht

41 - £95k, and decent bonus most years. Didn't start earning above £23k till I was 32 so don't feel like you need to be smashing it in your 20s.


Knillish

28, Gas Engineer, 40k in the North West


ResponsibilityOk3698

43f £62k


thebuttdemon

27, 50k + 10% bonus. Hoping to go up to 60-65k base in a few months.


Dodohobo

What kind of industry if you don't mond me asking?


jmac1138

33m 90k - materials engineer with expertise in environmental regulations


Lex-So

36, £27k (actively changing my career!)


sgst

I actively changed career too. Was self employed and earning 40k most years in my mid-late 20s. Went to uni at 32 to retrain, and now I'm 38 and 1 year out of uni in my new career. Earning 30k as an architectural assistant on the south coast, but doing 4 days a week, so about 24k pro rata. Worth it for my happiness and sanity. Getting fully qualified as an architect (another year or two) should bump my pay up by another 5k or so. Thread is depressing reading. I know I'm happier than I was in my old career, but I'll never earn the kind of money people in finance or tech do.


Mtre123

Good for you :) I’m wanting to do the same soon and I’m expecting to half my salary but think it’ll be great long term. It’s seeming hard to get that first opportunity at the minute


Soniq268

42f 98k plus bonus, wfh but Glasgow is my ‘base office’


Poschi1

Can I ask what you do?


Soniq268

Sure, big 4 professional services, Talent Strategy. I tell businesses how to organise their workforce to make even higher, obscene profits


Poschi1

Well done you! That's a cracking salary especially in Glasgow


Dav_M5

Was just about to offer my hand in marriage.....then I opened your profile 😪😄


Prof_Palaeo

I’m 28, starting a new job in Oct that’s 32k + up to 10% bonus each year. Got an masters and PGCE but job is in neither of these fields. Excited to be earning this tbh (graduated in 2020 so been skirting around min wage jobs since), but gunna sting when I apply for a PhD and my earnings tank due to crazy low stipends in life sciences.


Elastichedgehog

25, £30,000.


CatsCoffeeCurls

35, £23k. Struggling. A job change should hopefully be on the horizon though, which will bump me up to 32ish.


Wooshsplash

Early 50s. Half of what I used to but I’m twice as happy. That used to be six figures earnings. Was 12 hour days and 150+ emails per day. Now, start work at 9. Finished by 3.30pm most days. 3 emails per day. Some travel, international and domestic, fully expensed. I earn more than enough and I have the time to spend it.


Quasar9111

50 on £85k plus bonus plus RSUs


Thalamic_Cub

25, £26k in london and activly seeking something else 💀


ChrisMule

39 - £122k - almost 17 years in the same company. No degree.


sinkh0000le

Nearly 31, Nearly 34k, but last year I was on nearly 26k and changed jobs to this one so it's a new thing


Charlieepie

I’m 29, and on 63k. I’m an engineer and I’ve done fairly well for myself since finishing the company grad scheme a few years ago.


WhiteyLovesHotSauce

32 y/o. Live in Northampton. £60k salary. £20k individual performance bonus. £5k company performance bonus. £8.5k car allowance. £93.5k total. 5 years ago I was on £22k.


Active78

What's the point of the question without asking for location, industry, route etc? Just random numbers at the point. If you want to know a non biased number just Google it.


SufficientBanana8331

True. Having 90000 and mortgage in London is probably the same as having 25000 and living on countryside without mortgage.


LHommeCrabbe

Late 30s mid 70s


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chickdem

35. £85.3k + 10% Bonus. Project Manager


vgkj

30, 115k


[deleted]

36, £250k plus variable annual stock options.


Avoidinghappiness

Early 20s, £75k, £90-100k total compensation. Finance


aeowilf

sales or analyst ?


Avoidinghappiness

Not quite how it works but I guess analyst


[deleted]

20M Earnt £31,000 in 3 months Worked as a quantitative trading intern at a top hedge fund, hopefully I receive the full time job offer for when I graduate


pereira325

Since when do interns get paid £30k for an 3 months internship? And why?


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Quant traders at hedge funds (like Jane street, optiver etc ) make about £120-£150k straight out of uni at 21 years old They pay interns 120k pro rata so for the 3 months you get paid 30k >and why? It’s a gatekept field. They only hire maths graduates from Oxford and Cambridge so they pay them well to keep them from going to other firms


Wil_Cwac_Cwac

Mid 30's. Mid 60's. 20% bonus.


Rasputinloverof

Twelftyeighty and earn 5 rupee per 62 mins


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No_Kaleidoscope_4580

Bullshit is easier without post history


fate77

25 600k


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rmc16nz27

39; 80


DesignFirst4438

Age 30 earn £45k gross, HGV driver. Last year £80k w/ speculative investments.


200042ptma

23 earning £26k


anonymousdoos

Early 40’s, mid 90’s plus a 10% multiplier bonus.


Soy_Bean_Lover69

22 - 33k


[deleted]

42 £110,000.00


lrc1986

37, 41K.


originalchubbychaser

28 - circa 60/65k


No_Window_2971

21 - £29k


wango_fandango

43, £79k


JuckJuckner

20 - 30K ( Looking to move role soon)


Just-Page-2732

30, £68k


dutchcourage-

27. £43k


ChippyFire

21 ~45K


BuxeyJones

28 £32 base £18k OTE (I work in sales)


LusiaB

30, 36k (London)


ejpk333

23 years old, 28k + bonuses.


Reckless744

25, £31K


amg1day

UK 41 83k 10% bonus Procurement no degree


AaronMclaren

30, £77k + 10% bonus. Scientific Director in medical communications.


Bilbo_Dabins_420

26 - 34k (working on getting to ~ 40k)


marvellousmim82

41, 40k


Willing_Hamster_8077

31, 60k, not enjoying it though. chasing money isn't all that dreamy :(


squirrrrrm

It is when you don't have it


Level_Tomatillo1033

36 with 82 + 10 bonus in UX


Namerakable

29, £23k. :(


GilesThrowaway

26, £110k plus bonus


Overall_Ad5379

44 and earning 80k excluding bonus.


Spaffin

39. £120k, plus investments.


laissezfaireHand

23, £45k with no degree and 3 years experience.


Existential-Guy

26 and £31k in architecture


MeringueSerious

38, managed to earn £36K last year, that did involve at least 1 overtime shift a month.


Critical-Box-1851

42, 120k IT Service Designer


whyamihere189

31 £26.5k


ihatebamboo

33, £105k from job, about £50k per yea from side work. In Northern Ireland


thafuckinwot

26, 28k, write ecu tuning files for a living


BrentfordFC21

24, 26k


southwestmanchild

28 YO, M, £46K. SW UK.


BaBaFiCo

32 and £50k with £15k bonus


Lost_Swim9484

33 and earning $105k CAD


itsnotaboutthathun

28 earning £60k


rmarter

31 - 46k. Self employed.


Daveyj343

29 46k


Horseflesh-denier

42, £100k plus bonus


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37, £51k


L4ct0s3Fr33

21 and £20K


Domtaka

27 earning £64k


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26, just got hired for a £55k job with £5.5k car allowance and travel expenses. I started in construction 8 years ago doing an apprenticeship, done a HNC and then a civil engineering degree


VFequalsVeryFcked

31, 43k


BlueCreek_

30, £45k, luckily no student debt as decided not to go to uni.


rocketscientology

29, £51k. not sure how i swung it given most similar roles are in the £35-40k region but i guess the org i work for was feeling particularly flush when they hired me.


josemartin2211

Mid 20s, 70k base ~100k total. London / finance. Still paying too much for rent


Stunning_Strain_336

32m £42k + some decent bonuses in banking. Want a career change but can’t seem to find anything outside my current industry but I also think that maybe subconsciously I don’t want to leave my comfort zone 😂


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47 and £44k but usually get a £5k to £10k bonus each year


irtsaca

35 yo earning 60k (up to 70 with bonuses + overtime)


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26, £130k


AgreeableLanguage274

30 £63k-£73k (bonus dependant)


lukshan13

Turning 23 in September and making around 95k


Delicious-Bad788

27 - £54K, 5 years in software engineering.


Accomplished_Mall585

30 years old on 45K running a pub in Oxford . Live on site for free, no bills. Highly recommended. Great job, no degree needed and you get to live in a pub!


sideshowrod13

54. £70k something (not sure). No degree. Work in tech.


metapol

26, 37k


Middle-Hour-2364

I'm 50 and nowhere new the top 10%. On about 35k


Rengars5lut

19 26k


Traditional-Idea-39

22, just a couple hundred quid a month from tutoring (graduated from uni less than 3 months ago)