UK Salary advice
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Whereabouts in the North West? Like anywhere else, the cost of living in the North West varies greatly depending on where you live.
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I don't know. My friend said "North West (Manchester area)", but I don't know if she referred to Manchester just to sort of guide me as to where the North West was, or if it's really in the Manchester area.
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Thats kinda midrange salary for a developer in the South East, so that probably means you can by a 6 bedroom mansion with 5acres of land op norf.
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I've received word that there may be on opportunity for me in the UK. What kind of salary is GBP 35k - GBP 38k? My source says it's fairly good for the North West area.
Check the following site to see what your monthly take home pay would be: http://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/[^] Looks like it will be in the region of £2,300 then I would check how much it costs to rent a suitable property in the area - or commutable areas if you have transport or if public transport would be suitable (and that's a big IF in the uk!). The following site might be useful: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/[^] Good luck!
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J4amieC wrote:
Thats kinda midrange salary for a developer in the South East, so that probably means you can could of bought a 6 bedroom mansion with 5acres of land op norf.
Not anymore.
Two heads are better than one.
Yeah, it's full of southerners buying second homes oop north whilest they are cheap. I go to Inverness quite often, and am meeting more and more SE Englanders who have homes up there or have retired there. (For anyone who has never been, Inverness is a great place to visit.)
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Check the following site to see what your monthly take home pay would be: http://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/[^] Looks like it will be in the region of £2,300 then I would check how much it costs to rent a suitable property in the area - or commutable areas if you have transport or if public transport would be suitable (and that's a big IF in the uk!). The following site might be useful: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/[^] Good luck!
In South Africa the big IF is "if you have public transport". What factors into the suitability of public transport in the UK? Thanks for the links. I'll check after lunch.
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In South Africa the big IF is "if you have public transport". What factors into the suitability of public transport in the UK? Thanks for the links. I'll check after lunch.
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I don't know. My friend said "North West (Manchester area)", but I don't know if she referred to Manchester just to sort of guide me as to where the North West was, or if it's really in the Manchester area.
If it really is Manchester then that's not a bad rate.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Brady Kelly wrote:
What factors into the suitability of public transport in the UK
Type of leaves falling on the track. Likelyhood of thug trade-unionists calling a politically motivated strike. Correct phasing of the moon. et cetera.
J4amieC wrote:
Likelyhood of thug trade-unionists calling a politically motivated strike.
That one is quite common here as well. X|
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Yeah, it's full of southerners buying second homes oop north whilest they are cheap. I go to Inverness quite often, and am meeting more and more SE Englanders who have homes up there or have retired there. (For anyone who has never been, Inverness is a great place to visit.)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
it's full of southerners buying second homes oop north
I but mine out east, waaaaaaaaay out east. ;)
Dalek Dave wrote:
Inverness is a great place to visit
Agreed. We spent New Year up there in Nairn a few years back; very nice and not at all cold ever no not one bit honest.
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I don't know. My friend said "North West (Manchester area)", but I don't know if she referred to Manchester just to sort of guide me as to where the North West was, or if it's really in the Manchester area.
Brady Kelly wrote:
Manchester
The trouble is that kevlar clothing, bulletproof cars, and guard sharks-with-laser-beams cost a packet.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Brady Kelly wrote:
Manchester
The trouble is that kevlar clothing, bulletproof cars, and guard sharks-with-laser-beams cost a packet.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
I've survived forty years living in Johannesburg...
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I've received word that there may be on opportunity for me in the UK. What kind of salary is GBP 35k - GBP 38k? My source says it's fairly good for the North West area.
It's better than mine!
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