[petercooper]

The UK is a horrible market outside of contracting. Even reasonably niche developer positions can wobble around £40-60k (US 60-100k-ish) before they start to turn into management roles, and in the south east, living expenses can almost be as bad as the Valley.

[dhilton]

Agreed. Apart from large internet companies (or clever small ones)and finance stuff, pay can be poor when benchmarked.