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Average salary for Software Developers.

Ireland: €37,741

London: €51,686

Software Developer jobs on Indeed.

All of Ireland: 1,016

Just London: 5,650

Software Developer roles listed at over 90k EUR.

All of Ireland: 27

Just London: 1,033

If you're a talented senior-level developer you'll lose tens of thousands of Euros by choosing to work in a much colder market. In retirement, this could mean you'll lose half a million euros or more (with compounding investments).

[throwaway122kk]

"Developer" vs "Engineer"

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Software Engineer 50K eur Dublin / 50K gbp London

https://www.linkedin.com/salary/search?countryCode=ie&geoId=...

https://www.linkedin.com/salary/search?countryCode=gb&geoId=...

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Senior Software Engineer 70K eur Dublin / 68K gbp London

https://www.linkedin.com/salary/search?countryCode=ie&geoId=...

https://www.linkedin.com/salary/search?countryCode=gb&geoId=...

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Principal Software Engineer 85K eur Dublin / 80K gbp London

https://www.linkedin.com/salary/search?countryCode=ie&geoId=...

https://www.linkedin.com/salary/search?countryCode=gb&geoId=...

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Needless to say your money goes a bit further than London outside of London

And having a large home + garden is better than being locked into a tiny apartment with everything closed

[Dormeno]

> And having a large home + garden is better than being locked into a tiny apartment with everything closed

You'd think living on this island, I'd know someone with a big home and garden in Dublin. But, anyone I know that does, doesn't live in Dublin.