IT salaries in South Africa compared to the UK

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Ancalagon said:
I will say that, for a lot of people, renting for their entire lives is becoming the norm in the UK. Especially in London, where prices are crazy.

If you're living in London, you have to be earning a good salary to afford to buy. When even the cheapest properties seldom go for less than £500k, it is difficult to get onto the property market.

You have to have a relatively decent professional job to be able to consider it. Possibly even in a household with two such salaries.

Here is an example. I went on a date with a teacher, who lives outside of London, and she told me that she "dreamed" of making more than £50k. I kept very quiet. Jeremy Corbyn himself said something like people who earn more than £80k should be taxed heavily.
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Yeah, looks like one would need ~£100k/y household income for a £500k place, which would be on the very basic side. The salary drop from London seems to be circa 20-30%, but the housing price drop off is quite a bit more, so outside of London is likely the better bet.
 
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Nice to see so many fellow MyBB's in the UK. (I live North West, near Manchester)

I wouldn't want to work in London for any amount on money. Much prefer living outside of London where everything is cheaper.

Most of those salaries look to be on the low side.
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I imagine the salaries are relative, though? You pay less because you get paid less?
 
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gregmcc said:
Nice to see so many fellow MyBB's in the UK. (I live North West, near Manchester)

I wouldn't want to work in London for any amount on money. Much prefer living outside of London where everything is cheaper.

Most of those salaries look to be on the low side.
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About 90 - 120 mins away from Manchester ..... must have a beer when all this kark is over with.
 
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Yeah, but then you'd have to live in Reading...
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Heh, agreed. So in terms of deciding on whether or not to go overseas, a very common (and usually misguided) argument, is the one we've already seen earlier in the thread: Sure you earn 3x, but the CoL is also 3x. Yeah, sure but why is the CoL 3x? It's because there is much higher demand to live there. And why is there much higher demand? Because, by definition it is, on average, a significantly more preferable place to live. Even if I come out net-zero in terms of savings (unlikely for most professionals, but for arguments sake), one is at least living somewhere that is nicer (on average).
 
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cguy said:
Heh, agreed. So in terms of deciding on whether or not to go overseas, a very common (and usually misguided) argument, is the one we've already seen earlier in the thread: Sure you earn 3x, but the CoL is also 3x. Yeah, sure but why is the CoL 3x? It's because there is much higher demand to live there. And why is there much higher demand? Because, by definition it is, on average, a significantly more preferable place to live. Even if I come out net-zero in terms of savings (unlikely for most professionals, but for arguments sake), one is at least living somewhere that is nicer (on average).
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How much is your life worth after all... Not just crime wise but the constant nagging stress living in SA with power cuts, water cuts, job cuts, broken roads. Its just too tense all the time.
 
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How much is your life worth after all... Not just crime wise but the constant nagging stress living in SA with power cuts, water cuts, job cuts, broken roads. Its just too tense all the time.
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but but... Jerusalema
 
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cda said:
How much is your life worth after all... Not just crime wise but the constant nagging stress living in SA with power cuts, water cuts, job cuts, broken roads. Its just too tense all the time.
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Weather is nice though...
 
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