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in reply to Money is not purpose of my life, but...

Salary comparisons are tricky because salary depends not only on skillset and experience, but also on location, industry sector, platform (mainframe, win32, *nix), and the prevailing market trend. Complicating further is the sometimes significant difference between advertised and paid salary.

Having said all that, the national average salary paid for a "Senior Programmer" in the UK is £35,3541. After tax and NI that would give a monthly take-home of £2,149 according to this tax calculator. That's 3,156 Euros.

This might seem a lot (and maybe it is) but another factor is the cost of living. For example, rent of a luxury two bedroom unfurnished apartment (per month) in London is £1,700 but only (ha!) £757 in Prague2.


1 ComputerWeekly Salary Survey April 2006 (UK Only)
2 http://www.finfacts.com/costofliving.htm