I am currently a senior dev in the UK and I would like to move to a different country for a few years but I am not sure which countries have good enough markets for software engineers. I am looking for a country where a job would provide me with a salary around 150k or something comparable to a UK salary. EU countries except Switzerland don't seem to have comparable salaries and US is out of the picture since I do not have a visa.
Why do people focus so much on dollar amount for salaries?<p>They aren't very informative when you don't take into account the differences in local/state/national tax rates, purchasing power, cost of living, etc.<p>You need so much more information to get a decent picture of how much better or worse a job offer is relative to what you currently are getting.
Depending on your goals, another interesting question might be:<p>"Where could one work as a software engineer that gives the quality-of-life and retirement-lifestyle that I'd get from making $150k USD in the US?"
Salaries around 150k for senior engineers aren't even that common in the states outside of the Bay Area and New York. Can you keep your current position but work remotely from the EU?
I feel HN really needs to start making a distinction between salary and compensation. Especially for mid level to senior deva, equity and bonus can make up over 50% of total compensation, changing the nature of the question and the conversation.<p>For example, every dev I know in the bay area nets over 150k in total compensation
>something comparable to a UK salary<p>How much (roughly) is the UK salary you have in mind?<p>AFAIK salaries in the UK are not that much different than - say - Germany or Sweden, and with the exception of Switzerland and Denmark that are surprisingly higher, they often compensate for the local cost of living.<p><a href="https://www.daxx.com/blog/development-trends/it-salaries-software-developer-trends-2018" rel="nofollow">https://www.daxx.com/blog/development-trends/it-salaries-sof...</a><p>I believe that the US$150K+ that you look for are actually valid only for some selected companies in places like the Bay Area where the cost of accomodation is "crazy" and can easily amount to 1/4 of that.
Vancouver / Canada and Toronto / Canada for senior software engineers who have been in the company for a long time.<p>Entry Senior would be around 120k base in a good company, yearly raises will get you there.<p>P.S: Talking in CAD not USD.
Only the US. There are exceptions to every rule of-course but you'd have to be in a niche field or live in an insanely expensive place such as Luxembourg or Zurich.
It's possible in the UK at VP level in Banking, or as a contractor. You'd need either niche technical skills or financial services experience or both.