# UK IT Jobs, what's the opening salary? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 9, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-it-jobs-whats-the-opening-salary/64909 "2001-05-09T21:12:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wooba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wooba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wooba)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-it-jobs-whats-the-opening-salary/64909/1 "2001-05-09T21:12:31Z")
I’m looking at a possible job in London as an entry level developer. I don’t have a clue what sort of salary that would bring in… what kind of money should I expect/ask for? I know that a dollar:pound conversion of what I make in Canada would probably put me in the poor house over there 🙂 Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-it-jobs-whats-the-opening-salary/64909/2 "2001-05-10T09:36:57Z")
Need more details, I’m afraid. Developer in what? Experience? Industry (i.e. have you experience in banking IT? retail?) It might be a few days, but I seem to be on the mailing list of Computer Weekly, which runs a large ads section. When the next one comes, I’d be happy to cut the section out and snail-mail it to you. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-it-jobs-whats-the-opening-salary/64909/3 "2001-05-10T10:04:07Z")
Have a look at [http://www.stepstone.com/](http://www.stepstone.com/) and see what’s on offer. But in general terms, entry level developers start at @ £20,000 minimum in London, less out of the city. At the top end of the scale, the sky is the limit. Which is good.