[Gllug] VACANCY: Junior Sysadmin/Helpdesk/1st-line support

[Martyn Drake]

On 31/01/2011 19:55, Jason Clifford wrote:

> Those are national averages though. It may well be acceptable for a part
> time helpdesk droid in Burnley, Lancs to earn £8K/year (it isn't really
> but that's not my call) but a similar post in London will need to pay
> more if it is to actually be filled.

Blimey - I was earning £8k a year straight after university practically 
running a local ISP by myself up in Norwich.  It was only until I got to 
London when I started earning £21k and it hovered around £21-25 for a 
good number of years before I moved into post-production.  These days 
working away from London sees me on a much higher figure.

£12k is quite an outrageous sum.  It implies that whoever takes the role 
is likely to be living with their parent(s) because after deducting 
travelling costs from that, you're not going to have much left for 
food/rent/whatever.  It was bad enough trying to repay a mortgage from 
£8k at the time when I first started working, but at least in Norwich I 
had no travelling expenses to speak of.

Mart
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