How much money should one earn in london to have a decent lifestyle.?

Question

I know london is very expensive. Please suggest if around 1000 pounds per month would be sufficient?

And how much is the average salary of software guys there.

Answer 1

I would guess you need more than a thousand pounds...

Only the appartement would cost you alot.

No idea how much a software guy makes. Have a look at newspapers job offers adds to get a clue.

Good luck

Answer 2

It depends on what you would consider to be a decent lifestyle...

I would say that I lived in London five years ago and had a take home pay of about £1000 a month and I would have said I did not have a great lifestyle.

To have a good lifestyle I think you would need to earn at least £30k to £40k a year.

However I think that is an achieveable amount in an IT job.  There re IT jobs outsideof London that are well paid as well however.