£45K per Year is enough ?

[fullyautomatix]

Why are you thinking of jumping into permanent from contracting ? You might be better off sticking to contracting if you are thinking of living in London. With 45k you will struggle massively in London.

[AtW]

£150k in London probably okish, but really it should be £250k to have relatively comfortable lifestyle.

HTH

sasguru

[Mincepie]

I think your question is the following;

Is £45k enough for a London job with a wife and baby to support.

It sounds tough to me. Really tough. You could do it, but you will be skint.

No bloody chance i would say, you should be looking for another 15k and a commute into London from the burbs

[LondonManc]

£45k is a decent permie wage for someone with only five years experience.
The one thing that I'm not sure about is how contractors are thought of in France versus England; are they considered to be specialists brought in for projects or just Joe Temp off the street because an extra body is needed on the project?

[FatLazyContractor]

£150k in London probably okish, but really it should be £250k to have relatively comfortable lifestyle or £550k for a jacuzzi tub lifestyle.

HTH

MF

FTFY

[SueEllen]

£45k is a decent permie wage for someone with only five years experience.

Then his wife better get a decent job though the cost of childcare would put pay to that....

[AtW]

Then his wife better get a decent job though the cost of childcare would put pay to that....

She could become a childminder and charge her husband to look after his kid...

[chrisfit]

£45k is a decent permie wage for someone with only five years experience.
The one thing that I'm not sure about is how contractors are thought of in France versus England; are they considered to be specialists brought in for projects or just Joe Temp off the street because an extra body is needed on the project?

Mostly Job Temp . In France , the IT area work mainly with SSII (eg. IT agency) which hire people as Permie most of the time . But some people could sometimes contract with them. But It's really not common to go direct with client like in UK I guess ...

[AtW]

£45k is only enough in London AFTER all your costs are paid for - housing, food, travel, holidays, drinks, operas, divorce settlement with wives...

[DimPrawn]

£45k is only enough in London AFTER all your costs are paid for - housing, food, travel, holidays, drinks, operas, divorce settlement with wives...

Make that monthly then....