A permie offer that as a contractor I would not refuse

[Bagpuss]

Well done bagpuss, you pass Statistics101.

Although these stats are mostly meaningless, I don't think that there are many people living in K&C earning just £35k.

No I expect there are many having to survive on minimum wage

[TheFaQQer]

I would never choose to work in London.

My vote was based on a northern salary.

[sasguru]

Pah! The average income where I live is 71K?
Paupers!
Congrats on the stats explantion BTW Bag-o-pus. Well done - you'll be explaining moments about the mean next

[Bagpuss]

I would never choose to work in London.

My vote was based on a northern salary.

Ah, Ferrets and all the tripe you can eat

[NotAllThere]

It's not the salary (or lack of), it's the whole permie ethos. And having maybe 6 weeks leave a year, if you're lucky, if you're allowed to take it.

[King Cnvt]

permie == pwned

[DS23]

It's not the salary (or lack of), it's the whole permie ethos. And having maybe 6 weeks leave a year, if you're lucky, if you're allowed to take it.

exactly. financially it would have to be at least 120 + stuff but at that wage your ass is not yours. it would be a 7 day week directors puppet blood pressure explosion political scapegoat dancing nightmare.

not for all the money etc.

[Zippy]

For all the 'real' contractors out there (you know who you are) where is the 'This is loose change' option?

I don't think I could do permie any more

[wendigo100]

Taking London salaries for a fair comparison

Bugger. I voted before I saw that. I was thinking of a cushy little commute to MK or Aylesbury...

[wendigo100]

sounds like some dickhead has done a quick excel of the Mean which is the least accurate average for skewed data

For Example say you survey 6 people who live in an area, 5 are fairly similar but 1 earns around 10 times more than the others and lives in the big house at the end of the road

eg 50 40 35 40 45 400= mean income 101k

35,40,40,45,50,400= median=circa 43k


the median is much lower but more indicative of 'local' incomes

The Mode is more accurate too

eg 12, 12, 40, 45, 50, 400 = mode = 12K. How do Londoners survive on that?