Tahir84

I don't understand YOUR comment. Why do you have to be earning a substantial amount of money before you leave the UK.

Most of people who leave UK for ME do so for savings, at least that is what I am looking at.

eastrunner

Don't forget that the UK salaries include things like private pensions, bonuses, flexible benefits so you typically need to gross up not take the after tax and convert that. So perhaps you should take the 53K and add another % for the other benefits (15%-20%). The middle east doesn't have pensions etc... so u need to negotiate at your current gross rate +..... not the NET.

dominoman

Didnt say you have to be a lot before leaving the UK. I just assumed that the majority of people leaving the UK to work here would have many years experience, and therefore would be earning more than that. Depends on the industry etc of course.

In any case, I still don't understand the comment that says why would you leave the UK if you're earning 53K. People come here to save and to have a change of lifestyle. That applies whether you're earning 30k or 300k.

scot47

I cannot see why anyone with a job in the UK paying £53,000 would choose to go and live in the Middle East. That area is for the desperate ! I was one myself !

Millhouse

I left the UK aged 28, earning 60k GBP a year. So it certainly does happen.