Issun

Hi all,

I currently work in London in a tech company and I'm considering moving to Singapore in the near future (partially because I can't stand this Brexit nonsense anymore- but the place always fascinated me regardless).

However, I have no idea about the cost of living compared to London, would anyone know approximately what the equivalent of a £75/85k gross salary would be in Singapore dollars, considering living costs? I don't really care about having a car nor I expect to be using one in Singapore, so my expenses would mostly include housing, food and going out.

Thanks!

BritInParis

This should get you started:

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-livin...ity2=Singapore

Are you a British citizen?

ex reg

Are you jumping the gun or do you already have a job offer.

If your London salary is only 85k maybe you haven't the quals and experience to jump into the job market here, unless you have something specific which locals can't offer..
Sorry to be blunt.

If you are transferring within your company then you won't have much room for manoeuver salary-wise.

Make sure cost of accommodation is included in your package. It can vary massively.

Wine beer and spirits are expensive here.
Eating out is expensive unless you eat at coffee shops or hawker centers and there's nothing wrong with that. If you like cooking yourself then I'd say food is 20% more expensive here.

Although this site isn't very active nowadays maybe you'll get more ideas from other posters.

When we sold our condo to a Regional Director for a big bank a few years ago who was transferring from London he was gobsmacked at the cost of accommodation here, as he was at the cost of living compared to London.

Mlee888

Kooky.

We're looking at a potential move at the moment - not to Singapore (been there, done that for six years) but possibly onto our fourth continent - and I have to say I have found numbeo comparisons to be useless, very misleading.

What level and discipline of tech are you in? And as ex reg asked, do you have a job offer or is this just an ambition? I understand EPs are not as easy to come by as they used to be.

Thairetired2016

Also I don't live in Singapore I'm a very frequent visitor.
"spending luxuriously...."
I don't see how this can be done on 2000K. Even for one person.

Mlee888

Thairetired2016

i assume the person doesn't just eat on weekends.

Mlee888

anuny

We (My old company) had three apartments that we used to send folks here for less than a year assignment. S$2200/S$4200/S$5000 per month was deducted from the pay stub. People who had mortgages in US, we covered their existing mortgage payments for the duration. Many companies I know, tend to increase the compensation package and let the employee find their own accommodation. Our internal studies indicated that this was not an optimal strategy.

The high-end apartment was actually for a family, while the smallest was a one bedroom 600 sf apartment. Up to S$300/mnt was added for transportation. Since most folks did not bring their family for a short duration of less than a year; we had a extras compensation negotiated in advance as a % of the current salary.

In 2016, I spent two months in Singapore; I was put up in a service apartment. My food and drinks bill was S$400~ per week. I took the MRT where ever I went; which is nearly everywhere. The complex had a self-service washing+drying machines which was s3. per load. My only extra compensation was a second Corporate Card issued by the local Office of the Company. This should give someone a sense of the expenses.