Salaries

Inspired by Jamie Tanna's post about public salaries, Bryan Cantrill's comments on transparent compensation, and the TechPays project, the following table contains all my salaries and bonus payments since I graduated university.

Each row contains either my annual salary as of the given date or a lump sum received on that date. Lump sums are in italics. Amounts are given in UK pounds (£) or US dollars ($).

See the Notes section below for details.

Notes

Job titles are largely nonsense: different companies have entirely different grades and ranking structures, making comparison between companies impossible. To find out what a role actually entailed, please see my CV.

For the purposes of this table, I have taken job titles and grades from employment contracts or, when they have changed due to promotion, from formal letters from management. Only one company (BAE Systems) uses grades that are distinct from job titles: these are given in brackets.

For jobs in which I worked a 4-day week, salaries are listed before pro rata adjustment, i.e. they are the salaries that I would have received if I had worked full-time. No attempt has been made to adjust lump sums.

I have not included every form of remuneration — I've skipped pension contributions, health insurance, holiday allowances, etc. — as it would just get too complicated. I have likewise skipped small stock grants with convoluted tax repercussions. Feel free to get in touch and ask if you'd like to know more about anything.

As noted in Jamie Tanna's blog post announcing his salary history page, the primary purpose of such webpages, including this one, is to enable equitable pay negotiations. As such, their publication is protected under UK law by the Equality Act 2010, c. 15, s. 77.