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pants2 | on: Job: Head of Stonehenge
Sounds like a very cool job, and not sure about the UK job market, but seems to be wildly underpaid for the qualifications!
kristianc | parent | next
This, shockingly, is actually quite well paid considering for the UK.

Lead Data Scientist for the UK Government is currently advertising for a salary of £57,670 - £67,500.

https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?jco...

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kaonwarb | parent | next
Not disagreeing, but it's also worth something to know, and say, that you are in charge of Stonehenge.
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loeg | parent | next
This is like a 90th percentile UK salary.
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YZF | parent | next
36 hours per week. 25 days vacation (going to 28). Pension contributions. You can buy extra leave. Epic location, fun job, decent salary for the UK (where e.g. you don't pay for healthcare)...
ifjfkfkfkfj | root | parent | next
> you don't pay for healthcare

It is bloody expensive, if you want life saving surgery now, not in two years!

robotresearcher | root | parent | next
You do pay for healthcare, from the taxes on that salary.
marysol5 | root | parent
Fun fact, so do Americans, just they don't get the service for it!
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Tepix | root | parent
Yeah, the 25 days of vacation are a bit disappointing, in Germany 30 days are standard.
wyclif | root | parent | next
Talked to a German guy who was here on holiday recently. When I told him that in the US it's typical to get two weeks vacation when starting a new job, you should have seen his eyes bug out. It was hilarious.
tikkabhuna | root | parent
Is that including or excluding bank holidays? In the UK, 25 days excluding the 8 bank holidays is pretty standard.
ascorbic | parent | next
This is a decent salary for a heritage job. It is a very poorly-paid sector. On building sites with archaeological excavations, the person driving the digger is likely to be paid more than the archaeologists, who probably have postgraduate degrees.
jrflo | parent | next
I'm not in the UK, but from what I understand that's actually decent. US salaries, particularly in tech, are wildly higher than in most of Europe.
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phyzix5761 | parent | next
Don't forget to deduct the 25% effective tax rate.

Calculator: https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/estimate-paye-take-home-pay/y...

techterrier | parent | next
this isnt all that *bad for something in the conservation / heritage / ngo sector

edit: *obviously its not a wonderful salary, but for the sector....well I've seen worse.

moomin | parent | next
The charity sector rarely pays well.
swarnie | parent | next
Just a smidge over $63k after tax and before gibbs.

The job market over here is shocking.

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y-curious | parent
Especially considering minimum wage “salary” in the UK is ~24k GBP, 64k is nothing imo. They call it the “wage squeeze”
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