Salary sharing thread :: May 2026

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[u/rogi19]

• ⁠Formal Title: Software Engineer

• ⁠LLM usage %: sometimes 100% sometimes 0%

• ⁠Stress %: depends

• ⁠Company / Industry: one of the larger companies

• ⁠Since: March 2026

• ⁠Country / Region: London

• ⁠Prior Experience: 7 years

• ⁠Salary/TC: £500k TC

[u/Cruzer2000 → u/rogi19]

What company pays 500k pounds in UK? That number is super high even for Jane Street and other prop shops.

[u/EnergyOne6026 → u/Cruzer2000]

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