I'm currently applying for EE jobs in Germany after some years managing my own one man company. I'm an EE graduate, PhD holder, good at analogue design and debugging, ok at digital and PCB design - that's my one sentence resume! I'm a mid-level employee, I would say. I'm looking for jobs primarily at more sciency engineering companies as it fits in with my background in research.
The kind of jobs I'm applying for in Germany are paying about 60-70K Euro. However as a UK national I am keeping an eye on jobs in the UK and as far as I can make out comparable jobs in the UK seem to be paying significantly less (I realise it's a little difficult to make a direct comparison with wages) - around 40-45K GBP.
Could anyone give me an idea of UK wages for someone in my position? Am I correct that Germany just pays much better?