Arnav Gupta, a Meta Engineering Manager, moved from Bengaluru to London six months ago on a Global Talent Visa to explore the UK tech ecosystem.
By Aniket Chakraborty
Mar 1, 2025
Unlike India, tech jobs in the UK don't pay disproportionately higher salaries compared to other professions.
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In the UK, finance is the sector people choose when optimizing purely for earnings, regardless of their passion for the work.
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Gupta noticed that UK tech professionals generally have a higher passion for their work compared to many in India who join tech primarily for money.
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Despite exploring many startups, Gupta ended up doing something "super cliched" by joining a big tech company (Meta).
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India's tech salary range shows extreme variance - from 8 LPA to 150 LPA for the same quality of work, creating what Gupta calls a "toxicity cost."
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The sheer volume of tech job opportunities in India far outstrips any place except possibly the USA.
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Global tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon maintain significantly larger headcounts in their Indian offices.
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For business owners, India offers the advantage of low-cost software development due to lower employee compensation.
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While the top-end salaries in India are comparable to global standards (with better purchasing power), the median tech salary remains very low globally.