Inspired by Jamie Tanna's salary history, 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.
| Date | Amount | Description | Job title (grade) | Location | Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2024 | £99,000 | Annual raise | Operational Cyber Software Engineer (T07) | Hybrid Remote / Gloucester, UK | BAE Systems Digital Intelligence |
| Mar 2024 | £12,452 | Annual bonus | |||
| Apr 2023 | £95,000 | Annual raise | |||
| Mar 2023 | £11,542 | Annual bonus | |||
| Jan 2023 | £800 | Cost of living supplement | |||
| Sep 2022 | £800 | Cost of living supplement | |||
| Feb 2022 | £90,000 | Hiring salary | |||
| Nov 2021 | $112,500 | Restricted Stock Unit | Senior Developer | Remote | Shopify |
| Nov 2021 | £95,000 | Hiring salary | |||
| Jan 2021 | £90,000 | Hiring salary | Software Engineer | Remote | eporta |
| Sep 2019 | £80,000 | Promotion | Lead Developer | Remote | Gower Street Analytics |
| Oct 2018 | £70,000 | Hiring salary | Senior Developer | ||
| Mar 2018 | £3,392 | Annual bonus | Senior Robotics Software Engineer | Malmesbury, UK | Dyson |
| Jan 2018 | £61,680 | Annual raise | |||
| Jan 2017 | £60,000 | Hiring salary | |||
| Apr 2016 | £55,400 | Promotion | Senior Software Engineer (T05) | Gloucester, UK | BAE Systems Applied Intelligence |
| Mar 2016 | £1,066 | Annual bonus | Senior Software Engineer (T04) | ||
| Apr 2015 | £47,150 | Annual raise | |||
| Mar 2015 | £575 | Annual bonus | |||
| Aug 2014 | £2,000 | Sign on bonus | |||
| Aug 2014 | £46,000 | Hiring salary | |||
| Mar 2014 | £500 | Annual bonus | Robotics Software Engineer | Malmesbury, UK | Dyson |
| Jan 2014 | £43,050 | Annual raise | |||
| Nov 2012 | £42,000 | Hiring salary | |||
| Nov 2010 | $90,000 | Promotion | Senior HPC Software Engineer | San Francisco, California | Maxeler Technologies |
| Nov 2009 | $60,000 | Relocation to USA | HPC Software Engineer | ||
| Apr 2008 | £11,000 | Stock options | |||
| Apr 2008 | £29,000 | Hiring salary | London, UK | ||
| Jul 2007 | £32,000 | Hiring salary | Software Engineer | London, UK | FactSet Research Systems |
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.