Salary History

When looking for a job, it can be tricky to know what to ask for in terms of salary, especially for under represented minorities, who are routinely underlevelled and underpaid. So I thought it would be useful to share my salary history since becoming a software engineer, in hopes that it will help someone at some point.

Date Company Title Level Description Amount (per year)
Feb 2015 AppInstitute Erasmus Intern - Salary £12,675
May 2015 AppInstitute PHP Developer - Salary £18,000
Sep 2015 AppInstitute PHP Developer - Salary £20,000
Nov 2015 AppInstitute PHP Developer - Shares 49*
Dec 2015 AppInstitute PHP Developer - Bonus £1,353
May 2016 AppInstitute PHP Developer - Salary £24,000
May 2017 AppInstitute PHP Developer - Salary £25,000
Jan 2018 AppInstitute PHP Developer - Salary £28,000
Jan 2018 Capital One Software Development Engineer SDE 1 Salary £32,000
Feb 2019 Capital One Software Development Engineer SDE 1 Salary £37,000
Feb 2019 Capital One Software Development Engineer SDE 1 Bonus £3,739.32
Aug 2019 Capital One Software Development Engineer SDE 2 Salary £42,000
Feb 2020 Capital One Software Development Engineer SDE 2 Bonus £4,668.77
Aug 2020 Capital One Software Development Engineer SDE 2 Salary £45,000
Feb 2021 Capital One Software Development Engineer SDE 2 Bonus £4,625.00
Aug 2021 Capital One Software Development Engineer SDE 3 Salary £54,000
Sep 2021 Monzo Web Engineer L3 Salary £80,000
Sep 2021 Monzo Web Engineer L3 Shares 9000**
Jul 2021 Monzo Web Engineer L3 Salary £87,630
May 2023 Monzo Web Engineer L3 Salary £90,820

Notes:

* I could only keep these shares if I stayed in the company until sale, so I don't have these anymore

** These vest over 4 years with a 1 year cliff