In the UK it's completely different. You can be honest about your current salary but tell your new potential employer what you know you are worth judging by what other people are on and also by seeing what other companies your are interviewing for are offering. The general rule when first starting out should always be, earn more than your age. So at 21 I made sure I was paid £24k and moved up from there. Now at 30 I'm paid more than double my age because with more skills and especially niche ones it becomes very easy to have companies getting into a bidding war over you.
I need to adjust your maths for my situation as i'm a recently graduated software dev at 41. makes the salary question extra complicated although I recently realised I have over 2 years industry experience from previous work
Granted, it is a lot more difficult to apply the same logic when you are starting out at a later age. Still, as you would be considered a junior developer here in the UK you could probably start to push it to about £27k. The key thing is, if you don't receive a payrise after a year, move on. It's sometimes best to stay in your first role for 2 years to show to other companies you are loyal but after that it's really important that your wage goes up every year. Software development is still in very short supply as a skill and supply and demand has to kick in.
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In the UK it's completely different. You can be honest about your current salary but tell your new potential employer what you know you are worth judging by what other people are on and also by seeing what other companies your are interviewing for are offering. The general rule when first starting out should always be, earn more than your age. So at 21 I made sure I was paid £24k and moved up from there. Now at 30 I'm paid more than double my age because with more skills and especially niche ones it becomes very easy to have companies getting into a bidding war over you.
I need to adjust your maths for my situation as i'm a recently graduated software dev at 41. makes the salary question extra complicated although I recently realised I have over 2 years industry experience from previous work
Granted, it is a lot more difficult to apply the same logic when you are starting out at a later age. Still, as you would be considered a junior developer here in the UK you could probably start to push it to about £27k. The key thing is, if you don't receive a payrise after a year, move on. It's sometimes best to stay in your first role for 2 years to show to other companies you are loyal but after that it's really important that your wage goes up every year. Software development is still in very short supply as a skill and supply and demand has to kick in.