desreb Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hi folks, I'm just about to negotiate my salary for my new Permanent position in Oz. I'm moving from London Zone 3, to Sydney around 30 mins from the CBD. At present, they're offering a direct salary transfer at the current exchange rate - around £68k basic including allowance for healthcare,etc. to translate to around AUD110k, hopefully with super on top. However, for most professions (I'm a Senior IT Security Consultant), it seems Australian salaries should be a fair bit higher than the basic exchange rate. There's plenty of discussion here about how the COL is higher, but I need something I can present formally. Can anyone recommend an agency that can a provide cost-of-living report that I can take to my employer, for a non-extortionate price (ie. I'll be paying for it, not my employer)? I think they'll have to keep it pretty up-to-date, given the relentless climb of the AUD! Many thanks! Damian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Toorak Trev Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hi folks, I'm just about to negotiate my salary for my new Permanent position in Oz. I'm moving from London Zone 3, to Sydney around 30 mins from the CBD. At present, they're offering a direct salary transfer at the current exchange rate - around £68k basic including allowance for healthcare,etc. to translate to around AUD110k, hopefully with super on top. However, for most professions (I'm a Senior IT Security Consultant), it seems Australian salaries should be a fair bit higher than the basic exchange rate. There's plenty of discussion here about how the COL is higher, but I need something I can present formally. Can anyone recommend an agency that can a provide cost-of-living report that I can take to my employer, for a non-extortionate price (ie. I'll be paying for it, not my employer)? I think they'll have to keep it pretty up-to-date, given the relentless climb of the AUD! Many thanks! Damian Damian There is a site GOMATILDA run by a guy called Alan. I seem to recall he had a COL calculator on his site Go Matilda - Your Gateway to Australia - Visa, Tax and Financial Planning for Australia I dont think COL proof is going to push the salary up - its more likely to be compared against market - that there lies your argument not COL (after $100k you will get a few weird looks trying that line). Push by comparing your value in the market (OZ) - have a look through SEEK - Australia's no. 1 jobs, employment, career and recruitment site and remind them of such breaches as vodaphone:yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desreb Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hi Toorak, I think GoMatilda do provide lots of good info, but I don't think they have salary comparisons (I've checked). Problem is - my job is fairly specialised, and the market in general is smaller over there, so there are less to compare my role to (since someone has to be actively looking at posting at the time). In the absence of this - anything helps! But it has to be pretty good to be useful in negotiating a pay rise (or lack of pay cut!) D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nm123 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I have access to salary surveys and COL data, PM me your email address and I'll send some bits through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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