It's tough for me to know how engineering salaries stack up, I'm only hiring in Amsterdam and haven't looked deeply at what London markets look like. At least at the high end, they tend to be relationship and individual market driven.
At a macro level, payscale has some interesting comparisons
here with N> 250 each.
For beers: I think you're looking at the "Grocery section", Beers are priced at 4 euros in the "Restauraunt" zone. I will, in actuality, buy you a delicious <4 euro beer at one of a few bars around our office. I don't know how many other consumer indices are backed by a personal guarantee.
Software Engineer:
https://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=Software_Engineer/S...
https://www.payscale.com/research/NL/Job=Software_Engineer/S...
Senior Software Engineers (N> 400 for both)
https://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=Senior_Software_Eng...
https://www.payscale.com/research/NL/Job=Sr._Software_Engine...
For beers: I think you're looking at the "Grocery section", Beers are priced at 4 euros in the "Restauraunt" zone. I will, in actuality, buy you a delicious <4 euro beer at one of a few bars around our office. I don't know how many other consumer indices are backed by a personal guarantee.