I recently (2 years ago) worked for a large defence contractor in a position equivalent to Flt Sgt / WO and was on £23k. I know a lot of SNCO’s and above who come out and can only get jobs paying around 20k, and then I read (again) on prune how people wish they were paid the same as us civvies. OK some ex guys have the pension, but please, when you all come out, get back on here and tell us what it’s really like, not all the BS the resettlement people tell you.
Several years ago I was offered a job by Westlands within their Product Support Department. However, when hearing the terms of employment, I stated that the pay they were proposing was less than I was getting in the Service the response was "Well you are getting your Service pension which will make up the difference". The answer was "Goodbye Westlands".