salary really is determined by location more than anything, I think, assuming we're just talking entry level, no experience type jobs. My entry level salary was about $28k US a year. I believe translated to England, that's under 20k pounds, lol. I make a little more now, thankfully.

Some employers, at least here in the states anyway, might hire you on for a 6-10 month stint to guage whether or not they want to keep you for longer. Mine did.