ok. I agree with you jjj75 that its confusing. I said it in the beginning ......

I dont know what the allowances are, ive been told it is going to be all inclusive round about 50k QAR and adding the bonus dividing total by 12 for monthly and converting to pound the difference is:

UK I take home 5k per month, in QAR I will take 10k per month. The difference would be cost of living, which is a bit less in UK (due to rent differences).

britexpat: I know a little about ME. If I sell my self short before leaving UK finding out that an underling is getting more than me, it would piss me off. Also, in ME once you're looking to switch its very common to ask for salary slips and then they very rarely (almost never) go beyond a 10% increment. I want to hit a sixer on my first ball, rather than four if it makes sense...?