Nah if you speak any European language you can land that kind of gig, just elsewhere in (Western)Europe. That won't pay the bills, though. In order to do these jobs you need to be near one of the bigger cities, where the cost of life is excruciatingly high, 2.5$ for an espresso, 10$ for a pint, 1250$ for a month in a 30m2 flat. Add to that between an hour and two of commute time every day...

About the tech, for that kind of money it's mostly Java, PHP and C++, with a bit of perl, Oracle PL/SQL. We're old fashioned :) but for the past few years C#, .NET, and javascript are making a splendid coming out, and there's always demand for ObjectiveC (iOS mostly).

Now don't take my words for truth about the tech on the market, I'm super biased by the company I've worked in and their customers. But in any case it's nothing compared to what you earn if you're good enough with Excel, Powerpoint and absolutely nothing else. The more tech you know, the less you bill is the rule of thumb at least in the French consulting business.