You will be surprised. Lot of small business owners doing service based work make over 200K. Not all require professional certifications. And yes, not all developers make 200k easily.
I live in the UK, don't make nowhere near 200k nor do I know anyone who makes that amount (across all levels).
Yes, the European market is quite different from the American one, and even in the US it can vary a lot depending on region, industry, the size of the company, etc.