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£31 000? Meh, that is low. Finance industry gets you above 75k

I think it's more that finance is high rather than GCHQ is low. £31k is about average for engineering grads.

You do, however, get a government pension. Which is worth a small fortune.

It's 31k after five years experience.

And being public sector, that's "if you suck everyone's cock on the way up".