PE Comp in Europe

How much does a Junior role, or an Associate role, pay in European mid-size PE funds?

I know that the pay that matters is when you get higher up, but I'm interested in getting a general idea of much one should expect just after making the jump from IBD:

Oh, and I'm talking about funds like Advent, Apax, Permira.

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