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After qualification the salary structure is one of the best in private sector, leaving a few finance jobs.
https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/law-firms/law-firm-salaries-compared
https://www.thelawyer.com/trainee-newly-qualified-salaries-uk-law-firms/
https://www.rollonfriday.com/inside-info
2. Sorry to hear you still feel this way. A good number of Indian-educated lawyers have done well for themselves at the MC firms. Therefore, if you are a good lawyer, please do not let that stop you from trying that career path if you want it.
3. Don't know how well the work experience would be received in India considering promotions etc (as I have never worked in an Indian firm), but I assume it would be regarded well? There may possibly be some issues, since the training contract system is slightly different from how things work in many Indian firms. The MC firms, because of requirements that the regulator (Solicitors' Regulation Authority (SRA)) have tended to impose in the past, give you exposure to multiple practice areas ('seats'). So remember you're not a qualified solicitor when you start your TC, the TC is still part of your learning and qualification process to become a solicitor - your 'QWE' (that's why most firms give you a job title such as 'Trainee Solicitor' or 'Trainee Associate'). You'd usually do about three or four 'seats' (random example combo: Banking & Finance, Regulated Payments, Banking and Lending, Corporate and Investment Funds). You'd then 'qualify into' your chosen seat as an 'NQ' (newly-qualified solicitor, specialising in that area), after having done perhaps six months of work in those seats. By contrast, the Indian firms would want you to specialise in one practice area pretty much from the start.