I based my guesstimate off a rate of 200k EUR (OP says he's in Germany), or 170k GBP. Income tax and NI come up to 65k according to govt website (assuming you're not paying extras like student loan repayment etc). That's an effective rate of 38%.

The article you link is about marginal rates, and these are indeed all over the place, buy that's a different story.

Tax calculator: https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/estimate-paye-take-home-pay/y...