Hard - I don't know which city you're in but £32k is low for a senior role anywhere in the UK. In London that's a low salary for a graduate role.
I'm similarly disheartened when I read people mentioning that £90-120k salaries are fairly common in London (those numbers seem completely our of reach to me) or when I read about salaries in the US.
In London, a smallish 2-bed apartment would rent for £2500/month. So around £32000/year just for somewhere to live. Overall, 2 people living in an apartment within cycling commute of work would spend around £60000/year - not being frugal but not exactly living in luxury either.
There are over 6500 properties with at least two bedrooms listed for rent on Zoopla for less than £1500per month.
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/property/london/?beds_min=2...
If you don’t have kids, get one of the several thousand one bedroom places listed for less than 1k per month.