Examples of "niche" jobs

[Poptart4]

Everyone on MN seems to work in a very niche job that very few people could actually do. Earning lots of money of course. But they can never say what this job is as that would be very outing

So out of curiosity, can someone please list a few of these niche jobs?

I do something creative successfully, so in that sense there is no one else who can do what I do and I get paid accordingly.

I knew someone who painted glass eyes; I think that’s quite niche.

I’m an Estate Manager - I manage country estates for very wealthy people. I’d say niche! Includes good pay, house, council tax and utility bills paid too! Generally requires a degree only about 200 people sit every year but not all of them go into managing country estates.

Aha I’m an infant feeding specialist in the nhs.
But nhs wage sadly....

My job is niche in the sense that there aren’t many people (comparatively) that do it and I have a degree that is really specific to my job that means I am qualified for that, only that and absolutely nothing else! But other than that it’s just an NHS diagnostics job that anyone could do if they wanted to (and got the degree!)

I'm a phone whore on a sex line so a job ANYBODY could go lol so no idea what niche jobs anyone else does .

@elliejjtiny

Lego designer Translater/interpreter for a language that is rarely spoken where they live Writing for a magazine for an unusual hobby/interest

I actually do have a friend who's a Lego designer!!

My nephew is a lecturer in a somewhat "niche" field which is a particular speciality of law. When he got his PhD, he was one of only five people in the world who were qualified in that particular field. So although "law lecturer" is not remotely niche, his field of expertise certainly is!

@haliborange0verdose like my DH. He is a geologist with a PhD but has a very small and in demand specialism. The advice he gives (along the lines of X marks the spot) saves or makes energy companies billions.
Tho tbh my eyes glaze over when he starts going on about it!

A neighbour introduced me to his brother at a party - he was an artificial inseminator of bulls, apparently very good at his job, a high success rate. I did nearly choke on my drink when he told me though!

actually vaccine development is not niche, advanced gene therapies are much more of a limited amount people working on them

I wouldn’t say my job is niche but there is a major skill shortage within my area.

The salary for my line of work has doubled in the past 5 years

I'm a university academic which isn't niche in itself but the subject I teach is.... I'm the only person at my uni who teaches it and we're one of only 7 universities in the uk that offers it.

I don't earn loads of money though unfortunately 🤷🏼‍♀️

When someone says niche job I always think they mean something really exciting like zoo dentists, astronaut or race horse trainer. Maybe something like the specialised engineers who instal electricity, air conditioning etc in listed buildings so that it s all hidden and it looks oldey-worldey still. In reality I think they probably mean something much less niche and much less exciting.

I think it’s all in peoples mind the niche job . If you enjoy a job , it’s a niche job . Doesn’t matter how much you earn . Is Jeff Bezoz happy the answer is no!

I trace adopted people and the families of people who have been adopted. I also do probate searches

My job is niche I think, in that there are only around 500 people in the UK who do it and make a living at it and I have probably met more than half of them.

To me it is a fairly unusual or very specialist job. So other examples might be theatre set designer, forensic psychologist, auctioneer at Sothebys. Stuff like that.

A friend's seems quite niche:
Mixing bespoke limewash for historic buildings.

NCed

I work in anti bribery and corruption in financial services. There are a couple of dozen of us in the U.K. it’s a standing joke that it’s the same people at industry forums, just moving employers. Globally there are maybe 200 people doing what I do. It is relatively well paid just by virtue of being in financial services which is quite well compensated anyway (though we’re not paid anywhere near as much as front office ie bankers, sales, traders, portfolio managers).

Another name changer here.

I'm a chartered secretary. There are about 14,000 of us in the UK but many of these are not practising. At the top of your game you probably work for one of a relatively small number of household name companies in the UK. It's a small industry and many people know each other within it.

We are paid very well. £30k upwards for the most junior members of the team. I'm at "middle" level and earn £80k plus annual benefits/bonus also in the tens of thousands.

This, along with any other personal or identifying information on Mumsnet could make it easy to identify. For this reason I always refer to my work as "niche" on here as I don't want to be outed.

@worriedwithhindsight

A neighbour introduced me to his brother at a party - he was an artificial inseminator of bulls, apparently very good at his job, a high success rate. I did nearly choke on my drink when he told me though!

Wow that is niche! Just wondering how he artificially inseminates bulls? Is this some sort if witchcraft I know nothing about?

I had a very standard job (accounts payable) in a very standard industry (building) but the firm I worked for were specialist in repairing/restoring medieval buildings through that I have met loads of people with niche jobs (tapestry artist, stone mason, stained glass artists, thatchers etc. I'm fairly certain I've met the aforementioned ecclesiastical heating engineer. Through my hobby I know lots of professionals in "old" crafts. I have armourers, fletchers, bowyers, hat felters and book binders among my friends. Through school gates, friends of friends and similar I know an F1 grid girl, an opera singer, a pro wrestler, a novelist, a pro sports person in a winter sport. I would describe all of as having niche jobs but I doubt there are many huge salaries among them (most of the craft folk freely admit that they would earn more, working fewer hours in a minimum wage job). I don't find it impossible to believe anyone has a niche job.

@AllThatIAmRoom101 doh, cows, obviously! I don't know how that slipped through!

Organisations like National Trust, Cadw, and Historic England have craftsmen working for them who are trained in historic building techniques. I'd say that's niche (but I bet it doesn't make you rich!)

Translating into languages not common in the UK, or some technical translation work (e.g. legal, engineering) is niche, and I think the technical stuff can be well paid, though probably still not really going to make you rich.

@sadblackcat

I trace adopted people and the families of people who have been adopted. I also do probate searches

This sounds so interesting! How did you get into this?