If you enjoy your job and earn £50k+, what do you do for a living?

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I'm thinking about a career move and I'd be keen to hear about what other options there are out there.

Senior Policy Officer for Government working on big, complex bits of policy and legislation.

I thought that was the going rate for a Norland Nanny?

Marketing £120k v stressful. Don't do it

L&D consultant, mix of freelance and very PT in-house. £65k combined pa, 3 x masters degrees in different disciplines, 25 years' experience.

Actuary, really you just need to be good at maths, proper maths, so data handling. Rather than university and then training with a firm you can now be taken on as an apprentice. I studied at uni then found a firm, my husband did the apprenticeship route.

@worriedatthemoment

So two people have said they are nannies earning over £50 k , thats quite rare though I would think.?

Fairly common in London. Remember that’s for a 50/55+ hour week though! Outside London £35-40k is more typical. Look at jobs here: www.nannyjob.co.uk/childcare/Nanny/London/AnyArea/FullTime/AnyTerm/LiveOut/Agencies/AnyLanguage?results=15#SearchTabs

It’s a bit confusing as sometimes salaries are quoted as net, but £13-£15 net an hour works out around £50k gross.

£117k marketing in professional services. Stimulating and frustrating all at the same time. I love it!

@AwkwardPaws27 Yes I work out of my garage. £50 a dog, generally about 5 dogs a day

@JolieJ nice to meet someone else! :)

[quote Savoretti]@AwkwardPaws27 Yes I work out of my garage. £50 a dog, generally about 5 dogs a day[/quote]
Thank you. Something I've considered retraining in in future, if we have space for a garden workroom one day.

@AwkwardPaws27 there is an absolute lack of groomers in my area. Constant requests on Facebook. Most are booked weeks in advance so it’s a good thing to be in at the mo

@Iwanttenofthose

Digital learning. It's pretty easy to learn and to earn a fair amount doing it.

Ohh that's interesting - could you elaborate?

Supply Chain Manager overseeing procurement, planning and warehouse teams. Many years experience in procurement.

@Mushrooms0up @jolieJ I'm a writer/comms for a niche financial area. Are you in tech? What is it like, what sort of materials do you do and how did you get in? Do you need a science/IT background?

@AffIt OK, I get that ots annoying when someone replies telling you what their husband thinks/does/says instead of giving their opinion, or in this case job, but nowhere I the OP was this post aimed at just women. Loads of these replies could be from men. Men use mumsnet too you know.

Librarian in HE. Quite senior. £65k. Degree and MSc. Previously an accountant. Took me 10 long years to get my salary back up again. But I loathed accountancy so much it was worth it.

I work in software, about £75-80k with bonuses. Been here about 2 years post-PhD but it's specialist role. It's a good job mainly because of the company tbh. Cares about their employees, low pressure/stress levels and no overtime. Love it.

@Crimesean

Finance in the public sector. The hours can sometimes be long, but it's flexible so I can collect DS at 3pm twice a week even though I work full time by working early mornings/after DS' bedtime.

I really, truly love my job. I know it sounds dull to a lot of people, but I really believe that we should look at spending every pound of taxpayer's money as if it came from the pocket of the poorest in society.

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Civil servant (not in London). You can do a graduate scheme to get to £50k plus in 3 years or so, but then promotion to a job paying more than say 70/75k takes a long time and you'd never earn megabucks. The positive is a really interesting work environment where you can change jobs regularly (I've been here nearly 10 years and am on my 3rd job post finishing the grad scheme). The pension is still good compared with most private sector schemes. Working hours are flexible and reasonable.

Press & communications.

@WorriedMillie get yourself on LinkedIn and look for medical writer jobs - it's a hot market at the moment. You probably would have to go in at medical writer level rather than senior just to get some sector familiarity but you should be about to get a promotion pretty quickly.

@YeahGo I’m in a specialist area of Tax.
Big4 trained and then an opportunity came up with our industry body to update technical materials / industry articles / blogs etc.

@WorriedMillie I work in med comms - of looking for a writer role you will need to do a writing test or a project management role often asks for an excel test. We take lots of people straight from academia, PM me if you'd like a link or more info

Accountant. Mainly like it. The professional exams were a pain though.