Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Original poster

If you earn between £35k -£40k and are not degree educated....

125 replies

whatsnewpussycat34 · 16/02/2023 20:34

Can I ask what you do for a living?

Honestly I'd feel rich if I had a salary like this! I'm
Here shamelessly looking for inspiration 😁

OP posts:
rockingbird · 16/02/2023 23:17

Sorry should have said above 50k pa

marblemad · 16/02/2023 23:20

on the other end, I have a stem degree but not the degree I ideally wanted to work in IT, did work experience for a few years and worked fulltime in my final year in digital projects and operations analysis and I'm now a fully trained IT analyst in my mid 20's on just under 40k a year. I really thought it wouldn't be possible after doing the wrong degree but worked hard and it became a reality!

whatdoidonowffs · 17/02/2023 00:11

Recovery truck driver best driving job I’ve had

SingingSands · 17/02/2023 00:46

Executive Assistant

BitsAndBaubles · 17/02/2023 00:55

@whatsnewpussycat34 candle maker here earn approx 45k x

milkysmum · 17/02/2023 01:26

Nurse. Top band 6 so circa £40k.
Trained before it went degree only, so I have a diploma.

LutherRalph1 · 17/02/2023 02:25

Insurance Technician

JimnJoyce · 17/02/2023 02:30

Executive Assistant

Trying81 · 17/02/2023 03:05

Payroll; I earn above that but if you pick things up quickly, have a good eye for detail and are numbers orientated you can get to that salary quite quickly - especially in the SE

You can do a CIPP qualification on the job which would increase your earning potential

fairgame84 · 17/02/2023 04:19

Meandfour · 16/02/2023 21:58

Need a degree though…

Show quote history

I don't have a degree.

Hadtochangeforthisone · 17/02/2023 04:47

Senior Executive officer. Civil servant. £43580

TerfIngOnTheBeach · 17/02/2023 05:01

Over 42k FTE, I work for a well known large corporate, started at 19 as a clerical assistant with three O’Levels, then clerical officer then commercial officer. Now at top level “administrator” and top of pay grade. 32.5 days leave plus public holidays, flexi time, WFH. Defined benefit pension for 32 years now deferred and now defined contribution until retirement.

Took me about 14 years to get to that level and I’ve stayed there ever since, I never wanted any further advancement. It suited me well and was flexible whilst bringing DC up. I now work 24 hours.

I would recommend getting your foot in an entry level position for a large corporate or the civil service/local government and working your way up, don’t assume that many of us left school at 18 and jumped straight in at a good salary. Although I’m sure some people have.

good luck!

willowtree66 · 17/02/2023 05:35

Paramedic, on £43k. I trained before it all went degree-based. Can earn quite a bit more due to copious amounts of overtime being available.

Charliecatpaws · 17/02/2023 05:41

heidbuttsupper · 16/02/2023 21:07

University admin 43k

Bloody hell, I'd love to know which uni you work in, my DH is a senior lecturer and earns £47k and has a masters to do this

TuckerMalcolm · 17/02/2023 06:01

Not me (sadly) but my DP is an electrical engineer, earns about £55k, went to 6th form but never stepped foot in a uni. His colleague started as an apprentice at 18, 2 years later he’s just got a job earning £38k! At 20!!! I would have felt like Bill Gates if that had happened to me 😂

His job looks really really boring though if it’s any consolation

Original poster
whatsnewpussycat34 · 17/02/2023 08:41

Oh my gosh.

Thank you everyone for replying! Honestly, it makes me think it's actually possible, as long as I pick the right industry etc. I'm in financial services at the moment so it seems a good idea to stick with this industry and maybe look in to compliance

Thank you all so much!

OP posts:
mobear · 17/02/2023 08:50

@whatsnewpussycat34 It might be worth looking at the courses the International Compliance Association offer if you want to stick with FS but up your salary. Good luck! 😊

FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 17/02/2023 09:51

whatsnewpussycat34 · 17/02/2023 08:41

Oh my gosh.

Thank you everyone for replying! Honestly, it makes me think it's actually possible, as long as I pick the right industry etc. I'm in financial services at the moment so it seems a good idea to stick with this industry and maybe look in to compliance

Thank you all so much!

If you work in a large organisation you'll have a compliance team, start talking to them and your manager, ask for mentoring or shadowing opportunities, see if there's any way to start doing some of their work and get experience. For a start it will help you know if you want to do it as a job, it will also allow you to build up evidence for competency based interviews.

mynewusername2023 · 17/02/2023 09:54

Marketing.

Learnt on the job and done some qualifications but not to degree level.

Roundandnour · 17/02/2023 10:03

DD’s earn at least this. In their mid 20’s. One is in health and safety. The other is in e-commerce.

Defender90 · 17/02/2023 10:05

Fabricator and fitter, a fair bit of overtime and he earns high 40's.

Monkeybutt1 · 17/02/2023 10:13

38K here Senior Business Analyst for a big bank. I took a 4K paycut for this as i was changing career and sector.
Previously earned 42K as an operarional Change Manager for a University.
DH is a Cloud Services Manager and earns 62K also no degree.
We are both educated to GCSE level only

seratoninmoonbeams · 17/02/2023 10:31

This is a really interesting thread. I work in LA on the web team and am just under the bracket but have worked my way up. I started on £13k FT in 2003.

BurntOutGirl · 17/02/2023 10:47

bloodymary100 · 16/02/2023 20:52

I thought nurses were degree educated now.

HR. I am degree educated to masters but did mine on the job. Now earn in excess of £80k- 9-5 job, not a huge amount of stress and I don't work outside of my contracted hours.

I have people in my team who earn £40k with no degree- they have worked up through experience.

My DH is a lorry driver. No degree- earns approx. £45k a year (works 6.30am- 4.30pm, Monday to Friday- could earn more if he worked shifts but likes his evenings!)

They are now.

Not when l did my training though over 22yrs ago

BurntOutGirl · 17/02/2023 10:51

ladymaiasura · 16/02/2023 21:36

Not sure why so many nurses are responding. It may have been possible to train without getting a degree years ago. It isn’t now.

Because the OP asked

If you earn between £35k -£40k and are not degree educated....

Can I ask what you do for a living?

And that is what we are answering.