To ask what your job is if you earn £50k plus

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Just that really!

I'm in a job that I fell into many years ago. Its OK but I'm bored. It's a professional job that many people would think earns about twice what it does. I'm on approx 30k (people are always shocked to learn this) and will be forever in this job (no real promotion open to me). Its a sector a LOT of people want to work in and in which some people will work for free. The result is we are actually paid very little - and people outside the sector are always shocked by this.

I'm considering a career change, but have no ideas what to. So if you're earning 50k plus sell me hour career. I have a degree, an MA and I'm sure lots of transferable skills.

I'm currently in HE (social sciences) and I'm in another big UK city (not London). Thanks everyone for the ideas. Please keep them coming.

Solicitor on good six figure salary in the midlands (but 21years experience)

I’m a corporate lawyer and with my current job bonuses and benefits also increase my take home significantly. It does vary widely though - I have many friends/colleagues in the same field earning less and no bonus, and obviously several earning much more. Depends on the area of law, years of experience, qualifications etc like in any field.

Sales. £50k + basic and then probably another £20-30k a year in commission/bonuses. Obviously it massively depends on the industry you work in though. I do new business for an advertising agency and someone in my team with 2 years experience post uni is on £40k already.

I'm also in HE, social sciences but a Business School and a senior professor. Assume you're a research assistant since top of the lecturer scale (grade 8) would put you just over £50k.

Accountant,

Marketing director Midlands

With law though, you'll have to pay for courses and if you want to be a solicitor they are very expensive. The conversation course, etc

Depending what job you'll get as a solicitor and how much you will earn, you'll have to factor in if it is worth it with the monies you'll have to pay on these courses.

I do think this discussion is a bit meaningless without talking about where you are in the UK. I get paid about twice the rate for my job purely on the basis that I'm in London (in the City to be specific) than I would if I were outside. Unfair but the reality.

Accountant - big four trained, qualifying took 3 years and I hit £50k two years after qualifying (back in 2009) so I'd expect you'd qualify onto about £50k these days.

In Manchester btw

Teacher. About 14 years experience. Working abroad, so also get free healthcare, housing, children's school places, bonuses and lots of opportunities for well-paid private tutoring.

@thepeopleversuswork

I do think this discussion is a bit meaningless without talking about where you are in the UK. I get paid about twice the rate for my job purely on the basis that I'm in London (in the City to be specific) than I would if I were outside. Unfair but the reality.

I mentioned upthread that I'm in a major UK city but not London.

I’m SW, working in a town.

I know solicitors earning 40k & ones earning 1m.

HR, head of department. £85k plus benefits. South east but not London.

IT/Infrastructure

If I was suggesting a career change I'd say cyber security is a growth area where there are still too few qualified people hence wages exceed the norm

@MaverickDanger

I’ve just moved from a job paying 35k to 63k I’ll be on 50k with my 4 days pw).

I work in workforce management. Only been in the field for 4 years but is a massively growing area so people are willing to pay quite a lot for people with only some experience.

May I ask what does this involve? I'm stuck in a bit of a dead end career but lots and lots of people management...

Civil service lawyer

Another doctor. Sorry

Head of customer experience for a large telecommunications company .

Senior Project Manager in IT

Civil servant Grade 7 - London. Well it’s just over £50k FTE but I only do 4 days so I’m on £40k so I’m lying really

I could do the same job in the private sector for double though so I wouldn’t recommend a move to the civil service for higher pay!

Data scientist

Accountant in the NHS.

£50k is a band 8a/8b in the NHS so you could look on nhs jobs site at jobs at those levels and see what you think you could worm towards. Then look at band 5/6 jobs that might lead you there.