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.

Head of digital marketing

Sales & Digital Marketing Manager for a specialist website, 4 days per week, 35K basic but with commission, bonus & lots of hard work I've earned 50K + for the last 3 years

Procurement consultant - just moved into private sector after years in public sector. I never considered consultancy but if you have experience it’s a great move to make. I’m loving it, people actually listen to my advice now!!

Exec Director for social housing landlord. The social housing sector is brilliant for offering a diverse range of roles. Two days are never the same and it’s incredibly rewarding to know that you’re genuinely making a difference to people’s lives

Nursing team leader. Background of 15 years nursing on below 50K now on close to 60K

Teacher on over £50k - can I ask if this is outside of London? And do you have SLT responsibilities?

@Labradabradorable

Another psychologist like DrCAMHS . Did my time as a Local Authority Educational Psychologist finishing on 55k, and loved almost every minute.

Now in private practice. Earn about 70k for a 4 day week, term time only.

This is a career I often considered but fell into teaching for lots of practical reasons. Is mid-40s too old to retrain do you think? I'm educated to PGCE level but have had an 11yr break.

Senior manager in a charity

Finance. £100k. Plus maybe a £20k bonus.
London.
Hard as it might be to believe outside of the London bubble, it’s peanuts in comparison to most people I started off with. But I had a family and changed my role. Had I stayed in the trajectory I was on, I’d probably be making 4 or 5 times that now. Don’t regret it though. I hated my old job whereas this one is a lot more palatable.

@Evanah

Exec Director for social housing landlord. The social housing sector is brilliant for offering a diverse range of roles. Two days are never the same and it’s incredibly rewarding to know that you’re genuinely making a difference to people’s lives

Oooh, that has touched a nerve for me. The crisis in Birmingham over "supported living" houses with no or little support has made me very cynical, as have the support workers turning up in Mercs and Audis. To think people are taking home huge wages while our community has suffered from the neglect is the most depressing thing I've heard in a long time.

Teachers in state schools are usually paid on set pay scales, and on those pay scales it's not possible to earn £50k outside of London without responsibilities. It is in London, but only just.

Could well be different in private schools though.

Sorry, I try not to make critical posts. This one is really raw nerve for me.

I earn over £50k as a data analyst. Pre child I was on £76k as trading support for an investment bank.

Psychologist. Work half LA and half private. Earn 70k working flexibly-4/5 days per week but term time only. If I went full time private I could earn 90k, but I like working in a team. My colleagues are amazing!

Psychologist. Work half LA and half private. Earn 70k working flexibly-4/5 days per week but term time only. If I went full time private I could earn 90k, but I like working in a team. My colleagues are amazing!

[quote Lapsidasicle]@SmashingBlouson Just google economic consulting, research consulting, public sector etc. Not management consulting which is entirely different!

Companies eg ipsos mori, traverse, NatCen, hatch, regeneris, RSM, health foundation, RAND, grant thornton, SQW, Mott MacDonald, London economics... I could go on there are loads! I’ve seen job ads for most of these recently- lots of recruitment and common to take on academics particularly social scientists.

Read reports (google company name + evaluation to get a feel of type of work they do for public sector clients).

Fascinating work, few people have advanced statistical skills (sector needs them) so don’t let that be a barrier. You can learn on the job. Progression can be very fast. Especially if you hop between companies.[/quote]
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not an academic though - just an analyst in the public sector and not in charge of a team. I only got to undergraduate level, but I did do very well, just couldn't afford to continue.

I was thinking about brushing up on my stats as we don't really do that in my current role or apply statistical tests/test hypotheses - we just look at what has happened over a retrospective time period and note anything unusual. I am bored though and definitely in need of a change. There is a lot of potential in the public sector and data analytics, so I know I'm in the right area - healthcare/public service analytics is a growing field, but unfortunately if you work for one of them you don't get paid much!

I can't really move around for a few reasons, and (OH) is paid very well for his job and there is potential to earn better in the future, so moving would be a loss or not much gain, so hopefully one of those companies are closely or WFH. I have bookmarked this page, so thanks for your suggestions and all your help. It has given me a bit of hope.

HR. Head of Department. Just under £70k. South West. 8 years experience. I have a masters in HR management which helps but isn’t strictly necessary.

HR has really good earning potential for a career in which you don’t need to do lengthy qualifications. DH is a solicitor, spent the best part of a decade getting qualified and doesn’t earn as much as me (yet).

Because of my role I keep an eye on market data for salaries across different types of roles. Average salaries are rocketing in anything tech/digital related, particularly cyber security roles, systems architecture, developers, digital marketing, etc. I think IT is a good sector to transfer into as you don’t necessarily need to go back to uni for several years to get started, you can learn through experience.

Project Management, Midlands, 10 years experience post uni (so am early 30s). Unrelated degree and some professional courses (work funded). 2 x mat leaves fairly recently.
Currently on high end £50ks but up for promotion to high £60ks. Have had some lucky breaks but it is a relatively well paid career.

I second the comments about regional differences! Accountant with over 20 years experience and I’ll not get to £50k in this region ever!

I’m an Executive Assistant, I earn £55k.

Top of scale academic - just scrape £50k. DP is an inventor (a proper genuine inventor - weirdest most bonkers brain I’ve even known) and invents stuff for a major aerospace company. He’s a technological genius. He’s on about £100k plus bonus but he’d do it for £20k and isn’t really interested in the money. He’s the manifestation of the saying, ‘find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life’.

I think it also depends what benefits you get/want from a job.....if you earn 50k but get little sick pay or AL or pension...then you might be better off earning less.
I’m band 7 NHS so £45k but 33 days AL plus 8 bank hols and 6 months full and 6 months half pay for sick and a good pension. The grass isn’t always greener

@McPancreas

Train driver, no qualifications required but a super competitive selection process and you'll be on 60k+ after max 1 year training.

Great job if you are OK with shift work and your own company.

Im really interested - where did you do you training if you don't mind me asking?

£115k plus bonus and car allowance as a director working in healthcare. I work four days so receive 0.8 of the above but that still equates to a six figure salary. I have 16 years experience (am 40) but probably one of the lower paid directors due to maternity leave and being part time. I really enjoy what I do but the hours and intensity can be tough.