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 am an HR contractor/interim. I would earn £30-60k employed but c. £120k pa as I am.
Early 50s, degree 20+ years' experience

Concept artist

Doctor. £84k full time consultant. Only recently a consultant after 6yrs Med school, 13 yrs as junior doctor. Think top of consultant pay scale in the nhs is approx £105k. Higher than that and people are working more than full time in the nhs or work in private sector.

@Roodicus21 You do the same job as me, I think! I was split between LA/private and now manage a small private practice working 3/4 days term time. Having lovely LA colleagues was a big plus, but I've found a great group of colleagues doing the same as me and haven't looked back.

Gentleness I don't think it's too late, but it is a long slog. In a way, I think it might be easier than many younger people, who have babies and toddlers at home. My daughter's old teacher has just left her post to pursue EP training in her mid 40's.

Don't forget to factor in the cost of retraining. This was a good example:

Same here. Nursing and other health professions are severely understaffed and managers wonder why? well, maybe if we got the pay that other demanding, stressful jobs do... there would be more people applying for jobs.

Perhaps if they took away the newly-introduced 70K-odd training debt for nursing and healthcare courses, provided part-time routes or childcare too, and stopped asking for loads of qualifications and experience for what should be entry-level, low-paid, HCA roles. It's not rocket science - they want too much and pay too little.

@00woody00 my husband is a driver. Historically train drivers for passenger companies have been recruited from within. So platform staff become guards become depot drivers then become main line.
However, my husband got accepted on a driver training course that was open to the public so to speak. The competition was immense but it was brilliant. The training depends on the company. He had to live away Monday to Friday to do his (paid for by the company with meal allowance). Each company will have different training centres where they do this.

After 7 years as a driver he is on about £58,000 before overtime, during - so training college and then route learning so he could be productive - he was on about half that.

A lot of train companies are understaffed right now.

@dontdillydallyonthewayoldchum can you tell me what you do to get to six figures in 2 years

Accountant, managing a team not a newly qualified. Project Manager, again you'd need some experience before earning £50k.

65k Mid/senior HR in the North. Started out on minimum wage and took 10 years of promotion/pay rises to get to this salary.

How do you find roles in other locations? And do you need language skills?

Corporate solicitor.

@IceLace100

Corporate solicitor.

In the north, since this is a consideration. For 4 days a week.

@iamNMRK I started 4 online businesses. Affiliate sales, ad revenue, digital product sales. I was very lucky my first one took off quickly and the I was able to apply what I'd learnt to my next 3

Me - company director (Training industry) - approx 80k

Wife - Food safety management - 70k

Basically I'm a Personal assistant/ upgraded secretary, working from home at the moment so location isn't important. I love arranging things and making sure everyone has their shit together (can't claim that I have my shit together tho.. ) I work full time and started off on about 20K about 18 years ago. I got lucky with different employers - and better pay with each switch of employer. Now on approx 68K .. Don't be afraid to go for a new job. I can honestly say each new job was better than the previous one and I have learned so much from each different company. In the best job now tho!

My husband is a programme manager in the NHS. Went to the NHS aged 39 at band 7 as a project manager, he’s now band 8b, 3 years later, earning £55k.

@ChequerBoard

I work for a large US software company, in a strategy role as an SME for a specific vertical market. Salary is multiples of £50k plus big bonuses and lots of perks. I am very spoiled by my employer.

In the SE, mostly work form home and have done for several years before Covid. HQ is based in London, used to go down once or twice in a fortnight and stay over - all fully expensed.

My advice would be to find a niche - a specific subject area and make benefit from your expertise, experience and knowledge. You know HE and many industries and selling into this market, can you help with that?

Brilliant advice - use what you know now to become a SME and find a company selling SW or basically any kind of solution to your present company and make the introduction! Fortune favours the brave! Get yerself out of your comfort zone

Solicitor - work in-house for a global company. I'm part-time as I work 4 days a week. Approx. £70K basic salary (I'm almost 5years qualified but worked in legal sector prior to qualification too so have around 10years experience), plus bonus and other perks of around £15-20k on top each year. Based in East of England.

Not me but my 27 yr old son - Head of BI - 60k - South East (IT very well paid) - on his way to 100K by 35 if his career progression continues

Me on the otherhand...well lets just say I work as an Adminstrator :(

My eldest is on just short of £50 k a year at £49 k You would need to retrain for my son role if your not in that field. It isn't a male role only. He is a software developer with specialised skills.

He started in his role after uni on £25 k a year 8 years ago and has changed companies twice working gis way up in the last company. The company he is with now is where he got the tise to £49 k person per year

Head of Development ( head of fundraising) for a charity.

I'm a UX researcher & designer. Salaries are very varied but run from probably £30k for a junior up to around £120k for a manager, with a lot on something like £60-70k at the bigger companies.

As a contractor in this field, you can earn between £450 and £600 a day, occasionally more once you have a lot of experience.

Accountant (part-time)

It's depressing to read a hospital consultant earns 120k pa as basically a pen pusher when the hard working, stressed out, but totally needed and the heart of NHS/Private Sector nurses and equally as important HCAs, cleaners kitchen staff...technically the beating pulse gets paid a ridiculously low wage. I'm actually saddened by this post.