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To ask what you do if you earn £18-22 per hour?

255 replies

pokeball · 07/11/2022 14:44

£18-£22 per hour is about £35-40k per year.

If this is your hourly rate can I ask what you do?

I have a feeling there will be a whole spectrum of jobs from shop supervisor to cleaner to call centre to teacher to nurse.

Purely asking out of curiosity to see the range and possibly the education level you'd need to earn this. Maybe say if you have a degree or not.

OP posts:
Kabbalah · 07/11/2022 16:39

Sister, Intensive Care Unit.

03X · 07/11/2022 16:39

£35100
Systems Analyst
No a-levels / degree

Very lucky!

FartOutLoudDay · 07/11/2022 16:40

Bikesbikesbikes · 07/11/2022 16:02

I'm a self employed gardener.

I have a degree in English, a PGCE, a research based Masters and a diploma in garden history.

I retrained a few years ago and now restore a collection of historic gardens. I do everything from the initial research to the planning and implememtation. Sometimes I work with a volunteer team.

This sounds fabulous! I know nothing about gardening but this must be incredibly rewarding work

thelobsterquadrille · 07/11/2022 16:40

I walk dogs. I have a degree but it's totally irrelevant to my career.

RatintheCat · 07/11/2022 16:41

Interesting to see the range. As other public sector have said obvs it works out less per hour if you count the hours you actually do but balanced by leave/sick pay/pension compared to those self employed.

RedAppleGirl · 07/11/2022 16:43

RedAppleGirl · 07/11/2022 16:38

Head of the dept at a manufacturer.

No quals, however, I actually started on the production line and worked my way up. Learned on the job.

Titsflyingsouth · 07/11/2022 16:43

I'm an Training Manager

DenholmElliot11 · 07/11/2022 16:44

Self employed carer £20-£22 an hour

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and a clean record.

DWMoosmum · 07/11/2022 16:44

Wardrobemalfunction22 · 07/11/2022 15:05

Most cleaners I know charge £12-15ph and don't get paid for more than 6 or 7 hours work a day even if they're available for work. They don't make any money when travelling between jobs and people can cancel at very short notice. So I think your annual salary, even on 4 days a week, would be much higher overall than most cleaners.

@Wardrobemalfunction22 Thank you for this. I have a cleaning business and charge between 12-15 per hour. You're right, some weeks I get 3- 4 cancellations especially in the winter due to illness etc, so I never make a full weeks wage. I don't get holiday pay or sick pay either, so yes, I'd say being a teacher is definitely better paid!

NursieBernard · 07/11/2022 16:45

Not me! Top Band 5 Nurse in the NHS, just wanted to counter the other nurse wages.

Blibbleflibble · 07/11/2022 16:49

I used to develop software but now I demonstrate/teach software at a university in that banding. I have a Masters degree but a Bachelor's would have sufficed.

It's an hourly pay drop but I get to work part time which suits whilst I have a pre-schooler which I couldn't have done in my previous role, it was very long hours.

Moraxella · 07/11/2022 16:50

£19:hr, doctor 11 years qualified

Moraxella · 07/11/2022 16:52

Can’t edit but that’s pre-tax, student loan (9%), pension etc

BertieBotts · 07/11/2022 16:53

EFL teacher, in Germany.

I don't have a degree, but do have a CELTA. You don't need a degree to do the CELTA (case in point!) but it's kind of expected that you have one.

Also, was easier to move pre-brexit.

OkyDoke · 07/11/2022 16:54

Finance Manager for a care company, 35k. English degree but bares no relevance. AAT Level 2.

BackToNormalish · 07/11/2022 16:56

Just shy of £30ph, based on 35hrs pw (I could do it in 15) with generous holiday, private healthcare and 99% wfh if I want.

No degree, just lots of experience working in financial services.

ThreeRingCircus · 07/11/2022 16:56

I work in HR. Mid-level role. HR Admins where I started in my company earn about £25k rising up to HR Business Partners on around £50k. Our heads of department are on a lot more.

I do have a degree (and a masters) but it's not necessary for the role that I do, although my professional HR qualification which I do need was at degree-level so having been to university previously definitely helped with that in terms of writing assessments etc.

Katapolts · 07/11/2022 17:00

Nanny, I'm on around £34k, think it's £17-18 an hour.

Katapolts · 07/11/2022 17:00

I do have a degree & PGCE

Merrymumoftwo · 07/11/2022 17:01

Emergency services call centre supervisor (public sector) pay is that. For operators taking 999 their pay reaches that once shift disturbance added on

Merrymumoftwo · 07/11/2022 17:02

Should add no degree but shift work and bank holidays. Pension used to be good but progressively being eroded.

BamBamBilla · 07/11/2022 17:06

Data Analyst. I don't have a degree but I am currently completing an apprenticeship whilst working.

BertieBotts · 07/11/2022 17:06

I honestly think I might apply to be a 999 call handler if we ever move back to the UK.

Caroffee · 07/11/2022 17:09

Compliance in the Civil Service. I have a degree but my job doesn't require one.

Pasc611 · 07/11/2022 17:10

I promote fine art events online. I charge £22 an hour for my labour and have no expenses on top of that, I charge a small hourly rate because a lot of my clients have very little money. I have two degrees but neither are relevant at all.

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