What jobs pay some 80k - 100k+

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Posting here for traffic. Also, I’m on decent salary and don’t intend to retrain.

However, on a different thread (people discussing a different topic; the new free childcare hours introduced by the government) some people said they were earning salaries in the above ranges and were able to increase or reduce their hours without any impact on promotion opportunities etc.

I’m interested what the jobs are. Loooooong way away, and things will likely change by then but I’m thinking if I was to provide options to my DCs in the future…. Of course it will be down to them and if they end up being in low paid jobs nothing wrong with that…

Yeah where are these jobs with such large salaries? I never see them!

Have you moved around at all or remained in the same company?

I'd say you're being woefully underpaid.

If they've not expressed concern at your ability to do your job then ask for a pay rise and get looking at new companies!

Agree. I work in medical devices. Look into Regulatory Affairs for pharma and med dev...

Is there a company you want to work for or an industry you want to swap to? I typically start by googling "company + job advert" or similar and go from there. Pretty basic but it works!

I've seen quite a lot on Indeed. Every now and again I have a look at similar roles and see how much they're being advertised.

Pay isn't to do with values, the reality is that jobs which make money for a business/company/organisation, skills that aren't in abundance so need to attract a market rate to get posts filled will attract a higher wage than jobs that are of great value to society but ultimately wages are decided by the gov and services that cost money rather than make it. It doesn't matter if its fair or not, its reality. Of course nurses, teachers and whoever else deserve better pay, but it doesn't mean others should feel bad about getting a decent salary. These valuable careers (although high paying jobs also add a value to society that you probably don't see but take for granted) have been eroded over time by this whole ethos of doing it for the benefit to society rather than recognising they are jobs at the end of the day. Most certainly healthcare staff will be paid better when the NHS sinks as they can also enjoy the benefits of market forces in an in demand highly qualified role.

Back-end web developers (writing code but not designing), and ‘full stack’ web developers (who can do everything from writing code to designing) earn the most in my company.

Get your linked in profile up to date, look up some people who do similar roles but at higher pay for examples, then put yourself as open to work and positively engage with the recruiters that contact you - respond quickly and positively but be clear in what you are looking for.

To take this one step further it's easy as someone lower down the chain to not understand what the money pays for. I know I used to hate my (now) level when I was a junior. I saw them as arrogant idiots who didn't understand us, swanning around making decisions that made our lives harder... Now I'm in this post i get it.

Lower down the chain probably isn't the right wording and I apologise if it causes upset.

There's no magic path people can suggest that will get you a highly paid salary. We don't know what roles will exist in 10-20 years, and what might be automated away. While there are a few roles with more obvious paths like medicine, chartered accountancy, finance, the world is larger than that. Getting into the workforce, then keeping your eyes and ears open is important. 'Managing' your career, if done properly and research takes up a lot of time.

You have also got it the wrong way around. It's 'leading and managing' that's the most obvious route to being well paid. As mentioned earlier 'the leaders' in many industries, even those not known for high pay, like charity CEO's make the big bucks.

Furthermore as all the low hanging fruit is automated, the only problems left will be human ones. And those are the skills most in demand. I always tell my juniors, work on your technical skills yes, but remember you are not paid to write code. ChatGPT can write code too, and some day it will be better than you. You are paid to solve problems - never lose sight of that. Find problems to solve that make money, and you'll get a piece of the pie.

The most successful people are the ones who can pivot, and learn. One of my colleagues was a manufacturing engineer. Got made redundant, went into 'IT' (yes, that thing I've said doesn't make much). Picked up some new skills, went into DevOps, then he went to a big tech (FAANG) company, and now makes a lot. I myself started as ops support, asked around and impressed the hiring manager of a software team. And a lot of my other colleagues have moved around, from various backgrounds.

It's the attitude that will take you far. Network, think critically, figure out the right questions to ask. Build relationships, and make sure you have a good reputation.

I work "in tech" and there a few people in our global teams in various roles who work part time or stick with contracted hours due to family commitments, then others who choose do the longer hours.

Some of the part-timers/work to contracted hours are on levels with salary bands in your range, but I don't think it is the jobs/roles that define this it is the company and how inclusive/progressive they are and flexible they are able to be.

Tech would be anything from cyber security, business analysts, the project office, consultants, solution analysts, programmers, product owners, product analysts, security, data and analytics - it all depends on platforms and breadth responsibilities within these roles, whether you are involved in planning strategies, delivering projects, or supporting BAU process how flexible they can be so impossible to say specific "jobs".

Also OP r.e leading.. remember this
You as an individual can only do so much. Even if you work 24 hours a day.
But if you're a good manager you can enable the productivity of 10 other individuals. Your output, and hence value to the company increases manifold!
Yes there are lots of shit managers, everyone loves to complain about their boss but that's why managing is the key to making money. Not 'just' being a great individual practitioner. The hardest job is getting people to agree on things, and keep them somewhat satisfied.

The best advice someone ever gave me as a junior ... focus on the people. I am ND, it's not easy for me, I have had to try a lot harder than others but it's paid off massively. I'm not saying people should be forced into things they don't like or hate of course but I have got my ways to do enough to support what I want.

A lot of people are understanding flexibility differenlty I think. When I answered, i was answering in relation to a sort of standard week where there could be days i'd start earlier or finish earlier, or at a push do a 4 day week for a while.

The level of flexibility, where you could work 2 days a week for a period of months, then 3 days for years is essentially a part time role that's highly flexible on top of being part-time.

I'd say you'd have to have hugely hugely vlauable niche skills that are rare and in demand to make 100K working part time

Taking my thread off topic but I agree with both.

Yes, we can ask how do we value certain professions, does a nurse do a job more worthwhile than I don’t know, consultant in IT.

Well, even that depends. The IT consultant might’ve implemented infrastructure that is vital for running of the hospital / patient records (completely making things up here)… But regardless of that it just is that if there is a desired skill it will be priced according to the money available. Like it or loath it.

Private companies are profit centres and in general will pay the going rate to their employees based on the market and what they can afford.

Public services are not profit centres and also pay what is affordable (could get political here of course and debate what is affordable).

In general the solution basically would be to decrease everyone’s pay, regardless of how much their company makes to align with public sector or to align with the less paid professions that have societal value.

If we are talking about how valuable a job is to society regardless of whether working for private or public sector, yes, it won’t be popular but if there is no need for years and years of training and experience building and technically many people could do a job with relatively minimal training, again, like it or loath it it will be reflected in pay. Supply and demand of workforce also playing part.

I lived both sides of this.

@WellPaidJobs 'sessional' is a term used in medicine to describe a doctor who works in a variety of roles, either entirely as a locum, or as a mix of employed and self-employed roles. Another terms for a 'sessional doctor' is a doctor with a 'portfolio career', which is a term I've seen used elsewhere too.

A 'session' is nominally half a day of work, somewhere between 4-5 hours paid time, although usually the actual working hours are longer. A full-time GP job would be 9 sessions, where each session is technically 4 hours 20 minutes. A full-time hospital consultant role is 10x4 hour sessions, although many consultants are paid for 11-13 sessions, sometimes more with private work.

For example, at one point I was working two sessions per week as a salaried GP in a practice, four sessions per week as a Senior Clinical Tutor in a medical school, and one session per week as a Locum doctor in A&E. So I was working 7 sessions per week split over two employed and one self-employed (locum) roles. This counted as 'part-time' work of 3.5 days per week but actually amounted to 35 hours per week of paid work, and I routinely worked more like 50 hours.

Is there a reputable service that you can pay to guide your career from scratch?

I earn £185k per annum and am a sales manager in a tech company (software security vendor) I would earn the same as a sales rep if I looked after big customers. I work four days a week 9-5pm. I would really recommend tech sales - great companies to work for with loads of benefits, I have gym membership, private healthcare, mobile phone paid for etc and I love it 😀

@Wintersunrise many thanks for this. Interesting to hear how it works!

I was a buyer earning in the bottom end of that. Pretty relaxed environment and generally no overtime. Some travel but usually to nice places (like the Lakes). Now a buyer but not UK and earning well over the top end of that with incredibly flexible hours and low workload. Manager above is similar, I won’t be penalized for my relaxed schedule. This is mainly do with with the employer though, I think plenty of roles on buying are pretty stressful.

I would encourage your DC to be bloody good at their jobs and draw really clear boundaries at work. I have worked places with insane hours cultures but I do not work over time as a life choice. I have never been penalized professionally for this (risen rapidly, gotten promoted ever year or two etc, 10%+ pay rises every year).

Obviously not the starting salary. Honestly.

Just interested to know how many years of experience you have of working in tech to get to that sort of pay?

Actuary and good work life balance too

Academia, but only outside the UK.

Medicine.

If you start on the path now, you can earn that kind of salary by 2038—2040, you may well have no say over which part of the country you get to work in however, and there's a decent chance the salary will still be 80-100k and not the equivalent taking into account inflation....