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…

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I meant to add, once you've done 18 years of no say whatsoever in your hours, as a consultant or GP you can reduce your PAs or sessions, although as a consultant you'll sacrifice the right to do private work and keep pay progression in order to do so.

I make just under £80k as a contractor working 4 days a week and have a lot of flexibility.

I can pick and choose my clients and projects and set my own hours. Most days I work 9.30-5.30pm and take around 90 mins for lunch. At least half of my work is flexible in terms of when it can be done so I can give myself an easy day if I want/need one.

Most weeks I start work with a complete clean slate.

I earn over 100k and work in a senior management role leading growth marketing for a software company.

@Wantingtochangecareer You are right. My response was just knee jerk. I'm an idealist, and actually have done the low paid jobs and consider myself a senior leader now (not a massive salary though).

I just feel sad at the 'do the least, earn the most' mentality. In reality it is hard bloody work.

Skills in a niche field is probably a good call.

Certain engineering can pay well. We are in the North and my husband gets 72k but the managers over 100k.
My sister is in finance at a really high level and gets 250k.
I am at teacher. Work bloody harder than the pair of them and get 35k!

No flexibility in it. Full time role.

But my DH is looking at a Director of Operations role in that bracket.

DP earned around 65-75k (depending on overtime) as a pilot pre Covid. After losing his job in lockdown, he then became a private pilot for a small business. Pay is about 25% less but the hours are massively less (sometimes just a few days a month) - however he misses the buzz of commercial aviation and is hoping to return. Pay is around 80-100k for someone with his experience.
A number of pilots we know go part time but then agree to a lot of overtime.

This is great and a career most people don't know about. I'm also in the game. Some sales reps will make 3 times the amount stated and more too. do you manage a commercial or an enterprise team ? Do you work for the Bentley of cyber security ?

Almost all the high salaries are from contracting with no job security, although the demand on roles gives some security. For example my husband as an engineer earns around £60k but could earn double that contracting but he likes having a pension, job progression and no overtime unpaid or otherwise. Same with tech, I sometimes get offered more money to quit my job and go self employed but don't want to. Even doctors that earn £100k a year once they've paid their insurance and other costs it's not so much. Mumsnet makes out that everyone earns this much but few people do and fewer people who are happy with families and job security, let alone have taken career breaks etc

I posted earlier that from the people I know it’s reputation and knowing how to play the game in terms of lucrative project management contracts in IT implementation. Not so much company culture so much as being prepared to bend over backwards to recruit the people you trust and/or know have a good track record of getting the job done

Dh is a software architect and earns well over that. He is a contractor which of course comes with its own positives and negatives. 25+ experience, not in London. He has a maths degree.

I would happily have any of my dc get into that area as I think it’s a great family job. Dh WFH 5 days a week, generally 8-5 with an hour lunch. He can easily go to school assemblies, school run, sports day, etc with a bit of planning. Some of his coworkers are part time ( permanent roles, although I suppose you could look for a part time contract too).

Also, his job is in demand the world over and I think it’s something to consider for future generations, being able to immigrate and qualify for visas. I think this more and more with the state of the UK.

I agree that not 'every' tech job is highly paid. However, I do think there's more scope for well paid jobs that offer flexibility in tech, compared to the other roles. The caveat being you've paid your dues.
And, compared to these 80-100K permie roles, there are a lot more roles that offer the same amount - you just have to be a contractor.
I don't think a 'permanent' job guarantees no overtime compared to contracting. Contracting can give career progression as well as a permanent role (unless you want to go into the C-suite).
Pension, yes, but given that most employers make the minimum contribution anyway the savings you make on being a contractor as opposed to being PAYE far outweighs that.

Most people I know have done a mix of both at various times in their life. Quite a few people who were 'long-term' contractors at the same few companies who made quite a killing, and charged for any OT. Others who did 6 months off, 6 months off, but they also had the spouse's salary as a fallback.

Also a lot of men doing it to avoid declaring their income and paying maintenance. Not impressed with those twats.

One of the big insurance booking firms. Lots of jobs in this salary range.

Medical consultants and GPs if working full time can earn over £100K

You don't need to STEM background to be a lawyer and city lawyers at associate level and above earn well over £100K

Sorry didn't read OP post properly. Once you egg to GP/ consultant level you are already at the top and you can change your hours for less pay

Lawyers it is more difficult. Sometimes you need to be a available 7/7 even though you are part time. However the flexibility is definitely there (in a UK firm. Not sure about American)

@TokyoSushi can you point me in the right direction for more info on pharmaceuticals but without a bio/med/chemistry background? I have NHS R&D experience and interested in moving but unsure of what/how much I’d be looking at

I'm mid senior HR in the North and struggling to get roles above 50-55k.

Maybe a HRD in London would be on 100k plus but in my experience HR is not well paid unless your very senior.

And there's been massive wage stagnation like many industries, at the more junior end salaries have practically flatlined the past 10 years and this is with CIPD too

Getting into the clinical psychology doctorate nowadays is like the hunger games. And if you want to self fund rather than the NHS funded roles, you’re looking at 30k a year in fees.

My husband earns six figures working in recruitment. What I will say though is that he isn’t a ‘recruitment consultant’ and has made some calculated risk moves over his career which have paid off. I don’t think six figures in that industry is the norm for most; he is fairly high up in his company. He does work long hours and stays away overnight regularly, but we still have a good family life balance.

Private pharmaceutical industry - senior managers would earn at the bottom of that range, associate directors/directors at the top or above.
Which area of the company (marketing, medical, insights & analytics, market access...) isn't as relevant for salary once you get to that level, your banding depends on your specialist experience and number of direct reports.

I’m a psychologist in a different specialism. I work 3.5 days a week, term time only and earned 78k last year. There are many opportunities for interesting, well paid part time work and your chances are not especially diminished, unless you are looking at Local Authority/ NHS senior management (yuk!). When I’ve done locum work, my rates have been higher than my two sisters’ locum vet/ GP rates.

It’s still perfectly possible for high calibre candidates to get onto training courses. I’ve done course selection and candidates are good, but hardly Nobel prize winners. It can take a few years of persistence/ extra qualifications, but normally while still in paid work. The course fees are all paid for by the government, and you get a decent training salary (25-30k).

Psychology is an excellent option for well paid, interesting and flexible work (which also, hopefully, does some good to others).

Maybe in pharmaceuticals but definitely not general lab work, I worked in a lab testing water/wastewater etc and top wage without being management was under 30k.

I’m afraid you’re not on the other side talking honestly to the applicants. If you’re at that level, you qualified many many years ago and I can tell you I’ve seen a number of people be absolutely broken by the process. It is possible to get in, of course, but how many times does the average applicant applies before they are successful? How many years do they spend working as APs/PWPs at band 4, or RAs at band 5, whilst putting themselves through masters, or trying to become CASPs, or CBT therapists, working in difficult conditions, badly paid with sometimes poor supervision. Just the fact you put it as a ‘no Nobel prize winners’ already says a lot about the expectations. Not to mention the ‘honorary’ posts (ie, unpaid work experience) that is the preserve of the white middle class women that usually get in and who have very little connection with the lives of their future clients. just look at the clinical psychologists on the staff boards and you will see the cookie cutter, Stepford former APs.
How would you support yourself, start a family, etc whilst going through the above?

nah. It’s probably easier to become a psychiatrist.

btw, I both work in the field and am a service user.

Not true.

I work 4 days a week and 9-5.30 with the occasional responding to an email later or logging in early to get myself organised and I earn 100k+.
I don’t need to work long hours, I just am hyper productive during the working day