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…

Software engineering mid level upwards
Accountancy partner level.
Both flexible, remote working, reasonable stress .

Any private sector role will pay this much, as long as the person is a manager. That’s the key. Managing large teams. Once you acquire enough experience, the next step is a leadership role. Think teams upwards of a 1000 people, many of which themselves may be hourly paid.

I know some Head Teachers earning that in large secondary schools.

Chartered Building Surveyor, Architect, Project Managment, lawyer, accountant. For those saying marketing - It is possible but not typical.

Quite often that only comes a decade or two after people have put in all the long hours/high stress. You've got to get through the hard, early years first.

And yes, absolutely this. There is often an attitude on MN and elsewhere that people are "privileged" when actually it's that people spent their 20s working exceptionally long hours to get to the point in their career where theyhave valuable experience and skills that mean they can now have such flexibility.

Medicine - work as a locum.

This.

That may be typical but you don't necessarily have to manage anybody to earn this sort of salary. Just have the right skills and abilities.

Engineering.

Husband is a senior electrical engineer and earns within that bracket.

People are massively avoiding the grafting careers it seems 😂

I know of a couple of senior network engineers in the company I work in (and its not London) who are on over £85k.

Anyone I know in that bracket works in finance. Specifically roles in tech, law, compliance. Im in that bracket and work in an area which helps investors figure out where to invest other people's money. I think to get into that level of earning, you need to have both the skills and work in a particular field. Those I know who work in tech would earn considerably less doing the same job in a different sector. But none of these jobs could be part time. In fact all of us work evenings and weekends. Not complaining as we that's exactly why we get paid at the level we do but it's a life choice that you need to be ok with.

People are massively avoiding the grafting careers it seems 😂

What js a "grafting" career? I'm not aware of any careers that don't require "graft"?

Tech is a very good shout for well paying careers though as stated very broad.
Software firms (especially start ups, pay super well for R&D (developer roles essentially) or for commercial functions (Account Managers, Business Development)
Cyber Security is also mega hot as there's a skills shortage atm - entry level however is usually within the 30 -40k bracket and then anything more senior or specialised (reverse engineering, critical controls etc. Will be in the bracket you're after or management). Bare in mind for infosec there's need for certifications and experience.
IT is also very broad but network engineering pays amazingly or infrastructure development. Robotics and AI for private corporations also but can be very specialised

Senior roles in the civil service can pay in the ballpark with decent flexibility, plus a superb pension.

Band 8d and above in the NHS. So deputy director or general manager of a service kind of thing if you’re looking at non-clinical roles https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/xi/search_vacancy/

Changed name to respond as potentially outing to close colleagues. I earn 90k within tech but I am not an engineer, my skill set has been built across multiple industries focusing on building high performing global teams, scaling business processes, governance, and delivering value to customers. Think of a COO role but within a vertical business unit. In terms of flexibility I am full time but compressed and was in my last role. It makes no difference as its only me with these responsibilities. I also WFH permanently, both negotiated at the time of recruitment with my employer to secure my skillset for the salary offered, it isn't the norm. Have flexibility to do things within the day but not to the extent of going off shopping or something similar

Not necessarily the case. I know someone who started entry level at a high street bank headquarters, without a degree or previous finance and within 4 years earns over 80k.

DH is on over 100k and works in fintech as a senior manager.

But you can retire much earlier if you're earning a 7 figure salary. You can condense the high stress for a few years and then bail because you can bank so much.