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…

It definitely doesn’t take 20 years to make six figures in accountancy, especially at the Big4. It’s more like 5-7 years, depending on specialism.

Insurance Finance - i have not seen many Part time workers in my field. If there is a deadline to meet it has to be delivered. The most senior person i know "works" PT but is often checking emails and being available when off. I feel PTs get short changed as they often work more than said hours.

I think IT programmers get most bang for their buck...plus you dont how good the product is..... coding that takes one week...could it have been done in two days? how good is that code aswell ?

Absolutely r.e. medics. Surely private healthcare is the best option for well-paid part time work?

A consultant plastic surgeon can earn a fortune and presumably would not damage promotion prospects too much if she or he dropped to part-time. Seeing as she’s already a consultant. Might be tricky before that stage though.

Erm actually you can tell the difference, just like you can do a botch job of a building works.. or a proper one that meets legal standards.
The fact that people don't bother is another story. But yes, you can tell.
Btw 'IT programmer' as a term doesn't make sense. You program something. Like a computer. Or you develop software. 'IT' is not a thing to program.

Ops managers in any household (and non household) named companies.

Starts at team manager level on 25 to 35 but as you go to 2nd or 3rd line management easy to hit £80 to £100k.

*buildiong standards not necessarily 'legal

I work in finance and I sincerely hope this is true. It would be the kick up the backside I need to change career and pursue a passion of mine!!

Bring on ChatGPT 🙌

Engineering consultancy at manager/director level. Bigger bonuses in Engineering R&D, though, less stress, too.

I have a 100K job and a high level of flexibility (WFH, do whatever hours i need to to get the job done, that can go from 15 hour days at times, to barely keeping an eye on email for the day at others)
A couple of things to keep in mind :
*The times when I have job flexibility do not always match with the times when its most useful to me, the job dictates that, not me
*The security in being able to change up hours/workdays etc without impacting future career progression has come after about 12-15 years working my way up in the industry. It's been a perk that has come with a certain level of seniority.
I'm in IT engineering management

Are you just starting up?

Tech as in software programmers, highly skilled IT

She means software developers

professional Services firms, accountants, consultants, legal…
internal risk management/ compliance/ legal for flexibility with hours

I'm in digital product management at a senior level and, with bonus, earn just over 100k. But I started in product management about 13 years ago when it was a relatively new field. Hours are flexible and I remote work. Some days are long but others are quiet. I have a good amount of autonomy to manage my diary accordingly.

My husband earns around that. He’s an engineer working offshore but fed up of working away so much so retraining.

I know principal engineers/validation/quality specialists and project managers on that kind of FTE salary, some of them work part-time, compressed hours, and/or hybrid working. Also seniors in marketing, new business,HR, corporate finance.
It can be quite company-dependent though. Some companies have a culture of valuing work-life balance and encouraging flexibility, others don’t as much.

Big four companies for audit and accounting: Deloitte, PWC, KPMG, EY.

There'll be others too, but I don't know other industries well enough to say.

Medicine is good later on for flexibility, particularly in 'sessional' specialities like GP/ Anaesthetics, and there are more part-time roles in hospital medicine now (less so in surgery). I have worked anywhere between 2 days per week and full time in the past 10 years and it has not impacted on my career prospects at all.

Before that, there was 5 years of medical school, then 10 years of junior doctor jobs and 'early career' clinical academic roles that were long hours and very inflexible, very little say over where or when I'd be working in terms of shifts/weekends/holidays, having to move roles/hospitals/practices every 6 months, plus all the hoop-jumping of professional exams and a postgrad degree. I expect it's the same for most professional roles - you have to do the hard yards to get the rewards later on.

That said, when I'm at work, I'm at work; it would have to be an absolute screaming emergency with absolutely no-one else available before I'd be able to leave work to collect my sick child or deal with an unwell elderly parent, as patients would be affected.

Senior management in private corporate companies.

Consulting

Tax, been doing it over 30 years. Once you reach a certain level it is generally the norm

I know, but the term usually confuses people because 'IT', as is usually used in the industry and software development are very different things. The average 'IT' job isn't very highly paid, despite experience unless you move up the food chain. The average 'software development' is, if you have the correct skillset and experience.
Having said that IT can be a good stepping stone to other more lucrative paths. It's just odd because a lot of people think that the people who sort out their printers etc are making £££. When actually management are always thinking of ways to cut costs on them.

Those I know in tech earning above 80k are:

Senior software developers, software architects, chief technology officers, head of engineering, business analysts and senior digital project managers and senior product owners.

Junior and mid-level developers, junior and mid level product owners and project managers, senior testers, Ux designers and front end developers are all 40-80k.

So not tech support in an IT department.

How did we get these 80K+ jobs and failing so miserably at actually answering the simple original question. This is lighthearted but still a dig. Appreciate this statement does not apply to every single person posting.

As expected there will not be many jobs like that, and so far people who have them either haven’t read this thread or haven’t responded. I imagine it must be something highly skilled / technical but something that needs doing rather than any type of creating, leading or managing. I think someone mentioned Dentist / Medical which does potentially sound (without real experience) that it could work that way…

Don't forget senior industry positions. Dp earns over that figure and they actually make things. (Most roles here seem to be service industry or tech) exh earns similar, academia

I'm actually really really surprised at this. I'm a junior PM with hybrid PO role and the most junior one I know of and I'm earning more that part time in the north!