What jobs do people have that pay £200k+?

[Diamondpearl123]

I am thinking about making a career change to earn more (aiming for £200k +) but would like to understand what types of roles I should aim for and whether they are realistic for me. Grateful to understand people’s experiences and hopefully start a good discussion. Some questions below. Thank you

• What is your job?
• What is your salary?
• How many years into your career are you?
• What are the key qualifications/experience for the role?
• What hours do you work?

@DameCelia AI will 100% replace many lawyers. Tech companies out and out say that they will reduce head count. Agentic AI will do the jobs of lawyers much more efficiently. I think the only hope is that clients like having PI insurance. I’ve spoken to a lot of arrogant lawyers who think they are irreplaceable (not suggesting this is you). The fact is that almost all of the work they do can absolutely be done by AI.

Yes it is worth bragging about. Bloody fair play to
you

My husband does Procurement & Transformation - it's just a glorified Head buyer of a company. He is paid weekly £1500 per day for basically doing nothing and he works 2 jobs and still finds time for an afternoon cuddle and nap with me most days!

So when he worked for HS1 for instance - he bought the trains - so it's buying huge assets basically

mostly work from home. You could start as a procurement manager and the company will pay for your qualification which is piss easy - guaranteed at least £250-£300 per day at the start

uk.indeed.com/q-procurement-jobs.html

Whoop whoop well done babes xxx 😘

So called jobs in law, marketing, accounting, business etc.

Where people serve the Elite by blurring boundaries, with often questionable and dodgy decisions and bend the rules to make a quick profit

Porn Merchants and Drug Dealers as well.

I am so pleased that successful women are crowing. Men do, why shouldn't we?

As I am old, and long retired, my claim is irrelevant now, but almost 30 years ago I earned £80k as a specialist freelance writer/investor relations consultant. My accountant wept when I announced my pregnancy. "That's a million quid you won't earn", and I didn't.

Senior operations leader for a blue chip finance company. You can't really "change" into it though. I've spent 25 years working my way up a wide variety of similar jobs.

I hope you've enjoyed life nonetheless!

My DH earns £150k. He’s in the NHS. He went for a £200k job recently, which was CEO.

Wealth manager Part time. 20+ years, 19 professional exams. Well over £200k

DH earns >£200k program manager in tech.

My husband and I run a business which turns over just over £1 million and we earn around £400k from it. We don’t take all we can because we don’t want to pay tax on it, but that’s what we could take if we needed to.

We have built this business up over a few years and we manufacture a fairly niche product that not many other businesses do, but lots of people need, do to with the motor industry. We sell to other businesses in the automotive industry.

Pros are that we can work from anywhere - cons are that everywhere we are, we’re working. It’s full on, the buck stops with us, any problems are ours to solve but equally the benefits are ours to take!

If you need to ask on here then you dont have the qualifications, you haven't had the experience or its a job you have never considered.
Its a bit of a silly question as it could be a partner in a law firm with 20 years experience, a high class prostit*te or a b grade movie star.
Maybe start with what you can realistic do , what you would enjoy doing or what amount of time you would consider to gain more qualifications.
And remember its no use having 200k if you are working 90 hours a week with no life and are miserable

By virtue of the £50,000 payoff Peter Mandelson got when recalled as HM Ambassador to Washington (3months salary) I’d say you should put your hat in the ring to succeed him.

I think if you have the smarts to earn that kind of salary you wouldn't be asking this

Finance director
Ceo
Type jobs

No harm in asking, we should also be more open to our children about these kinda things

OP During interviews/ new job process NEVER disclose your current/last salary. Only talk about your expected salary (you can google why, it’s worthwhile strategy).

also look up Liz Ryan on career advice- she is great!

tech industry is the place to be, preferably in London if you can commute

first of all it’s not true.
second the OP is unlikely to ask about 200K if she’s making 30K. She may be on 100K or so trying to make a leap.
a lot of people on mumsnet would say that even 100K is impossible which is not true.

there is a wide range of pay even between heads of departments and C suite after 100K and it very much depends on the type of company and industry. You can be a C suite on 150K or on 350K

its valuable information and good on her for being ambitious!

Which sector are you in? Seniority?

I am in exactly the same profession, also in-house but with almost 30 years PQE. I have been GC for many years now and have benefited from a very good salary, over 200k pa working part time. It's been incredibly demanding with numerous family holidays /evenings and weekends interrupted - part time hours (or even full time hours) are generally not respected, although the flip side has been a lot of flexibility which has worked well with a young family. Having overseen the sale of 100% of the share capital of the company to a PLC last year, I am currently taking time out and considering my options.

I am currently erring towards interim senior rather than leadership roles on the basis the money is reasonable (over £100k) , the work is interesting and I suspect the work / life balance will be better.
The tax is so high it acts as a huge disincentive unless you are willing to break the 200k barrier and lose any work / life balance - or make huge pension contributions.

Oh puh-lease.
I hate when people post this kind of nonsense bullshit.

Like the OP is such a dumb fuck for wanting a better life...

My dad was a bricklayer. At 32 i had fuck all knowledge of anything niace MC folk know as standard...Like what an ISA was, on a RSU or CGT or that you had to file taxes once you earned 100k. (My very nice boss sat me down and told me id need to and showed me how)

I didnt have the smarts to know any of that shit yet somehow last year I paid over £120,000 IN TAX. (Combo of salary and cgt on RSUs)

So clearly some people lacking the smarts manage it.

Why dont you tell us your fantastic salary...?

not true
200K is way less about smarts. It’s about making conscious choices about the industry, role and building necessary skills for climbing the corporate ladder

I didn’t write those stats I was replying to someone else. 🙃

I agree AI will change law but not replace it - it's reliant on the input. Without experienced lawyers there is no input.

I do think that AI is a risk to the skill development of junior lawyers - it can replace a large part of the work you start out with - it's that work which gives valuable experience.

Reading this thread is depressing. I actually feel sorry for people who work all these stupid hours just to be able to have more money, buy stuff and have loads for retirement (If you don't drop dead in the meantime) Sounds horrendous!

Reinforces my decision for walking away from corporate life when I was in my early 30's. You don't actually need this much money to be happy.

OP - find what makes you happy. If it also makes you wealthy then yes, that's a bonus. But don't be that person who dreads every Sunday evening and looks back age 50 thinking christ, I've actually missed all of my childrens life so far.

That and the fact that I'd probably be sacked within a day if I actually had to work for someone else now!