Top paid jobs in the uk

Wossi · 11 Dec 2007 at 11:38

According to that list I'm at 100, if only I got near that, currently at about half of what that states, hence the reason I'm looking to change jobs which would put me at 57 then hopefully at 9th.

freebooter · 11 Dec 2007 at 11:39

Zip said:
WTF!

$381AUD in an hour! You get what i got in a week in just 2 hours

Rich ********

His company charges that, not he get that ( I assume). You cannot simply multiply hourly rates by a full working week and assume that is what someone is taking home every week.

Indy500 · 11 Dec 2007 at 11:39

Mine isn't listed but the closest is 24k, 2.4x what I got..

KaHn · 11 Dec 2007 at 11:52

Starting wage for structural engineers in my company is £50k a year, but i suppose thats due to the oil and gas side of it

KaHn

Spunj99 · 11 Dec 2007 at 12:13

I'd be more interested to see a list that reflected job satisfaction/happiness. I have a feeling the ranks may be reversed somewhat.

GravyMonster · 11 Dec 2007 at 12:14

I suppose the closest to me is 'IT operations technician' at 83rd, although the missus is at 31 - but both of us are well below average according to that

Morba · 11 Dec 2007 at 12:15

Zip said:
WTF!

$381AUD in an hour! You get what i got in a week in just 2 hours

Rich ********

thats quite a normalish rate for an it specialist, but yes, it is what the company is charging, they will pass on quite a bit less than that to the person who actually does the work :]

jonesy · 11 Dec 2007 at 12:17

gjrc said:
38th here, although the average is no where near what i will be expecting to earn in the next few years.

Snap, you in a job yet or still uni?

fini · 11 Dec 2007 at 12:23

Fire, Ambulance and prison officers in at 27th! Now that is the power of unions!

I'll eventually (hopefully) be in at 8 - although I'll be earning more than that if I do as they've included solicitors in that figure and thus lowered the average considerably.

toString · 11 Dec 2007 at 12:35

fini said:
Fire, Ambulance and prison officers in at 27th! Now that is the power of unions!

Yeah that's good to see, however it's a shame the police aren't anywhere close to that. I guess because it's against the law for them to strike plays a role... :rolleyes:

Malt_Vinegar · 11 Dec 2007 at 12:39

Woo hoo, im pretty low on the list, but being paid above average on the best two matches.

(131 and 145)

fini · 11 Dec 2007 at 12:43

KingAndora said:
Yeah that's good to see,

I didn't mean it's a good thing.Why should fire crews, a job that you can go to with little prior training, be paid more than nurses, which requires a degree? Why should they be paid more than pharmacologists who have far more peoples lives in their hands every day? Why more than the police?

scorza · 11 Dec 2007 at 12:45

fini said:
Fire, Ambulance and prison officers in at 27th! Now that is the power of unions!

That's senior officers only. The lower ranks seem to get quite a bit less:

Firefighters - 26,352 - 120
Paramedics - 26,336 - 122*
Prison Service - 26,373 - 118

For KingAdora:

Police (sgt and below) - 34,913 - 57
Police (inspector and above) - 51,487 - 9

* There was also an entry for "Ambulance Staff", who are paid even less - not quite sure of the difference.

GSXRMovistar · 11 Dec 2007 at 12:46

13th spot for me.

Messiah Khan · 11 Dec 2007 at 12:48

Love how I get £10k less than the average for my job role.

strudey · 11 Dec 2007 at 12:49

scorza said:
Often when Indian IT people come to the UK on a long-term project the company will hire then a 1 bed/studio flat for them and expect them to work on Indian IT wages (~£12k I think). Funnily enough when they find out how bad they are getting screwed they leave fairly sharp-ish, and as they already have a visa, they get another job easily. After 5 years they can become British citizens or something I think?

This annoys me a lot more than offshoring, because I don't think there's anything that can be done to stop that, however the government should be doing more to protect its citizens from this sort of exploitation of immigration.

In what possible way could this be termed exploitation? If they get another job easily, presumably they are qualified for it?

Morba · 11 Dec 2007 at 13:20

fini said:
I didn't mean it's a good thing.Why should fire crews, a job that you can go to with little prior training, be paid more than nurses, which requires a degree? Why should they be paid more than pharmacologists who have far more peoples lives in their hands every day? Why more than the police?

because nurses do not risk their own lives each time they are called into action.
also, the training these days is a lot harder than it used to be for fire fighters.

Psycrow · 11 Dec 2007 at 13:32

40th - Electrical Engineer

toString · 11 Dec 2007 at 13:34

fini said:
I didn't mean it's a good thing.Why should fire crews, a job that you can go to with little prior training, be paid more than nurses, which requires a degree? Why should they be paid more than pharmacologists who have far more peoples lives in their hands every day? Why more than the police?

Yeah ditto Morba really.
How many "pharmacologists" get burned to death saving others each year?

scorza said:
* There was also an entry for "Ambulance Staff", who are paid even less - not quite sure of the difference.

I believe 'staff' are like the paramedics you see getting out of the ambulance, but they have 'technician' written on the back of their jacket. I don't think they're allowed to inject drugs or something.

PikeyPriest · 11 Dec 2007 at 13:37

Morba said:
because nurses do not risk their own lives each time they are called into action.
also, the training these days is a lot harder than it used to be for fire fighters.

If you are going to use that argument shouldn't soldiers get paid far more than firefighters? Didn't stats show that the death/injury rate wasn't particularly high anyway? (dont get me wrong, i`m not saying they don't do a great job, but i dont think your arguments for the salary are strong)

Then again i`m lining up for #2 - Doctor

Just another 18 months to go (with passing everything)