How Much Do You Earn? #2

[xbxbx]

For those of you earning good money who didn’t go to university, what industries are you in? Did you go down the route of online learning instead of uni? Apprenticeship?

I’m band 3 admin in NHS earning £21,709-£23,603. If our pay rise is accepted (which I don’t think it will be..) it’ll go up to £23,914-£25,808. I want to earn more but I have no idea what I want to do. The natural progression route in my current role would mean going into management if I wanted to earn decent money but I definitely don’t want to be in management. I can’t afford uni as I have a mortgage to pay and am a single person/income household so looking at other options to upskill.

I’ve looked at things such as AAT, Open University, HND (already have HNC) etc but since I have no idea what my end goal is apart from earning more money, it’s hard to know where to start

 

[HoGi]

I believe the undertones of the university discussion are to the contrary of what you believe is being implied. I was saying you DON'T have to go to university to succeed in life. Too much pressure is put on people to go and it's very unhelpful. I don't think anyone feels sorry for those who didn't/don't go.

The post you have quoted was in reply to someone who agreed that uni wasn't imperative to career success but they stated they felt sorry for people who had missed out on the social side of uni.

 

[BettyCrockerr]

Agree it’s not the be all and end all in terms of employment but my social life was unmatched at uni, I feel sorry for those that didn’t get to experience that time!

I feel sorry for you if you think university was the pinnacle of your social life

 

[FannyAdams29]

For those of you earning good money who didn’t go to university, what industries are you in? Did you go down the route of online learning instead of uni? Apprenticeship?

I’m band 3 admin in NHS earning £21,709-£23,603. If our pay rise is accepted (which I don’t think it will be..) it’ll go up to £23,914-£25,808. I want to earn more but I have no idea what I want to do. The natural progression route in my current role would mean going into management if I wanted to earn decent money but I definitely don’t want to be in management. I can’t afford uni as I have a mortgage to pay and am a single person/income household so looking at other options to upskill.

I’ve looked at things such as AAT, Open University, HND (already have HNC) etc but since I have no idea what my end goal is apart from earning more money, it’s hard to know where to start

I currently earn about £60K and have been at the same corporate company since I was 20 (32 now) I started on £12K in customer service/order entry and have worked hard, expressed interest to learn, embedded myself into the company ethos and just generally had a good attitude.
I have zero qualifications and am only now thinking about next steps as I don’t particularly enjoy what I’m doing at the moment.
If I did leave I would likely have to take a lower paid job so I’m biding my time whilst I work out what I actually want to do.

 

[Monkeybum]

For those of you earning good money who didn’t go to university, what industries are you in? Did you go down the route of online learning instead of uni? Apprenticeship?

I’m band 3 admin in NHS earning £21,709-£23,603. If our pay rise is accepted (which I don’t think it will be..) it’ll go up to £23,914-£25,808. I want to earn more but I have no idea what I want to do. The natural progression route in my current role would mean going into management if I wanted to earn decent money but I definitely don’t want to be in management. I can’t afford uni as I have a mortgage to pay and am a single person/income household so looking at other options to upskill.

I’ve looked at things such as AAT, Open University, HND (already have HNC) etc but since I have no idea what my end goal is apart from earning more money, it’s hard to know where to start

I'm in the Civil Service, I started 20 odd years ago straight from college in an admin role earning £10k a year, have progressed and specialised in Finance and now earn £65k. I am now a qualified accountant which was fully funded by work and hugely helped my wage increase. I was very similar to you and had no idea what I wanted to do then found my natural home when I did a secondment to finance

 

[pandysbox]

I believe the undertones of the university discussion are to the contrary of what you believe is being implied. I was saying you DON'T have to go to university to succeed in life. Too much pressure is put on people to go and it's very unhelpful. I don't think anyone feels sorry for those who didn't/don't go.

The post I responded to stated the below

“I feel sorry for those that didn’t get to experience that time!”

so I don’t think I’ve got the wrong end of the stick. Someone on this thread clearly does feel sorry for people who didn’t go to uni.

As an aside I agree with you that you can be successful without going to uni

 

[Brianbadonde]

Does anyone here work in payroll? I have been offered a position to transfer from my current department and unsure of whether to take the jump.

I do, started off 8 years ago as payroll admin, 22k now payroll and benefits manager 35k no formal payroll training just learned on the job, I love it

 

[Tommyb]

For those of you earning good money who didn’t go to university, what industries are you in? Did you go down the route of online learning instead of uni? Apprenticeship?

I’m band 3 admin in NHS earning £21,709-£23,603. If our pay rise is accepted (which I don’t think it will be..) it’ll go up to £23,914-£25,808. I want to earn more but I have no idea what I want to do. The natural progression route in my current role would mean going into management if I wanted to earn decent money but I definitely don’t want to be in management. I can’t afford uni as I have a mortgage to pay and am a single person/income household so looking at other options to upskill.

I’ve looked at things such as AAT, Open University, HND (already have HNC) etc but since I have no idea what my end goal is apart from earning more money, it’s hard to know where to start

I went to college and did AAT. Then got my first job at 18 on £16.5k. Then did CIMA and at 21 was on £23k. Then once I was part qualified started working as an assistant accountant on £28k at around 23. Next job was as a management accountant earning £33k at 25. Got a new job earning £47k at 27. Been at my current company 4 years nearly and I'm currently on £60k as a financial accountant with 2 direct reports.

No student debt and uni life didn't appeal to me at all. I have friend that went and loved it and doesnt regret it one bit but also friends that went and do regret it. One friend did media studies and currently works as an admin assistant as she couldn't find a job in that field.

 

[Tunacanoe]

I also did accounting part time by night never went to university as I got pregnant after school started with the accounting technician and now work as a finance director salary of 100k

 

[Allthatglitters666]

I also did accounting part time by night never went to university as I got pregnant after school started with the accounting technician and now work as a finance director salary of 100k

Well done you that can't have been easy as a young mum

 

[Tunacanoe]

Well done you that can't have been easy as a young mum

Thank you! No certainly wasnt easy huge mom guilt over having to work and study so much and now Ive gotten where I need to be huge mom guilt that i have to travel a bit. Cant win

 

[xbxbx]

Thank you to those that have responded. Maybe I should give AAT/accounting another look. Part of my HNC involved a little bit of accounting and bookkeeping and I did enjoy it but I was never that great at maths so the thought of going down the route of accounting for a career was a bit scary.

I need to bite the bullet and just throw myself at something. I’m fed up of not being able to enjoy life the way that I want to because I don’t have enough money.

 

[scannertd]

Our company in Ireland hires new grads in marketing/business at €30,000 yr salary, standard terms with Friday pm off, we have 3 new computer science grads, all on €36,000 yr.
That seems to be the level of salary here to attract the best young talent.

 

[EasterEggs]

AAT is a good place to start I think. Another vote for an accounting from me, but for tax (I do personal tax!). You still need to have a head for numbers but it’s a bit less mathsy and more analytical.

For tax you do ATT then can do CTA - once CTA qualified salary is around £33k-£40k depending on firm/location. But you can get there with just ATT as well! Salary goes up more if you want to progress to manager/senior manager etc.

It’s def a more limiting than qualification though, if you wanted to move into another finance job in future I think most look for CA over CTA.

 

[Lollipops23]

€39k inc bonus as an admin manager in a building consultancy.

 

[NannyOgg]

I earn 75k. I'm an investment writer in the city.

Does this mean that you write policies and documents for retail customers (eg mortgage policy documents) or is it more technical (eg fund reporting)? I’ve never come across anyone who does this, and am genuinely curious about what it involves.

 

[popb1tch]

For those of you earning good money who didn’t go to university, what industries are you in? Did you go down the route of online learning instead of uni? Apprenticeship?

I’m band 3 admin in NHS earning £21,709-£23,603. If our pay rise is accepted (which I don’t think it will be..) it’ll go up to £23,914-£25,808. I want to earn more but I have no idea what I want to do. The natural progression route in my current role would mean going into management if I wanted to earn decent money but I definitely don’t want to be in management. I can’t afford uni as I have a mortgage to pay and am a single person/income household so looking at other options to upskill.

I’ve looked at things such as AAT, Open University, HND (already have HNC) etc but since I have no idea what my end goal is apart from earning more money, it’s hard to know where to start

NHS management is a good career ladder money wise
Is there a specific reason you don’t want to go down that route?
I have friends who are good and clever and competent and have progressed very quickly

 

[feelingnuts42]

This thread had really surprised me. I work for a large organisation I’m an accountant and I do the payroll so I see a large range of salaries.
One job I think is massively under rated is sales people seem to look down on it. Our sales staff start on around £25k and the good ones earn £80k. You just need a strong friendly personality and a desire to earn.

 

[Lazarus]

Civil servant, no further education, £41,000. Not massively enjoying my current role but the benefit of the civil service is the ability to move around. I think I’ll stick in my current role for another year or so then move.

 

[xxxxbcxxxx]

For those of you earning good money who didn’t go to university, what industries are you in? Did you go down the route of online learning instead of uni? Apprenticeship?

I’m band 3 admin in NHS earning £21,709-£23,603. If our pay rise is accepted (which I don’t think it will be..) it’ll go up to £23,914-£25,808. I want to earn more but I have no idea what I want to do. The natural progression route in my current role would mean going into management if I wanted to earn decent money but I definitely don’t want to be in management. I can’t afford uni as I have a mortgage to pay and am a single person/income household so looking at other options to upskill.

I’ve looked at things such as AAT, Open University, HND (already have HNC) etc but since I have no idea what my end goal is apart from earning more money, it’s hard to know where to start

I am a band 6 biomedical scientist started off as a lab assistant in histology at a band 2 and was offered IBMS training and support with degree on the job. Moved up the bands as I completed more of the modules and 3 years later I was a band 6 Ask if there is any training you can be given whilst in the job there could be something