Maybe only people who feel like they're doing pretty well feel like posting. The heart of this thread is to try to aim to ensure women talk about salaries and money more openly so it's harder for companies to pay men more for the same jobs.
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I generally do think it's to do with the company and not peoples specific role / job, I was earning 34k at my last job and it was so much more intense than the role I do now, but I'm just not happySometimes I read this thread with my jaw on the floor at what some people earnI'm 33 and earn the same salary as you in comms and marketing within local government.
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This is such a good point!!
I’ve got an HR Masters and have done a couple of roles in big firms before this one in generalist roles. I started out on a 6 month FTC which got extended and used that to move into a really new area of HR. So that move took me from 26k to 30k.Guess I'll look at getting into HR thenWould love to know how you got into it/ what you do without giving too much info away?
Spent 3 years in the new area and got a promotion 18 months in which took me to 38k. Then went on mat leave and was approached by a company that vaguely knew me through contacts to set up what I’d done previously for them. Because it was new, they said they’d pay 60k and I negotiated to 62k.
That was 3 years ago and with inflation pay rises plus delivering on projects, now on 79k. Interestingly I’m training up a team to support because we can’t find many people with similar background in the market. So think it’s a case of right time and place for me.
Right now I’m looking at how we future proof skills and roles for 20-30 years time given that technology is changing how we work. Last year I worked on the gender pay gap for the company plus some people data dashboards and reporting. So really varied.
But yeah, 6.5 years ago I was on 26k and coming to the end of a 6 month contract. 7 years ago, not working and paying for a Masters that I didn’t know if it would get me to where I wanted. A lot of luck, bit of risk taking, openness to relocate and enough confidence/bull to make the other side blink first!!
I work in higher education and do data analysis and management information insights. I joined two years ago this summer on £38k and was recently promoted to a management role starting on £45k. There was a salary review taken in October last year and the payscales have been adjusted as a result so my salary will go up to £49k this month. I will then get my annual band uplift which will take me to £51k in August and there will be an inflationary uplift on top of that too but it's not been announced how much that will be yet. If I were to do the same job but in the private sector I'd be looking at around £65-70k. My job as it stands is easy. I have no management responsibilities, get to pick and choose how I run my projects and which ones I want to do. This is the most I've ever earned and the only role I have ever negotiated my starting salary. My background is not the typical route you would take for this role and my skillset is very niche so was able to leverage that to my advantage.
read this as ‘paying for malteasers’. Im such a large cow hahaha
It’s interesting to hear everyone else’s earnings. I would miss the school holidays if I changed industry
I'm a television journalist with fifteen years experience. I work fifty hours a week and get paid 32k. Oh. How I wish I'd have gone into HR!
I’m in a senior HR role and with latest payrise just hit £90k - I’m term time only but full time (plus evenings/weekends) for the 39 week I’m contracted.
TBH I’d rather work anywhere but HR. It’s soul destroying but I’m the family breadwinner and my husband loves his company so won’t find another job despite being massively underpaid.
TBH I’d rather work anywhere but HR. It’s soul destroying but I’m the family breadwinner and my husband loves his company so won’t find another job despite being massively underpaid.
Why are men like this
my partner is in a similar situation - he is a construction manager, but they get him to do everything on his site and it's ridiculous that he doesn't get the pay rise to go with it. but he feels bad and feels like he owes the company loyalty so he stays, despite being about 10k unpaid :/
Don’t know if this helps but I work at an engineering & environmental consultancy (I’m a geographer rather than an engineer), I’m 37 and earn 68k. I know pay isn’t as good as some other sectors but I’m pretty happy on that and I know it will increase in future.
Engineering + graphics, game design is a v profitable sector, could be worth a look?
£79.5k plus around a £9k bonus. Fintech marketing. Will definitely stay in finance now because although the work’s dry the pay is good!
Christ, looking at this thread you'd think the UK average salary was 60k. Seems like there's a disproportionate amount of high earners here. Not that I'm insanely jealous or anything 
I was thinking that these wages obviously push up the median massively. I work in a medium sized office and the majority of people will be earning under 28k per year.Christ, looking at this thread you'd think the UK average salary was 60k. Seems like there's a disproportionate amount of high earners here. Not that I'm insanely jealous or anything
However I do think good for anyone earning what theyre worth and going out there to get it.
A close friend of my recently went on maternity leave, and I went over to meet the baby and we got chatting about her pay and maternity allowance, and I was fully shocked to find out she has 5 years more experience than me in the industry, yet she is earning over 10k LESS than me, and is not getting maternity pay either !!!
I was honestly so shocked, she has been so loyal to the company, worked her way from an apprenticeship and through university to get her degree & masters, and she's still only on something like £25k ... thats also within the construction industry!
Currently on 48k as an actuarial consultant with 2 years experience (kind of, I'm concerned with taking processes and improving them, rather than developing them), though that's without my yearly bonus and other bits.
Find it mostly boring, want to do something else. I've realised money isn't so much of interest to me, just need enough to exist on, and 48k is far more than I need rn.
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Find it mostly boring, want to do something else. I've realised money isn't so much of interest to me, just need enough to exist on, and 48k is far more than I need rn.
How do you get into procurement/supply chains? It's something I'm vaguely interested in (I like logistics of most kinds) but I have no idea how you would go about getting into it.
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What do site managers do on the day to day? Is it interesting?
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Ooh will have to look into this, sounds like useful work. I like doing useful work.
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In general there are a lot of high earners in the UK, but not all see themselves that way. A lot of people live beyond their means or up to the wire.Christ, looking at this thread you'd think the UK average salary was 60k. Seems like there's a disproportionate amount of high earners here. Not that I'm insanely jealous or anything
My partner is on about 60-65k and I will admit it is a good wage however after tax, NI, high pension conts (10%+) and student loan repayments its not what you think a salary of 60k will bring you.
We also pay back more than half of our child benefit.
The only positive is the student loan is almost paid off.
Our gross salaries were alot less 8 years ago and due to the cost of living increasing massively I dont feel much better off to be honest and I dont think that our lifestyle has increased either.
I’m aware that it’s gross and less after deductions, but from my position people earning that kind of money can downsize their car for example, but some see a brand new car as an essential. People have also taken on large mortgages which were affordable a few years ago, but now are leaving them squeezed because their payments have increased.
Where you live in the UK has a massive impact on how financially comfortable you feel.
Mortgage payments on a family home in the SE are brutal.
Mortgage payments on a family home in the SE are brutal.
My husband works in a central government building. He runs a maintenance team. Just had a payrise and he's on 66k. No student loan and his pension payment is the same as mine, I'm earn 28k. He's working for a private company contracted to Westminster. He loves his job.