- January 12, 2020
- Posted by: Eric Right
- Category: International
Looking for a better paid position?
It’s not easy to find a role that pays more than just the bills. But with a variety of job opportunities available in 2018 offering extremely lucrative salaries, a more attractive pay packet could be well within your reach.
Using salary averages from jobs posted on reed.co.uk in 2018, we’ve compiled a list of just a few of the highest paying jobs this year:
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GP
Average salary: £107,000
GPs use their excellent listening skills, compassionate nature, and healthcare knowledge to diagnose, investigate, and treat a wide range of illnesses.
They act as the first port of call for patients within their local community, and take into account physical, emotional, and social factors, as well as the patient’s medical history, when diagnosing an illness and recommending a treatment.
A large portion of a GP’s role may also involve referring patients to other medical professionals – whether it’s to carry out tests or administer treatment.
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Consultant Psychiatrist
Average salary: £104,000
Psychiatrists diagnose and treat patients with a variety of mental health disorders, from dementia and depression, to bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and eating disorders, and decide on the best-suited treatment – whether it’s medication or psychotherapeutic methods.
As their work can often be challenging, emotional resilience is key for this role. Psychiatrists are also great communicators, who are able to treat others with empathy and understanding.
They usually specialise in specific areas of psychology, such as child, elderly, adult, or forensics – with their typical duties and responsibilities varying with each.
View all Consultant Psychiatrist jobs
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Cloud Architect
Average salary: £98,000
Instead of owning their own computing infrastructure, companies can rent computing services from a cloud service provider – that delivers servers, storage, databases, networking, applications, analytics, and more.
Cloud Architects are IT professionals that are responsible for the designing, building, maintaining, and deployment of these services – in a way which fulfils an organisation’s requirements.
It’s a relatively new and increasingly popular discipline, which makes those skilled in the field of cloud computing particularly sought after.
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Sonographer
Average salary: £95,000
Sonographers use ultrasound technology to produce diagnostic scans of organs, blood vessels, joints, and soft tissue inside the body. Their work is vital in helping to diagnose health problems and monitor other conditions (e.g. pregnancy).
It involves a mixture of interpersonal skills, technical ability, hand-eye coordination, and much more.
They could specialise in a range of areas, from gynaecology, breast, and abdominal, to cardiac, vascular, musculoskeletal, and neurological.
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Financial Officer
Average salary: £95,000
Financial Officers are a key part of an organisation, helping to take charge of everything finance, from budgets, records, and receipts, to invoices, audits, and financial policies.
Using their expert skills in financial and accounting procedures, along with excellent analytical and mathematical abilities, they’re able to ensure an organisation’s financial operations are running smoothly and in line with legal requirements.
A Financial Officer also acts as a key point of contact for the wider business and its clients, providing great customer service and advice to help deal with financial matters or resolve any disputes.
View all Financial Officer jobs
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Data Modeller
Average salary: £94,000
Data Modellers use their creativity and analytical skills to design computer databases, using logical, conceptual, and physical data models.
Working closely with Data Architects, their role is to ensure the databases translate complex business data in a way that meets a company’s requirements.
Jobs in data modelling aren’t just extremely lucrative, they’re also expected to increase in number in the near future – in order to keep up with organisations’ growing data needs.
