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Freelancing is becoming an increasingly popular option across professions, including high paid professional service roles.
So how much can you earn as a UK freelancer? And what professions earn the most? Is every month going to be a fight to make ends meet? Are you going to have to cut down on luxuries – trips away, dinner with friends? As it turns out, no. Freelancing is becoming an increasingly popular option across industries, including high paid professional service roles. Sit back and enjoy a bottle of expensive bubbly as we present you with the highest-paid UK freelance roles.
Photo by Mateus Campos Felipe and Blog by Lauren Stevens
If you’ve seen the TV show Suits, you will know the stereotypical image of a lawyer: smartly dressed, working all hours of the clock in an expensive office.
In reality, modern lawyers have many more options than this, including freelancing.
Lawyers can now freelance, enabling them to work for multiple firms on multiple cases at once. Freelance lawyers can pick and choose their cases and have more flexibility especially when it comes to home life and personal projects.
While this route offers the highest average UK freelance pay, it also requires a lot of hard work and dedication. It is a long road to becoming a qualified lawyer, and then it’s even more work to establish yourself as a freelance consultant. You’ve got to be in it for the long haul!
Freelancing and working from home has taken longer to build momentum in the finance world due to the requirement of personalised work and face-to-face contact. With technological improvements, this is now a possibility, and financial management is increasingly shifting online.
Admittedly, the world is currently going through a phase of economic uncertainty. However, following the 2008 economic crash, the demand for financial planners and investment consultants increased. It is, therefore, essential to choose your career carefully. With technology advancing and the requirement for online workflow increasing, you need to secure your job for now and in the future. The world will most certainly rely on qualified, fully-trained experts, and the demand will not go away any time soon.
Architects shape the world around them. They are well paid, and there is an abundance of UK freelance roles out there which allow the pursuit of a variety of projects while maintaining autonomy over your time, workload and finances. Sounds great right?
However, becoming an architect is no easy feat. You’ll need extensive work experience and recognised qualifications to qualify, which takes many years.
Once you’ve obtained the proper qualifications, the options are limitless, including working for a private firm, the public sector or, of course, as a freelance consultant.
Love technology and problem-solving? Working as a freelance software developer can earn you significant money and offers lots of flexibility.
As a computer-based line of work, software development naturally works well as a route towards UK freelancing and working remotely. And with the ever-growing need for technology solutions, there is always a demand for these professionals.
You will typically need a degree to become a software developer. However, there are stories of those who have made it without one. Freelancing is a rewarding way to get your foot in the door if you’re just starting or want to progress your career and regain autonomy.
Remember in school how you were told you couldn’t make a career out of music? Well, that’s just not true.
Students want extra-curricular guidance to help nurture their talent, and music teachers are, in fact, one of the highest freelance earners.
To pursue this path, you will, of course, need to be a musician, as well as passionate about sharing your knowledge. While formal qualifications aren’t a necessity, a degree or certificate (for instance the Certificate for Music Educators (CME) or a PGCE course) can help you appear more desirable to prospective clients.
Setting yourself up on a self-employed basis can be a great way to kick-start your music teaching career or to further it if you’re already on this path, perhaps working in a school.
While these professions have the highest average earnings for UK freelancers, this is by no means a comprehensive list of all the options out there!
You can make good money in a great variety of UK freelance roles, from copywriting to photography. Ultimately the best option is to work with what you enjoy and your skillset. You can then create a profile to advertise your services to potential clients.
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