High-paying positions do not usually require advanced degrees, and they can pay up to £90,000 per year.
It comes as students throughout the UK received their A-Level results today, with some receiving worse grades than expected.
According to the results, the number of A-level entries receiving top grades is down from previous year.
This is attributed to the grade system reverting to pre-pandemic levels.
It means that while some students may not have received the minimum grades to enter university this year, they are still capable of obtaining high-paying professions.
Adzuna, a job search website, has identified 20 jobs that do not require a university education yet pay more than the average UK annual wage of £33,000.
For many positions “knowledge and skills are far more important than formal education”, according to Andrew Hunter, the co-founder of Adzuna.
The job with the highest annual salary which pays workers up to £90,000 a year is the role of casino gaming manager.
Scrum masters, for example, are earning upwards of £62,000 a year.
A scrum master acts as a project manager for IT and tech development.
There are courses you can take to train in being a scrum master, but there’s no strict path into the job.
Commercial pilots, ethical hackers and air traffic controllers are also among the jobs paying around £60,000 a year.
And while a degree isn’t needed for most of these jobs, there may be other requirements.
With the cost of a university education adding up to £57,000 on average, it could pay to pursue one of the high-paying careers that avoid taking on student loan debts and studying costs.
The average wage in the UK in the last tax year was around £33,000.
Those in the following roles can also expect to earn salaries between £50,000 and £60,000 a year:
- Software developer
- Train driver
- Construction manager
- Oil Rig operative
- Security manager
- Games developer
- Project manager
Eight other jobs pay workers without formal education salaries between £43,000 and £46,000 a year:
- Buying manager
- Translator
- Accountant
- Private chef
- Army officer
- Digital marketing manager
- Landscape designer
- ChatGPT prompt engineer
Andrew said: “A degree is no longer a prerequisite for securing a junior job with an attractive salary.
“Employers are increasingly looking past educational background and instead focusing on candidates with great skills and sufficient hands-on experience.
“Jobseekers with A-levels could consider taking professional certification courses or apprenticeships to hone job-specific skills and build hands-on experience, such as programming or technical skills.”