YOU could make “£21.35-an-hour” working your own hours through a bizarre job you’ve probably never heard of.
The TaskRabbit website gives customers the chance to hire someone to stand in a queue for them.
Professional queuers could earn as much as £21.35 an hour by taking up commissions arranged on the website, MyLondon reports.
Some people offer a more competitive rate of £15.66 an hour, with rival “elite taskers” listing their queuing qualifications on the website.
The paid queuers could find themselves in the line for sought-after theatre tickets and new shops – only to swap places with their client when they get to the front.
But TaskRabbit takes a cut – known as the “service fee” – of the fee paid to the queuer, believed to be around 15%.
Pro queuer Elena said: “As we all know, queuing is not something enjoyable – so if you’re less than confident about your queuing patience I am here to help you.”
Adam said: “Rain or shine, I’ll wait in line.”
Attila said: “I’m really good at standing in the queue.”
Demand for their services has risen with the introduction of first come, first served “product drops” by fashionable brands like Supreme and Balenciaga.
But few people rely on professional queuing alone for their income, with many TaskRabbit users also advertising their experience as pet sitters or bakers.
It comes after headhunters revealed a job where you can earn £90,000 without needing any qualifications – but there’s a catch.
Adzuna’s Andrew Hunter said: “A university degree is no longer the only ticket to a high paying career, as more industries look to expand their talent pools to a more diverse range of applicants and offer on the job training.
“The IT sector is a good example of this, boasting many high paying roles like scrum master, ethical hacker, and software developer open to jobseekers without a computer science qualification.”
While a degree isn’t needed for most of these jobs, there may be other requirements.
For example, you don’t need to study at university to become a commercial pilot, but you’ll usually need five GCSEs including English, Science, and Maths.
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.
Scrum masters, who manage IT and tech projects, are earning upwards of £62,000 a year.
There are courses you can take to train as a scrum master, but there’s no strict path into the job.
Those in the following roles can also expect to earn salaries between £50,000 and £60,000 a year:
Eight other jobs pay workers without formal education salaries between £43,000 and £46,000 a year:
