The online local services marketplace analysed salary data from 10 weird and wonderful jobs, such as a Feng Shui consultant, canine psychiatric therapist and professional bridesmaids and groomsmen, and compared it with the average salary for conventionally well-paid, high-pressure jobs, such as dentists, lawyers and surgeons.

The highest-earning weird and wonderful jobs in the UK are as follows:

1. Feng Shui consultant £72,000
2. Period conservation practitioner £69,400
3. Canine psychiatric therapist £63,900
4. Upholsterer £57,200
5. Hypnotherapist £57,000
6. Qigong therapist £55,900
7. Homestager £49,600
8. Scuba diving instructor £45,000
9. Shiatsu therapist £41,250
10. Harpist £41,075

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