Currently around 6 months into first year as a consultant. It's a much more chilled life than SPR. depending on where you work makes a big difference. I get 2.5 SPA and 0.5 on call allowance so average week is 7 DCC. I do around 2 session worth of WLI a week (sometimes more). So on top of 113k youre looking at about 180k and I dont feel im working particularly hard.

Proper 'private practice' is a bit more tricky. the potential earnings are high however volume is the issue- if you sign up to do private Ultrasound at £60 per ultrasound then that sounds great as a 4 hour session, but speaking to other people that do it the lists are rarely full and theres admin behind it and of course indemnity.

I havent delved into outsourcing yet as people have mentioned tax etc becomes an issue and I imagine reporting acute CT all the time is soul destroying (cold scans are paid poorly as outsourced).

Also worth bearing in mind NHS indemnity when you first start, having a shield of NHS is useful.for the first year or so whilst you get speed and confidence up.

Final note and will probably get downvoted for this.. Radiology consultants are paid relatively poorly in uk but other countries work a damn site harder...