Moving from PWS into another category - ANY ADVICE PLEASE

[Doune]

I am currently in the UK on a PSW visa. It will be up in a few months and I was planning to transition into Tier 2 general. I have been with my company for 1.5 years in the current role and was planning to continue with them.
I do not meet the salary requirement of Tier 2 general and I have been told (by a member of this site) that there is no way around this requirement. Does anyone have any advice? Is there a different category that I can apply under?
Any advice or help would be much appreciated! Thank you.

[Lucapooka]

Asking if there might any other category that you are eligible to apply for would require you to list your current circumstances so we may try to match those with a category. As it stands, we have idea if you have a settled fiancee that you might marry; or have access to 200K to invest; or could return to study for an MBA; etc.

I think you need to look at the work and study categories in detail and see what there is that you might qualify for.

[Doune]

Thank you for getting back to me. I am not in a position to get married nor do I have access to 200K investment (would be nice though!)... I have an MSc already although I am not working in that field at the moment. I am a US citizen. I will look into some of the work/study categories in more detail but if you have any other advice it would be much appreciated.
Thank you!