Sports players

£32,760 Average salary at age 20

£67,080 Average Salary

39 Average hours per week

Description

Professional sportsmen and women train and compete, either individually or as part of a team, in their chosen sport for financial gain.

Participates in exhibitions, pre-qualifying events, tournaments and competitions;
Attends training sessions to develop skills and practice individual or team moves and tactics;
Builds stamina, physical strength and agility through running, fitness exercises and weight training;
Maintains clothing and other specialised sporting equipment;
Discusses performance problems with coaches, physiotherapists, dieticians and doctors.

No academic qualifications are required. Entry is based upon talent that can be further developed through coaching and training.

What Sports players studied in higher education
Occupation	Percentage Value
(C9) Others in biological sciences	1
(L7) Human & social geography	1
(C1) Biology	1
(H3) Mechanical engineering	1
(F1) Chemistry	2
(C8) Psychology	3
(Y0) Combined	1
(W1) Fine art	1
(V3) History by topic	1
(F7) Science of aquatic & terrestrial environments	2
(D3) Animal science	1
(F8) Physical geographical sciences	2
(D4) Agriculture	1
(M0) Broadly-based programmes within law	1
(A3) Clinical medicine	1
(C7) Molecular biology, biophysics & biochemistry	1
(Q3) English studies	1
(H8) Chemical, process & energy engineering	1
(L2) Politics	3
(K2) Building	1
(K1) Architecture	1
(H1) General engineering	1
(N5) Marketing	2
(W4) Drama	1
(M2) Law by topic	1
(N8) Hospitality, leisure, sport, tourism & transport	7
(B8) Medical technology	1
(B1) Anatomy, physiology & pathology	1
(P5) Journalism	2
(F3) Physics	2
(L1) Economics	5
(W9) Others in creative arts & design	1
(N1) Business studies	5
(J6) Maritime technology	1
(X1) Training teachers	1
(K4) Planning (urban, rural & regional)	2
(N4) Accounting	2
(C6) Sport & exercise science	26
(P3) Media studies	1
(N2) Management studies	4
(V1) History by period	2
(N3) Finance	2
(Q8) Classical studies	1
(H6) Electronic & electrical engineering	1
(I1) Computer science	1

14800 Workforce Size

0.51% Predicted growth 2024 - 2027

2310 Predicted Replacement 2024 - 2027