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Sports Players

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

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 1,089
£ 10,099
£ 31,282

New workers start around £1,089. Normal pay is £10,099 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £31,282.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 17,242 vacancies for this type of job

0.28%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Discusses performance problems with coaches, physiotherapists, dieticians and doctors.

  • Maintains clothing and other specialised sporting equipment.

  • Builds stamina, physical strength and agility through running, fitness exercises and weight training.

  • Attends training sessions to develop skills and practice individual or team moves and tactics.

  • Participates in exhibitions, pre-qualifying events, tournaments and competitions.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Marketing

  • Selling Techniques

  • Auditing

  • Product Knowledge

  • Finance

  • Agile Methodology

  • Adult Safeguarding

  • Cash Register

  • Automation

  • Nursing

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communications

  • Customer Service

  • Management

  • Sales

  • Leadership

  • Planning

  • Operations

  • Detail Oriented

  • Research

  • Security Policies

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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