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Musicians write, arrange, orchestrate, conduct and perform musical compositions.

New workers

AVERAGE

Experienced

£ 10,691

£ 33,521

£ 68,537

In the past year there were 15,964 vacancies for this type of job

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

What they do most days?

Auditions and selects performers and rehearses and conducts them in the performance of the composition.
Scores music for different combinations of voices and instruments to produce desired effect.
Plays instrument as a soloist or as a member of a group or orchestra.
Tunes instrument and studies and rehearses score.
Conceives and writes original music.

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.

Nursing
Auditing
Mental Health
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Midwifery
Risk Analysis
Clinical Practices
Physical Therapy
Service Development
Application Lifecycle Management

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
Leadership
Management
Customer Service
Team Leadership
Teaching
Planning
Research
Time Management
Innovation

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.

Routes to this career

Qualification: HNC
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 96/96
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BMus (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 32/32
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £22k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 78%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 2 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 64/64
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3-6 Years
Study mode: Distance learning
Start date: 2023-2024
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 80/80
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 96/96
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BMus (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £28k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 71%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: N
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £20k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 84%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 100%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 112/128
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: CertHE
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 32/32
Student satisfaction: 87%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £23k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 55%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £25k
UCAS Tariff: 72/72
Student satisfaction: 82%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £24k
UCAS Tariff: 104/120
Student satisfaction: 79%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £18k
UCAS Tariff: 72/72
Student satisfaction: 79%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £19k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 33%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BMus (Hon)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 96/112
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £20k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 67%
Course study options: 2 course options available

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