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Musicians

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

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£15,846
£31,037
£56,366

New workers start around £15,846. Normal pay is £31,037 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £56,366.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 13,441 vacancies for this type of job

2.90%

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?

  • 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.

  • Musical Notation

  • Choral Music

  • Music Instruction

  • Musical Accompaniment

  • Piano Playing

  • Music Industry

  • Musical Theater

  • Sight Reading

  • Guitars

  • Music Education

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.

  • Communication

  • Teaching

  • Administrative Functions

  • Energetic

  • Self-Motivation

  • Planning

  • Enthusiasm

  • Organizational Skills

  • Management

  • Leadership

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

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Musical Theatre

Anglia Ruskin University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cambridge · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Music Production

University of the Arts London

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 29/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Music (Classical)

Leeds Conservatoire

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Musical Theatre

University of Worcester

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2025

Tariff points: 80/96

Music Performance

University of West London

BMus (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/128

Performing Arts

Gloucestershire College

HND · 1 Year · Full-time · Gloucester · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Creative Musicianship - Drums

Institute of Contemporary Music Performance

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2025

Tariff points: 80/80

Musical Theatre

University of Winchester

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Winchester · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/112

Musical Theatre

Newcastle College University Centre

FdA · 1 Year · Full-time · Newcastle upon Tyne · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: 48/64

Popular Music

University of Northampton

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Northampton · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

BA (Hons) Creative Practice

University of the West of Scotland

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Dumfries · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Sociology

Leeds Beckett University

BA (Hons) · 6 Years · Part-time · Leeds · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

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