Sports players roles in the UK earn a median of £46,500 per year, equivalent to £22.18 per hour as of 2025.
Median Annual Pay
£46,500
as of 2025
Modelled estimateMedian Hourly Pay
£22.18
per hour
Year-on-Year Change
—
No prior year data
Annual Pay Range
£46,500 – £46,500
25th – 75th percentile
UK Employment (2024)
~6,000
estimated employees
13 of 180 areas not disclosed by ONS
Employment Change
2021–2024
2021: ~11,000 → 2024: ~6,000
Employment figures from ONS Annual Population Survey (APS). Counts are estimates; suppressed cells (small samples) are excluded from totals.
Annual pay for Sports players across UK regions. The bar shows the typical pay range (25th–75th percentile); the diamond marks the median.
Source: ONS ASHE. Based on broad UK regions (NUTS1).
Median annual pay for Sports players across available years.
National average (NUTS1 actuals) based on ONS ASHE April snapshot. Shaded band shows 25th–75th percentile range.
Annual percentage change in median pay for Sports players.
Percentage change from the prior year's April figure.
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Professional sportsmen and women train and compete, either individually or as part of a team, in their chosen sport for financial gain.
No academic qualifications are required. Entry is based upon talent that can be further developed through coaching and training.
Salary data is sourced from official UK pay datasets and updated periodically.