Sports players in East Lothian

Official occupation group: Sports playersSOC 3431 · Updated through Q2 2026 · East Lothian

Official definition

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

e.g. Player · Event rider · Show jumper · Racing driver · Scramble rider

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Sports players demand is falling in East Lothian.

ONS recorded 0 new online adverts for sports players in East Lothian in Q2 2026. That is 100.0% lower than a year earlier. Typical advertised pay in East Lothian for the broader culture, media and sports occupations is £30,700.

Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation.
New adverts · East Lothian0Q2 2026 · -100.0% YoY
Advertised salary · East Lothian£30,700ONS · 2025 · broader occupation group · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Sports players hiring demand

New online job adverts for sports players in East Lothian

New online job adverts have decreased since Apr 2025.

0

Apr 2026 · East Lothian

-100.0%change over period · from Apr 2025
ONS · East LothianSources & methodology ↗

ONS online job adverts first appearing in each period. These indicate hiring demand and are distinct from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Median advertised salary

Annualised asking salary for culture, media and sports occupations in East Lothian

Advertised pay is 10.5% lower than a year earlier, before inflation.

£30,700

Jan 2025 · East Lothian

-10.5%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · East Lothian · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. ONS publishes this location series for the broader two-digit occupation group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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Skills in demand

Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation

ONS · Latest Jan 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Each advert can report multiple requirements, so shares need not add up to 100%. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 0.8 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years72.9%
21 years6.1%
32 years5.2%
43 years3.9%
54+ years11.8%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS live online job adverts reporting minimum experience. Shares describe the published experience distribution.

East Lothian compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

#AreaNew advertsView
1East Lothian0
2United Kingdom564

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Culture, media and sports occupations

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Derry City and Strabane£62,400
2Broadland£53,700
3Elmbridge£50,900
4Redcar and Cleveland£47,800
5Rother£45,900
6Dover£45,500
7Blaenau Gwent£44,200
8Flintshire£43,800
9Newport£43,200
10Brentwood£43,100

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 343) across the UK

#View
1Sports coaches, instructors and officials

Sports official · Golf coach · Swim coach — 49.4% of group adverts

1,556-28.9%
2Fitness and wellbeing instructors

Fitness instructor · Yoga tutor · Yoga teacher — 46.7% of group adverts

1,470+17.5%
3Sports playersYou’re viewing this

Player · Event rider · Show jumper — 3.9% of group adverts

123-44.3%
ONS · Latest Jul 2026 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Related occupations share an official classification group. This is not a skills-match score. Year-on-year changes compare aligned published observations.

About the data

Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.

Methodology and metric definitions

New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.