Sports Coach Salary
Official ONS earnings for the UK, covering 62,000 jobs.
Median salary
£12,570
gross, per year, all employees
Part-time work is common in this occupation, so the figure above sits 139.5% below the £30,108 median for people working full-time.
Full-time only
£30,108
Part-time only
£6,430
Mean
£17,234
Jobs measured
62,000
What most sports coachs actually earn
Half of sports coachs earn between £3,720 and £25,017. Earning above £25,017 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.
The full pay range
Each bar is the salary at that percentile — the 25th means a quarter of sports coachs earn less than this.
Where this figure comes from
- ONS occupation group
- Sports coaches, instructors and officials
- SOC 2020 code
- 3432
- Measure
- Gross annual pay, all employees
- Edition
- ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional
ONS publishes a sampling error of 18.0% for this figure and asks that anything above 10% is treated as imprecise — too few people in this region answered the survey for this occupation. The figure is shown because it is the one ONS published, but it is not firm enough to rank this region against anywhere else, so this page doesn't.
ONS doesn't measure “sports coach” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Sports coaches, instructors and officials”, which includes this role alongside others. ONS group covers sports coaches, instructors and officials.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.
Sports Coach salary FAQs
What is the average Sports Coach salary in UK?
The median is £12,570 a year and the mean is £17,234, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Those cover all employees; full-time employees alone have a median of £30,108 and part-time employees £6,430.
What is a good Sports Coach salary?
Half of sports coachs earn between £3,720 and £25,017. Anything above £25,017 is in the top quarter for the role.
Is this figure official?
Yes. It comes from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, an accredited official statistic based on employer PAYE records, covering 62,000 jobs in this occupation.
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