Sports Jobs
The sports jobs industry is relatively young having developed fast over the last 20 years. Sports and leisure as a combined sector contribute about 4% of GDP and 2.5 million jobs.
Sport itself provides 2% of GDP and 621,000 jobs. Much of sport is funded by the government, especially at lower levels. About a billion pounds goes from the National Lottery Annualy to sport.
"Sports Jobs" in the are many and varied. Some are very specific, such as sports coaching. Some utilise transferable skills from other sectors and are somewhat removed from the actual sports themselves, such as hospitality jobs. Due to the seasonal and weekend nature of the sector, significant numbers of temporary and part time jobs exist in the sports clubs.
