Annual Salary
£18,000 to £30,000
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Bookmakers organise gambling activities in betting offices, at racetracks and online.
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: evenings / weekends / bank holidays; away from home
There will be
0.5% fewer Bookmaker jobs in 2027.
As part of your day-to-day work, you could:
You could work at a store, in an office or at a race track.
Your working environment may be outdoors in all weathers.
You can get into this job through:
You can learn some of the skills you need for this job by doing a course in customer service or retail, such as:
You'll usually need:
You could join a bookmaking firm and start on a customer service practitioner intermediate apprenticeship. This is followed by further training which can lead to betting shop manager positions.
You'll usually need:
You could start in a betting shop as a cashier then take training on the job to become a supervisor or betting shop manager.
You could apply directly to bookmakers for a trainee manager job. To do this, you'll need GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), including English and maths.
Employers will also expect you to have some experience of customer service, supervising staff and handling money.
You may be able to apply for a betting company's graduate training scheme to start your career in bookmaking and betting shop management.
You'll need to:
When you apply for a job as a bookmaker, you may be asked to sit a basic maths test. This will show that you can work out odds, payments and percentages.
These tasks are usually done on electronic tills but it's important that you're able to explain them to customers.
With experience, you could manage several betting shops in a region or set up your own business.
You'll need: