sporting and outdoor accessories shop manager
Sporting and outdoor accessories shop managers assume responsibility for the activities and staff in specialised shops. They manage employees, monitor the sales of the store, manage budgets and order supplies when a product is out of supply and perform administrative duties if required.
sporting and outdoor accessories shop manager sporting and outdoor accessories shop managers assume responsibility for the activities and staff in specialised shops. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include market trends in sporting equipment, sales activities, outdoor activities, employment law, features of sporting equipment.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £38,447 a year for Managers and directors in retail and wholesale (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £30,000 to £52,498 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 1150). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Managers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only sporting and outdoor accessories shop manager, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 1. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Frequently asked questions
What does sporting and outdoor accessories shop manager do?
Sporting and outdoor accessories shop managers assume responsibility for the activities and staff in specialised shops. They manage employees, monitor the sales of the store, manage budgets and order supplies when a product is out of supply and perform administrative duties if required.
What skills does sporting and outdoor accessories shop manager need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include market trends in sporting equipment, sales activities, outdoor activities, employment law, features of sporting equipment, set up pricing strategies. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace sporting and outdoor accessories shop manager?
Our AI-durability model gives sporting and outdoor accessories shop manager a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.