MyPocketSkill Wrapped 2025: Discover easy ways for young people to Earn Money, Save More and Build Skills This Year

MyPocketSkill Wrapped 2025: How Young People Earned More, Saved More, and Built Real Skills This Year

2025 has been a standout year for young people using MyPocketSkill. Thousands of teens and young adults across the UK have been earning money, building skills, learning how to manage their finances, and growing their confidence. Our annual MyPocketSkill Wrapped 2025 celebrates everything you achieved — and trust us, you smashed it.

Whether you joined to make extra money, support your future goals, or build experience for university or work, this year showed just how powerful young earners can be. Here’s a deep dive into the milestones, stats and stories that defined 2025.

How Young People Earned Over £368,000 on MyPocketSkill in 2025

This year, young people earned a combined £368,000 through MyPocketSkill — our biggest year yet.

To put that into perspective, that’s equal to:

• 95,477 Tesco meal deals (every single one with a Clubcard, obviously)
• 257 flights to Australia
• A huge boost to savings pots, future plans, and long-term goals

More young people than ever are finding flexible ways to earn online and in their local area — and MyPocketSkill is helping lead that movement.

The Most Popular Ways for Young People to Earn Money in 2025

Young earners brought a wide range of talent to the platform this year proving there are multiple ways for young people to earn money. The top-earning categories on MyPocketSkill in 2025 were:

1. Music Coaching Jobs

Young musicians continued to dominate this category, offering beginner lessons, instrument coaching, music theory help, and more in music coaching jobs for violin, drums, guitar, singing and more!

2. Photography Tasks

Demand for young photographers grew, especially for family shoots, events, product photography, and social-media content. Take a look to see how you can get started with photography.

3. Social Media and Content Creation

Businesses and families increasingly turned to young people for modern, creative, digital-first skills. This included social media management for yoga instructors, website design for environmental services and digital design for corporate reports. Think you've got what it takes? Submit your application for our Digital Skills programme.

4. Tutoring Sessions

Academic support remained strong throughout the year, particularly in maths, English, science and language tutoring jobs for teens.

These areas reflect a growing trend: young people are mixing creativity and digital confidence to build real earning power.

Savings Goals: Young People Are More Focused Than Ever

It’s official — 88% of young people on MyPocketSkill set at least one savings goal in 2025. That’s the highest percentage we’ve ever recorded.

Your top goals this year included:

• Saving for a flat or longer-term housing goals
• Putting money aside for a first car
• Funding a year abroad after college
• Preparing for university costs
• Booking holidays and travel experiences
• Building an emergency fund
• Upgrading camera and music equipment

This shows a clear shift: young people care about financial independence, and they’re planning for it early.

Young People Want Better Money Skills — And They’re Learning Them

Money confidence became a major theme this year.
We saw a 12.6% increase in young people using our learning content — bite-sized guides, money challenges, and financial tips designed to make money management simple.

As a result, 75% of earners said they now feel more confident managing their money.

This growth reflects a wider trend across the UK: young people want financial education that feels real, practical and linked to their everyday lives. Not theory — actual skills.

What Young People Said About Earning on MyPocketSkill in 2025

The best part of MyPocketSkill Wrapped? Hearing your stories.

Here’s what some of our earners told us this year:

• “MyPocketSkill is exactly what I’ve been looking for — a way to freelance and gain experience. I liked that it was made for younger people who struggle to find work, especially in today's economy.” – Richard, S
• “I love the range of tasks available on MyPocketSkill. Through tutoring, social media management, photography, and admin tasks, I’ve made over £4,600.” – Eddie, W.
• “I’ve made over £2,000. I think more teens need to be confident with their creative and communication skills.” – Rebecca, M. Read more about Rebecca's story here.

These stories reflect what makes MyPocketSkill special: young people are stepping into their own abilities — and earning real money from them.

Our Community Grew Bigger, Stronger and More Connected

2025 was an amazing year for our community:

• Thousands of young people joined us for MyPocketSkill Community Day
• 24 young people became official MyPocketSkill Ambassadors
• More families and businesses connected with skilled young earners than ever before

The MyPocketSkill community is now one of the fastest-growing youth talent networks in the UK.

A Major Milestone: MyPocketSkill Wins National Recognition

This year, MyPocketSkill was named the Champion of the 2025 Sage Small Business XI Competition.

It’s a huge honour — and it reflects the impact that young earners and families are making across the UK.

And yes… that is England cricketers Stuart Broad and Nat Sciver-Brunt celebrating with us.

Expanding Our Partnership With Lloyds Bank

In 2025, a new collaborator joined the chat — and actually, an existing one stayed and grew.
We’re excited to announce that MyPocketSkill and Lloyds Bank extended their partnership this year.

That means:

• You’ll see MyPocketSkill at more Lloyds Bank events
• Young people with Lloyds accounts will receive exclusive offers
• More support for developing earning and money management skills
• More opportunities to make and save money

Check our Instagram highlights for all the behind-the-scenes updates 👀

Why MyPocketSkill Matters More Than Ever in 2025 and Beyond

With rising living costs, changes in the job market, and more pressure on young people to build experience early, platforms like MyPocketSkill are becoming essential.

Gen Z want:

• Flexible ways for young people to earn money
• Real experience to put on CVs and UCAS statements
• Easy-to-learn money skills
• Supportive communities
• Opportunities that feel modern, digital and accessible

MyPocketSkill helps make all of that possible.

Looking Ahead: Will You Join Us in 2026?

2025 was the year young people levelled up — and we did too.
From massive earnings to new partnerships, from your success stories to national recognition, this year was unforgettable.

But we’re only just getting started.

Will you join us for an even bigger 2026?
Whether it's tutoring tasks, music coaching jobs or your creative skills, let’s keep earning, learning, saving and growing — together.

FAQS

1. How can teens make money in the UK?
   Teens can earn through tutoring, music coaching, photography, social media and local tasks on platforms like MyPocketSkill.
2. What is the best side hustle for young people?
   The most popular earning categories this year were music coaching, photography, tutoring, and social media.
3. Can teenagers save money easily?
   Yes — over 88% of teens using MyPocketSkill set savings goals and many built emergency funds or saved for travel and university.
4. Is MyPocketSkill safe for young people?
   Yes. It includes verified profiles, optional parental oversight, and secure payments.

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