Teenagers are earning on average £30,000-a-year - more than the UK median wage - as professional video gamers, MPs have been told.

Fnatic, one of the UK’s largest eSports companies, said that its top players, who were often teenagers or in their early 20s, could also make six figures sums in a year from competition winnings.

Speaking at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports select committee, Nick Fry, Fnatic’s Head of Commercial, said: “We have 60 players on our books and the average (salary) is around £30,000-a-year or that equivalent.

“However, there are significant outliers, so we do have some superstar players who if they have a good year may earn half a million or three quarters of a million.

“The potential is that if you are the best you will earn a significant amount of money.”