Account Manager
UK

The median Account Manager salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 726 523 1015
Rank change year-on-year -203 +492 -328
Permanent jobs requiring an Account Manager 166 590 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.55% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.60% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 148 136 150
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +31.25%
75th Percentile £59,063 £70,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £91,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 91,973 98,868 146,086
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.69% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 66,504 61,753 85,740
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,308 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.15% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Account Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Account Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Account Manager.

Salary trend for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Account Manager over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Account Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -195 157 £40,000 -15.79% 351
UK excluding London -248 137 £40,000 - 254
South East -48 53 £40,000 -20.00% 70
Work from Home +78 50 £40,000 -27.27% 151
Midlands -46 29 £40,000 +33.33% 40
South West -31 28 £40,000 +2.56% 27
London +102 20 £47,500 -5.00% 114
North of England -62 18 £30,000 -60.00% 79
West Midlands +27 17 £40,000 +33.33% 25
North West -47 16 £30,000 -57.14% 41
East Midlands -64 12 £37,500 - 15
East of England -62 5 £57,500 +43.75% 12
Wales - 4 £25,500 - 10
Yorkshire +52 2 £43,750 -41.67% 29

Account Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Account Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Account Manager in the job title.

1 56 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 45 (27.11%) Marketing
3 41 (24.70%) CRM
4 39 (23.49%) Customer Service
5 32 (19.28%) B2B
5 32 (19.28%) Business Development
6 31 (18.67%) Finance
7 23 (13.86%) Driving Licence
8 20 (12.05%) Decision-Making
9 16 (9.64%) Degree
10 15 (9.04%) Salesforce
10 15 (9.04%) Microsoft
11 14 (8.43%) Time Management
11 14 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (7.83%) Public Sector
12 13 (7.83%) Mathematics
12 13 (7.83%) Google
12 13 (7.83%) Legal
12 13 (7.83%) Telecoms
13 11 (6.63%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (6.63%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
14 10 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (6.02%) Project Management
15 9 (5.42%) ITIL
15 9 (5.42%) Presales
15 9 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (5.42%) Roadmaps
16 8 (4.82%) Value Proposition
16 8 (4.82%) Customer Value Proposition

Account Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.20%) Alfresco
1 2 (1.20%) Documentum
1 2 (1.20%) FileNet
1 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Sage 200
1 4 (2.41%) Sage 500
1 4 (2.41%) Sage X3
2 3 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.22%) IaaS
2 5 (3.01%) Azure
2 5 (3.01%) SaaS
3 4 (2.41%) AWS
3 4 (2.41%) Intacct
3 4 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.81%) GCP
5 2 (1.20%) Dropbox
5 2 (1.20%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.20%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.20%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.20%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.60%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.01%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.60%) Internet
2 1 (0.60%) IP Telephony
2 1 (0.60%) PBX
2 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.60%) VoIP
2 1 (0.60%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (0.60%) JIRA
General
1 56 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 45 (27.11%) Marketing
3 31 (18.67%) Finance
4 14 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (7.83%) Legal
5 13 (7.83%) Public Sector
5 13 (7.83%) Telecoms
6 11 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.01%) Law
8 5 (3.01%) Local Government
9 4 (2.41%) Retail
10 3 (1.81%) Banking
10 3 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.20%) Automotive
11 2 (1.20%) Digital Healthcare
11 2 (1.20%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.20%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.60%) iGaming
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.20%) .NET
1 2 (1.20%) CSS
2 1 (0.60%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.86%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.82%) EPoS
4 6 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.01%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.81%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.81%) NHS
6 3 (1.81%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.20%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (24.70%) CRM
2 39 (23.49%) Customer Service
3 32 (19.28%) B2B
3 32 (19.28%) Business Development
4 20 (12.05%) Decision-Making
5 14 (8.43%) Time Management
6 13 (7.83%) Mathematics
7 11 (6.63%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (6.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (6.02%) Project Management
9 9 (5.42%) ITIL
9 9 (5.42%) Presales
9 9 (5.42%) Roadmaps
10 8 (4.82%) B2B Sales
10 8 (4.82%) Customer Value Proposition
10 8 (4.82%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (4.82%) Value Proposition
11 7 (4.22%) Artificial Intelligence
11 7 (4.22%) Service Delivery
11 7 (4.22%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.20%) Java
1 2 (1.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (9.64%) Degree
2 7 (4.22%) HNC
3 2 (1.20%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.20%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.81%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (9.04%) Microsoft
1 15 (9.04%) Salesforce
2 13 (7.83%) Google
3 8 (4.82%) Apple
4 7 (4.22%) Cadence
5 5 (3.01%) Veeam
5 5 (3.01%) VMware
6 4 (2.41%) Aruba
6 4 (2.41%) Oracle
6 4 (2.41%) Sage
7 3 (1.81%) Cisco
7 3 (1.81%) Infoblox
7 3 (1.81%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.20%) EMC
8 2 (1.20%) Hyland
8 2 (1.20%) IBM
8 2 (1.20%) iManage
8 2 (1.20%) Meraki
8 2 (1.20%) Okta
8 2 (1.20%) OpenText