Sales Executive
UK

The median Sales Executive salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 807 848 1108
Rank change year-on-year +41 +260 -324
Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Executive 98 125 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.100% 0.12% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.13% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 93 79 99
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £26,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +79.10%
75th Percentile £85,000 £62,500 £80,000
90th Percentile - £72,500 £89,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +84.62% -7.14% +18.64%

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 92,813 95,219 148,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,625 59,878 85,347
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +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%

Sales Executive
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Sales Executive in the UK

Sales Executive
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sales Executive.

Salary trend for Sales Executive in the UK

Sales Executive
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sales Executive over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Sales Executive in the UK

Sales Executive
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sales Executive within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +83 86 £60,000 +20.00% 160
UK excluding London -17 76 £60,000 +84.62% 123
Work from Home +80 63 £67,500 +35.00% 58
South East -8 21 £60,000 +20.00% 36
London +117 13 £70,000 +21.74% 50
North of England +42 13 £67,500 +193.48% 35
West Midlands +32 13 £37,500 +25.00% 14
Midlands +5 13 £37,500 +25.00% 19
South West -20 13 £50,000 +85.19% 15
East of England - 13 £37,500 - 10
Yorkshire - 9 £67,500 - 18
North West +13 4 £25,500 +10.87% 12
Scotland -65 3 £55,000 - 10

Sales Executive Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Sales Executive 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 Sales Executive in the job title.

1 31 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 28 (28.57%) SaaS
3 27 (27.55%) B2B
4 25 (25.51%) Customer Service
4 25 (25.51%) B2B Sales
5 24 (24.49%) Business Development
6 20 (20.41%) Marketing
7 17 (17.35%) CRM
7 17 (17.35%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (13.27%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (13.27%) Microsoft Office
8 13 (13.27%) Microsoft
9 12 (12.24%) Degree
9 12 (12.24%) Decision-Making
10 10 (10.20%) Social Media
11 8 (8.16%) Driving Licence
12 7 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (7.14%) E-Commerce
12 7 (7.14%) Salesforce
12 7 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (6.12%) Workflow
13 6 (6.12%) Retail
13 6 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
13 6 (6.12%) Digital Marketing
14 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
15 4 (4.08%) Copywriting
15 4 (4.08%) Strategic Thinking
15 4 (4.08%) Lead Generation
15 4 (4.08%) Cost Reduction
16 3 (3.06%) Gamification

Sales Executive 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:

Applications
1 13 (13.27%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (28.57%) SaaS
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.04%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.02%) Big Data
General
1 31 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 20 (20.41%) Marketing
3 17 (17.35%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.12%) Retail
6 3 (3.06%) Finance
7 2 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.02%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.27%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (10.20%) Social Media
3 8 (8.16%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.06%) Blog
4 3 (3.06%) Graphic Design
4 3 (3.06%) iPad
5 2 (2.04%) NHS
5 2 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.02%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (27.55%) B2B
2 25 (25.51%) B2B Sales
2 25 (25.51%) Customer Service
3 24 (24.49%) Business Development
4 17 (17.35%) CRM
5 12 (12.24%) Decision-Making
6 7 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (7.14%) E-Commerce
7 6 (6.12%) Digital Marketing
7 6 (6.12%) Workflow
8 4 (4.08%) Copywriting
8 4 (4.08%) Cost Reduction
8 4 (4.08%) Lead Generation
8 4 (4.08%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (3.06%) Gamification
9 3 (3.06%) ITSM
9 3 (3.06%) Logistics
9 3 (3.06%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (3.06%) Service Management
9 3 (3.06%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 12 (12.24%) Degree
2 1 (1.02%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.02%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.04%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) Autotask
Vendors
1 13 (13.27%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.04%) Adobe
3 2 (2.04%) Facebook
3 2 (2.04%) Google
3 2 (2.04%) HubSpot
4 1 (1.02%) Cisco
4 1 (1.02%) Dell
4 1 (1.02%) HP