Sales Representative
UK

The median Sales Representative salary in the UK is £31,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 883 962 1182
Rank change year-on-year +79 +220 -346
Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Representative 24 33 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.032% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.036% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 21 24 37
10th Percentile £25,000 - -
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £36,250 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.48% +20.83% -25.00%
75th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £56,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £50,500 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £25,000 £23,500
% change year-on-year +16.00% +6.38% -32.86%

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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Sales Representative
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Sales Representative in the UK

Sales Representative
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Sales Representative in the UK

Sales Representative
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sales Representative over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Sales Representative in the UK

Sales Representative
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sales Representative within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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 21 £31,750 +5.83% 99
UK excluding London -4 20 £29,000 +16.00% 71
Midlands - 10 £27,500 - 14
Work from Home +76 9 £32,500 -18.75% 44
West Midlands - 9 £27,500 - 12
South East +25 8 £32,500 -20.25% 19
London +110 3 £32,500 -13.33% 28
Scotland -61 2 £27,000 -28.00% 2
East Midlands - 1 £52,500 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Sales Representative 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 Representative in the job title.

1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 12 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 11 (45.83%) B2B
4 10 (41.67%) Marketing
5 7 (29.17%) SaaS
5 7 (29.17%) Retail
5 7 (29.17%) B2B Sales
6 5 (20.83%) CRM
6 5 (20.83%) Social Media
6 5 (20.83%) Lead Generation
7 4 (16.67%) HubSpot
7 4 (16.67%) Business Development
7 4 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (12.50%) Cost Reduction
8 3 (12.50%) SOAR
8 3 (12.50%) Incident Response
8 3 (12.50%) SIEM
8 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (12.50%) Security Operations
8 3 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (8.33%) Telesales
9 2 (8.33%) Social Media Marketing
9 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
9 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
10 1 (4.17%) Budgeting
10 1 (4.17%) Project Delivery
10 1 (4.17%) Value Proposition
10 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (4.17%) IaaS

Sales Representative 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) SaaS
2 1 (4.17%) IaaS
General
1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 10 (41.67%) Marketing
3 7 (29.17%) Retail
4 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Brand Awareness
5 1 (4.17%) Finance
5 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Social Media
2 4 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 11 (45.83%) B2B
3 7 (29.17%) B2B Sales
4 5 (20.83%) CRM
4 5 (20.83%) Lead Generation
5 4 (16.67%) Business Development
6 3 (12.50%) Cost Reduction
6 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (12.50%) Incident Response
6 3 (12.50%) Security Operations
6 3 (12.50%) SIEM
6 3 (12.50%) SOAR
7 2 (8.33%) Social Media Marketing
7 2 (8.33%) Telesales
8 1 (4.17%) API Integration
8 1 (4.17%) Budgeting
8 1 (4.17%) Data Entry
8 1 (4.17%) Information Retrieval
8 1 (4.17%) Risk Management
8 1 (4.17%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) HubSpot
2 1 (4.17%) Salesforce