Sales Manager Contract Job Trends

Sales Manager
UK

The median Sales Manager daily rate in the UK is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 569 525 592
Rank change year-on-year -44 +67 +190
Contract jobs requiring a Sales Manager 21 9 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.027% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.029% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile £305 £408 £220
25th Percentile £313 £423 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £458 £525
Median % change year-on-year -28.96% -12.86% -30.00%
75th Percentile £338 £483 £538
90th Percentile £347 £493 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £500 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.77 - -
Median hourly rate £26.30 - -
75th Percentile £32.27 - -
90th Percentile £40.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 33,741 30,870 40,353
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 92.72% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,345 18,959 27,051
10th Percentile £298 £300 £281
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,972 954 1,548
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.51 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% -27.78% +40.82%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.41 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.62% +77.62%

Sales Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Sales Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Sales Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Sales Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Sales Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Sales Manager job vacancies in the UK

Sales Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Sales Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Sales Manager job vacancies in the UK

Sales Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Sales Manager over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Sales Manager in the UK

Sales Manager
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sales Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -35 20 £325 -28.96% 127
London -9 13 £325 -21.69% 68
Work from Home +1 9 £325 - 54
UK excluding London -52 7 - - 65
North of England -51 6 - - 18
North East - 5 - - 4
Yorkshire -45 1 - - 6
South West - 1 - - 4

Sales Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Sales Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Sales Manager in the job title.

1 10 (47.62%) Salesforce
2 8 (38.10%) CRM
3 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (28.57%) B2B
4 6 (28.57%) B2B Sales
4 6 (28.57%) SaaS
5 5 (23.81%) Affiliate Network
5 5 (23.81%) Internet
6 4 (19.05%) Analytics
6 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
6 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
6 4 (19.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
6 4 (19.05%) Telematics
7 3 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (14.29%) Business Development
7 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (14.29%) Tableau
7 3 (14.29%) Workflow
8 2 (9.52%) Agile
8 2 (9.52%) Change Control
8 2 (9.52%) Client Onboarding
8 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (9.52%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
8 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics
8 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
8 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (9.52%) Order Management
8 2 (9.52%) Project Management

Sales Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (9.52%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) SaaS
2 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.76%) GitHub
3 1 (4.76%) Google Sheets
3 1 (4.76%) MailChimp
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Tableau
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
General
1 8 (38.10%) Finance
1 8 (38.10%) Marketing
2 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Telecoms
4 4 (19.05%) Automotive
5 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Billing
5 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.76%) French Language
6 1 (4.76%) German Language
6 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.76%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Pandas
1 1 (4.76%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Onboarding
1 4 (19.05%) Reinsurance
1 4 (19.05%) Web Conferencing
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) CRM
2 6 (28.57%) B2B
2 6 (28.57%) B2B Sales
3 5 (23.81%) Affiliate Network
4 4 (19.05%) Analytics
4 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
4 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) Telematics
5 3 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (14.29%) Business Development
5 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (14.29%) Workflow
6 2 (9.52%) Agile
6 2 (9.52%) Change Control
6 2 (9.52%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
6 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics
6 2 (9.52%) Project Management
6 2 (9.52%) Quote-to-Cash
6 2 (9.52%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) Python
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
1 1 (4.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) Salesforce
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.52%) SAP
4 1 (4.76%) Databricks
4 1 (4.76%) Google