Sales Manager Jobs in the South East

Sales Manager
England > South East

The median Sales Manager salary in the South East is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 369 396
Rank change year-on-year +87 +27 +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Manager 19 31 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.18% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.19% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 8
10th Percentile £30,000 - £45,700
25th Percentile £31,000 £72,500 £47,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £75,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +40.85% -16.47%
75th Percentile £115,000 £97,500 £63,125
90th Percentile - £111,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +25.00% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,283 16,379 12,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.89% 94.08% 90.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,409 11,667 8,026
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Sales Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Sales Manager in the South East

Sales Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sales Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for Sales Manager in the South East

Sales Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sales Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Sales Manager in the South East

Sales Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sales Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Middlesex - 8 - -
Thames Valley +62 7 £78,750 -19.23% 115
Berkshire +40 4 £110,000 +12.82% 72
Hampshire +72 3 - - 48
Buckinghamshire +37 2 £30,000 -61.29% 27
Kent - 1 £32,000 - 26
Oxfordshire - 1 £47,500 - 16
Sales Manager
England

Sales Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Sales 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 across the South East region featuring Sales Manager in the job title.

1 12 (63.16%) Degree
2 11 (57.89%) Marketing
2 11 (57.89%) Finance
3 8 (42.11%) Law
3 8 (42.11%) Advertising
4 6 (31.58%) Coaching
5 5 (26.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (26.32%) Value Proposition
6 4 (21.05%) Monetization
6 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
6 4 (21.05%) Retail
7 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
7 3 (15.79%) Middleware
7 3 (15.79%) Logistics
7 3 (15.79%) Customer Engagement
8 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
8 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
8 2 (10.53%) Revenue Recognition
8 2 (10.53%) Machine Learning
8 2 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence
8 2 (10.53%) Business Development
8 2 (10.53%) B2B
8 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
8 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (10.53%) B2B Sales
8 2 (10.53%) Critical Thinking
8 2 (10.53%) Business Case
9 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (5.26%) Business Strategy
9 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Culture

Sales Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) GIS
General
1 11 (57.89%) Finance
1 11 (57.89%) Marketing
2 8 (42.11%) Advertising
2 8 (42.11%) Law
3 5 (26.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (21.05%) Retail
4 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
5 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
6 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
7 1 (5.26%) Legal
7 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Coaching
2 5 (26.32%) Value Proposition
3 4 (21.05%) Monetization
4 3 (15.79%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (15.79%) Logistics
5 2 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (10.53%) B2B
5 2 (10.53%) B2B Sales
5 2 (10.53%) Business Case
5 2 (10.53%) Business Development
5 2 (10.53%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (10.53%) Machine Learning
5 2 (10.53%) Revenue Recognition
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.26%) Analytics
6 1 (5.26%) Business Strategy
6 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.26%) Lead Generation
6 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Salesforce