Account Executive Jobs

Account Executive
UK

The median Account Executive salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 545 860 916
Rank change year-on-year +315 +56 +316
Permanent jobs requiring an Account Executive 158 47 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.045% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.048% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 29 43 24
10th Percentile £25,800 £28,750 £24,450
25th Percentile £31,500 £52,500 £30,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £80,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +20.75% -39.77%
75th Percentile £67,500 £111,875 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,000 £115,000 £102,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,750 £90,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -56.94% +157.14% -68.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

Account Executive
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Account Executive in the UK

Account Executive
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Account Executive in the UK

Account Executive
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Account Executive over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Account Executive in the UK

Account Executive
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 Executive within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England +277 143 £52,500 -34.38% 650
UK excluding London +278 122 £38,750 -56.94% 139
East of England - 72 £60,000 - 6
London +121 30 £80,000 - 539
South East +88 18 £52,500 -53.33% 16
Work from Home +115 17 £53,750 -23.21% 308
North of England +48 13 £37,500 -34.78% 50
Scotland +128 11 - - 1
North West +9 9 £37,500 - 32
South West +109 4 £25,500 -40.00% 13
Midlands +65 4 £28,250 -65.76% 14
East Midlands - 4 £28,250 - 5
Yorkshire - 3 - - 12
North East +50 1 - - 6

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Account 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 Account Executive in the job title.

1 77 (48.73%) Social Skills
2 72 (45.57%) Business Development
3 70 (44.30%) Microsoft Office
4 67 (42.41%) Customer Service
4 67 (42.41%) Business Enablement
5 62 (39.24%) Degree
6 60 (37.97%) Customer Experience
7 49 (31.01%) Self-Motivation
7 49 (31.01%) Electronics
8 43 (27.22%) Microsoft
9 40 (25.32%) Technology Enablement
9 40 (25.32%) YouTube
10 36 (22.78%) Time Management
11 33 (20.89%) Microsoft Excel
12 31 (19.62%) Dell
12 31 (19.62%) B2B
13 21 (13.29%) Telesales
14 20 (12.66%) Retail
15 19 (12.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 14 (8.86%) Marketing
17 11 (6.96%) SaaS
18 7 (4.43%) CRM
19 6 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
19 6 (3.80%) Value Proposition
19 6 (3.80%) Decision-Making
19 6 (3.80%) B2B Sales
19 6 (3.80%) Collaborative Culture
20 5 (3.16%) Lead Generation
20 5 (3.16%) Problem-Solving
20 5 (3.16%) Public Sector

Account 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 70 (44.30%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (20.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.96%) SaaS
2 3 (1.90%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.90%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (0.63%) JIRA
General
1 77 (48.73%) Social Skills
2 49 (31.01%) Electronics
3 20 (12.66%) Retail
4 19 (12.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (8.86%) Marketing
6 6 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.16%) Finance
7 5 (3.16%) Games
7 5 (3.16%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.53%) Health Technology
8 4 (2.53%) Law
9 3 (1.90%) Advertising
10 2 (1.27%) French Language
10 2 (1.27%) German Language
10 2 (1.27%) Legal
10 2 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.27%) Publishing
11 1 (0.63%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.63%) Local Government
11 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 49 (31.01%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (3.16%) Social Media
3 3 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.90%) NHS
3 3 (1.90%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.27%) Life Science
5 1 (0.63%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (45.57%) Business Development
2 67 (42.41%) Business Enablement
2 67 (42.41%) Customer Service
3 60 (37.97%) Customer Experience
4 40 (25.32%) Technology Enablement
5 36 (22.78%) Time Management
6 31 (19.62%) B2B
7 21 (13.29%) Telesales
8 7 (4.43%) CRM
9 6 (3.80%) B2B Sales
9 6 (3.80%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (3.80%) Decision-Making
9 6 (3.80%) Value Proposition
10 5 (3.16%) Lead Generation
10 5 (3.16%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (2.53%) Business Strategy
11 4 (2.53%) Project Delivery
11 4 (2.53%) Project Management
11 4 (2.53%) Thought Leadership
12 3 (1.90%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 62 (39.24%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.63%) COSO
1 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.63%) GDPR
1 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (0.63%) QA
Vendors
1 43 (27.22%) Microsoft
2 40 (25.32%) YouTube
3 31 (19.62%) Dell
4 5 (3.16%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.53%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.27%) VeriFone
7 1 (0.63%) ServiceNow