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 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 847 923
Rank change year-on-year +272 +76 +282
Permanent jobs requiring an Account Executive 136 48 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.048% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.051% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 22 44 28
10th Percentile £24,300 £30,000 £25,050
25th Percentile £31,500 £51,250 £30,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £80,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +18.52% -41.30%
75th Percentile £65,000 £111,563 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,500 £115,000 £98,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £90,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year -55.56% +166.67% -53.92%

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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

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 16 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 16 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 +237 124 £47,500 -40.63% 378
UK excluding London +267 106 £40,000 -55.56% 52
East of England +106 65 £60,000 - 4
London +117 26 £42,500 -46.88% 333
Work from Home +118 15 £65,000 -7.14% 173
South East +106 14 £52,500 -53.33% 14
Scotland +116 10 - - 4
North of England +59 9 £37,500 -34.78% 18
North West - 5 £37,500 - 14
South West +106 4 £25,500 -40.00% 9
Midlands +64 4 £28,250 -65.76% 4
East Midlands - 4 £28,250 - 2
Yorkshire - 3 - - 4
North East +45 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 64 (47.06%) Business Development
2 63 (46.32%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (45.59%) Social Skills
4 60 (44.12%) Customer Service
4 60 (44.12%) Business Enablement
5 53 (38.97%) Customer Experience
6 50 (36.76%) Degree
7 44 (32.35%) Self-Motivation
8 42 (30.88%) Electronics
9 41 (30.15%) Microsoft
10 35 (25.74%) Technology Enablement
10 35 (25.74%) YouTube
11 30 (22.06%) Time Management
12 28 (20.59%) Microsoft Excel
13 27 (19.85%) B2B
14 23 (16.91%) Dell
15 19 (13.97%) Retail
16 18 (13.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (11.76%) Telesales
18 12 (8.82%) Marketing
19 10 (7.35%) SaaS
20 6 (4.41%) Decision-Making
20 6 (4.41%) Problem-Solving
20 6 (4.41%) CRM
21 5 (3.68%) Salesforce
21 5 (3.68%) Games
21 5 (3.68%) Lead Generation
21 5 (3.68%) Social Media
21 5 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
21 5 (3.68%) Collaborative Culture

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 63 (46.32%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (20.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.35%) SaaS
2 3 (2.21%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.21%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 62 (45.59%) Social Skills
2 42 (30.88%) Electronics
3 19 (13.97%) Retail
4 18 (13.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (8.82%) Marketing
6 5 (3.68%) Games
6 5 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.94%) Finance
7 4 (2.94%) Health Technology
7 4 (2.94%) Law
7 4 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.21%) Advertising
9 2 (1.47%) French Language
9 2 (1.47%) German Language
9 2 (1.47%) Legal
9 2 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.47%) Publishing
10 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Local Government
10 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 44 (32.35%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (3.68%) Social Media
3 3 (2.21%) NHS
3 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.47%) Life Science
5 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.74%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (47.06%) Business Development
2 60 (44.12%) Business Enablement
2 60 (44.12%) Customer Service
3 53 (38.97%) Customer Experience
4 35 (25.74%) Technology Enablement
5 30 (22.06%) Time Management
6 27 (19.85%) B2B
7 16 (11.76%) Telesales
8 6 (4.41%) CRM
8 6 (4.41%) Decision-Making
8 6 (4.41%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (3.68%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (3.68%) Lead Generation
10 4 (2.94%) B2B Sales
10 4 (2.94%) Project Delivery
11 3 (2.21%) Digital Marketing
11 3 (2.21%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 3 (2.21%) Project Management
11 3 (2.21%) Thought Leadership
11 3 (2.21%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 50 (36.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.74%) COSO
1 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.74%) GDPR
1 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 41 (30.15%) Microsoft
2 35 (25.74%) YouTube
3 23 (16.91%) Dell
4 5 (3.68%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.47%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.47%) VeriFone
6 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow