Account Manager Job Trends

Account Manager
UK

The median Account Manager salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 437 700
Rank change year-on-year +362 +263 -142
Permanent jobs requiring an Account Manager 1,993 241 187
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.15% 0.54% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.29% 0.61% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,688 104 159
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,978 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -17.95%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £63,150 £76,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -7.89% -15.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 86,875 39,687 99,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.56% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 58,739 22,427 72,303
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -6.54%

Account Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Account Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Account Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Account Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Account Manager job vacancies in the UK

Account Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Account Manager over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Account Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 2026. 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 +358 1,765 £45,000 +28.57% 351
UK excluding London +323 1,603 £45,000 +28.57% 278
South East +175 482 £45,000 +28.57% 101
North of England +208 473 £45,000 +28.57% 92
London +176 319 £50,000 +11.11% 92
Work from Home +126 312 £45,000 +19.21% 137
Midlands +133 282 £40,000 +33.33% 38
Yorkshire +98 226 £60,000 +94.65% 43
North West +157 214 £40,000 +6.67% 44
West Midlands +118 205 £40,000 -27.27% 21
South West +68 151 £40,000 +6.67% 20
Scotland +85 100 £45,000 +87.50% 7
East Midlands +25 77 £35,000 +16.67% 17
East of England +1 62 £40,000 +14.29% 15
North East -9 33 £45,000 +28.57% 6
Wales - 30 £37,500 - 3
Northern Ireland - 27 £35,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 2026, Account Manager 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 permanent job ads featuring Account Manager in the job title.

1 241 (12.09%) Business Development
2 226 (11.34%) SaaS
3 193 (9.68%) B2B
4 131 (6.57%) CRM
5 128 (6.42%) Cybersecurity
6 97 (4.87%) Microsoft
7 80 (4.01%) Customer Service
7 80 (4.01%) ServiceNow
8 73 (3.66%) Problem-Solving
9 65 (3.26%) Lead Generation
10 61 (3.06%) Telesales
11 60 (3.01%) B2B Sales
12 51 (2.56%) Decision-Making
13 45 (2.26%) Supply Chain Management
14 40 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
15 39 (1.96%) Customer Experience
15 39 (1.96%) Salesforce
16 38 (1.91%) Collaborative Culture
17 37 (1.86%) Service Delivery
18 36 (1.81%) Presales
19 34 (1.71%) E-Commerce
20 32 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
21 31 (1.56%) Commercial Awareness
22 30 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
22 30 (1.51%) Logistics
23 26 (1.30%) AI
23 26 (1.30%) Azure
24 24 (1.20%) Time Management
25 23 (1.15%) Broadband
26 22 (1.10%) Agile

Account 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.050%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.25%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.050%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.050%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 226 (11.34%) SaaS
2 40 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
4 26 (1.30%) Azure
5 13 (0.65%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.20%) AWS
7 3 (0.15%) GCP
8 2 (0.10%) Figma
8 2 (0.10%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.050%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.050%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.050%) IaaS
9 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.050%) PaaS
9 1 (0.050%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.050%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.15%) Broadband
2 15 (0.75%) 5G
3 14 (0.70%) Unified Communications
4 13 (0.65%) Internet
5 11 (0.55%) VoIP
6 7 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.20%) Wireless
8 3 (0.15%) 4G
8 3 (0.15%) DECT
8 3 (0.15%) DMARC
8 3 (0.15%) Firewall
8 3 (0.15%) Network Security
8 3 (0.15%) PBX
8 3 (0.15%) VPN
9 1 (0.050%) SMS
9 1 (0.050%) WAN
9 1 (0.050%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.10%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.050%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.10%) JIRA
General
1 190 (9.53%) Telecoms
2 174 (8.73%) Social Skills
3 155 (7.78%) Public Sector
4 117 (5.87%) Marketing
5 109 (5.47%) Retail
6 78 (3.91%) Pharmaceutical
7 74 (3.71%) Digital Healthcare
8 57 (2.86%) Legal
8 57 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
9 53 (2.66%) Finance
10 52 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
11 46 (2.31%) Analytical Skills
12 43 (2.16%) Law
13 37 (1.86%) Advertising
14 32 (1.61%) French Language
15 29 (1.46%) Banking
16 28 (1.40%) Manufacturing
16 28 (1.40%) Publishing
17 24 (1.20%) Spanish Language
18 17 (0.85%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.10%) .NET
1 2 (0.10%) OLE
2 1 (0.050%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 78 (3.91%) NHS
2 63 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
3 51 (2.56%) Driving Licence
4 46 (2.31%) Data Centre
5 25 (1.25%) Onboarding
6 24 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
7 23 (1.15%) EPoS
8 16 (0.80%) Digital Media
9 15 (0.75%) Web Conferencing
10 12 (0.60%) Social Media
11 7 (0.35%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.30%) Life Science
13 5 (0.25%) Fibre Optics
14 4 (0.20%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (0.20%) PDA
14 4 (0.20%) Smart Meter
15 3 (0.15%) Analytical Mindset
15 3 (0.15%) CCTV
15 3 (0.15%) iPhone
16 2 (0.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.050%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (12.09%) Business Development
2 193 (9.68%) B2B
3 131 (6.57%) CRM
4 128 (6.42%) Cybersecurity
5 80 (4.01%) Customer Service
6 73 (3.66%) Problem-Solving
7 65 (3.26%) Lead Generation
8 61 (3.06%) Telesales
9 60 (3.01%) B2B Sales
10 51 (2.56%) Decision-Making
11 45 (2.26%) Supply Chain Management
12 39 (1.96%) Customer Experience
13 38 (1.91%) Collaborative Culture
14 37 (1.86%) Service Delivery
15 36 (1.81%) Presales
16 34 (1.71%) E-Commerce
17 31 (1.56%) Commercial Awareness
18 30 (1.51%) Logistics
19 26 (1.30%) AI
20 24 (1.20%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 20 (1.00%) Degree
2 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (0.15%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.050%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.050%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.050%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.20%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.10%) GDPR
4 2 (0.10%) SLA
5 1 (0.050%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.050%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (0.50%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 97 (4.87%) Microsoft
2 80 (4.01%) ServiceNow
3 39 (1.96%) Salesforce
4 19 (0.95%) Google
5 18 (0.90%) HubSpot
6 14 (0.70%) HP
7 13 (0.65%) Cisco
8 7 (0.35%) Veeam
9 6 (0.30%) Palo Alto
10 5 (0.25%) VMware
11 4 (0.20%) Dell
12 3 (0.15%) BT
12 3 (0.15%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.15%) Mitel
13 2 (0.10%) Alcatel-Lucent
13 2 (0.10%) Aruba
13 2 (0.10%) Cvent
13 2 (0.10%) SAP
14 1 (0.050%) Apple
14 1 (0.050%) BMC