Account Manager
UK

The median Account Manager salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 736 498 1053
Rank change year-on-year -238 +555 -374
Permanent jobs requiring an Account Manager 178 580 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.56% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.61% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 152 135 147
10th Percentile £27,200 £27,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £54,625 £70,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,875 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Account Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Account Manager over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Top 15 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 5 May 2024. 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 -195 168 £40,000 -20.00% 417
UK excluding London -261 149 £40,000 -15.79% 302
Work from Home +64 54 £40,000 -27.27% 154
South East -59 49 £32,500 -38.10% 79
South West -36 41 £40,000 +18.52% 35
Midlands -51 30 £40,000 +33.33% 47
London +89 22 £47,500 -9.52% 124
North of England -59 19 £30,000 -57.14% 92
West Midlands -2 18 £40,000 +33.33% 35
North West -39 17 £30,000 -57.14% 52
East Midlands -59 12 £37,500 - 12
East of England -72 5 £57,500 +43.75% 30
Wales - 4 £25,500 - 10
Yorkshire +49 2 £45,000 -40.00% 30
Scotland -63 1 £25,000 -23.08% 12

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Account 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 featuring Account Manager in the job title.

1 51 (28.65%) Marketing
1 51 (28.65%) Social Skills
2 43 (24.16%) CRM
2 43 (24.16%) Finance
3 38 (21.35%) Business Development
4 37 (20.79%) Customer Service
5 35 (19.66%) B2B
6 27 (15.17%) Driving Licence
7 26 (14.61%) Legal
8 25 (14.04%) Decision-Making
9 20 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
10 19 (10.67%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (9.55%) Microsoft
12 17 (9.55%) Mathematics
13 16 (8.99%) Degree
14 15 (8.43%) Telecoms
15 14 (7.87%) Salesforce
15 14 (7.87%) Time Management
15 14 (7.87%) Analytics
16 13 (7.30%) Data Analytics
16 13 (7.30%) Google
16 13 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
16 13 (7.30%) Law
16 13 (7.30%) Banking
16 13 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (6.18%) Product Strategy
17 11 (6.18%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (6.18%) Public Sector
17 11 (6.18%) Cybersecurity

Account Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.12%) Alfresco
1 2 (1.12%) Documentum
1 2 (1.12%) FileNet
1 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.25%) Sage 200
1 4 (2.25%) Sage 500
1 4 (2.25%) Sage X3
2 3 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.37%) IaaS
2 5 (2.81%) Azure
2 5 (2.81%) SaaS
3 4 (2.25%) GCP
3 4 (2.25%) Intacct
4 3 (1.69%) AWS
4 3 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.12%) Dropbox
5 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.12%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.12%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.12%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.56%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.56%) Internet
2 1 (0.56%) IP Telephony
2 1 (0.56%) PBX
2 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.56%) VoIP
2 1 (0.56%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.06%) BusinessObjects
1 9 (5.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 51 (28.65%) Marketing
1 51 (28.65%) Social Skills
2 43 (24.16%) Finance
3 26 (14.61%) Legal
4 20 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.43%) Telecoms
6 13 (7.30%) Banking
6 13 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (7.30%) Law
7 11 (6.18%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (6.18%) Public Sector
8 9 (5.06%) Financial Institution
8 9 (5.06%) Investment Banking
8 9 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.81%) Local Government
10 4 (2.25%) Retail
11 2 (1.12%) Automotive
11 2 (1.12%) Digital Healthcare
11 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.12%) .NET
1 2 (1.12%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.17%) Driving Licence
2 19 (10.67%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.49%) EPoS
4 6 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.25%) Marketing Technology
5 4 (2.25%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.25%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.69%) NHS
7 2 (1.12%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (24.16%) CRM
2 38 (21.35%) Business Development
3 37 (20.79%) Customer Service
4 35 (19.66%) B2B
5 25 (14.04%) Decision-Making
6 18 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (9.55%) Mathematics
8 14 (7.87%) Analytics
8 14 (7.87%) Time Management
9 13 (7.30%) Data Analytics
10 11 (6.18%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (6.18%) Product Strategy
10 11 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (5.06%) Cash Management
11 9 (5.06%) Commercialisation
11 9 (5.06%) Data Analysis
11 9 (5.06%) Innovative Thinking
11 9 (5.06%) Microservices
11 9 (5.06%) Programme Management
12 8 (4.49%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.12%) Java
1 2 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (8.99%) Degree
2 6 (3.37%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (9.55%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.87%) Salesforce
3 13 (7.30%) Google
4 8 (4.49%) Apple
5 7 (3.93%) Cadence
6 5 (2.81%) Veeam
6 5 (2.81%) VMware
7 4 (2.25%) Oracle
7 4 (2.25%) Sage
8 2 (1.12%) EMC
8 2 (1.12%) Hyland
8 2 (1.12%) IBM
8 2 (1.12%) iManage
8 2 (1.12%) Laserfiche
8 2 (1.12%) OpenText
9 1 (0.56%) Meraki
9 1 (0.56%) Okta