Business Sales Executive Job Trends

Business Sales Executive
UK

The median Business Sales Executive salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 697 717
Rank change year-on-year +92 +20 +292
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Sales Executive 48 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.080% 0.004% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.004% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 32 2 3
10th Percentile - £41,400 £38,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -28.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £44,125 -
90th Percentile £117,875 £44,200 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 - £60,000

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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Business Sales Executive
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Business Sales Executive job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Sales Executive
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Business Sales Executive job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Business Sales Executive job vacancies in the UK

Business Sales Executive
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Sales Executive over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Sales Executive in the UK

Business Sales Executive
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Sales Executive within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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 +101 41 £70,000 +62.79% 51
UK excluding London - 34 £40,000 - 52
Work from Home - 23 £30,000 - 2
South East - 18 £40,000 - 15
London +65 13 £115,000 +167.44% 4
Wales - 6 £30,000 - 2
North of England - 5 £28,750 - 11
East of England - 4 £70,000 - 8
North West - 3 £27,500 - 6
Yorkshire - 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 - - 5
Midlands - 1 - - 7
North East - 1 £40,000 - 1

Business Sales Executive Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Business Sales Executive 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 Business Sales Executive in the job title.

1 31 (64.58%) Business Development
2 20 (41.67%) Decision-Making
3 18 (37.50%) B2B
3 18 (37.50%) CRM
4 17 (35.42%) B2B Sales
5 16 (33.33%) Telesales
6 11 (22.92%) Lead Generation
7 10 (20.83%) BMC
7 10 (20.83%) Business Strategy
7 10 (20.83%) GTM Strategy
7 10 (20.83%) HubSpot
7 10 (20.83%) ITIL
7 10 (20.83%) ITSM
7 10 (20.83%) JIRA
7 10 (20.83%) Product Strategy
7 10 (20.83%) Salesforce
7 10 (20.83%) Service Design
7 10 (20.83%) Service Management
7 10 (20.83%) ServiceNow
7 10 (20.83%) SIAM
7 10 (20.83%) Use Case
7 10 (20.83%) User Experience
7 10 (20.83%) Workflow
8 7 (14.58%) Active Listening
8 7 (14.58%) Commercial Awareness
8 7 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (14.58%) SaaS
9 4 (8.33%) Accessibility
10 2 (4.17%) Collaborative Culture
10 2 (4.17%) Cybersecurity

Business Sales Executive 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.58%) SaaS
2 1 (2.08%) Azure
2 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 10 (20.83%) JIRA
General
1 18 (37.50%) Presentation Skills
2 10 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (20.83%) Marketing
3 6 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 5 (10.42%) Finance
5 1 (2.08%) Games
5 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.83%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.33%) Life Science
3 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.08%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (64.58%) Business Development
2 20 (41.67%) Decision-Making
3 18 (37.50%) B2B
3 18 (37.50%) CRM
4 17 (35.42%) B2B Sales
5 16 (33.33%) Telesales
6 11 (22.92%) Lead Generation
7 10 (20.83%) Business Strategy
7 10 (20.83%) GTM Strategy
7 10 (20.83%) ITIL
7 10 (20.83%) ITSM
7 10 (20.83%) Product Strategy
7 10 (20.83%) Service Design
7 10 (20.83%) Service Management
7 10 (20.83%) SIAM
7 10 (20.83%) Use Case
7 10 (20.83%) User Experience
7 10 (20.83%) Workflow
8 7 (14.58%) Active Listening
8 7 (14.58%) Commercial Awareness
Qualifications
1 1 (2.08%) Degree
1 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
1 1 (2.08%) MBA
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.08%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (20.83%) BMC
1 10 (20.83%) HubSpot
1 10 (20.83%) Salesforce
1 10 (20.83%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft