Sales Account Executive Job Trends

Sales Account Executive
UK

The median Sales Account Executive salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 711 735
Rank change year-on-year +142 +24 +270
Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Account Executive 82 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.002% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.002% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 17 1 1
10th Percentile £30,000 - -
25th Percentile £46,750 £87,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £105,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +50.00% +115.38%
75th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £83,750 - -

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 54,089 49,558 53,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 92.89% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,489 25,634 41,126
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Sales Account Executive
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Sales Account Executive job vacancy trend in the UK

Sales Account Executive
Salary Trend

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

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

Sales Account Executive
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sales Account Executive over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Sales Account Executive in the UK

Sales Account 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 Sales Account Executive within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 +148 78 £80,000 -23.81% 53
UK excluding London - 42 £83,750 - 54
London - 40 £80,000 - 8
North of England - 16 £100,000 - 6
East of England - 14 £67,500 - 12
North West - 14 £100,000 - 2
Midlands - 5 £100,000 - 4
Scotland - 4 - - 2
Work from Home +68 3 £67,500 -35.71% 54
South East - 3 £30,000 - 20
West Midlands - 3 £100,000 - 2
East Midlands - 2 £59,500 - 2
Yorkshire - 2 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Sales Account 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 Sales Account Executive in the job title.

1 64 (78.05%) Telesales
2 61 (74.39%) Degree
2 61 (74.39%) Dell
3 10 (12.20%) SaaS
4 6 (7.32%) B2B
5 4 (4.88%) B2B Sales
5 4 (4.88%) Broadband
5 4 (4.88%) CRM
5 4 (4.88%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.66%) Customer Acquisition
6 3 (3.66%) Customer Retention
6 3 (3.66%) Mentoring
6 3 (3.66%) Practice Management
6 3 (3.66%) Time Management
6 3 (3.66%) Unified Communications
7 2 (2.44%) Azure
7 2 (2.44%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (2.44%) Data Privacy
7 2 (2.44%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (2.44%) GCP
7 2 (2.44%) Google
7 2 (2.44%) Microsoft
7 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (2.44%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (2.44%) QA
7 2 (2.44%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (2.44%) Strategic Planning
7 2 (2.44%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (2.44%) VoIP

Sales Account 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.20%) SaaS
2 2 (2.44%) Azure
2 2 (2.44%) GCP
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.88%) Broadband
2 3 (3.66%) Unified Communications
3 2 (2.44%) VoIP
General
1 63 (76.83%) Social Skills
2 61 (74.39%) Electronics
3 9 (10.98%) Legal
4 8 (9.76%) Law
5 6 (7.32%) Marketing
6 4 (4.88%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.44%) Games
7 2 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (3.66%) Social Media
2 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.22%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (78.05%) Telesales
2 6 (7.32%) B2B
3 4 (4.88%) B2B Sales
3 4 (4.88%) CRM
4 3 (3.66%) Customer Acquisition
4 3 (3.66%) Customer Retention
4 3 (3.66%) Mentoring
4 3 (3.66%) Practice Management
4 3 (3.66%) Time Management
5 2 (2.44%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (2.44%) Data Privacy
5 2 (2.44%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (2.44%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (2.44%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (2.44%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (1.22%) Business Development
6 1 (1.22%) Contract Negotiation
6 1 (1.22%) ITSM
6 1 (1.22%) Sales Enablement
6 1 (1.22%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 61 (74.39%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.44%) QA
Vendors
1 61 (74.39%) Dell
2 4 (4.88%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.44%) Google
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.22%) HubSpot