Sales Director
UK
The median Sales Director salary in the UK is £120,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 686 | 894 | 944 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +208 | +50 | +289 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Director | 16 | 13 | 24 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.029% | 0.013% | 0.025% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.032% | 0.013% | 0.027% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 11 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £103,000 | £92,500 | £75,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £115,000 | £96,250 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £120,000 | £105,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | +31.25% | -33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £145,313 | £121,250 | £91,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £150,000 | £137,500 | £139,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £150,000 | - | £75,000 |
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 | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
Sales Director
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Sales Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Sales Director
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sales Director.
Sales Director
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Sales Director over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Sales Director
Top 7 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sales Director within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 |
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| England | +169 | 10 | £150,000 | +42.86% | 170 |
| Work from Home | +124 | 7 | £120,000 | +23.08% | 58 |
| London | +103 | 7 | - | - | 120 |
| UK excluding London | +184 | 3 | £150,000 | - | 50 |
| North of England | - | 3 | £150,000 | - | 18 |
| Yorkshire | - | 2 | £150,000 | - | 2 |
| North East | - | 1 | £80,000 | - | 8 |
Sales Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Sales Director 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 Sales Director in the job title.
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Sales Director 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: