Sales Engineer Jobs

Sales Engineer
UK

The median Sales Engineer salary in the UK is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 898 937
Rank change year-on-year +192 +39 +259
Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Engineer 5 12 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.012% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.012% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 22
10th Percentile £49,750 £32,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £40,000 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +60.61% -2.94% -57.50%
75th Percentile £78,438 £55,938 £46,250
90th Percentile £86,875 £77,500 £59,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +53.13% -5.88% -43.33%

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 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £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 £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Sales Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Sales Engineer in the UK

Sales Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sales Engineer.

Salary trend for Sales Engineer in the UK

Sales Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sales Engineer over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Sales Engineer in the UK

Sales Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sales Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +151 4 £60,000 +45.45% 460
UK excluding London +188 3 £61,250 +53.13% 432
East of England +43 2 £61,250 -18.33% 69
Work from Home +120 1 £50,000 -33.33% 216
London +118 1 £60,000 +26.32% 73
South East +85 1 - - 115

Sales Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Sales Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Business Development
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Energy Management
2 1 (20.00%) Power Management
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Generation
2 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Value Proposition
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) HND
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Siemens
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Handset
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Facilities Management
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing

Sales Engineer 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Automotive
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (20.00%) Handset
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Development
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Value Proposition
2 1 (20.00%) Energy Management
2 1 (20.00%) Facilities Management
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Generation
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Power Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens