Sales Engineer Jobs

Sales Engineer
UK

The median Sales Engineer salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 707 881 950
Rank change year-on-year +174 +69 +242
Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Engineer 4 14 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.014% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.015% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 22
10th Percentile £58,250 £34,400 -
25th Percentile £63,125 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +61.11% +5.88% -57.50%
75th Percentile £83,125 £56,875 £46,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £59,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +81.25% -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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

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 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Sales Engineer in the UK

Sales Engineer
Top 5 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 16 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 +141 3 £66,250 +47.22% 99
UK excluding London +180 2 £72,500 +81.25% 50
London +103 1 £60,000 +17.07% 50
South East +95 1 - - 14
East of England +41 1 £72,500 -3.33% 8

Sales Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 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 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) HND
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Siemens
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Facilities Management
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Energy Management
2 1 (25.00%) Power Management
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Generation
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills

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 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Energy Management
2 1 (25.00%) Facilities Management
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Generation
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Power Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Siemens