Sales Executive Jobs

Sales Executive
UK

The median Sales Executive salary in the UK is £25,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 797 864
Rank change year-on-year +270 +67 +228
Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Executive 166 99 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.10% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 109 94 79
10th Percentile - £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £24,000 £31,375 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -57.50% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £46,250 £85,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £112,000 - £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,500 £60,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -57.50% +84.62% -7.14%

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 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Sales Executive
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Sales Executive in the UK

Sales Executive
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Sales Executive in the UK

Sales Executive
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sales Executive over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Sales Executive in the UK

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 Sales Executive within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +238 152 £25,500 -57.50% 422
UK excluding London +275 144 £25,500 -57.50% 298
Work from Home +203 72 £25,500 -62.22% 192
South East +159 71 £25,500 -57.50% 79
South West +123 29 £25,500 -49.00% 25
London +114 18 £95,000 +26.67% 170
East of England +61 17 £42,500 +13.33% 26
Scotland +141 12 £45,000 -18.18% 12
Midlands +81 12 £42,500 +13.33% 43
East Midlands - 8 £42,500 - 20
West Midlands +41 4 £23,000 -38.67% 19
North of England +75 3 £24,000 -64.44% 112
Yorkshire +70 3 £24,000 -64.44% 32

Sales Executive Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Sales Executive 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 Executive in the job title.

1 125 (75.30%) Social Skills
2 60 (36.14%) Customer Experience
2 60 (36.14%) Artificial Intelligence
3 49 (29.52%) Cybersecurity
4 46 (27.71%) Data Centre
5 42 (25.30%) Marketing
6 34 (20.48%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (19.88%) Degree
7 33 (19.88%) CRM
8 28 (16.87%) Business Development
9 26 (15.66%) B2B
10 25 (15.06%) Dell
11 23 (13.86%) Telesales
11 23 (13.86%) B2B Sales
11 23 (13.86%) Lead Generation
12 22 (13.25%) Finance
13 21 (12.65%) Microsoft
13 21 (12.65%) Social Media
14 20 (12.05%) SaaS
14 20 (12.05%) Decision-Making
14 20 (12.05%) Electronics
15 18 (10.84%) Salesforce
16 16 (9.64%) Business Strategy
17 13 (7.83%) Data Privacy
17 13 (7.83%) Problem-Solving
17 13 (7.83%) Cisco
17 13 (7.83%) Customer Service
18 12 (7.23%) Technology Strategy
18 12 (7.23%) Email Marketing
18 12 (7.23%) IT Strategy

Sales Executive 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.60%) CMS
2 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.60%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 20 (12.05%) SaaS
2 2 (1.20%) GCP
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.20%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.61%) Broadband
2 2 (1.20%) VoIP
3 1 (0.60%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.60%) WAN
3 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.01%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 125 (75.30%) Social Skills
2 42 (25.30%) Marketing
3 22 (13.25%) Finance
4 20 (12.05%) Electronics
5 11 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (6.63%) Retail
6 9 (5.42%) Games
6 9 (5.42%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.22%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (4.22%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (3.01%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.41%) Brand Awareness
10 4 (2.41%) Czech Language
10 4 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.81%) Advertising
11 3 (1.81%) Aviation
11 3 (1.81%) Local Government
11 3 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.20%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.01%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 46 (27.71%) Data Centre
2 34 (20.48%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (12.65%) Social Media
4 11 (6.63%) Driving Licence
5 8 (4.82%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.22%) NHS
7 6 (3.61%) Management Information System
8 5 (3.01%) PACS
9 3 (1.81%) Handset
9 3 (1.81%) Home Automation
10 2 (1.20%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (36.14%) Artificial Intelligence
1 60 (36.14%) Customer Experience
2 49 (29.52%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (19.88%) CRM
4 28 (16.87%) Business Development
5 26 (15.66%) B2B
6 23 (13.86%) B2B Sales
6 23 (13.86%) Lead Generation
6 23 (13.86%) Telesales
7 20 (12.05%) Decision-Making
8 16 (9.64%) Business Strategy
9 13 (7.83%) Customer Service
9 13 (7.83%) Data Privacy
9 13 (7.83%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (7.23%) Email Marketing
10 12 (7.23%) IT Strategy
10 12 (7.23%) Technology Strategy
11 9 (5.42%) ITSM
11 9 (5.42%) Market Research
11 9 (5.42%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 33 (19.88%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 25 (15.06%) Dell
2 21 (12.65%) Microsoft
3 18 (10.84%) Salesforce
4 13 (7.83%) Cisco
5 7 (4.22%) Citrix
5 7 (4.22%) Commvault
5 7 (4.22%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.20%) Google
7 1 (0.60%) AppNeta
7 1 (0.60%) Broadcom
7 1 (0.60%) Ericsson
7 1 (0.60%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.60%) IBM
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle