Sales Manager
UK
The median Sales Manager salary in the UK is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 593 | 813 | 912 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +220 | +99 | +211 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Manager | 116 | 99 | 50 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.21% | 0.096% | 0.051% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.23% | 0.10% | 0.056% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 62 | 80 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,125 | £55,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £61,250 | £75,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.33% | +25.00% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £86,250 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £120,000 | £122,500 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £37,500 | £70,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -46.43% | +16.67% | -7.69% |
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 | 50,066 | 97,923 | 88,829 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.36% | 94.81% | 91.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,124 | 69,761 | 56,179 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,750 | £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% | +6.63% |
Sales Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Sales Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Sales Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sales Manager.
Sales Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Sales Manager over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
Sales Manager
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sales Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 | +148 | 83 | £60,000 | -20.00% | 1,532 |
| UK excluding London | +186 | 65 | £37,500 | -46.43% | 1,496 |
| South East | +78 | 20 | £43,750 | -41.67% | 415 |
| East of England | - | 19 | £70,000 | - | 229 |
| London | +112 | 18 | £75,000 | - | 204 |
| Midlands | +93 | 12 | £43,750 | -16.67% | 285 |
| North of England | +44 | 12 | £32,000 | -46.67% | 338 |
| Work from Home | +99 | 11 | £80,000 | +14.29% | 762 |
| East Midlands | +54 | 9 | £35,000 | -46.15% | 115 |
| North West | +7 | 9 | £32,000 | -46.67% | 168 |
| South West | +89 | 2 | £46,250 | -28.85% | 163 |
| West Midlands | +56 | 2 | £58,750 | +27.03% | 151 |
| North East | - | 2 | £28,188 | - | 39 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £32,000 | - | 59 |
Sales Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Sales Manager 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 Manager in the job title.
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Sales Manager 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: