Sales Manager
UK
The median Sales Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 617 | 794 | 918 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +177 | +124 | +186 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Manager | 100 | 100 | 63 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.10% | 0.062% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.20% | 0.11% | 0.068% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 54 | 81 | 51 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,475 | £40,000 | £43,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £55,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £75,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.33% | +25.00% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £99,688 | £90,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £120,000 | £122,500 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £37,500 | £75,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -50.00% | +25.00% | -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 | 49,922 | 93,907 | 92,301 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.55% | 94.63% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,447 | 67,290 | 58,243 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.57% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,627 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
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 12 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 12 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 | +129 | 74 | £63,750 | -15.00% | 406 |
| UK excluding London | +147 | 57 | £37,500 | -50.00% | 227 |
| South East | +83 | 18 | £82,500 | +10.00% | 85 |
| London | +110 | 17 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 227 |
| East of England | - | 14 | £70,000 | - | 28 |
| Midlands | +80 | 12 | £43,750 | -16.67% | 33 |
| Work from Home | +120 | 11 | £80,000 | +14.29% | 245 |
| North of England | +53 | 11 | £37,500 | -37.50% | 56 |
| East Midlands | +50 | 9 | £35,000 | -46.15% | 16 |
| North West | 0 | 9 | £32,000 | -46.67% | 34 |
| South West | +90 | 2 | £46,250 | -28.85% | 19 |
| West Midlands | +62 | 2 | £58,750 | +46.88% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | +62 | 1 | £47,500 | +58.33% | 17 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £32,000 | - | 10 |
Sales Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 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: