Senior Sales Executive Job Trends

Senior Sales Executive
UK

The median Senior Sales Executive salary in the UK is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 697 713
Rank change year-on-year +55 +16 +295
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Sales Executive 11 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.018% 0.004% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.004% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 8
10th Percentile £84,500 £54,250 -
25th Percentile £86,000 £71,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £102,500 £130,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -21.15% +85.71%
75th Percentile £122,500 £131,875 -
90th Percentile - £148,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Senior Sales Executive
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Sales Executive' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Sales Executive job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Sales Executive
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Sales Executive job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Sales Executive job vacancies in the UK

Senior Sales Executive
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Sales Executive over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Sales Executive in the UK

Senior Sales Executive
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Sales Executive within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 +72 11 £115,000 +155.56% 91
London - 11 £115,000 - 14
Work from Home +67 2 £94,000 -8.29% 13

Senior Sales Executive Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Sales Executive job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Sales Executive in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Decision-Making
2 8 (72.73%) AI
3 7 (63.64%) Analytics
3 7 (63.64%) Business Development
3 7 (63.64%) Strategic Thinking
4 6 (54.55%) Personalization
4 6 (54.55%) Thought Leadership
5 5 (45.45%) SaaS
6 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (18.18%) CRM
6 2 (18.18%) Emotional Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) GRC
7 1 (9.09%) B2B
7 1 (9.09%) B2B Sales
7 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (9.09%) CFA
7 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics
7 1 (9.09%) Data Management
7 1 (9.09%) Data Mining
7 1 (9.09%) Data Privacy
7 1 (9.09%) Degree
7 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (9.09%) Economics
7 1 (9.09%) EMIR
7 1 (9.09%) Fintech
7 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
7 1 (9.09%) MiFID
7 1 (9.09%) Power BI
7 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
7 1 (9.09%) Practice Management

Senior Sales Executive Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (9.09%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Mining
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 8 (72.73%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Retail
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Brand Awareness
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
4 1 (9.09%) Law
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (9.09%) ASIC
2 1 (9.09%) Derivative
2 1 (9.09%) DTCC
2 1 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) OTC Derivatives
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Decision-Making
2 8 (72.73%) AI
3 7 (63.64%) Analytics
3 7 (63.64%) Business Development
3 7 (63.64%) Strategic Thinking
4 6 (54.55%) Personalization
4 6 (54.55%) Thought Leadership
5 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (18.18%) CRM
5 2 (18.18%) Emotional Intelligence
6 1 (9.09%) B2B
6 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics
6 1 (9.09%) Data Management
6 1 (9.09%) Data Privacy
6 1 (9.09%) Economics
6 1 (9.09%) Fintech
6 1 (9.09%) Practice Management
6 1 (9.09%) Regtech
6 1 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CFA
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) GRC
2 1 (9.09%) EMIR
2 1 (9.09%) MiFID
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) Salesforce