Strategic Account Manager Job Trends

Strategic Account Manager
UK

The median Strategic Account Manager salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 661 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Strategic Account Manager 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.014% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 - -

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 43,959 67,207 53,648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 95.34% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 25,826 38,508 41,480
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -

Strategic Account Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Strategic Account Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Strategic Account Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Strategic Account Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Strategic Account Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Strategic Account Manager job vacancies in the UK

Strategic Account Manager
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Account Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 October 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 - 5 £85,000 - 6
Work from Home - 4 £85,000 -
UK excluding London - 3 £85,000 - 2
South West - 3 £85,000 -
London - 2 - - 5

Strategic Account Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Strategic Account Manager 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 Strategic Account Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
3 2 (28.57%) Automotive
3 2 (28.57%) Electronics
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (14.29%) GTM Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (14.29%) Insurtech
4 1 (14.29%) Sales Enablement
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) German Language
4 1 (14.29%) Blog
4 1 (14.29%) Podcast
4 1 (14.29%) Tableau
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Guidewire
4 1 (14.29%) Presales
4 1 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking

Strategic Account Manager 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 4 (57.14%) Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
3 2 (28.57%) Automotive
3 2 (28.57%) Electronics
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) German Language
4 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Blog
2 1 (14.29%) Podcast
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
1 2 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (28.57%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (14.29%) GTM Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Insurtech
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (14.29%) Presales
2 1 (14.29%) Sales Enablement
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Guidewire
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce