Sales Executive
UK

The median Sales Executive salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 814 846 1097
Rank change year-on-year +32 +251 -278
Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Executive 93 114 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.093% 0.11% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.13% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 86 77 100
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £31,375 £26,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +62.16% -26.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £85,000 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile - £81,250 £88,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +69.23% -7.14% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%

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 19 May 2024.

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 19 May 2024. 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 +50 82 £60,000 +72.66% 206
UK excluding London -11 72 £55,000 +69.23% 154
Work from Home +61 58 £67,500 +35.00% 61
South East -34 17 £60,000 +20.00% 56
North of England +52 14 £67,500 +84.93% 40
West Midlands +21 13 £37,500 +25.00% 20
Midlands +8 13 £37,500 +25.00% 29
South West -10 13 £50,000 +85.19% 18
East of England - 13 £37,500 - 6
London +86 12 £80,000 +18.52% 57
Yorkshire - 10 £67,500 - 15
North West -1 4 £25,500 -30.14% 23
Scotland -75 2 £47,500 - 7

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, 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 27 (29.03%) SaaS
2 26 (27.96%) Social Skills
3 23 (24.73%) Customer Service
4 22 (23.66%) Business Development
5 21 (22.58%) B2B
6 19 (20.43%) B2B Sales
7 18 (19.35%) Marketing
8 14 (15.05%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (13.98%) CRM
10 12 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (11.83%) Microsoft Office
11 11 (11.83%) Microsoft
12 10 (10.75%) Social Media
13 9 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (9.68%) Decision-Making
14 8 (8.60%) Degree
15 6 (6.45%) E-Commerce
15 6 (6.45%) Workflow
15 6 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (5.38%) Driving Licence
16 5 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
16 5 (5.38%) Salesforce
16 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
16 5 (5.38%) Retail
17 4 (4.30%) Logistics
17 4 (4.30%) Copywriting
17 4 (4.30%) Digital Marketing
17 4 (4.30%) SIEM
17 4 (4.30%) Strategic Thinking
17 4 (4.30%) Security Operations

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:

Applications
1 11 (11.83%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 27 (29.03%) SaaS
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.08%) Big Data
General
1 26 (27.96%) Social Skills
2 18 (19.35%) Marketing
3 14 (15.05%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.38%) Retail
6 3 (3.23%) Finance
7 2 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.08%) Law
8 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (10.75%) Social Media
3 5 (5.38%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.30%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (3.23%) iPad
6 2 (2.15%) NHS
7 1 (1.08%) Blog
7 1 (1.08%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.08%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (24.73%) Customer Service
2 22 (23.66%) Business Development
3 21 (22.58%) B2B
4 19 (20.43%) B2B Sales
5 13 (13.98%) CRM
6 9 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (9.68%) Decision-Making
7 6 (6.45%) E-Commerce
7 6 (6.45%) Workflow
8 4 (4.30%) Copywriting
8 4 (4.30%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (4.30%) Incident Response
8 4 (4.30%) Logistics
8 4 (4.30%) Security Operations
8 4 (4.30%) SIEM
8 4 (4.30%) SOAR
8 4 (4.30%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (3.23%) Cost Reduction
9 3 (3.23%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (3.23%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 8 (8.60%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.15%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.08%) Autotask
Vendors
1 11 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.38%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.08%) Cisco
3 1 (1.08%) Dell
3 1 (1.08%) HP