Sales Executive Jobs

Sales Executive
UK

The median Sales Executive salary in the UK is £25,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 827 843
Rank change year-on-year +327 +16 +275
Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Executive 229 94 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.087% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.091% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 154 86 77
10th Percentile - £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £24,000 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,500 £60,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -57.50% +84.62% -35.00%
75th Percentile £38,438 £85,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,625 - £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,500 £50,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -49.00% +53.85% -7.14%

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 50,705 102,755 84,914
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 94.75% 91.21%
Number of salaries quoted 26,686 72,539 55,149
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,524 £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 £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.37%

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 10 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Sales Executive in the UK

Sales Executive
Top 16 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 10 June 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 +283 206 £25,500 -57.50% 513
UK excluding London +318 198 £25,500 -49.00% 348
Work from Home +173 109 £24,570 -63.60% 343
South East +164 93 £25,500 -57.50% 129
South West +129 32 £25,500 -49.00% 20
North of England +72 24 £24,570 -63.60% 112
London +141 23 £80,000 - 200
East of England +47 19 £42,500 +13.33% 30
Scotland +126 15 £45,000 +12.50% 7
North West +20 15 £24,570 -3.65% 80
Midlands +77 13 £38,750 - 44
East Midlands - 9 £42,500 - 22
North East - 6 £24,570 - 4
West Midlands +57 4 £23,000 -40.65% 21
Yorkshire +56 3 £24,000 -64.44% 28
Wales - 2 £32,500 - 5

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 2025, 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.

1 161 (70.31%) Social Skills
2 84 (36.68%) Artificial Intelligence
3 80 (34.93%) Customer Experience
4 73 (31.88%) Marketing
5 58 (25.33%) Dell
6 51 (22.27%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (20.09%) Data Centre
7 46 (20.09%) Microsoft
8 44 (19.21%) B2B
9 43 (18.78%) Business Development
10 42 (18.34%) Degree
11 41 (17.90%) B2B Sales
12 37 (16.16%) Cisco
12 37 (16.16%) CRM
13 36 (15.72%) Email Marketing
14 33 (14.41%) Telesales
15 31 (13.54%) Finance
15 31 (13.54%) Self-Motivation
16 30 (13.10%) Technology Strategy
16 30 (13.10%) IT Strategy
17 29 (12.66%) Electronics
18 28 (12.23%) Lead Generation
19 25 (10.92%) SaaS
20 24 (10.48%) Social Media
20 24 (10.48%) Customer Service
21 21 (9.17%) Decision-Making
22 19 (8.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 18 (7.86%) Salesforce
24 17 (7.42%) Business Strategy
25 13 (5.68%) Problem-Solving

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.44%) CMS
1 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 25 (10.92%) SaaS
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (0.87%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.06%) Broadband
2 3 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.87%) VoIP
4 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.18%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 161 (70.31%) Social Skills
2 73 (31.88%) Marketing
3 31 (13.54%) Finance
4 29 (12.66%) Electronics
5 19 (8.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.68%) Telecoms
7 12 (5.24%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.37%) Retail
9 9 (3.93%) Games
10 8 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.06%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.18%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (2.18%) Legal
12 5 (2.18%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.75%) Brand Awareness
13 4 (1.75%) Czech Language
14 3 (1.31%) Advertising
14 3 (1.31%) Back Office
14 3 (1.31%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.18%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 46 (20.09%) Data Centre
2 31 (13.54%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (10.48%) Social Media
4 9 (3.93%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.49%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.06%) NHS
7 6 (2.62%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.18%) PACS
9 3 (1.31%) Handset
9 3 (1.31%) Home Automation
10 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.87%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (36.68%) Artificial Intelligence
2 80 (34.93%) Customer Experience
3 51 (22.27%) Cybersecurity
4 44 (19.21%) B2B
5 43 (18.78%) Business Development
6 41 (17.90%) B2B Sales
7 37 (16.16%) CRM
8 36 (15.72%) Email Marketing
9 33 (14.41%) Telesales
10 30 (13.10%) IT Strategy
10 30 (13.10%) Technology Strategy
11 28 (12.23%) Lead Generation
12 24 (10.48%) Customer Service
13 21 (9.17%) Decision-Making
14 17 (7.42%) Business Strategy
15 13 (5.68%) Data Privacy
15 13 (5.68%) Problem-Solving
16 11 (4.80%) Customer Acquisition
17 10 (4.37%) Coaching
18 9 (3.93%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 42 (18.34%) Degree
2 3 (1.31%) Master's Degree
2 3 (1.31%) MBA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 58 (25.33%) Dell
2 46 (20.09%) Microsoft
3 37 (16.16%) Cisco
4 18 (7.86%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.49%) HubSpot
6 7 (3.06%) Citrix
6 7 (3.06%) Commvault
7 6 (2.62%) VMware
8 2 (0.87%) Facebook
8 2 (0.87%) Google
8 2 (0.87%) Instagram
9 1 (0.44%) AppNeta
9 1 (0.44%) Broadcom
9 1 (0.44%) Ericsson
9 1 (0.44%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.44%) IBM
9 1 (0.44%) Oracle
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