Sales Director Jobs

Sales Director
UK

The median Sales Director salary in the UK is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 886 897 1233
Rank change year-on-year +11 +336 -298
Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Director 18 22 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.024% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.026% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 13 14 12
10th Percentile £93,000 £76,500 £100,000
25th Percentile £97,500 - £103,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £80,000 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -33.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £130,000 £91,250 -
90th Percentile £137,500 £141,750 £133,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £75,000 -

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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

Sales Director
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Sales Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Sales Director in the UK

Sales Director
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sales Director.

Salary trend for Sales Director in the UK

Sales Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sales Director over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Sales Director in the UK

Sales Director
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sales Director within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +31 17 £105,000 +31.25% 41
London +90 11 £105,000 +31.25% 22
UK excluding London -49 5 - - 15
Work from Home +28 4 £97,500 +11.43% 13
North of England - 2 - - 3
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
Midlands - 2 - - 4
South East -27 1 - - 4
West Midlands - 1 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Sales Director 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 Director in the job title.

1 10 (55.56%) Salesforce
2 7 (38.89%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Business Development
4 4 (22.22%) Marketing
4 4 (22.22%) Retail
5 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 3 (16.67%) SAP
5 3 (16.67%) Data Analytics
5 3 (16.67%) Analytics
5 3 (16.67%) Pega
5 3 (16.67%) SaaS
5 3 (16.67%) Market Making
6 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
6 2 (11.11%) Machine Learning
6 2 (11.11%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (11.11%) QA
6 2 (11.11%) Banking
6 2 (11.11%) CRM
6 2 (11.11%) ERP
6 2 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (5.56%) Business Analysis
7 1 (5.56%) Strategic Planning
7 1 (5.56%) Software Testing
7 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM

Sales Director 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 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) SaaS
2 1 (5.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Marketing
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 2 (11.11%) Banking
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Business Development
2 3 (16.67%) Analytics
2 3 (16.67%) Data Analytics
2 3 (16.67%) Market Making
3 2 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (11.11%) CRM
3 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 2 (11.11%) ERP
3 2 (11.11%) Machine Learning
3 2 (11.11%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (5.56%) B2C
4 1 (5.56%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.56%) Software Testing
4 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.56%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (5.56%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
1 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
1 1 (5.56%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Salesforce
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Pega
2 3 (16.67%) SAP