Account Manager
UK

The median Account Manager salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 706 508 1049
Rank change year-on-year -198 +541 -344
Permanent jobs requiring an Account Manager 180 558 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.56% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.61% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 157 127 153
10th Percentile £28,200 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £71,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,500 £80,600 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.67% +7.14%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
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 £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Account Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Account Manager.

Salary trend for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Account Manager over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Account Manager in the UK

Account Manager
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Account Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 -201 170 £40,000 -20.00% 438
UK excluding London -250 152 £38,000 -20.00% 330
Work from Home +79 56 £40,000 -27.27% 155
South West -24 48 £40,000 +23.08% 40
South East -80 44 £31,000 -40.95% 92
Midlands -74 30 £40,000 +33.33% 42
London +74 23 £47,500 -13.64% 152
North of England -52 20 £30,000 -57.14% 96
West Midlands -9 18 £40,000 +33.33% 26
North West -36 18 £30,000 -57.14% 54
East Midlands -66 12 £37,500 - 16
East of England -82 5 £57,500 +43.75% 35
Wales - 4 £25,500 - 6
Yorkshire +46 2 £45,000 -40.00% 34
Scotland -64 1 £25,000 -23.08% 18

Account Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Account Manager 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 Account Manager in the job title.

1 55 (30.56%) Marketing
2 49 (27.22%) CRM
3 47 (26.11%) Social Skills
4 43 (23.89%) Finance
5 38 (21.11%) Business Development
6 33 (18.33%) B2B
6 33 (18.33%) Customer Service
7 27 (15.00%) Driving Licence
8 25 (13.89%) Decision-Making
9 24 (13.33%) Legal
10 19 (10.56%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
12 16 (8.89%) Telecoms
12 16 (8.89%) Microsoft
13 15 (8.33%) Mathematics
13 15 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (7.78%) Time Management
14 14 (7.78%) Analytics
15 13 (7.22%) Data Analytics
15 13 (7.22%) Degree
15 13 (7.22%) Google
15 13 (7.22%) Salesforce
15 13 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
15 13 (7.22%) Banking
15 13 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (6.67%) Law
16 12 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
17 11 (6.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
17 11 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management
17 11 (6.11%) Product Strategy

Account Manager 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 (0.56%) Alfresco
1 1 (0.56%) Documentum
1 1 (0.56%) FileNet
1 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.22%) Sage 200
1 4 (2.22%) Sage 500
1 4 (2.22%) Sage X3
2 3 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.22%) GCP
1 4 (2.22%) IaaS
1 4 (2.22%) Intacct
1 4 (2.22%) SaaS
2 3 (1.67%) Azure
3 1 (0.56%) AWS
3 1 (0.56%) Dropbox
3 1 (0.56%) Google Ads
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (0.56%) OneDrive
3 1 (0.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.11%) Internet
3 1 (0.56%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.56%) PBX
3 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.56%) VoIP
3 1 (0.56%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.00%) BusinessObjects
1 9 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 55 (30.56%) Marketing
2 47 (26.11%) Social Skills
3 43 (23.89%) Finance
4 24 (13.33%) Legal
5 18 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (8.89%) Telecoms
7 13 (7.22%) Banking
7 13 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (6.67%) Law
9 11 (6.11%) Public Sector
10 9 (5.00%) Financial Institution
10 9 (5.00%) Investment Banking
10 9 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.78%) Local Government
12 4 (2.22%) Retail
13 2 (1.11%) Automotive
13 2 (1.11%) Digital Healthcare
13 2 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.11%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.11%) CSS
2 1 (0.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.00%) Driving Licence
2 19 (10.56%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.44%) EPoS
4 6 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.22%) Marketing Technology
5 4 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.22%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.67%) NHS
7 2 (1.11%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.11%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (27.22%) CRM
2 38 (21.11%) Business Development
3 33 (18.33%) B2B
3 33 (18.33%) Customer Service
4 25 (13.89%) Decision-Making
5 15 (8.33%) Mathematics
5 15 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (7.78%) Analytics
6 14 (7.78%) Time Management
7 13 (7.22%) Data Analytics
8 12 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (6.11%) Product Strategy
9 11 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (5.00%) Cash Management
10 9 (5.00%) Commercialisation
10 9 (5.00%) Data Analysis
10 9 (5.00%) Innovative Thinking
10 9 (5.00%) Microservices
10 9 (5.00%) Programme Management
11 8 (4.44%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (7.22%) Degree
2 4 (2.22%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.22%) Google
2 13 (7.22%) Salesforce
3 8 (4.44%) Apple
4 7 (3.89%) Cadence
5 5 (2.78%) Veeam
5 5 (2.78%) VMware
6 4 (2.22%) Sage
7 3 (1.67%) Oracle
8 1 (0.56%) EMC
8 1 (0.56%) Hyland
8 1 (0.56%) IBM
8 1 (0.56%) iManage
8 1 (0.56%) Laserfiche
8 1 (0.56%) OpenText