Sales Representative
UK

The median Sales Representative salary in the UK is £29,000 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 859 941 1188
Rank change year-on-year +82 +247 -331
Permanent jobs requiring a Sales Representative 25 34 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.034% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.037% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 21 25 37
10th Percentile £25,000 - -
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £35,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +16.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £37,250 £40,000 £55,500
90th Percentile £43,750 £49,000 £68,400
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £25,000 £23,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +6.38% -32.86%

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%

Sales Representative
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Sales Representative in the UK

Sales Representative
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Sales Representative in the UK

Sales Representative
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sales Representative over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Sales Representative in the UK

Sales Representative
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sales Representative 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 +78 22 £30,750 +6.96% 112
UK excluding London -2 20 £27,500 +10.00% 73
Midlands - 11 £27,500 - 5
West Midlands - 10 £26,250 - 2
Work from Home +84 8 £30,750 -23.13% 43
South East +16 7 £32,500 -40.91% 25
London +97 4 £32,500 -13.33% 39
Scotland -63 2 £27,000 -28.00% 2
East Midlands - 1 £52,500 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Sales Representative 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 Representative in the job title.

1 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (56.00%) Customer Service
3 11 (44.00%) Marketing
4 9 (36.00%) B2B
5 8 (32.00%) SaaS
5 8 (32.00%) Retail
6 6 (24.00%) Social Media
7 5 (20.00%) B2B Sales
7 5 (20.00%) Lead Generation
7 5 (20.00%) CRM
8 4 (16.00%) Security Operations
8 4 (16.00%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (16.00%) SIEM
8 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (16.00%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (16.00%) SOAR
8 4 (16.00%) Incident Response
9 3 (12.00%) HubSpot
9 3 (12.00%) Business Development
10 2 (8.00%) Degree
10 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
10 2 (8.00%) Social Media Marketing
10 2 (8.00%) Cost Reduction
10 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
10 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
10 2 (8.00%) Telesales
10 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (4.00%) Project Delivery
11 1 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
11 1 (4.00%) Value Proposition

Sales Representative 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) SaaS
General
1 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (44.00%) Marketing
3 8 (32.00%) Retail
4 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Brand Awareness
5 1 (4.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Social Media
2 4 (16.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (16.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Customer Service
2 9 (36.00%) B2B
3 5 (20.00%) B2B Sales
3 5 (20.00%) CRM
3 5 (20.00%) Lead Generation
4 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (16.00%) Incident Response
4 4 (16.00%) Security Operations
4 4 (16.00%) SIEM
4 4 (16.00%) SOAR
5 3 (12.00%) Business Development
6 2 (8.00%) Cost Reduction
6 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.00%) Social Media Marketing
6 2 (8.00%) Telesales
7 1 (4.00%) API Integration
7 1 (4.00%) Budgeting
7 1 (4.00%) Information Retrieval
7 1 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.00%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) HubSpot
2 1 (4.00%) Salesforce